Barrier layer in the northeastern South China Sea and its formation mechanism

A VERTICALLY UNIFORM LAYER OF TEMPERATURE(ISOTHERMAL LAYER),SALINITY(ISOHALINE LAYER)AND DENSITY(MIXED LAYER)IS USUALLY FORMED IN THE UPPER OCEAN DUE TO THE WIND STIRRING.UNDERNEATH IS THE LAYER WITH RELATIVELY STRONG VERTICAL GRADIENT AS THE THERMOCLINE,…     

Study of CH4 and CO oxidation from electrochemical method

THE TWO FACTORS USED FOR EVALUATING THE QUALITY OF CATALYST ARE I) THE AMOUNT OF ACTIVE SITE PARTICIPATING IN THE REACTION, I.E. THE AREA OF REDOX PEAKS; AND II) THE REGENERATION FREQUENCY OF ACTIVE SITE IN THE REACTION, I.E. THE MATCH OF REDOX POTENTIALS. THE CONTRIBUTION OF EACH FACTOR HAS ITS OWN STRONG POINT IN DIFFERENT REACTIONS, WHILE CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY (CV) IS A SUITA…     

The glass transition temperature and microstructure of polyurethane/epoxy resin interpenetrating polymer networks nanocomposites

GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE (TG) HAS BEEN EXTEN- SIVELY STUDIED FOR MANY POLYMERS SINCE IT IS ONE OF THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL FEATURES RELATIVE DIRECTLY TO POLYMER PROPERTIES. IN GENERAL, INORGANIC NANOFILLERS DO NOT DI- RECTLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE TG OF THE MA…     

Phase-locked oscillator at 3 mm waveband using high Tc superconductor mixer mounted on pulse tube crycooler

DUE TO ITS HIGH NON-LINEARITY, JOSEPHSON JUNCTION MIXER POSSESSES THE ADVANTAGES OF HIGH HARMONIC NUMBER, HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY, LOW EQUIVALENT NOISE TEMPERATURE, ETC. AS THE MIXING ELEMENT, A HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTOR (HTS) JUNCTION MIXES THE …     

Duplication and divergent evolution of the CHS and CHS-like genes in the chalcone synthase （CHS） superfamily

CHALCONE SYNTHASE (CHS) IS A KEY ENZYME OF FLA- VONOID BIOSYNTHESIS. IT CATALYSES THE CONDENSATION OF THREE MOLECULES OF MALONYL-COA WITH ONE MOLECULE OF 4-COUMAROYL-COA TO FORM NARINGENIN CHALCONE, THE PRECURSOR FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF FLAVONOIDS WHICH ARE WIDELY DISTRIBUTED IN THE PLANT KINGDOM AND HAVE IM- PORTANT ROLES IN FLOWER PIGMENTATION, PROTECTION AGAINST UV LIGHT A…     

Simulation of maximum light use efficiency for some typical vegetation types in China

MAXIMUM LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY(ΕMAX)IS THE USE RATE OF PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION BY VEGETATION IN AN IDEAL CONDITION WITHOUT ANY CONSTRAINTS.IT IS A PHYSIOLOGICAL ATTRIBUTE OF PLANT ITSELF.THE VALUE OFΕMAX IS DIFFERENT FOR DIFFERENT VEGETATION TYPES[1―5].IT IS A KEY PARAMETER FOR THE ESTIMATION OF NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY(NPP)DRIVEN WITH REMOTE SENSING DATA.THERE…     

Research progress in nonlinear analysis of heart electric activities

1INTRODUCTION THE WORLD IS NONLINEAR,AND THE HUMAN LIFE ACTIVITY IS ALSO NONLINEAR.FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF SYSTEM,HUMAN BEINGS(OR THE OTHER HIGHER ANIMAL)ARE THE MOST COM-PLEX SYSTEM IN THE NATURE.FOR SUCH A PHYSIOLOGICAL SYS-TEM WITH THE UTTERMOST COMPLEXI…     

Post-transcriptional gene silencing signal could move rapidly and bidirectionally in grafted Arabidopsis thaliana

RNA-MEDIATED GENE SILENCING IS A UNIVERSAL GENE- REGULATION SYSTEM FUNDAMENTAL IN BIOLOGICAL PROCESSESAND PHENOMENA OF THE DOUBLE-STRANDED RNA (DSRNA) TRIGGERED SEQUENCE-SPECIFIC MRNA DEGRADATION[1―3]. RNA SILENCING OCCURS IN A BROAD RANGE OF EUKARYOTIC …     

An approach to Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong stock market based on network topological statistics

THE STOCK MARKET IS A STRONGLY FLUCTUATING AND INTER- ACTING COMPLEX SYSTEM. IN A STOCK MARKET, A SINGLE NUMBER, NAMELY THE STOCK INDEX, COMPACTLY CHARACTER- IZES ITS PERFORMANCE. THE FLUCTUATIONS OF THE STOCK IN- DEX BRING ABOUT AN EVOLVING COMPLEX SYSTE…     

3D water-vapor tomography with Shanghai GPS network to improve forecasted moisture field

THE VERTICAL PROFILE OF WATER VAPOR IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR REVISING AND IMPROVING THE INITIAL MOISTURE FIELD OF MID-SCALE NUMERICAL WEATHER MODEL. AT PRESENT, THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) INFORMATION OF WATER VAPOR IS PROVIDED MAINLY BY RADIOSONDE. HOWEVER, …     

Molecular cloning of rice cDNAs related to pollen development using the subtraction hybridization technique

The meiotic stage of pollen mother cell is a very important stage in controlling the development and formation of pollen. In order to clone the rice cDNA(s) of this stage, a normal rice, Annong N and its thermosensitive mutant, Annong S-1 were used as the plant material. The mRNA has been extracted from the young panicle at the meiotic stage. By using the cDNA subtraction hybridization technique, three cDNA fragments, RP-1, RP-2 and RP-3 have been successfully cloned from Annong N. Northern blot analysis reveals that the mRNA of these three clones are expressed only in anthers, and not leaves. The mRNA levels of these clones are lower in anthers of Annong S-1 than in Annong N. Furthermore, the amount of mRNA extracted from anthers of Annong S-1 growing under high temperature (28℃) is lower than plants growing at lower temperature (25℃). Sequence analysis and homology search indicate that these three clones display no similarity to the current database. It is concluded that the three novel cDNA cloned are related to pollen development in rice.     

Construction and characterization of a bacterial artificial chromosome library of rice 5460F

Thermo-sensitive genie male sterile (TGMS) rice has a number of desirable characteristics for hybrid rice production. Many studies have demonstrated that the sterility of TGMS rice is controlled by a single recessive gene. It has been mapped for the first time on chromosome 8 and namedtms 1. Several AFLP markers which tightly linked to thetms 1 gene have been identified recently. In order to develop a detailed physical map of thetms1 gene-encompassing region and finally clone thetms1 gene, a bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library of rice 5460F (the fertile mutant line of TGMS rice 5460S) using a modified vector pECBAC1 has been constructed. The constructed 5460F BAC library consists of 16 896 clones with an average insert size of 119 kb, which represents about 4.7 times rice haploid genome equivalents. Neither chloroplast nor mitochondrial DNA was detected from the library. The library was screened with three single copy sequence amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers which tightly linked totms1 gene as probes and eight positive clones were identified.     

野栽远缘杂交来源的反向温敏核雄性不育系不育性遗传研究

利用3个来源于野生稻与栽培稻杂交后代的反向温敏不育系R6S、N13S、Tb7S为材料,开展了反向温敏不育系不育性遗传研究,结果表明反向温敏不育系N13S的育性是细胞核内1对隐性基因控制的;Tb7S的育性是受隐性核基因控制的,F2代的育性分离比为9∶7,不育性状表现为2对基因的独立遗传;R6S的F2代育性分离比为37∶27,受细胞核内的3个隐性基因位点分别位于不同染色体上而通过互补作用的独立遗传.为进一步分离、定位及克隆有关这些反向温敏不育基因及发展分子标记辅助选择选育反向温敏不育系奠定了良好的遗传学基础.     

Isolation ofosRACD gene encoding a small GTP-binding protein from rice

Using an improved version of mRNA differential display technology, we have obtained a differentially displayed fragment RDP-8. Homologous comparison indicated that the fragment RDP-8 has high homology with the gene encoding maize small GTP-binding protein. By screening cDNA library of the rice Nongken 58N pan icle using the newly obtained fragment RDP-8 as probe, we further found the full-length cDNA of osRACD gene that encodes a rice small GTP-binding protein. Asco mpared with maize RACD gene, the osRACD of rice shows remarkable homology in both nucleotide sequence and amino acid sequence, 88% and 97% respectively. Evidence from RT-PCR study indicates that osRACD gene is related to photoperiod fertility conversion of photoperiod sensitive genic male sterility (PSGMS) rice.     

水稻光温敏雄性不育基因连锁标记的分离与鉴定

两系法杂交稻是一种利用水稻杂种优势的重要途径，主要依据水稻光温敏雄性不育系在不同条件下的育性转换用于配制杂交种．以培矮64S(PTGMS)与明恢63杂种自交的F2代为供试材料，采用随机放大多态性DNA(RAPD)技术分离与培矮64S的PTGMS基因连锁的分子标记．在F2代2个分别代表可育和不育的群体以及亲本株系中，采用100个RAPD引物扩放基因组DNA筛选多态性DNA片段．RAPD引物S8产生的DNA片段中，除重复顺序外，有一个长度为0．85kb片段为单拷贝．分子杂交表明，这一单拷贝标记与培矮64S的PTGMS基因连锁．     

Construction and characterization of a normalized whole-life-cycle cDNA library of rice

A cDNA library with genomic complete coverage is a powerful tool for functional genomic studies.For studying the functions of rice genes on a large scale,a normalized whole-life-cycle cDNA library is constructed based on the strategy of saturation hybridization with genomic DNA using rice cultivar Minghui 63,an elite restorer line for a number of rice hybrids that are widely cultivated in China,This library consists of cDNA from 15 directionally cloned cDNA libraries constructed with different tissues from 9 developmental stages.For normalization,the denatured plasmids purified from the 15 directionally cloned libraries are mixed and hybridized with saturated genomic DNA labeled with magnetic beads in two complementary systems. Well-matched plasmids are captured from the hybridized genomic DNA and electroporated into competent DH10B E. coli for construction of the normalized whole-life-cycle cDNA library.This library consists of 62000 clones with an average insert length about 1.4kb.Inverse Northern blotting shows that this cDNA library included many rarely expressed genes and tissue-specific genes.Sequencing of 10750 cDNA clones of this library reveals 6399 unique EST s(expressed sequence tags),indicating that the non-redundancy of the library is about 59.5%.This library has been used to make cDNA microarrays for functional genomic studies.     

水稻籼粳杂种多倍体亲本开花习性的研究

对强优势水稻四倍体杂交组合的亲本HN2026、SG99012、培矮64S及二倍体不育系培矮64S的开花习性进行观察研究．结果表明：具有高结实率特性的四倍体品系HN2026、SG99012如同二倍体的培矮64S一样,开花习性较为正常,即开花期和开花时间集中,表现出明显的高峰期;而四倍体的培矮64S则表现异常,主要表现为：颖花开张持续时间长、日开花时间分散、缺少明显的日开花高峰期,而且随着气温的升高,有颖花开张持续时间缩短、日开花高峰期后移的趋势,并对这种异常情况的可能原因进行了粗略的分析．     

水稻苹果酸脱氢酶基因的克隆及其在E.coli中的表达

以玉米苹果酸脱氢酶的基因为探针，从水稻幼苗cDNA文库筛选得到一条水稻新基因，它与玉米ZHO2序列的一致性高达87％，被命名为RcMDH(rice cytoplasmic malic dehydrogenase gene)，分析发现RcMDH具有完整的读码框，编码332个氨基酸，预计分子质量为36．5ku,导入大肠杆菌中表达，经检测证实该产物具苹果酸脱氢酶酶活性。     

Molecular tagging of a genic male-sterile gene in rice

The sterility of Pingxiang male-sterile rice (Pms), possibly derided from a spontaneous mutation in Pingxiang fertile rice (Pmf), was previously reported to be controlled by a single dominant nuclear gene. It can be restored to fertility either by a dominant epistatic gene or by higher temperature treatment at the early stage of inflorescence development. In order to tag the genic male-sterile gene, Pms, Pmf and Ce 64, a cytoplasmic male-sterile restoring line without the epistatic gene for Pms, were used to construct mapping populations. Two segregation populations, “(Pms/Ce 64) F1s (sterile plant)//Pmf ” F1 and “Pms//(Pmf/Ce 64) F1” F1, were simultaneously developed. Subsequently, the genic male- sterile gene was mapped between a simple sequence length polymorphism marker, RM228, and a restriction fragment length polymorphism marker, G2155, with distances of 14.9 and 2.6 cM, respectively. The tagged dominant genic male-sterile gene is temporarily designated Ms-p.