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Kasahara M Naruse K Sasaki S Nakatani Y Qu W Ahsan B Yamada T Nagayasu Y Doi K Kasai Y Jindo T Kobayashi D Shimada A Toyoda A Kuroki Y Fujiyama A Sasaki T Shimizu A Asakawa S Shimizu N Hashimoto S Yang J Lee Y Matsushima K Sugano S Sakaizumi M Narita T Ohishi K Haga S Ohta F Nomoto H Nogata K Morishita T Endo T Shin-I T Takeda H Morishita S Kohara Y 《Nature》2007,447(7145):714-719
Teleosts comprise more than half of all vertebrate species and have adapted to a variety of marine and freshwater habitats. Their genome evolution and diversification are important subjects for the understanding of vertebrate evolution. Although draft genome sequences of two pufferfishes have been published, analysis of more fish genomes is desirable. Here we report a high-quality draft genome sequence of a small egg-laying freshwater teleost, medaka (Oryzias latipes). Medaka is native to East Asia and an excellent model system for a wide range of biology, including ecotoxicology, carcinogenesis, sex determination and developmental genetics. In the assembled medaka genome (700 megabases), which is less than half of the zebrafish genome, we predicted 20,141 genes, including approximately 2,900 new genes, using 5'-end serial analysis of gene expression tag information. We found single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at an average rate of 3.42% between the two inbred strains derived from two regional populations; this is the highest SNP rate seen in any vertebrate species. Analyses based on the dense SNP information show a strict genetic separation of 4 million years (Myr) between the two populations, and suggest that differential selective pressures acted on specific gene categories. Four-way comparisons with the human, pufferfish (Tetraodon), zebrafish and medaka genomes revealed that eight major interchromosomal rearrangements took place in a remarkably short period of approximately 50 Myr after the whole-genome duplication event in the teleost ancestor and afterwards, intriguingly, the medaka genome preserved its ancestral karyotype for more than 300 Myr. 相似文献
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混凝土疲劳试验的AE特性研究 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
AE检测是对混凝土的疲劳破坏进行监测与预报的有效方法,它作为一种动态无损检测方法几乎不受材料的限制,本研究对水泥砂浆试作(φ10cm×20cm)进行等幅低频部分片振压缩疲劳实验,结合应变进行AE测试,从而阐明混凝土在疲劳损伤中的AE特性,为在实践中应用推广AE技术奠定试验基础。 相似文献
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Takashi Angata Takeo Ishii Takashi Motegi Ritsuko Oka Rachel E. Taylor Paula Campos Soto Yung-Chi Chang Ismael Secundino Cong-Xiao Gao Kazuaki Ohtsubo Shinobu Kitazume Victor Nizet Ajit Varki Akihiko Gemma Kozui Kida Naoyuki Taniguchi 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2013,70(17):3199-3210
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of mortality worldwide. COPD exacerbation, or episodic worsening of symptoms, often results in hospitalization and increased mortality rates. Airway infections by new bacterial strains, such as nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi), are a major cause of COPD exacerbation. NTHi express lipooligosaccharides that contain sialic acids, and may interact with Siglec-14, a sialic acid recognition protein on myeloid cells that serves as an activating signal transduction receptor. A null allele polymorphism in SIGLEC14 may attenuate the inflammatory responses to NTHi by eliminating Siglec-14 expression. We asked if the loss of Siglec-14 attenuates the inflammatory response by myeloid cells against NTHi, and if the SIGLEC14-null polymorphism has any effect on COPD exacerbation. We found that NTHi interacts with Siglec-14 to enhance proinflammatory cytokine production in a tissue culture model. Inhibitors of the Syk tyrosine kinase suppress this response. Loss of Siglec-14, due to SIGLEC14-null allele homozygosity, is associated with a reduced risk of COPD exacerbation in a Japanese patient population. Taken together, Siglec-14 and its downstream signaling pathway facilitate the “infection–inflammation–exacerbation” axis of COPD disease progression, and may represent promising targets for therapeutic intervention. 相似文献
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Severe impairment of interleukin-1 and Toll-like receptor signalling in mice lacking IRAK-4 总被引:33,自引:0,他引:33
Suzuki N Suzuki S Duncan GS Millar DG Wada T Mirtsos C Takada H Wakeham A Itie A Li S Penninger JM Wesche H Ohashi PS Mak TW Yeh WC 《Nature》2002,416(6882):750-756
Toll-like receptors (TLRs), which recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns, and members of the pro-inflammatory interleukin-1 receptor (IL-1R) family, share homologies in their cytoplasmic domains called Toll/IL-1R/plant R gene homology (TIR) domains. Intracellular signalling mechanisms mediated by TIRs are similar, with MyD88 (refs 5-8) and TRAF6 (refs 9, 10) having critical roles. Signal transduction between MyD88 and TRAF6 is known to involve the serine-threonine kinase IL-1 receptor-associated kinase 1 (IRAK-1) and two homologous proteins, IRAK-2 (ref. 12) and IRAK-M. However, the physiological functions of the IRAK molecules remain unclear, and gene-targeting studies have shown that IRAK-1 is only partially required for IL-1R and TLR signalling. Here we show by gene-targeting that IRAK-4, an IRAK molecule closely related to the Drosophila Pelle protein, is indispensable for the responses of animals and cultured cells to IL-1 and ligands that stimulate various TLRs. IRAK-4-deficient animals are completely resistant to a lethal dose of lipopolysaccharide (LPS). In addition, animals lacking IRAK-4 are severely impaired in their responses to viral and bacterial challenges. Our results indicate that IRAK-4 has an essential role in innate immunity. 相似文献
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Carninci P Sandelin A Lenhard B Katayama S Shimokawa K Ponjavic J Semple CA Taylor MS Engström PG Frith MC Forrest AR Alkema WB Tan SL Plessy C Kodzius R Ravasi T Kasukawa T Fukuda S Kanamori-Katayama M Kitazume Y Kawaji H Kai C Nakamura M Konno H Nakano K Mottagui-Tabar S Arner P Chesi A Gustincich S Persichetti F Suzuki H Grimmond SM Wells CA Orlando V Wahlestedt C Liu ET Harbers M Kawai J Bajic VB Hume DA Hayashizaki Y 《Nature genetics》2006,38(6):626-635
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Nakao N Ono H Yamamura T Anraku T Takagi T Higashi K Yasuo S Katou Y Kageyama S Uno Y Kasukawa T Iigo M Sharp PJ Iwasawa A Suzuki Y Sugano S Niimi T Mizutani M Namikawa T Ebihara S Ueda HR Yoshimura T 《Nature》2008,452(7185):317-322
Molecular mechanisms regulating animal seasonal breeding in response to changing photoperiod are not well understood. Rapid induction of gene expression of thyroid-hormone-activating enzyme (type 2 deiodinase, DIO2) in the mediobasal hypothalamus (MBH) of the Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) is the earliest event yet recorded in the photoperiodic signal transduction pathway. Here we show cascades of gene expression in the quail MBH associated with the initiation of photoinduced secretion of luteinizing hormone. We identified two waves of gene expression. The first was initiated about 14 h after dawn of the first long day and included increased thyrotrophin (TSH) beta-subunit expression in the pars tuberalis; the second occurred approximately 4 h later and included increased expression of DIO2. Intracerebroventricular (ICV) administration of TSH to short-day quail stimulated gonadal growth and expression of DIO2 which was shown to be mediated through a TSH receptor-cyclic AMP (cAMP) signalling pathway. Increased TSH in the pars tuberalis therefore seems to trigger long-day photoinduced seasonal breeding. 相似文献
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To obtain a greater yield per unit rainfall is one of the most important challenges in dryland wheat production. Highly efficient use of limited water may be one means of achieving this goal. This paper reviewed wheat physiological adaptation and benefits associated with water deficit and variable conditions. In addition, it reveals the compensatory effect of limited irrigation and fertilizer supplement on wheat water-use efficiency (WUE) and highlights the breeding of new varieties for high WUE that could improve wheat productivity under water-limited environments in the semiarid area. Considerable potential for further improvement in wheat productivity in semiarid area seems to depend on effective conservation of moisture and efficient use of this limited water. Different crops, soil and water management strategies should be adjusted according to the conditions that prevail in the various semiarid areas. By combining soil and water conservation approaches with regulating the cropping system by cultivating drought-tolerant and water-saving cultivars, the increase in wheat productivity could be achieved. 相似文献
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Matsuzaki M Misumi O Shin-I T Maruyama S Takahara M Miyagishima SY Mori T Nishida K Yagisawa F Nishida K Yoshida Y Nishimura Y Nakao S Kobayashi T Momoyama Y Higashiyama T Minoda A Sano M Nomoto H Oishi K Hayashi H Ohta F Nishizaka S Haga S Miura S Morishita T Kabeya Y Terasawa K Suzuki Y Ishii Y Asakawa S Takano H Ohta N Kuroiwa H Tanaka K Shimizu N Sugano S Sato N Nozaki H Ogasawara N Kohara Y Kuroiwa T 《Nature》2004,428(6983):653-657
Small, compact genomes of ultrasmall unicellular algae provide information on the basic and essential genes that support the lives of photosynthetic eukaryotes, including higher plants. Here we report the 16,520,305-base-pair sequence of the 20 chromosomes of the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae 10D as the first complete algal genome. We identified 5,331 genes in total, of which at least 86.3% were expressed. Unique characteristics of this genomic structure include: a lack of introns in all but 26 genes; only three copies of ribosomal DNA units that maintain the nucleolus; and two dynamin genes that are involved only in the division of mitochondria and plastids. The conserved mosaic origin of Calvin cycle enzymes in this red alga and in green plants supports the hypothesis of the existence of single primary plastid endosymbiosis. The lack of a myosin gene, in addition to the unexpressed actin gene, suggests a simpler system of cytokinesis. These results indicate that the C. merolae genome provides a model system with a simple gene composition for studying the origin, evolution and fundamental mechanisms of eukaryotic cells. 相似文献
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Light-induced hormone conversion of T4 to T3 regulates photoperiodic response of gonads in birds 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Yoshimura T Yasuo S Watanabe M Iigo M Yamamura T Hirunagi K Ebihara S 《Nature》2003,426(6963):178-181
Reproduction of many temperate zone birds is under photoperiodic control. The Japanese quail is an excellent model for studying the mechanism of photoperiodic time measurement because of its distinct and marked response to changing photoperiods. Studies on this animal have suggested that the mediobasal hypothalamus (MBH) is an important centre controlling photoperiodic time measurement. Here we report that expression in the MBH of the gene encoding type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase (Dio2), which catalyses the intracellular deiodination of thyroxine (T4) prohormone to the active 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine (T3), is induced by light in Japanese quail. Intracerebroventricular administration of T3 mimics the photoperiodic response, whereas the Dio2 inhibitor iopanoic acid prevents gonadal growth. These findings demonstrate that light-induced Dio2 expression in the MBH may be involved in the photoperiodic response of gonads in Japanese quail. 相似文献
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