自适应混沌克隆进化规划算法

结合混沌和抗体克隆选择学说，提出一种新的人工免疫系统算法——自适应混沌克隆进化规划算法．新算法基于Logistic混沌序列；利用个体质量、进化代数和个体分布情况构造混沌变异算子；通过Logistic混沌序列自适应调整变异尺度，理论分析和仿真实验表明，与标准的遗传算法和采用随机变异的克隆选择算法相比，该算法收敛速度快，求解精度高，稳定性好，并有效抑制了早熟现象。     

基因组研究离诠释生命奥妙还有多远

基因组研究表明，人类与黑猩猩和老鼠的基因序列98％以上是相同的，是否是这1％～2％的基因的差异，就决定了人与黑猩猩和老鼠在表现型方面很大的差异?本文通过大量分析表明，由碱基(5个)→核酸[DNA→RNA(mRNA、rRNA、tRNA)]→氨基酸(22种)→蛋白质(数百千种)→染色体→基因组→性状，其遗传变异信息有逐级放大的过程。这是生物间基因序列虽然有98％甚至99％的相同，但表现型差异却较大的原因所在。基因序列完全相同，并不能说明基因功能相同，基因组研究的结果不能完全诠释基因功能表达的复杂过程。今后必将由序列基因组学→结构基因组学→功能基因组学→蛋白质组学深入发展，必须从网络层次研究基因表达，才能揭示生命的奥妙。另外我们使用的各种基因组研究技术和软件还有待改进，才能真正反映生物基因的差异。     

基因编辑技术研究进展与挑战

基因编辑技术是指对基因进行修饰而获得新的特征或功能的技术,当前研究最多的是始于2012年的第三代CRISPR/Cas9基因编辑系统及相关技术,其他近几年新兴起来的基因编辑系统包括单碱基基因编辑技术、引导编辑技术、RNA编辑技术等.基因编辑技术近年来蓬勃发展,技术本身得以不断改进,新成果加速涌现.基因编辑系统已在疾病治疗...     

比格犬黑皮质素受体3基因291位点突变与体重性状相关性的分析

分析比格犬MC3R基因突变与体重性状的关系。抽取112只比格犬血液,记录体重数据,然后提取DNA;采用PCR-RFLP技术对MC3R基因G291A位点进行分析,并克隆测序。测序结果表明,291位点表现为G、A二个等位基因和GG、GA及AA三种基因型;统计分析结果显示AA型犬与GG型犬体重比较差异显著（P〈0．05）。犬MC3R基因突变可致体重增加,可作为犬体重标记的候选基因。     

基于人工免疫响应的线性系统逼近

提出一种基于人工免疫响应的线性系统逼近算法．给出了人工免疫响应的四元组模型，为免疫响应过程建立了一个可用于工程计算的数学模型；设计了克隆选择、免疫记忆和免疫调节等具体操作，模拟了抗体克隆选择、免疫记忆、基因免疫、免疫耐受等现象，实现了人工免疫响应的记忆学习，基于抗体群的随机状态转移过程，证明了新算法具有全局收敛性．基于两个典型的稳定或非稳定线性系统逼近问题的数值试验表明，无论在固定的区间内搜索还是在动态扩展的区间内搜索，人工免疫响应算法都能得到线性系统的最优逼近模型，算法是有效的。     

拟南芥基因组中注释为小檗碱桥环酶基因的分子克隆及异源表达

小檗碱桥环酶(BBE)催化(S)-牛心果碱((S)-reticuline)中N-CH3与分子内苄基部分中羟基的邻位芳香碳之间C-C键的形成,该酶属于双共价黄素蛋白家族,是苄基异喹啉类生物碱向小檗碱类生物碱转化的关键酶.迄今,在拟南芥(Arabidopsis thaliana)中尚未发现复杂生物碱,但其基因组测序结果表明拟南芥含有众多可能与复杂生物碱生物合成相关的基因,其中与BBE类似的基因有12个.基于与已知功能的BBE及拟南芥中BBE序列的分析,选定拟南芥中4个注释为BBE的编码基因为目的基因,设计特异引物,从拟南芥cDNA中扩增并克隆到pGM-T载体中,筛选重组子,测序并分析,获得了4个BBE目的基因,分别为AT2G34810、AT5G44400、AT5G44410和AT5G44440.将上述基因克隆至表达载体pET-28a或pET-30a中,分别转入大肠杆菌Rosetta(DE3)中,IPTG诱导实现了上述基因的异源表达.     

小麦分子标记及其在遗传育种研究中的应用

本文介绍了几种常用的DNA分子标记如RFLP、RAPD、AFLP、SCAR、SSR和STS的概况，以及它们用于小麦遗传育种研究的最新进展，包括：基因标记与定位，遗传图谱构建，外源染色体鉴定，比较基因组研究，目标的基因克隆，遗传多样性研究等。     

小麦转基因研究现状及展望

自二十世纪八十年代开始研究转基因植物以来，小麦作为世界主要粮食来源，其转基因遗传改良受到科学家的广泛关注。目前国内外已有近200例外源基因，主要是抗除草剂类基因、抗病虫基因、品质基因、抗旱耐盐等抗逆基因、雄性不育类基因等，通过基因枪法、农杆菌介导法、花粉管通道法等技术转入小麦的报道。从转单基因到进行多基因组装，从改良各种生物胁迫和非生物胁迫的抗逆性，到改良品质、高产等生理和农艺性状，是未来转基因小麦的研究方向。本文就近二十几年来转基因小麦研究进展及存在问题进行了全面系统的综述和探讨。     

反向疫苗学及其筛选保护性抗原应用进展

近年发展起来的反向疫苗学,是现代疫苗学研究的一种新策略,使疫苗学研究进入了一个新时期。这种以“序列-结构-功能”思想为依据,以免疫信息学、计算机预测设计以及高通量的各种组学（包括基因组学、转录本组学、蛋白质组学等）综合集成技术为核心的策略,能为各种病原体保护性抗原候选分子的发现提供一条新途径,可以提高疫苗筛选效率。     

Directed evolution of enzymes for biocatalysis and the life sciences

Engineering the specificity and properties of enzymes and proteins within rapid time frames has become feasible with the advent of directed evolution. In the absence of detailed structural and mechanistic information, new functions can be engineered by introducing and recombining mutations, followed by subsequent testing of each variant for the desired new function. A range of methods are available for mutagenesis, and these can be used to introduce mutations at single sites, targeted regions within a gene or randomly throughout the entire gene. In addition, a number of different methods are available to allow recombination of point mutations or blocks of sequence space with little or no homology. Currently, enzyme engineers are still learning which combinations of selection methods and techniques for mutagenesis and DNA recombination are most efficient. Moreover, deciding where to introduce mutations or where to allow recombination is actively being investigated by combining experimental and computational methods. These techniques are already being successfully used for the creation of novel proteins for biocatalysis and the life sciences.Received 8 June 2004; received after revision 22 July 2004; accepted 2 August 2004     

Richard Lewontin and the “complications of linkage”

During the 1960s and 1970s population geneticists pushed beyond models of single genes to grapple with the effect on evolution of multiple genes associated by linkage. The resulting models of multiple interacting loci suggested that blocks of genes, maybe even entire chromosomes or the genome itself, should be treated as a unit. In this context, Richard Lewontin wrote his famous 1974 book The Genetic Basis of Evolutionary Change, which concludes with an argument for considering the entire genome as the unit of selection as a result of linkage. Why did Lewontin and others devote so much intellectual energy to the “complications of linkage” in the 1960s and 1970s? We argue that this attention to linkage should be understood in the context of research on chromosomal inversions and co-adapted gene complexes that occupied mid-century evolutionary genetics. For Lewontin, the complications of linkage were an extension of this chromosomal focus expressed in the new language of models for linkage disequilibrium.     

Recent advances in the development of new transgenic animal technology

Transgenic animal technology is one of the fastest growing biotechnology areas. It is used to integrate exogenous genes into the animal genome by genetic engineering technology so that these genes can be inherited and expressed by offspring. The transgenic efficiency and precise control of gene expression are the key limiting factors in the production of transgenic animals. A variety of transgenic technologies are available. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages and needs further study because of unresolved technical and safety issues. Further studies will allow transgenic technology to explore gene function, animal genetic improvement, bioreactors, animal disease models, and organ transplantation. This article reviews the recently developed animal transgenic technologies, including the germ line stem cell-mediated method to improve efficiency, gene targeting to improve accuracy, RNA interference-mediated gene silencing technology, zinc-finger nuclease gene targeting technology and induced pluripotent stem cell technology. These new transgenic techniques can provide a better platform to develop transgenic animals for breeding new animal varieties and promote the development of medical sciences, livestock production, and other fields.     

Nucleotide sequence of the gene for the mitochondrial 15S ribosomal RNA of yeast

We have determined the nucleotide sequence of a DNA segment carrying the entire 15S ribosomal RNA gene of yeast mitochondrial genome. Many stretches of sequence are present which are homologous to the E. coli 16S ribosomal RNA gene. The gene sequence can be folded into a secondary structure according to the [1] model on bacterial ribosomal RNAs. The structure reveals a striking similarity between the two RNAs despite the large difference in their base compositions. In the middle of the gene, we found a guanine-cytosine rich sequence that is also present in several other regions of the mitochondrial genome.     

Porcine factor V: cDNA cloning, gene mapping, three-dimensional protein modeling of membrane binding sites and comparative anatomy of domains

Factor V is a plasma protein essential for blood coagulation. This protein is involved in activated protein C resistance, the most common inherited thrombotic disorder known. We utilized the polymerase chain reaction to clone the porcine factor V gene by generating overlapping clones amplified with primers chosen by comparison with known nucleotide sequences. The porcine factor V cDNA contig encodes a predicted 2258-amino acid protein, making it the largest in comparison to the bovine, human, and murine proteins. Porcine factor V has the highest level of homology with bovine factor V, but also has high levels of conservation of important residues with all the species. Radiation hybrid mapping assigned the porcine factor V gene to chromosome 4. Three-dimensional models of factor V were generated and used to analyze membrane-binding sites in terms of conserved, and therefore likely important residues. Received 3 October 2000; revised 23 November 2000; accepted 6 December 2000     

Mechanisms of sperm-egg interactions emerging from gene-manipulated animals

Untangling the molecular nature of sperm-egg interactions is fundamental if we are to understand fertilization. These phenomena have been studied for many years using biochemical approaches such as antibodies and ligands that interact with sperm or with eggs and their vestments. However, when homologous genetic recombination techniques were applied, most of the phenotypic factors of the gene-manipulated animals believed “essential” for fertilization were found to be dispensable. Of course, all biological systems contain redundancies and compensatory mechanisms, but as a whole the old model of fertilization clearly requires significant modification. In this review, we use the results of gene manipulation experiments in animals to propose the basis for a new vision. Received 26 January 2007; received after revision 7 March 2007; accepted 17 April 2007     

Integration target site selection for retroviruses and transposable elements

When a retrovirus infects a cell, its RNA genome is reverse transcribed into a double-stranded DNA, which is then permanently integrated into the host chromosome. Integration is one of the essential steps in the retroviral life cycle. Many transposable elements also move around and integrate into the host genome as part of their life cycle, some through RNA intermediates and some through 'cut and paste' mechanisms. Integration of retroviruses and transposable elements into 'sensitive areas' of the genome can cause irreparable damage. On the other hand, because of their ability to integrate permanently, and the relatively efficient rates of transgenesis, retroviruses and transposable elements are widely used as gene delivery tools in basic research and gene therapy trials. Recent events in gene therapy treatments for X-linked severe combined immunity deficiencies (X-SCID) have highlighted both the promise and some of the risks involved with utilizing retroviruses. Nine of 11 children were successfully treated for X-SCID using a retrovirus carrying the gene mutated in this disease. However, later two of these children developed leukemias because of retroviral integrations in the putative oncogene LMO2 [1]. A third child has also been demonstrated to have an integration in LMO2, but is as of yet nonsymptomatic [2]. It is a bit difficult to explain the high frequency of integrations into the same gene using a random model of retroviral integration, and there has been evidence for decades that retroviral integrations may not be random. But the data were somewhat limited in their power to determine the precise nature of the integration biases. The completion of the human genome sequence coupled with sensitive polymerase chain reaction techniques and an ever-decreasing cost of sequencing has given a powerful new tool to the study of integration site selection. In this review, we describe the findings from several recent global surveys of target site selection by retroviruses and transposable elements, and discuss the possible ramifications of these findings to both mechanisms of action and to the use of these elements as gene therapy vectors.