An intron with a constitutive transport element is retained in a Tap messenger RNA

Alternative splicing is a key factor contributing to genetic diversity and evolution. Intron retention, one form of alternative splicing, is common in plants but rare in higher eukaryotes, because messenger RNAs with retained introns are subject to cellular restriction at the level of cytoplasmic export and expression. Often, retention of internal introns restricts the export of these mRNAs and makes them the targets for degradation by the cellular nonsense-mediated decay machinery if they contain premature stop codons. In fact, many of the database entries for complementary DNAs with retained introns represent them as artefacts that would not affect the proteome. Retroviruses are important model systems in studies of regulation of RNAs with retained introns, because their genomic and mRNAs contain one or more unspliced introns. For example, Mason-Pfizer monkey virus overcomes cellular restrictions by using a cis-acting RNA element known as the constitutive transport element (CTE). The CTE interacts directly with the Tap protein (also known as nuclear RNA export factor 1, encoded by NXF1), which is thought to be a principal export receptor for cellular mRNA, leading to the hypothesis that cellular mRNAs with retained introns use cellular CTE equivalents to overcome restrictions to their expression. Here we show that the Tap gene contains a functional CTE in its alternatively spliced intron 10. Tap mRNA containing this intron is exported to the cytoplasm and is present in polyribosomes. A small Tap protein is encoded by this mRNA and can be detected in human and monkey cells. Our results indicate that Tap regulates expression of its own intron-containing RNA through a CTE-mediated mechanism. Thus, CTEs are likely to be important elements that facilitate efficient expression of mammalian mRNAs with retained introns.     

C1 SnoRNA，水稻中一种新的核仁小分子RNA

通过计算机分析国际分子生物学数据库和ｃＤＮＡ序列分析等方法，在水稻（Ｏｒｙｚａｓａｔｉｖａ）中发现了一种新的核仁小分子ＲＮＡ：Ｃ１ＳｎｏＲＮＡ．该ＲＮＡ具有ｂｏｘＣ，ｂｏｘＤ和末端碱基配对区等典型的核仁小分子ＲＮＡ结构特征；并有１４个核苷酸与水稻１８ｓｒＲＮＡ中一段保守序列互补．推测Ｃ１ＳｎｏＲＮＡ可能在１８ｓｒＲＮＡ甲基化过程中起重要作用．编码Ｃ１ＳｎｏＲＮＡ的基因位于水稻Ｈｓｐ７０基因的第一个内含子中．这是在水稻中发现的第一个由基因内含子编码的ＳｎｏＲＮＡ．     

Cloning and characterization of rice RH3 gene induced by brown planthopper

Histones are basic low molecular weight proteins found in all eukaryotic genomes. The histones include five classes of basic proteins (H1, H2A, H2B, H3 and H4) that interact with each other and nuclear DNA to form the nucleosome. The H3 and H4 histone proteins are highly conserved and form the central tetrameric block of the core-nucleosome. Histone H3 has several post-transcrip- tional modifications such as methylation, acetylation, phosphonation, and ADP-ribosylation and it plays impor…     

Ethylene signaling in rice

Ethylene regulates many aspects of growth, development and responses to environmental stresses in plants. Its signaling pathway has been established in model dicotyledonous plant Arabidopsis. However, its roles and signal transduction in monocotyledous rice plant remain largely unknown. In this review, we summarize the current advances in rice ethylene signaling studies and compare these with the results from Arabidopsis and other plants. Most of the components homologous to those in Arabidopsis ethylene signaling pathway have been found in rice, including five ethylene receptors, OsEIN2, OsEIL1, and OsERFs. Rice ethylene receptors are functionally more divergent than that of Arabidopsis. OsEIN2 and OsEIL1 display limited roles in regulation of rice ethylene responses compared with their Arabidopsis orthologs. ERF-like proteins OsERF1 and OsEBP-89 appear to be involved in rice ethylene signaling. However, whether they are activated through OsEIN2 and OsEIL1-mediated pathway needs further studies. Given that rice uses ethylene to control many processes that do not exist in Arabidopsis, it seems that new components or new mechanisms may exist in rice ethylene signaling pathway.     

褐飞虱NADH泛醌氧化还原酶51kDa亚基cDNA片段的克隆及表达分析

NADH泛醌氧化还原酶是动物体内呼吸链电子传递系统的第一个酶，克隆水稻害虫褐飞虱的NADH泛醌氧化还原酶基因，及研究其在褐飞虱与水稻互作中的表达变化，将为科学防治褐飞虱提供新的线索。利用反转录多聚酶链式反应（RT-PCR）技术克隆了褐飞虱NADH泛醌氧化还原酶51kDa亚基基因的cDNA片段，并进行了序列测定；使用NoRhem杂交技术检测了该基因对两种不同抗性水稻的分子反应。分子杂交结果表明，在取食抗性水稻品种B5后，褐飞虱的NADH泛醌氧化还原酶51kDa亚基基因表达水平明显升高，而取食感虫水稻TN1后，该基因的表达水平没有明显变化。     

Molecular cloning of growth hormone receptor (GHR) from common carp(Cyprinus carpio L.)and identification of its two forms of mRNA transcripts

Growth hormone receptor (GHR) belongs tothehematopoietic receptor superfamily[1]. The action ofgrowth hormone (GH) in regulating growth[2],re-production[3]and i mmunity[4]has been elucidated.The binding of GHtothe GHRontarget tissues trig-gers a cascade of tyrosine and protein phosphorylationevents, which cul minates in the biological action ofGH[5 ,6]. Up to date GHR cDNAs have been clonedfrom many species[7—9],including various kinds ofmammalian ani mals ; avian of chicken and domest…     

水稻悬浮系细胞的建立及植株再生

水稻（辽盐9）种子在LS＋2,4－D（2,4-二氯苯氧乙酸）2．0～3．0mg/L的培养基上进行诱导培养,经3～4次继代后,即可得到淡黄色颗粒性愈伤组织;将该种愈伤组织在LS＋2,4－D2．0～3．0mg／L＋LH（水解乳蛋白）300mg/L的液体培养基上进行振荡培养,经4～5次继代后,即可建立起良好的细胞悬浮系;培养基中附加2．0～2．5mg／LKT,使愈伤组织和悬浮细胞均可再生,其再生率分别为15．9％～17．9％和18．1％～20．8％。     

Cloning and characterization of a glucose 6-phosphate／phosphate translocator from Oryza sativa

Plastids of nongreen tissues import carbon as a source of biosynthetic pathways and energy, and glucose 6-phosphate is the preferred hexose phosphate taken up by nongreen plastids. A cDNA clone encoding glucose 6-phosphate/phosphate translocator (GPT) was isolated from a cDNA library of immature seeds of rice and named as OsGPT. The cDNA has one uninterrupted open reading frame encoding a 42 kDa polypeptide possessing transit poptide consisting of 70 amino acid residues. The OsGPT gene maps on chromosome 8 of rice and is linked to the quantitative trait locus for 1000-grain weight. The expression of OsGPT is mainly re-stricted to heteretrephic tissues. These results suggest that glucose 6-phosphate imported via GPT can be used for starch biosynthesis in rice nongreen plastids