Symmetrical directional cloning: An efficient method to prepare hairpin RNA interference constructs

RNA interference (RNAi) is a loss-of-function approach by which double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) initiates degradation of homologous mRNAs in a sequence specific manner. The dsRNA molecules can be produced in vitro or in vivo, and can be introduced to cells in a number of ways. Here we report a more efficient method for the cloning of inverted repeat DNA fragments into expression vectors that can be transcribed into effective dsRNA molecules in vivo or in vitro. This method, named Symmetrical Directional Cloning (SDC), takes the advantage of compatible non-palindromic restriction enezyme sites, which allow one to directionally clone a single PCR product in both the sense and antisense orientations together into a vector. SDC allows for the directional cloning of inverted repeats using a single PCR product; it requires only one cut site on each side of the loop. Hence this method is more cost effective and less time-consuming. At least 21 commercially available restriction endonucleases can be used as cloning sites for the SDC method. The efficacy of dsRNA expression vectors prepared by SDC has been demonstrated by targeting a negative regulator of the signaling pathway mediating the response of cells to phytohormone, gibberellins (GA), in the aleurone cells.     

EB病毒及化学致癌物DNP对人胚鼻咽粘膜裸鼠移植的诱癌研究

用EBV,DNP及PMA分别或协同对人胚鼻咽粘膜裸鼠移植物进行诱癌研究,探讨上述因素在人实验性鼻咽癌发生中的作用。免疫荧光法检查证实,经B95-8上清液体外及体内转染的人胚鼻咽粘膜上皮表达EBNA。实验结果显示,实验各组均可见各种增生性改变,对照组仅见一般增生性病变。各诱癌组均可见癌前病变,组间无显著性差异。共出现癌8例(1)EBV组:原位癌1例。 (2)EBV+PMA组:早期浸润癌1例。(3)EBV+DNP组:原位癌及浸润癌各1例。(4)EBV+DNP+PMA组:浸润癌1例。 (5)DNP组:原位癌1例。(6)DNP+PMA组:原位癌及浸润癌各1例。结果提示EBV可能在人鼻咽上皮实验性癌变过程中起病因作用。本研究成功诱发了三例浸润癌,均系DAP与其它因素(PMA、EBV)协同作用,提示人鼻咽癌的发生可能与多种致癌因素的相互作用有关。     

管内流动换热过程的性能综合分析

基于管内流动换热方程,在最小初投资的条件下导出经济合理的管长、管径比与换热参数的关系式.同时对管内流动换热过程进行火用分析,得出火用损失率最小的最佳运行参数(Reopt),以及由换热准则关系式得出的最佳换热参数(Stopt),最后得到使管内流动换热过程的结构、流动与换热性能综合优化的管长管径比.     

Undoped semi-insulating indium phosphide (InP) and its applications

During the past several years, the research and development of InP material has made great progress due to serving as the substrate for most optoelectronic devices operating at the communications wavelength of 1.31 and 1.55 μm. At present, InP has become an important semiconductor material together with Si and GaAs. When compared to GaAs, InP has higher electron velocity, higher radiation hardness and better heat-conducting property. The advantage of InP crystal material allows higher frequency operation and lower power requirements. Therefore, InP is widely being used for the manufacture of microwave devices, high-frequency devices and optoelectronic integrated circuits (OEICs) which are indispensable for wireless technology, satellite communications^[1—3]. Although n-type and p-type InP can meet actual needs, semi-insulating InP substrates remain to be improved due to their poor uniformity and consistency. For this reason, several possible approaches have been reported to the preparation of SI InP by wafer annealing under different conditions^[4—9].     

A study on nano-sized NiO electrodes doping with C and Co prepared by electrochemical deposition-sintering processes and their capacitance performance

In the present work, it was studied that nanoosized NiO electrodes doping with C and Co were prepared by electrochemical deposition in an ethanol solution containing nickel nitrate and cobalt nitrate and sintering processes. The capacitance performance of such electrodes was also studied. The results reveal that samples obtained by electrochemical deposition first on a porous nickel cathode in an ethanol solution contain 0.5 mol/L nitrates, in which Ni(NO3)2 and Co(NO3)2 were mixed in a molar proportion of 8 : 2. After sintering at 300℃ for 2 h, they exhibited the best performance. XRD analysis illustrates that the essential phase of the product is NiO doping with certain content of C and Co. The particles of product imaged a spherical morphology with sizes of 20---30 nm in diameter, and with an average crystal size of 4--5 nm. The capacitance measurement of the simulating C/NiO capacitors indicates that a single electrode can reach as high as 410.0 F/g, and still maintain the value of 323 F/g after 30 recycles showed as a stabilized value with increasing recycles, when it was discharged at a current of 5 mA.     

基于J2EE构架的药物与靶点综合数据库及其查询系统（DTDB）的设计与实现

本文扼要介绍了作者收集、整理目前已发现的所有药物及其作用靶点的相关信息,并整合现代分子生物、药物、化学等的最新进展,采用业界领先的Java的j2ee框架,建立一个综合的数据库系统的过程。同时在该综合数据库系统的基础上,嵌入药物分子和靶点的对接技术,使得我们的系统除用于一般的药物分子和靶点查询之外,还能实现基于分子反向对接的虚拟筛选和通过药物分子寻找其作用的潜在蛋白靶点。本数据库暂时只能本机访问,对外访问地址尚在建设中。     

函数再现机构的可靠性综合

以曲柄滑块机构为例，提出了函数再现机构的可靠性综合方法．首先由机构的允许输出误差应用可靠性概念确定各构件尺寸，然后用概率法分配各构件的尺寸公差．从而使机构具有预定的可靠度．     

乳腺组织的位相衬度成像

将位相村度成像用于乳腺肿瘤的结构研究后,发现:正常乳腺组织的吸收图像的清晰度比较高,原因是正常乳腺组织比较致密,对于对X射线的吸收相对较强。而位相衬度成像在分辨肿瘤组织内部结构方面的优势是比较明显的,能够清晰地显示出乳腺组织中的一些精细结构,并可以反映出正常组织、良性肿瘤组织和癌变组织结构的特异性。在位相衬度成像中,图像的村度是与样品到探测器的距离有关的,在不同样品到探测器的距离下,位相村度成像的分辨率是不同的。根据衬度传递函数(CTF),可以估计出乳腺癌组织中的钙化尺度在30μm左右。     

SoC处理器的时钟生成器：电路和体系结构

本书涵盖了面向SoC（System　on　Chip，片上系统）处理器的集成综合器电路设计的论题，采取了一种更为全局的设计观念来考察电路级和体系结构级的设计空间。书中的论述十分广泛，而且包括电路理论和锁相环反馈控制理论的综述。在电路级方面，讨论包括深亚微米数字CMOS过程的低功耗模拟设计、供电噪声效应、设备噪声；在体系结构级方面的论述，涵盖了连续时间和离散时间模型的锁相环分析，以及锁相行为的细节分析。还有一些章节对特定的时钟生成器模块做了电路级和系统结构级的深入描述，其中包括高供电噪声屏蔽的锁相环电路、体系结构和数字锁相环体系结构，考察了为离散时间模拟部件产生低失真采样时钟的方法。这里所说的锁相环包括希格马．代尔塔N分锁相环、直接数字综合（DDS、Direct　Digital　Synthesis）技术和锁相环的非常规应用。本书讨论的面向测试的设计（Dvr、Design　for　Test），其中包括锁相环的精确测量滤波器方法和嵌人式测试（BIST、Built—in—self-test）技术。     

Depositional history of the early part of the Jurassic succession on the Rajasthan Shelf, western India

Part of the lowermost deposits of the Triassic to Earlymid Jurassic (up to Bajocian) sedimentary succession spread across the Rajasthan shelf on the western part of the Indian craton is found in the Jaisalmer Basin east of Jaisalmer with the best exposed sections along the Jodhpur-Jaisalmer Highway. Based on lithostratigraphic characteristics, the succession is divided into four: Odania and Thaiat members, Lathi Formation; and Hamira and Joyan members, Jaisalmer Formation. Six facies are defined from microfacies, sedimentary structures, biotic components and depositional environments: (1) ferruginous, pebbly, cross-bedded sandstone—high-energy, fluvial; (2) cross-bedded, poorly sorted, fossil wood-bearing sandstone—highenergy, terrestrial, with high influx of sediment and warm and humid climate; (3) cross-bedded to rarely bioturbated, alternating silt to fine-grained sandstone—fluctuating sedimentation rates and energy—nearshore, mesohaline embayment to lagoonal; (4) partly bioturbated, storm-dominated, mixed siliciclastic-carbonate facies—fully marine; (5) low angle cross-laminated, silt to fine-grained sandstone—nearshore shallow water, above fair weather wave base; and (6) thick rudstones with mega-ripples and reworked coral heads-storm deposits representing the peak of first major marine transgression across the basin.