Heritable and inducible genetic interference by double-stranded RNA encoded by transgenes

Double-stranded RNA interference (RNAi) is an effective method for disrupting expression of specific genes in Caenorhabditis elegans and other organisms. Applications of this reverse-genetics tool, however, are somewhat restricted in nematodes because introduced dsRNA is not stably inherited. Another difficulty is that RNAi disruption of late-acting genes has been generally less consistent than that of embryonically expressed genes, perhaps because the concentration of dsRNA becomes lower as cellular division proceeds or as developmental time advances. In particular, some neuronally expressed genes appear refractory to dsRNA-mediated interference. We sought to extend the applicability of RNAi by in vivo expression of heritable inverted-repeat (IR) genes. We assayed the efficacy of in vivo-driven RNAi in three situations for which heritable, inducible RNAi would be advantageous: (i) production of large numbers of animals deficient for gene activities required for viability or reproduction; (ii) generation of large populations of phenocopy mutants for biochemical analysis; and (iii) effective gene inactivation in the nervous system. We report that heritable IR genes confer potent and specific gene inactivation for each of these applications. We suggest that a similar strategy might be used to test for dsRNA interference effects in higher organisms in which it is feasible to construct transgenic animals, but impossible to directly or transiently introduce high concentrations of dsRNA.     

用菲和苯甲醛合成沥青树脂的反应机理

用苯甲醛 (BA)作为交联剂 ,菲 (Ph)作为纯芳烃原料 ,在对甲基苯磺酸 (PTS)的催化作用下 ,合成出B阶沥青树脂。根据产物的核磁和红外分析结果 ,推断出该反应属质子催化下阳离子型缩聚反应。在质子催化下 ,苯甲醛的醛基打开而产生碳正离子 ,作为双官能团的 3种取代方式连接菲的两个芳环 ,生成具有三芳基甲烷结构的长链沥青树脂。     

Preparation and characterization of doubly substituted microwave absorbing material by sol-gel technique for super high frequency applications

Rare earth Dy~(3+)and divalent Mn~(2+)elements substituting W-type hexagonal ferrites Ba_(1-x)Dy_xZn_2Fe_(16-y)Mn_yO_(27)(x=0,0.02,0.06,0.1 and y=0,0.1,0.3,0.5)were prepared by sol-gel method.The thermo-gravimetric analysis(TGA)and differential scanning calorimetry(DSC)was carried out to find the temperature at which single phase can be obtained.XRD patterns indicate the presence of the single phase for all the synthesized samples with the absence of any extra peak due to unreacted material and secondary phases.The occurrence of absorption bands at low wave numbers(563 and 446 cm~(-1)),can be assigned to the stretching vibration of metal and oxygen ions in FTIR spectra,which also confirms the single hexagonal phase for prepared material.The grains are of platelet like structure,which enhances the microwave absorption properties of hexagonal ferrites.The synthesized material exhibits the minimum reflection loss of-20.9 dB at 11.8 GHz frequency,which reflects the applications of this material in super high frequency devices.The microwave conductivity of the material increases with frequency.     

Purification and cloning of amyloid precursor protein beta-secretase from human brain

Proteolytic processing of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) generates amyloid beta (Abeta) peptide, which is thought to be causal for the pathology and subsequent cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease. Cleavage by beta-secretase at the amino terminus of the Abeta peptide sequence, between residues 671 and 672 of APP, leads to the generation and extracellular release of beta-cleaved soluble APP, and a corresponding cell-associated carboxy-terminal fragment. Cleavage of the C-terminal fragment by gamma-secretase(s) leads to the formation of Abeta. The pathogenic mutation K670M671-->N670L671 at the beta-secretase cleavage site in APP, which was discovered in a Swedish family with familial Alzheimer's disease, leads to increased beta-secretase cleavage of the mutant substrate. Here we describe a membrane-bound enzyme activity that cleaves full-length APP at the beta-secretase cleavage site, and find it to be the predominant beta-cleavage activity in human brain. We have purified this enzyme activity to homogeneity from human brain using a new substrate analogue inhibitor of the enzyme activity, and show that the purified enzyme has all the properties predicted for beta-secretase. Cloning and expression of the enzyme reveals that human brain beta-secretase is a new membrane-bound aspartic proteinase.     

基于Web的虚拟数控系统的研究与开发

基于服务器／客户模式的的虚拟数控系统体系结构，讨论了虚拟数控系统的建模技术和基于VRML的实现方法，并指出虚拟数控机床的建模是虚拟数控加工过程仿真的实现关键．利用VRML语言、分布式对象技术和Java技术开发和建立了基于Web环境的虚拟数控系统原型。并对系统的开发平台进行了分析和介绍，同时给出了系统的运行实例．研究表明，所开发的系统是可行的和合理的．     

凸曲面平头立铣刀刀位轨迹的计算方法

采用球面刀在三坐标数控机床上加工具有凸曲面工位的零部件时，往往会导致几何形状误差，对此，运用点涉法原理，推导出在凸曲面上确定平头立铣刀五轴和三轴数控联动加工刀位轨迹的计算方法。     

Effects of aqueous media on microbial removal of sulfur from dibenzothiophene in the presence of hydrocarbons

The existence of sulfur in the petroleum would erode the transport lines and poison the chemical catalysts. In addition, it is the main cause of air pollution and the for-mation of acid rain. At present, hydrodesulfurization (HDS) is the commonly used technology for fuel desulfu-rization. HDS has the disadvantages of high cost of ma-nipulation and equipment investment. Furthermore, HDS is difficult to remove the sulfur from condensed thio-phenes such as dibenzothiophene (DBT). These forms…     

界面处理和冷却条件对玻璃纤维与聚丙烯界面结合的影响 Ⅱ.不同冷却速度对界面剪切强度的影响

通过对玻璃纤维与聚丙烯界面剪切强度的测量,以及对其界面结晶形态的观测,发现界面产生横晶的充分条件是界面存在较强的相互作用和样品的缓慢冷却。提出了横晶形成机理,并推断横晶的形成会导致玻璃纤维与聚丙烯树脂界面结合强度的明显下降。用观测到的横晶与基体球晶的冲击线进一步证实了横晶形成机理     

江苏省工业企业科技投入抽样调查方案设计

根据最优化分析原理,提出类型抽样方式结合0-1整数规划的抽样调查方案设计的方法,并将这一方法成功地应用于江苏省工业企业科技投入的抽样方案设计.计算结果表明,本法的抽样效果,比简单随机抽样提高1.5倍.本文还就江苏省工业企业科技投入的分类标志的选择、分组数目的决定、抽样方案的检查,分组标志与主要科技指标的关系及根据科技投入的特点考虑抽样方案的地域均衡和行业均衡等方面,进行了详细分析.本文提供的方法可为全国其它省市科技抽样调查,洪灾损失及其它社会经济现象的抽样调查方案设计提供参考.