Inducible expression pattern of rice Bowman-Birk inhibitor gene<Emphasis Type="Italic">OsWIP1-2</Emphasis> and its protease inhibitory activity

The WIP1-2 gene was cloned from rice. It be-longs to the Bowman-Birk inhibitor gene family. Northernblot showed that expression of this gene was induced bywounding and jasmonic acid (JA). It indicates that the OsWIPI gene plays an important role in the rice defense sys-tem. The OsWIP1-2 was cloned into pET28a and expressed inE. coli. Its expressed product was purified in the form offusion protein and tested for the inhibitory activities againsttrypsin and chymotrypsin. It was found that the fusion pro-tein could inhibit chymotrypsin, but not trypsin. It was alsofound that the His tag at its C-terminal affected its inhibitoryactivity significantly. The fusion protein with a naturalC-terminal had the inhibitory activity, while no inhibitoryactivity was detected in the fusion protein with a (His)6-tag atits C-terminal. This implies that extra amino acid residues atthe C-terminal of OsWIP1-2 may interfere with its correctfolding. The inhibitory assay indicated that the members ofrice Bowman-Birk inhibitor gene family probably differenti-ated both in their structure and function.     

Computer simulations on the gas-liquid phase diagram of Stockmayer fluids

Particle exchange molecular dynamics （PEMD） simulation technique is proposed to study the gas-liquid phase diagram of fluids. In the simulations, the fluid particles can be transferred between the two coupled boxes, which possess constant total number of particles and volume. The particle transfer is controlled by the difference of chemical potential in the respective simulation box. After equilibrium the two boxes have the same pressure, temperature and chemical potential. The method is further used to study the gas-liquid phase diagram of Stockmayer fluid. Increasing the dipole strength will enhance the critical temperature. The predicted critical points are in agreement with those from Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo simulations, while the small systematic difference is attributed to the system size effects and the thermostat methods.     

Physical location of the ricePi-5(t), Glh andRTSV genes by ISH of BAC clones

Mapping of low or single-copy sequences on plant chromosomes has proven difficult because of very low frequency of signal detection. Rice BAC library is being used widely in rice genome research due to its distinctive advantages over other library systems. In this study, two biotin-labeled rice BAC clones closely linked to a rice blast resistance, green leafhopper resistance and tungro spherical virus resistance gene,Pi-5(t), Glh, RTSV, werein situ hybridized to rice chromosomes. They were located on the long arm and short arm of chromosome 4 with FL value of 40% and 100% respectively. The frequency of signal detection reached 46.8% and 59.2%. The signal location were consistent with the selective marker on rice saturated molecular map. The results demonstrated the advantages to locate BAC clones to chromosomes byin situ hybridization and will facilitate the rice low or single-copy gene location by using the BAC library. Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Doctorate Vesting Point Foundation of the Education Department of the People's Republic of China Yan Huimin: born in 1964, Lecturer     

中国河南西峡晚白垩世恐龙蛋化石基因分离及序列分析

从河南省西峡晚白垩世一枚恐龙蛋化石内腔絮状内含物及外壳提取ＤＮＡ样品，并用一段特异引物与６碱基随机引物进行ＰＣＲ扩增、基因克隆和序列分析。结果表明用这对引物从蛋腔絮状内含物样品中扩增到一段１５０ｂｐ的ＤＮＡ片段，推测氨基酸序列与ＥＭＢＬ库中已知蛋白质氨基酸序列进行了序列同源性分析，结果表明所克隆到的这段基因与非洲爪蟾表皮钙粘着蛋白（ｃａｄ－ｈｅｒｉｎ）前体及脑细胞粘着蛋白、牛及人胎盘胞钙粘着蛋白在氨基酸水平有显著的序列同源性，分别为４０．６％，３７．５％，３４．４％和３６．４％。     

A Co—expression System Based on Phage and Phagemid to Select Cognate Antibody—antigen Pairs in vivo

A modified selectively-infective phage(SIP) is developed to facilitate the selection of interacting antibody-antigen paris from a large single-chan antibody(scFv)library in vivo.The system is constructed with a modified helper phage M13KO7 and phagemid pCANTAB 5E.The antigen fused to the C-terminal of N1-N2 domain and the scFv to the N-terminal of CT domain of the gIIIp of filamentous phage are encoded on the phage and phagemid vectors respectively.The phages produced by co-transformants restore infectivity via interaction between antigen and antibody fusions in the cell periplasm.In a model system,the scFv fragment of the anti-hemagglutinin 17/9 antibody and its corresponding antigen are detected in the presence of a 10^5 fold excess of a non-interacting cotrol paris,which demonstrates this system to be very sensitive and facile to screen a large single-chain antibody library.     

镁合金等通道转角挤压的研究

文章简要介绍了等通道转角挤压(ECAP)在镁合金成型中的应用,并且从等通道转角挤压机理及其对镁合金材料的组织和性能影响的角度进行了分析.     

Molecular evolution of the exon 2 of CHS genes and the possibility of its application to plant phylogenetic analysis

The exon 2 of chalcone synthase (CHS) gene is relatively conserved during evolution. In this study, three exon 2 fragments from two species in gymnosperm (Cycas panzhihuaensis, Ginkgo biloba) and seven from four species in angiosperm (Magnolia denudata, Salix babylonica, Nymphaea tetragona, Camellia japonica) have been amplified by PCR from genomic DNA and sequenced. Together with other 73 sequences ofCHS collected from EMBL database and literature, these sequences, which embrace 19 families of gymnosperm and angiosperm, have been analyzed for their phylogenetic relations by parsimony method. The result indicated that sequences from the same systematic family usually grouped together except those from Theaceae, Magnoliaceae and Nymphaeaceae. The relative rate test revealed the rate heterogeneity of CHS genes among the families. For the nucleotide substitution the sequences from Asteraceae and Solanaceae evolve faster than those from the other families analyzed while the sequences from Poaceae, Asteraceae and Solanaceae evolve faster for the nonsynonymous substitution. These results suggest that the duplication and extinction events of CHS genes are different among systematic families, therefore it seems impractical to look for orthologous sequences from CHS genes to study plant phylogeny at the family level andlor above. However, it is possible to do so below the family level.     

双UAVs辅助的混合能量收集MEC系统资源分配策略

针对用户从环境射频源收集能量较少的问题,提出了一种双无人机辅助的混合能量收集边缘计算系统的资源分配策略。通过部署2个具有混合太阳能和射频能量收集功能的无人机,当用户的计算任务较大时,可以将计算任务卸载到搭载边缘服务器的无人机。当用户从环境射频源收集的能量不够用时,另一个无人机飞到用户上方,为其近距离充电。联合考虑无人机和用户的能量消耗,将系统资源分配问题建模成一个混合整数非线性规划问题,在满足用户和无人机计算能力和能量消耗的约束条件下,最小化系统总能耗。通过引入量子行为粒子群优化算法,获得次优解。仿真结果表明,与其他几种方法相比,采用量子行为粒子群优化算法消耗的能量更少。     

谷胱甘肽硫转移酶结构与功能研究进展

谷胱甘肽转硫酶(G lutath ione S-transferases,简称GSTs,EC2.5.1.18)是广泛分布于哺乳动物、植物、鸟类、昆虫、寄生虫及微生物体内的一组多功能同工酶,其主要功能是催化某些内源性或外来有害物质的亲电子基团与还原型谷胱甘肽的巯基偶联,增加其疏水性使其易于穿越细胞膜,分解后排出体外,从而达到解毒的目的.着重介绍了近年来谷胱甘肽硫转移酶结构与功能研究的进展,详细描述并比较了多种同工酶的三级结构、生化功能、催化机制以及底物特异性,同时对GSTs种类之间结构与功能的进化做了较深入探讨.     

一类不确定非线性系统基于SVR的Backstepping自适应跟踪控制

针对含有不确定非线性扰动项的一类非线性系统,结合支持向量回归理论,采用Backstep-ping控制方法设计自适应非线性控制器.在分析满足Backstepping设计条件的一类非线性系统结构形式的基础上,应用支持向量回归辨识并补偿系统不确定项及未知扰动,基于Lyapunov稳定性理论,选取Lyapunov函数,证明闭环系统最终一致有界,且跟踪误差指数收敛.通过对典型系统仿真分析表明,相比于径向基神经网络自适应Backstepping控制方案,支持向量回归因其内部参数由训练优化产生,不依赖先验经验及外界干预,适应性较好,对参考指令信号跟踪收敛快,稳态误差小,控制方案有效,且系统具有一定鲁棒性.