The neuronal sortilin-related receptor SORL1 is genetically associated with Alzheimer disease

The recycling of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) from the cell surface via the endocytic pathways plays a key role in the generation of amyloid beta peptide (Abeta) in Alzheimer disease. We report here that inherited variants in the SORL1 neuronal sorting receptor are associated with late-onset Alzheimer disease. These variants, which occur in at least two different clusters of intronic sequences within the SORL1 gene (also known as LR11 or SORLA) may regulate tissue-specific expression of SORL1. We also show that SORL1 directs trafficking of APP into recycling pathways and that when SORL1 is underexpressed, APP is sorted into Abeta-generating compartments. These data suggest that inherited or acquired changes in SORL1 expression or function are mechanistically involved in causing Alzheimer disease.     

A recurrent mutation in MED12 leading to R961W causes Opitz-Kaveggia syndrome

Opitz-Kaveggia syndrome (also known as FG syndrome) is an X-linked disorder characterized by mental retardation, relative macrocephaly, hypotonia and constipation. We report here that the original family for whom the condition is named and five other families have a recurrent mutation (2881C>T, leading to R961W) in MED12 (also called TRAP230 or HOPA), a gene located at Xq13 that functions as a thyroid receptor-associated protein in the Mediator complex.     

Information processing along the course of a visual interneuron.

Locust ocellar retinal cells are innervated by giant second order cells, 2 mm long, which show discrete zones of integration along their course, including a major zone in the axonal length of the neuron. The complex synaptic arrangements which exist between higher-order afferent and efferent cells and these second order cells along their course suggests that transmission takes place by the electrotonic spread of slow potentials. The size and accessibility of these visual interneurons offers a unique preparation for examining mechanisms of graded synaptic transmission.     

植物标签技术

传统的正向遗传学主要用于克隆表型或功能已确定的基因。转座子标签突变体可用随机标签法从带有活性转座子的自交后代中筛选得到,或用定向标签法从杂交一代中筛选得到,即用目的基因的隐性突变统合体与具高度活性转座号的统合体杂交,极大多数的FI个体为正常表型,但其中会有极少量的表现隐性性状的转庄子插入突变体。正向基因标签和克隆法在利用异源和低拷贝数品系时尤其有用。采用反向fCR或热不对称交替PCR（TAIL－PCR）且很容易从单拷贝或低拷贝数品系中获得插入于两侧的基因组序列。TAIL－PCR由三轮连续的半巢式PCR组成,所…     

人类的太空未来

人类像乘飞机那样方便地乘太空交通工具巡游外层空间在近几十年的未来可能还实现不了,但在此期间我们将孜孜不倦地为达此目的而攻研多项重大课题：倾全力设计新型发射运载工具、建立国际太空空间站、寻索太空能……l993年,美国国会通过一项表决,拯救了国际太空空间站项目的立项,这是发生在人类征服太空史上的一件重大事件,此项意义特殊重大的关键可能将要深深影响着人类的未来。事实已经证明,建造国际太空空间站实际上对西方国家探索日益增长的大量科技领域新知提供了促激动力。若人类不希望成为仅立足于地球上而面临人口日益拥挤的被…     

影响林木种子贮藏的因素

为了每年提供造林新需的具有生活力的种子及长期保存种质资源,贮藏种子是必要的手段。种子寿命具有遗传性,且因树种而异。种子的贮藏特性可以分成5类:正常型、亚正常型、温带顽拗型、热带顽拗型和中间型。种子含水量和贮藏温度是影响种子贮藏是否成功的两个最重要因素。但因树种及其贮藏特性不同,种子含水量和贮藏温度的最适值也不同。为了保持正常型和亚正常型种子的生活力,这类种子必须密封贮藏;但对顽拗型种子,因其需要保持种子的代谢活性及要进行有氧呼吸,则需要气体交换。     

世界优秀男子110 m栏运动员成绩变化分析

采用文献资料调查、数理统计等科研方法, 对1997年世界田径锦标赛男子110 m栏前 7 名运动员的成绩进行相关分析, 揭示当今男子110 m栏全程速度变化的规律和特点, 并对近 4 年来世界优秀男子 110 m栏运动员与我国男子110 m栏运动员的成绩进行对比分析, 希望能对我国男子110 m栏的训练提供一些新的参考和启示.     

θ环填料塔中单乙醇胺吸收CO2传质性能研究

在乱堆θ环不锈钢填料的自制填料塔中,使用单乙醇胺(MEA)作为吸收剂,研究MEA脱除CO2的去除率和总体积传质系数KGav,考察了贫液中CO2负载量、吸收剂浓度、液体流量、吸收温度等不同参数对总体积传质系数的影响.实验结果表明,KGav随贫液中CO2负载量的增大而减小,随吸收剂浓度、液体流量的增大而增大;且进料温度在3...     

A Transport Protocol and Its Formal Description for Local Networks

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