Dissection of COPI and Arf1 dynamics in vivo and role in Golgi membrane transport

Cytosolic coat proteins that bind reversibly to membranes have a central function in membrane transport within the secretory pathway. One well-studied example is COPI or coatomer, a heptameric protein complex that is recruited to membranes by the GTP-binding protein Arf1. Assembly into an electron-dense coat then helps in budding off membrane to be transported between the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and Golgi apparatus. Here we propose and corroborate a simple model for coatomer and Arf1 activity based on results analysing the distribution and lifetime of fluorescently labelled coatomer and Arf1 on Golgi membranes of living cells. We find that activated Arf1 brings coatomer to membranes. However, once associated with membranes, Arf1 and coatomer have different residence times: coatomer remains on membranes after Arf1-GTP has been hydrolysed and dissociated. Rapid membrane binding and dissociation of coatomer and Arf1 occur stochastically, even without vesicle budding. We propose that this continuous activity of coatomer and Arf1 generates kinetically stable membrane domains that are connected to the formation of COPI-containing transport intermediates. This role for Arf1/coatomer might provide a model for investigating the behaviour of other coat protein systems within cells.     

人因工程在青岛世园会的应用分析

青岛世园会是第一次在山地举办的世园会,如何让游客方便、安全的游览是园区设施设计的目的,本文从色彩的应用、安全标志、说明标志、公共服务设施、无障碍设计等多个方面对世园会的设计进行了分析,解释了世园会按照人因工程原则进行设计的过程和细节,并分析了不足,为公共设施的设计提供了借鉴。     

Mapping and analysis of chromatin state dynamics in nine human cell types

Chromatin profiling has emerged as a powerful means of genome annotation and detection of regulatory activity. The approach is especially well suited to the characterization of non-coding portions of the genome, which critically contribute to cellular phenotypes yet remain largely uncharted. Here we map nine chromatin marks across nine cell types to systematically characterize regulatory elements, their cell-type specificities and their functional interactions. Focusing on cell-type-specific patterns of promoters and enhancers, we define multicell activity profiles for chromatin state, gene expression, regulatory motif enrichment and regulator expression. We use correlations between these profiles to link enhancers to putative target genes, and predict the cell-type-specific activators and repressors that modulate them. The resulting annotations and regulatory predictions have implications for the interpretation of genome-wide association studies. Top-scoring disease single nucleotide polymorphisms are frequently positioned within enhancer elements specifically active in relevant cell types, and in some cases affect a motif instance for a predicted regulator, thus suggesting a mechanism for the association. Our study presents a general framework for deciphering cis-regulatory connections and their roles in disease.     

A periodicity of approximately 1 hour in X-ray emission from the active galaxy RE J1034+396

Active galactic nuclei and quasars are thought to be scaled-up versions of Galactic black hole binaries, powered by accretion onto supermassive black holes with masses of 10(6)-10(9) M[symbol: see text], as opposed to the approximately 10 M [symbol: see text] in binaries (here M [symbol: see text] is the solar mass). One example of the similarities between these two types of systems is the characteristic rapid X-ray variability seen from the accretion flow. The power spectrum of this variability in black hole binaries consists of a broad noise with multiple quasi-periodic oscillations superimposed on it. Although the broad noise component has been observed in many active galactic nuclei, there have hitherto been no significant detections of quasi-periodic oscillations. Here we report the discovery of an approximately 1-hour X-ray periodicity in a bright active galaxy, RE J1034+396. The signal is highly statistically significant (at the 5.6 sigma level) and very coherent, with quality factor Q > 16. The X-ray modulation arises from the direct vicinity of the black hole.     

随机利率下的连续型终身增额寿险

寿险中的随机利率问题,是近来保险精算研究的热点和重点问题之一.以即时赔付的连续型终身增额寿险为对象,对随机利率采用Gauss过程建模,Gauss过程与Poisson过程联合建模,研究赔付现值的各阶矩.并在De Movie假设下,给出其简洁表达式.     

正交试验法优选田七花总黄酮的提取工艺

用正交试验法对田七花中的总黄酮提取工艺进行优化.以田七花中的总黄酮含量为考察指标,采用正交试验L9(34)表进行实验,对提取过程中的乙醇浓度、提取时间、提取次数及料液比四个影响因素进行研究.结果显示影响田七花中的总黄酮提取工艺的显著因素是提取次数,最佳提取工艺是:12倍量的80%的乙醇提取3次,每次1 h.