Chromatosomes are not produced fromTetrahymena chromatin by micrococcal nuclease digestion

Summary The subnucleosomal organization ofTetrahymena chromatin, which has an unusual H1 histone, was investigated by NaCl extraction and micrococcal nuclease digestion of nuclei. It was found thatTetrahymena histone H1 is extracted with 0.35 M NaCl, whereas bovine thyroid H1 is not. Micrococcal nuclease digestion ofTetrahymena nuclei did not yield chromatosomes as a stable intermediate, whereas digestion of bovine thyroid nuclei did.     

给定荷载下的骨骼重建的有限元分析

作为一种活性生物器官 ,骨骼不同部分的密度在给定荷载下要发生变化 ,这种现象叫骨重建。定量的研究骨重建现象是骨生物力学的重要组成部分。在 Cater所做的骨材料的实验基础上 ,骨骼的不同微小部分被简化当作一种各向同性材料。再以有限元分析和迭代计算为手段 ,可以获得一种定量计算骨量的方法。与实验结果对照可以发现 ,此方法可使问题得到解决。     

Progresses in studies of nuclear actin

Actin is a protein abundant in cells. Recently, it has been proved to be universally existent in the nuclei of many cell types. Actin and actin-binding proteins, as well as aetin-related proteins, are necessary for the mediation of the conformation and function of nuclear actin, including the transformation of actin between unpolymerized and polymerized, chromatin remodeling, regulation of gene expression and RNA processing as well as RNA transportation. In this paper, we summarized the progresses in the research of nuclear actin.     

Folding patterns of chromatin in chicken erythrocyte studied by using AFM and TEM

Four folding patterns (～15, ～30-40, ～60 and ～90-110 nm) of the higher_order structure of chromatin in chicken erythrocytes have been observed with an atomic force microscope (AFM) under near natural conditions. Results showed that the chromatin in the interphase nucleus of chicken erythrocyte was not in a disorganized form but represented a higher_order conformation. The thin sections of the chromatin in the nucleus of chicken erythrocyte were examined with a transmission electron microscope (TEM). Compared with TEM, AFM had the advantages that the samples did not need the preparation procedures such as fixing, sectioning and staining, and thus were closer to their native condition.     

Comparative study of microstructural remodification to porous β-TCP and HA in rabbits

To assess the remolding ability of repaired bone in hydroxyapatite （HA） and β-calcium phosphate （β-TCP） scaffold, two 75% porosity bioceramics with the same three-dimensional geometry were implanted into femoral condyles of rabbits. Histological and micro-computed tomography （micro-CT） results demonstrated abundant new bone formation in the porous HA scaffold along with indistinctive scaffold degradation. Results also indicated that scaffold resorption in the β-TCP group, which was followed by a replacement with newly formed bone, was significantly higher than that in the HA group. The crosslinking trabeculae remodeled from the mixtures of the newly formed bone and β-TCP scaffold remnants might be helpful to promoting even loading and reducing stress. The bone remodeling pattern resulted from bone formation and scaffold resorption was significantly different for the two bioceramics. The results demonstrated that the 75% porous β-TCP was more suitable for new bone remodification than HA scaffold.     

人类和黑猩猩染色体同义和非同义替代的非平行累积(英文)

为了揭示灵长类染色体的进化动态,以小鼠和狗作为外群,使用比较基因组学和生物信息学的方法,详细分析了人-小鼠、人-狗、黑猩猩-小鼠、黑猩猩-狗中的16427,15161,15802和14559同源基因.结果表明,人类和黑猩猩染色体16,19,21和22上的基因具有显著高的同义替代速率(dS).分析人类-小鼠-狗和黑猩猩-小鼠-狗的同源基因,发现不同系谱基因碱基的同义和非同义替代速率(dN)是相似的,揭示了这些物种基因的碱基替代速率经历着相似的进化选择压力.此外,结果也表明局部染色质环境(GC含量和基因密度)和染色体重组速率对人类染色体碱基替代的累积也有显著影响.     

The epigenetic involvement in plant hormone signaling

The biosynthesis and signaling of plant hormones play a critical role in almost all biological processes. It is well-documented that phytohormones cross-talk with each other. Epigenetic mechanisms were suggested to regulate expression of downstream targets in hormone signaling pathways that help implement hormone functions. This new layer of complexities that integrate epigenetic information such as DNA methylation, chromatin remodeling, histone modification, microRNAs and siRNAs with plant hormone signaling and regulations of gene expression, has been gradually revealed. In this short review, the author tries to assemble recent progress to establish a molecular linkage between these two large and momentum research fields and also to help readers digest the literature.