Ba2ErCl7晶体的生长、结构和激光上转换机制

报道了新型上转换材料Ｂａ２ＥｒＣｌ７的单晶生长方法。用“一步合成法”直接将Ｅｒ２Ｏ３,ＢａＣｌ２．２Ｈ２Ｏ和ＮＨ４Ｃｌ合成Ｂａ２ＥｒＣｌ７多晶料,并分别用提拉法和坩埚下降法得到４ｍｍ＊８ｍｍ＊１５ｍｍ的优质大块单晶;用８０３ｎｍ的ＬＤ泵浦时有强烈的黄绿光发射;     

低码率下MPEG—2自适应量化控制策略

对ＭＰＥＧ－２ＴＭ５量化控制策略进行了修正,提出了一种基于宏块直方图特性的自适应量化控制方法．该方法考虑了人眼的视觉特性和编码效率,适应于低码率下的ＭＰＥＧ－２压缩编码,并能有效地提高图象质量．     

Cancer and blood coagulation

In human patients, blood coagulation disorders often associate with cancer, even in its early stages. Recently, in vitro and in vivo experimental models have shown that oncogene expression, or inactivation of tumour suppressor genes, upregulate genes that control blood coagulation. These studies suggest that activation of blood clotting, leading to peritumoral fibrin deposition, is instrumental in cancer development. Fibrin can indeed build up a provisional matrix, supporting the invasive growth of neoplastic tissues and blood vessels. Interference with blood coagulation can thus be considered as part of a multifaceted therapeutic approach to cancer. Received 30 November 2005; received after revision 7 February 2005; accepted 8 February 2006     

Recent results on hydrogen and hydration in biology studied by neutron macromolecular crystallography

Neutron diffraction provides an experimental method of directly locating hydrogen atoms in proteins, a technique complimentary to ultra-high-resolution [1, 2] X-ray diffraction. Three different types of neutron diffractometers for biological macromolecules have been constructed in Japan, France and the United States, and they have been used to determine the crystal structures of proteins up to resolution limits of 1.5-2.5 A. Results relating to hydrogen positions and hydration patterns in proteins have been obtained from these studies. Examples include the geometrical details of hydrogen bonds, H/D exchange in proteins and oligonucleotides, the role of hydrogen atoms in enzymatic activity and thermostability, and the dynamical behavior of hydration structures, all of which have been extracted from these structural results and reviewed. Other techniques, such as the growth of large single crystals, the preparation of fully deuterated proteins, the use of cryogenic techniques, and a data base of hydrogen and hydration in proteins, will be described.     

Family I.3 lipase: bacterial lipases secreted by the type I secretion system

Based on the classification of bacterial lipolytic enzymes, family I.3 lipase is a member of the large group of Gram-negative bacterial true lipases. This lipase family is distinguished from other families not only by the amino acid sequence, but also by the secretion mechanism. Lipases of family I.3 are secreted via the well-known type I secretion system. Like most of proteins secreted via this system, family I.3 lipases are composed of two domains with distinct yet related functions. Recent years have seen an increasing amount of research on this lipase family, in terms of isolation, secretion mechanism, as well as biochemical and biophysical studies. This review describes our current knowledge on the structure-function relationships of family I.3 lipase, with an emphasis on its secretion mechanism. Received 18 April 2006; received after revision 3 July 2006; accepted 24 August 2006     

Optimization of the cellular import of functionally active SH2-domain-interacting phosphopeptides

Phosphopeptides interacting with src homology 2 (SH2) domains can activate essential signaling enzymes in vitro. When delivered to cells, they may disrupt protein-protein interactions, thereby influencing intracellular signaling. We showed earlier that phosphopeptides corresponding to the inhibitory motif of Fcγ receptor IIb and a motif of the Grb2-associated binder 1 adaptor protein activate SH2-containing tyrosine phosphatase 2 in vitro. To study the ex vivo effects of these peptides, we have now compared different methods for peptide delivery: (i) permeabilization of the target cells and (ii) the use of cell-permeable vectors, which are potentially able to transport biologically active compounds into B cells. We found octanoyl-Arg₈ to be an optimal carrier for the delivery of phosphopeptides to the cells. With this strategy, the function of cell-permeable SHP-2-binding phosphopeptides was analyzed. These peptides modulated the protein phosphorylation in B cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Received 27 July 2006; received after revision 4 September 2006; accepted 18 September 2006     

On the self-association potential of transmembrane tight junction proteins

Tight junctions seal intercellular clefts via membrane-related strands, hence, maintaining important organ functions. We investigated the self-association of strand-forming transmembrane tight junction proteins. The regulatory tight junction protein occludin was differently tagged and cotransfected in eucaryotic cells. These occludins colocalized within the plasma membrane of the same cell, coprecipitated and exhibited fluorescence resonance energy transfer. Differently tagged strand-forming claudin-5 also colocalized in the plasma membrane of the same cell and showed fluorescence resonance energy transfer. This demonstrates self-association in intact cells both of occludin and claudin-5 in one plasma membrane. In search of dimerizing regions of occludin, dimerization of its cytosolic C-terminal coiledcoil domain was identified. In claudin-5, the second extracellular loop was detected as a dimer. Since the transmembrane junctional adhesion molecule also is known to dimerize, the assumption that homodimerization of transmembrane tight junction proteins may serve as a common structural feature in tight junction assembly is supported. Received 6 October 2005; received after revision 14 December 2005; accepted 27 December 2005 †These authors contributed equally to this work.     

Regulation of cell adhesion by PP2A and SV40 small tumor antigen: An important link to cell transformation

The serine/threonine protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) represents a large family of highly conserved heterotrimeric enzymes. Their critical importance in cell homeostasis is underlined by the fact that they are targets of natural toxins like the tumor promoter okadaic acid, and of simian virus 40 small tumor antigen (SV40 small t), a viral protein known to promote cell transformation. Furthermore, mutated or lower expression levels of PP2A subunits have been found in certain cancers. One major known event in PP2A-dependent cell transformation is the alteration of key signaling pathways that control cell growth and survival. In this review, we focus on how PP2A enzymes also affect cell adhesion and cytoskeletal dynamics, the disruption of which is linked to loss of cell polarity, increased cell motility and invasiveness. We also examine how those various pathways participate in the transforming activity of SV40 small t. Received 29 June 2006; received after revision 3 August 2006; accepted 20 September 2006     

A Family of Reliable H_∞ State-Feedback Controllers for Nonlinear Systems with Strictly Redundant Actuators: the Full Information Case

1　 IntroductionInherited from state space linear H∞ control theory,a number of nonlinear H∞ solutionshave been presented in terms of various formulations.The nonlinear H∞ control problemcan be stated as follows:find a compensator,either state feedback ormore general outputfeedback such that( 1 ) the internal state of the closed-loop system is stable and( 2 ) the L2 -gain of the mapping from the exogenous input disturbance to the controlled output liketracking error or cost variables is mi…     

空气液相催化氧化法制备2,6-萘二甲酸

为制备高分子单体2,6-萘二甲酸,以自制的2-甲基6-丙酰基萘为原料,在自建的一套氧化反应装置中,以钴锰溴类物质为催化剂,经空气液相催化氧化得到了2,6-萘二甲酸.并对氧化反应的产物进行了FT-IR和HLPC-MS表征;对氧化反应的工艺条件进行了研究.结果表明,氧化反应的较佳条件为:反应时间30 min,物料的溶剂质量比为15∶1,反应温度210℃,反应压力2.2 MPa,催化剂中钴的质量分数为0.1%,合适的催化剂质量配比1∶2∶3.产物的收率可达68%,产物的纯度大于95%.