Biosynthesis, immunity, regulation, mode of action and engineering of the model lantibiotic nisin

This review discusses the state-of-the-art in molecular research on the most prominent and widely applied lantibiotic, i.e., nisin. The developments in understanding its complex biosynthesis and mode of action are highlighted. Moreover, novel applications arising from engineering either nisin itself, or from the construction of totally novel dehydrated and/or lanthionine-containing peptides with desired bioactivities are described. Several challenges still exist in understanding the immunity system and the unique multiple reactions occurring on a single substrate molecule, carried out by the dehydratase NisB and the cyclization enzyme NisC. The recent elucidation of the 3-D structure of NisC forms the exciting beginning of further 3-D-structure determinations of the other biosynthetic enzymes, transporters and immunity proteins. Advances in achieving in vitro activities of lanthionine-forming enzymes will greatly enhance our understanding of the molecular characteristics of the biosynthesis process, opening up new avenues for developing unique and novel biocatalytic processes. Received 9 April 2007; received after revision 31 August 2007; accepted 28 September 2007     

新的不确定推理真值传播计算方法

针对现有不确定推理真值传播方法存在的缺陷 ,提出一种新型不确定推理真值传播的计算方法 .该方法简单、直观 ,与已有方法相比更具有应用价值.     

剩余型直觉模糊推理的三I方法

要本文研究了由左连续三角模所生成的直觉三角模的性质,给出了与直觉三角模相伴随的剩余型直觉蕴涵算子的等价刻画,揭示了直觉模糊蕴涵算子和模糊蕴涵算子的关系．结合模糊推理的三I方法,针对剩余型直觉蕴涵算子,提出直觉模糊推理IFMP问题的三I方法和分解方法,给出两种方法的求解公式,并讨论了它们的还原性,证明了三I方法和分解方法具有良好的还原性．最后提出了IFMP问题的a-三I方法．并给出相应的算例分析．     

Varieties of noise: Analogical reasoning in synthetic biology

The picture of synthetic biology as a kind of engineering science has largely created the public understanding of this novel field, covering both its promises and risks. In this paper, we will argue that the actual situation is more nuanced and complex. Synthetic biology is a highly interdisciplinary field of research located at the interface of physics, chemistry, biology, and computational science. All of these fields provide concepts, metaphors, mathematical tools, and models, which are typically utilized by synthetic biologists by drawing analogies between the different fields of inquiry. We will study analogical reasoning in synthetic biology through the emergence of the functional meaning of noise, which marks an important shift in how engineering concepts are employed in this field. The notion of noise serves also to highlight the differences between the two branches of synthetic biology: the basic science-oriented branch and the engineering-oriented branch, which differ from each other in the way they draw analogies to various other fields of study. Moreover, we show that fixing the mapping between a source domain and the target domain seems not to be the goal of analogical reasoning in actual scientific practice.     

摩擦化学反应活化能对CMP的影响

根据质量作用定律,测定了铜膜在静态腐蚀和化学机械抛光（Chemical Mechanical Polishing,CMP）两种反应条件下的化学反应速率常数;通过Arrhenius方程,测定了铜膜在两种反应条件下的化学反应活化能.结果表明：当抛光液温度为298.15 K,工作压力为13 780 Pa时,静态腐蚀条件下体系化学反应速率常数是114.80 s^-1,而CMP条件下体系的化学反应速率常数是412.11 s^-1,同时,CMP条件下的反应活化能为4 849.80 J,静态腐蚀条件下的反应活化能为31 870.30 J,由此得出,反应活化能的降低是CMP过程中的机械摩擦作用所致.因此,根据CMP过程中铜膜和抛光垫各自克服滑动摩擦力所作的系统功,推导出CMP过程中活化能降低值的系统功表达式,并通过改变工作压力和转速来验证该表达式的适用性.     

具有常余维数2k+2l不动点集的(Z2)k作用

设(Z₂)^k作用作用于光滑闭流形Mⁿ, 其不动点集具有常余维数r, J^r_n,k是具有上述性质的未定向n维上协边类［Mⁿ］构成的 集合.J^r_*,k为未定向上协边环MO_*的理想. 通过构造MO_*的一组生成元证明由所有维数大于2^k+2^l的上协边类及分解式中每个因子的维数都小于2^k的2^k+2^l维可分解上协边类构成.     

头花蓼的化学成分及药理研究进展

头花蓼是少数民族地区的常用药,主要用于肾盂肾炎、尿道感染、利尿通淋等症。对它的研究始于二十世纪八十年代,已开发了热淋清系列制剂,为了更好地开发和利用其资源,本文就头花蓼的化学成分和药理研究的进展进行了综述。     

高校大型仪器设备关口管理的探索

结合工作实际,在高校大型仪器设备的投资预测、决策中的立项论证、审核招标、采购实施几个环节方面进行探讨,并在此基础上提出大型仪器设备关口管理的基本思路,以期规范购置的前期管理程序,避免科技资源浪费,更合理使用资金和符合建设节约型社会的需要.     

人工智能应用中基于区间代数的时态推理

时态表示和推理是人工智能领域的重要研究内容之一,它的应用范围分布很广,从逻辑基础研究到知识系统的应用.区间代数是一种独立的与领域无关的时态理论.用区间代数能表示不确定的时态关系,可以很方便地用于时态推理,表达能力强;时态关系的区间表示比较直观,可理解性强;同时区间代数可以进一步扩展到二维空间领域,即将区间代数拓展为矩阵代数,实现二维空间推理.在一维时态推理中,将时态的区间表示和矩阵表示相结合,在提高计算效率的同时,保持了形象直观的时态表示.     

基于正则蕴涵算子的三I算法

给出了基于常见正则蕴涵算子的三I算法的计算公式,并考虑算法的还原性.