暗纹东方鲀线粒体若干tRNA基因的克隆及序列分析

利用分离纯化的暗纹东方鲀肝脏mtDNA为模板，按照红鳍东方纯（Takifugu rubripes）mtDNA序列设计合成特异引物进行PCR扩增，首次克隆并测定了暗纹东方纯mtDNA的Cytb、COⅠ、COⅡ、COⅢ、D-loop等5个重要基因及其侧翼的8个tRNA基因。上述基因均已在GenBank登录。8个tRNA基因含有69-72个碱基。推定了各个tRNA的二级结构并进行了初步的序列分析。结果表明：8个tRNA基因具有较为典型的三叶草型结构，各臂的碱基配对率大多数较高，稳定性较好.     

Identification of genes associated with cotyledon senescence in upland cotton

Leaf senescence in plants is an essential develop- mental phase, and an understanding of senescence is important not only for pure scientific reasons, but also for practical purposes. During the last decade, a number of senescence-associated genes (SAGs) …     

Is there a close relationship between synonymous codon bias and codon-anticodon binding strength in human genes?

Synonymous codon bias has been examined in 78 human genes (19967 codons) and measured by relative synonymous codon usage (RSCU). Relative frequencies of all kinds of dinucleotides in 2,3 or 3,4 codon positions have been calculated, and codon-anticodon binding strength has been estimated by the stacking energies of codon-anticodon bases in Watson-Crick pairs. The data show common features in synonymous codon bias for all codon families in human genes: all C-ending codons, which possess the strongest codon-anticodon binding energies, are the most favored codons in almost all codon families, and those codons with medium codon-anticodon binding energies are avoided. Data analysis suggests that besides isochore and genome signature , codon-anticodon binding strength may be closely related to synonymous codon choice in human genes. The join-effect of these factors on human genes results in the common features in codon bias.     

Construction and characterization of partiallyntrC-deleted mutants inAlcaligenes faecalis

To study the effect of ntrC gene product on the expression and regulation of other important nitrogen-fixing genes in Alcaligenes faecalis, partially ntrC-deleted mutants of A. faecalis have been generated. To start with, the ntrC gene of A. faecalis was cloned into a suicide plasmid pSUP202 to create a recombinant plasmid pSUM1. The ntrC gene in pSUM1 was then replaced by a lacZ-Km^r fragment resulted in the generation of a plasmid pSUM2. The lacZ fragment in pSUM2 was further removed and a plasmid pSUM3 produced. As a second step, the plasmid pSUM2 or pSUM3 was introduced into the wild type of A. faecalis A1501 by conjugation and two partially ntrC-deleted mutants A15CM1 (ntrC∷lacZ) and A15CM2 (ntrC ^- ) were obtained. To understand the regulatory effect of the NtrC on the expression of nifH and nifA, a nifH-lacZ gene or a nifH-lacZ gene was introduced into the ntrC^- mutant by conjugation. The results indicated that: (ⅰ) although the ntrC^-mutant was nif ⁺ , its nitrogen fixation activity was only 20% that of the wild type; (ⅱ) the ntrC^- mutant failed to grow on the medium containing nitrate as a sole nitrogen source; (ⅲ) the regulation of ntrC gene expression did not require its own product; (ⅳ) the expression of nifH in A . faecalis was positively regulated by the ntrC. Deletion of the ntrC resulted in the reduction of nifH expression or even totally inactivated nitrogen fixation; (ⅴ) there was no obvious influence on the expression of nifA in A. faecalis if the ntrC gene was deleted.     

基于序列挖掘的分等级搜索可持续进化算法

讨论了最大频繁序列模式和公平竞争层次模型(HFC),设计了最大频繁序列模式的挖掘算法(MFSPMA),把MFSPMA同HFC结合起来,提出了基于序列挖掘技术的分等级搜索可持续进化算法(SEAHSM).该进化算法设置多个不同层次的种群为不同适应度水平的个体提供生存空间,采用最大频繁子模式挖掘算法挖掘种群中的优良基因,并将具有优良基因模块的新个体注入到不同适应度水平的种群,从而实现遗传信息的稳定继承,有效避免优良基因的丢失.实验结果表明:SEAHSM在维持遗传信息稳定性、避免早熟收敛、提高搜索精度等方面表现良好.     

利用基因芯片检测大鼠衰老相关的记忆障碍的调控基因

许多证据表明,正常衰老过程伴随着记忆力的衰退.但有些动物却不表现出这种年龄相关的记忆障碍.为了检测其中的分子机制,将24个月的老年大鼠按在水迷宫中的行为表现分成记忆损伤组和记忆未损伤组,分别取海马和内嗅皮层进行基因芯片检测.结果显示,在海马和内嗅皮层中分别有47和37个基因的表达发生了显著变化.但两个脑区的基因表达变化...     

间断基因的剪接

介绍了间断基因的剪接实例、剪接方法和影响剪接的因素。     

麦根腐平脐蠕孢病菌的菌落变异研究

小麦根腐平脐蠕孢病菌在ＰＳＡ培养基上，极易发生菌落变异，变异后菌落呈半月形、扇形、放射形、不规则形。变异在培养中不稳定，可以恢复原菌落状态。变异后的菌落生长速度下降，菌体干重和产孢量降低，致病力明显低于不产生变异的菌株     

松材线虫携带的细菌的寄生性和致病性研究

用荧光方法观察了松材线虫（Bursaphelenchus xylophilus）携带的细菌对悬浮培养的黑松（Pinus thunbergii）细胞的毒性,表明其中的假单胞菌、荧光假单胞菌和少动鞘氨醇单胞菌的滤液对黑松细胞具有较强的毒性,这与松树发病早期出现的细菌种类一致;这些细菌在添加松树提取液的细菌培养基上不能生长或基本不能生长,表明松树体内可能存在某些不利于细菌生长的物质;同时,单独接种这些细菌不能感染健康的黑松,因此,在线虫最初进入树体中,细菌的生长与线虫密切相关．