n维空间中质点之间距离分布及其特征

提出了随机分配的质点之间距离分布的概念,给出了最近距离分布公式,得到了最近距离和k次距离分布的众数,矩及质点空间密度D的充分统计量和极大似然估计.     

Genomic instability in Gadd45a-deficient mice.

Gadd45a-null mice generated by gene targeting exhibited several of the phenotypes characteristic of p53-deficient mice, including genomic instability, increased radiation carcinogenesis and a low frequency of exencephaly. Genomic instability was exemplified by aneuploidy, chromosome aberrations, gene amplification and centrosome amplification, and was accompanied by abnormalities in mitosis, cytokinesis and growth control. Unequal segregation of chromosomes due to multiple spindle poles during mitosis occurred in several Gadd45a -/- cell lineages and may contribute to the aneuploidy. Our results indicate that Gadd45a is one component of the p53 pathway that contributes to the maintenance of genomic stability.     

The DNA sequence and analysis of human chromosome 13

Chromosome 13 is the largest acrocentric human chromosome. It carries genes involved in cancer including the breast cancer type 2 (BRCA2) and retinoblastoma (RB1) genes, is frequently rearranged in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, and contains the DAOA locus associated with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. We describe completion and analysis of 95.5 megabases (Mb) of sequence from chromosome 13, which contains 633 genes and 296 pseudogenes. We estimate that more than 95.4% of the protein-coding genes of this chromosome have been identified, on the basis of comparison with other vertebrate genome sequences. Additionally, 105 putative non-coding RNA genes were found. Chromosome 13 has one of the lowest gene densities (6.5 genes per Mb) among human chromosomes, and contains a central region of 38 Mb where the gene density drops to only 3.1 genes per Mb.     

TNF-RII and c-IAP1 mediate ubiquitination and degradation of TRAF2

Tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is a proinflammatory mediator that exerts its biological functions by binding two TNF receptors (TNF-RI and TNF-RII), which initiate biological responses by interacting with adaptor and signalling proteins. Among the signalling components that associate with TNF receptors are members of the TNF-R-associated factor (TRAF) family. TRAF2 is required for TNF-alpha-mediated activation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), contributes to activation of NF-kappaB, and mediates anti-apoptotic signals,. TNF-RI and TNF-RII signalling complexes also contain the anti-apoptotic ('inhibitor of apoptosis') molecules c-IAP1 and c-IAP2 (refs 5, 6), which also have RING domain-dependent ubiquitin protein ligase (E3) activity. The function of IAPs in TNF-R signalling is unknown. Here we show that binding of TNF-alpha to TNF-RII induces ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation of TRAF2. Although c-IAP1 bound TRAF2 and TRAF1 in vitro, it ubiquitinated only TRAF2. Expression of wild-type c-IAP1, but not an E3-defective mutant, resulted in TRAF2 ubiquitination and degradation. Moreover, E3-defective c-IAP1 prevented TNF-alpha-induced TRAF2 degradation and inhibited apoptosis. These findings identify a physiologic role for c-IAP1 and define a mechanism by which TNF-RII-regulated ubiquitin protein ligase activity can potentiate TNF-induced apoptosis.     

T-cell recognition of antigen and the Ia molecule as a ternary complex

T-lymphocyte co-recognition of antigen and major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-encoded molecules (such as murine Ia molecules) is thought to be mediated by a single cell-surface receptor, although the molecular mechanism by which this occurs is controversial (reviewed in ref. 1). One possibility is that the antigen molecule and the Ia molecule interact physically, either before or after encountering the T-cell antigen-specific receptor. Alternatively, both molecules could bind to the receptor independently of one another, accounting for the dual specificity of the receptor without postulating a physical interaction between a limited number of Ia molecules present in any given animal and the myriad antigens to which T cells can respond. Here, we used a recently described approach for analysing the relative avidity of the T-cell receptor for different ligands to address these two possibilities. We describe a T-cell clone whose response to a single antigen, presented in the context of two different Ia molecules, strongly suggests that the antigen and the Ia molecule interact physically.     

CaMnO_3和LaMnO_3的电子结构研究

密度泛函理论(DFT)方法通常难以处理强关联体系,而DFT+U方法的计算结果强烈地依赖于U的取值.利用一种混合了部分DFT交换关联势和非局域Hartree-Fock精确交换势的杂化泛函HSE方法,研究了钙钛矿锰氧化物的两个典型反铁磁绝缘体CaMnO3和LaMnO3的电子结构,分析了二者的能隙特征与Mn离子价态和磁有序态的关联.根据ZSA方案CaMnO3可划分为电荷转移型绝缘体.LaMnO3的能隙表现出各向异性特征,其中沿c轴方向及ab面内的自旋多数通道中能隙的Mott-Hubbard特征更为显著,而自旋少数通道显示出完全的电荷转移型特征.     

Dissociation of phosphoinositide hydrolysis and Ca2+ fluxes from the biological responses of a T-cell hybridoma

T lymphocytes can be activated in a variety of ways, including occupancy of the T cell antigen receptor (TCR) complex or cross-linking of certain cell-surface molecules with antibody. Two of the earliest events seen after stimulation are the hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol bisphosphate to inositol trisphosphate (Ins P3) and 1,2-diacylglycerol (DAG), and an increase in the concentration of intracellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i). Later, the cell secretes lymphokines and expresses lymphokine receptors. It has been postulated that the products of the hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositols (Ptd Ins) and fluctuations in [Ca2+]i are critical 'second messengers', transmitting the signals for the initiation of the later events. We have examined the relationship between these second messengers and the secretion of IL-2 in a murine T cell variant whose missing TCR complex had been reconstituted by gene transfer. Surprisingly, although the IL-2 responses of the transfectant could not be distinguished from the original line expressing the same TCR, Ptd Ins hydrolysis and the increase in [Ca2+]i were substantially reduced or absent in the reconstituted cell. It is therefore possible to dissociate these early biochemical changes from a late biological response, raising questions about the putative causal relationship of these events.     

和谐就是力量--兼评培根的"知识就是力量"

和谐--无论是结构状态的分布有序还是功能状态的进化有道,都蕴涵着无与伦比的力量与神奇.自我和谐是个人身心微观和谐发展的调适力,人我和谐是社会中观和谐发展的协和力,物我和谐是人与自然宏观和谐发展的自然力,以至在某种意义上我们不得不说,和谐是发展之源,和谐就是力量;反之,自我失衡是身心微观灾变之端,人我失衡是社会中观模糊或畸形运作之始,物我失衡是一场没有胜利的逆变,以至在某种意义上我们不得不说,失衡是畸变之兆,失衡就是耗散."知识就是力量"是一个工具理性张扬的命题,而"和谐就是力量"则是"知识就是力量"的合理升华,是东方智慧的集大成.通过物理学与伦理学的二维证明我们发现,"和谐就是力量"不仅是一个长期被忽视的物理学定律,而且是一个重要的和谐伦理命题.