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Evolution of bacterial pathogenesis 总被引:6,自引:0,他引:6
Ziebuhr W Ohlsen K Karch H Korhonen T Hacker J 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》1999,56(9-10):719-728
The evolution of bacteria is associated with continuous generation of novel genetic variants. The major driving forces in this process are point mutations, genetic rearrangements, and horizontal gene transfer. A large number of human and animal bacterial pathogens have evolved the capacity to produce virulence factors that are directly involved in infection and disease. Additionally, many bacteria express resistance traits against antibiotics. Both virulence factors and resistance determinants are subject to intrastrain genetic and phenotypic variation. They are often encoded on unstable DNA regions. Thus, they can be readily transferred to bacteria of the same species or even to non-related prokaryotes. This review article focuses on the main mechanisms of bacterial microevolution responsible for the rapid emergence of variants with novel virulence and resistance properties. In addition, processes of macroevolution are described with special emphasis on gene transfer and fixation of adaptive mutations in the genome of pathogens. 相似文献
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Normal faulting in central Tibet since at least 13.5 Myr ago 总被引:16,自引:0,他引:16
Blisniuk PM Hacker BR Glodny J Ratschbacher L Bi S Wu Z McWilliams MO Calvert A 《Nature》2001,412(6847):628-632
Tectonic models for the evolution of the Tibetan plateau interpret observed east-west thinning of the upper crust to be the result of either increased potential energy of elevated crust or geodynamic processes that may be unrelated to plateau formation. A key piece of information needed to evaluate these models is the timing of deformation within the plateau. The onset of normal faulting has been estimated to have commenced in southern Tibet between about 14 Myr ago and about 8 Myr ago and, in central Tibet, about 4 Myr ago. Here, however, we report a minimum age of approximately 13.5 Myr for the onset of graben formation in central Tibet, based on mineralization ages determined with Rb-Sr and 40Ar-39Ar data that post-date a major graben-bounding normal fault. These data, along with evidence for prolonged activity of normal faulting in this and other Tibetan grabens, support models that relate normal faulting to processes occurring beneath the plateau. Thinning of the upper crust is most plausibly the result of potential-energy increases resulting from spatially and temporally heterogeneous changes in thermal structure and density distribution within the crust and upper mantle beneath Tibet. This is supported by recent geophysical and geological data, which indicate that spatial heterogeneity exists in both the Tibetan crust and lithospheric mantle. 相似文献
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Patten IS Rana S Shahul S Rowe GC Jang C Liu L Hacker MR Rhee JS Mitchell J Mahmood F Hess P Farrell C Koulisis N Khankin EV Burke SD Tudorache I Bauersachs J del Monte F Hilfiker-Kleiner D Karumanchi SA Arany Z 《Nature》2012,485(7398):333-338
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is an often fatal disease that affects pregnant women who are near delivery, and it occurs more frequently in women with pre-eclampsia and/or multiple gestation. The aetiology of PPCM, and why it is associated with pre-eclampsia, remain unknown. Here we show that PPCM is associated with a systemic angiogenic imbalance, accentuated by pre-eclampsia. Mice that lack cardiac PGC-1α, a powerful regulator of angiogenesis, develop profound PPCM. Importantly, the PPCM is entirely rescued by pro-angiogenic therapies. In humans, the placenta in late gestation secretes VEGF inhibitors like soluble FLT1 (sFLT1), and this is accentuated by multiple gestation and pre-eclampsia. This anti-angiogenic environment is accompanied by subclinical cardiac dysfunction, the extent of which correlates with circulating levels of sFLT1. Exogenous sFLT1 alone caused diastolic dysfunction in wild-type mice, and profound systolic dysfunction in mice lacking cardiac PGC-1α. Finally, plasma samples from women with PPCM contained abnormally high levels of sFLT1. These data indicate that PPCM is mainly a vascular disease, caused by excess anti-angiogenic signalling in the peripartum period. The data also explain how late pregnancy poses a threat to cardiac homeostasis, and why pre-eclampsia and multiple gestation are important risk factors for the development of PPCM. 相似文献
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低碳锰钢中周期性带状组织 总被引:6,自引:0,他引:6
用扫描电镜和电子探针研究了低碳锰钢中的周期性带状组织,结果表明,在全部研究用钢中,钢锭经热轧后均出现这种组织,其严重程度随钢的成分而异,并随坯带加工顺序而增加,带状组织与锰的显微偏析等因素有关,适当的调整碳锰以及形成模跨铁素体带的转变产物可降低带状组织的严重程度。 相似文献
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