利用SELEX技术筛选小檗碱核酸适配体及其亲和力表征

小檗碱是一种价格低廉且生物安全性良好的小分子化合物,筛选能与小檗碱互相作用的核酸片段,旨在开发新型遗传元件并拓展其在生物技术领域的应用。利用指数富集的配基系统进化技术（SELEX）,经8轮实验从随机单链DNA文库中筛选出4条能与小檗碱高度特异性结合的核酸适配体。对其中两条重现性较好的适配体进行结构模拟分析表明,适配体序列富含鸟嘌呤和胞嘧啶且多形成茎环及G-四链体结构。亲和力测定结果显示,其中的2条核酸适配体与小檗碱作用的解离常数K_d都处于nmol级,表现出较高的亲和力,适配体S1的K_d值最小,仅为523 nmol/L,与小檗碱亲和力最大。     

Nonextensivity and the <Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis>-distribution of a relativistic gas under an external electromagnetic field

We investigate the nonextensivity and the q-distribution of a relativistic gas under an external electromagnetic field. We derive an expression for the nonextensive parameter q based on the relativistic generalized Boltzmann equation, the relativistic q-H theorem and the relativistic version of the q-power-law distribution function in the nonextensive q-kinetic theory. We thus provide the connection between the parameter q≠1 and the spatial-temporal derivatives of the temperature field of the gas as well as the four-potential, and thereby present a clearly physical meaning for the nonextensivity for the relativistic gas.     

Molecular phylogenetic evidence that the Chinese viviparid genus Margarya (Gastropoda: Viviparidae) is polyphyletic

We investigated the phylogeny of the viviparid genus Margarya,endemic to Yunnan,China,using two mitochondrial gene fragments(COI and 16S rRNA).The molecular phylogeny based on the combined dataset indicates that Margarya is polyphyletic,as two of the three well-supported clades containing species of Margarya also comprise species from other viviparid genera.In one clade,sequences of four species of Margarya even cluster indiscriminately with those of two species of Cipangopaludina,indicating that the current state of Asian viviparid taxonomy needs to be revised.Additionally,these data suggest that shell evolution in viviparids is complex,as even the large and strongly sculptured shells of Margarya,which are outstanding among Asian viviparids,can apparently be easily converted to simple smooth shells.The molecular data also indicate that the species status of the six extant species of Margarya should be re-assessed.     

Synthesis of self-assembled needle-shaped calcium carbonate superstructures

Novel self-assembled calcium carbonate (CaCO₃) crystals exhibiting the morphology of well-defined needles were synthesized by a simple precipitation reaction in the presence of octadecyl dihydrogen phosphate (ODP) as a crystal additive. The CaCO₃ obtained by this method is hydrophobic, making it likely to be used widely in industry. The resulting products were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and contact angle experiments. The results indicated that ODP plays an important role in determining the structure, morphology and hydrophobicity of CaCO₃ crystals.     

Semi-crosslinked polyacrylamides as high-resolution and dynamic self-coating sieving matrices for protein capillary electrophoresis

This paper describes non-gel capillary sieving electrophoresis employing semi-crosslinked polyacrylamide as a high performance and low viscous replaceable separation matrix for separation of non-denatured protein separation. Arising from the fine sieving and dynamic coating ability of this polymer, a mixture of basic proteins lysozyme, cytochrome C, ribonuclease A, and trypsin was resolved with excellent reproducibility. Mixing different semi-crosslinked polyacrylamides together further improves the separation. The separtion mechanism was analyzed. With network structure developed to an intermediate state between crosslinked gel and linear polymer solutions, these semi-crosslinked polyacrylamide polymers demonstrate a promise as a new class of size sieving separation medium, not only in capillary electrophoresis, but also in microfluidic chip separation schemes.     

Preparation and characterization of 3-(triethoxysilyl) propyl isocyanate self-assembled monolayer on surface of chip

Monolayer of 3-(triethoxysilyl) propyl isocyanate was prepared on the slide by self-assembled tech-nique. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was employed to analyze the elementary composition of the film. Contact angle of distilled water was measured to characterize the surface state. It was shown that 3-(triethoxysilyl) propyl isocyanate had been successfully assembled on the slide. The in-crease of contact angle to 80° demonstrated that the hydrophobicity of the surface of chip was in-creased signific...     

基于潜在低秩图判别分析的高光谱分类

提出一种基于潜在低秩图判别分析（LatLGDA）算法,利用数据的自表示对数据的列表示系数矩阵和行表示系数矩阵同时施加低秩约束,得到保留数据结构的亲和矩阵,再与图嵌入模型相结合实现高光谱图像的流形降维并进行分类。与其他基于稀疏图或稀疏低秩图的高光谱特征提取算法相比,LatLGDA可利用数据的行信息弥补列信息的不足或缺失,对噪音的抗干扰能力更强;在真实数据集上的实验结果表明,LatLGDA算法具有较高的分类精度和运算效率,应用前景广阔。     

多层膜金属狭缝阵列的光学异常透射特性

本文设计了多层膜金属狭缝阵列,并用有限元方法研究了该阵列的透射特性.结果表明,与传统的单层薄膜金属狭缝阵列相比,多层膜金属狭缝阵列可以实现介质层内局域电场增强,并在透射光谱中产生多个透射峰.此外,本文还研究了介质层的厚度、位置周期等对多层膜金属狭缝阵列透射特性的影响,这些结果将对调节透射峰的位置及更深刻理解多层膜金属狭缝的光学异常透射现象具有一定的指导意义.     

A quality evaluation strategy for Rhizoma coptidis from a variety of different sources using chromatographic fingerprinting combined with biological fingerprinting

Most of herbal medicines of different sources are used for the same treatment goal in clinic despite their tremendous differences of the quality.Because the clinical efficacy is closely related to the quality of medicines,the implementation of an effective quality control(QC)process is vital.Chemical methods based on content determination and chromatographic fingerprints(CFs)have been recommended as powerful tools.In spite of advances in QC,it is still difficult to determine that which of the chemical compositions can best reflect the correlation with the desired biological activity.Herein,we have focused on the biological activities of multi-source herbal medicines to establish an analytical method.By looking for correlations between the biological activities and their chemical compositions,the method can identify reasonable chemical indicators or chemical methods with biological activity information.In this study,high-performance liquid chromatography(HPLC)and microcalorimetry are combined as a useful method for evaluating the quality of Rhizoma coptidis from different sources.The results of biological fingerprints(BFs)showed that the antibacterial activity sequence of R.coptidis of different sources was Coptis teeta Wall.(CT)>Coptis chinensis Franch.(CC)>Coptis deltoidea C.Y.Cheng et Hsiao(CD).The"spectrum-activity"relationships between CFs and BFs were investigated using the canonical correlation analysis(CCA).Compared with the CCA result of CFs and BFs,the canonical correlation coefficient r1and r2were 0.9974 and 0.9752,respectively.It revealed that there are a close correlation between the spectrum-activity relationships and several of the major anti-bacterial components in the CFs,including jatrorrhizine,coptisine,palmatine,and berberine.Of course,R.coptidis was only a representative of multisource medical plants.The result of the current study will provide an effective reference for evaluating the quality of multisource herbal medicines.     

Transmission electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy characterization of nickel deposition on bacterial cells

Recently bacterial cells have become attractive biological templates for the fabrication of metal nano- structures or nanomaterials due to their inherent small size, various standard geometrical shapes and abundant source. In this paper, nickel-coated bacterial cells (gram-negative bacteria of Escherichia coli) were fabricated via electroless chemical plating. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) characterization results reveal evident morphological difference between bacterial cells before and after deposition with nickel. The bare cells with smooth surface presented transverse outspreading effect at mica surface. Great changes took place in surface roughness for those bacterial cells after metallization. A large number of nickel nanoparticles were observed to be equably distributed at bacterial surface after activation and subsequent metallization. Furthermore, ultra thin section analytic results validated the presence and uniformity of thin nickel coating at bacte- rial surface after metallization.