Association of haplotypes spanning PDZ-GEF2, LOC728637 and ACSL6 with schizophrenia in Han Chinese

Background: Schizophrenia is a complex genetic disorder caused by multiple genetic and environmental factors. Several lines of linkage and association studies have repeatedly suggested that the chromosome 5q22-33 region is implicated in the aetiology of s

常用鱼药漂白粉和氯杀宁对背角无齿蚌的毒性影响

试验以洱海流域的背角无齿蚌为研究对象,确定常用鱼药:漂白粉、氯杀宁对湖泊大型底柄动物背角无齿蚌的毒性影响.试验得出漂白粉作用下,背角无齿蚌24 h、48 h、72 h、96 h、120 h、144 h、168 h的半致死率;氯杀宁作用下,背角无齿蚌24 h、48 h、72 h、96 h的半致死率;漂白粉有效氯安全浓度95.25～108.86 mg/L;氯杀宁有效氯安全浓度3.32～3.55 mg/L.通过显微镜观察,漂白粉和氯杀宁的主要作用部位为背角无齿蚌的呼吸系统,在其鳃上可见明显病变.

云南鸟类一新记录——白翅浮鸥

在执行全球环境基金(GEF)资助、世界银行管理、中国科学院昆明动物研究所承担的"滇池淡水水生生物多样性恢复项目"中,对滇池东南岸晋宁县新街乡下梁王的湿地生物多样性恢复示范基地进行物种监测时,曾经于2006年6月19日观察到一种较小的鸥类.

Threatened fishes of the world: Cyprinus micristius Regan 1906 (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae)

Conservation status, identification, distribution, abundance, habitat and ecology, conservation actions and recommendations of a endemic cyprinid fish, Cyprinus micristius were introduced based on data and knowledge from a GEF project in Lake Dianchi, Yun

银鲫两个蛋白合成相关基因全长cDNA的克隆及其特征分析

通过构建雌核发育银鲫心跳期SMARTcDNA质粒文库并从文库中随机挑选克隆测序 ,克隆得到银鲫翻译起始因子 3亚单位 2 (GTIF3 S2 )和翻译延伸因子 1亚单位α(GEF 1α)基因全长cDNA。银鲫翻译起始因子 3亚单位 2基因cDNA全长 12 80bp ,开放阅读框位于 117— 10 91bp之间 ,编码 32 5个氨基酸。其推断的氨基酸序列存在三个WD结构域。该基因在鱼类中为首次报道。银鲫翻译延伸因子 1亚单位alpha基因cDNA全长 1784bp ,开放阅读框位于82— 14 6 7

Predominant expression and cellular distribution of fish Agr2 in renal collecting system

Anterior gradient 2 (Agr2) genes encode secretory proteins, and play significant roles in anterior-posterior patterning and tumor metastasis. Agr2 transcripts were shown to display quite diverse tissue distribution in different species, and little was known about the cellular localization of Agr2 proteins. In this study, we identified an Agr2 homologue from gibe[ carp (Carassius auratus gibelio), and revealed the expression patterns and cellular localization during embryogenesis and in adult tissues. The full-length cDNA of CagAgr2 is 803 nucleotides (nt) with an open reading frame of 510 nt encoding 169 amino acids. The Agr2 C-terminus matches to the class I PDZ-interacting motif, suggesting that it might be a PDZ-binding protein. During embryogenesis, CagAgr2 was found to be transcribed in the mucus-secreting hatching gland from tailbud stage and later in the pharynx region, swim bladder and pronephric duct as revealed by RT-PCR and whole mount in situ hybridization. In the adult fish, its transcription was predominantly confined to the kidney, and lower transcription levels were also found in the intestine, ovary and gills. To further localize the Agr2 protein, the anti-CagAgr2 polyclonal antibody was produced and used for immunofluorescence observation. In agreement with mRNA expression data, the Agr2 protein was localized in the pronephric duct of 3dph larvae. In adult fish, Agr2 protein expression is confined to the renal collecting system with asymmetric distribution along the apical-basolateral axis. The data provided suggestive evidence that fish Agr2 might be involved in differentiation and secretory functions of kidney epithelium. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

同步数据流可视化建模和调度优化的实现与研究

数据流是为解决数字信号处理领域应用程序设计、开发难度大等问题而提出的，和传统的控制流相比，数据流能够更加自然地描述信号处理系统，更加清晰地表达系统的并发性。应用数据流设计的信号处理系统具有较高的性能，采用数据流语言能够大大加速DSP应用程序的设计和开发。同步数据流（Synchronous Data Flow，简称SDF）基于数据流，它和数据流最大的不同在于：SDF的计算单元在编译时刻消耗数据和产生数据的数目固定，这一特点决定了采用SDF设计和建立的模型能够在编译时刻确定调度序列，使得SDF适合用于多速率信号处理系统的建模。模型化多处理器系统Modex是一个面向同步数据流的可视化建模系统，它支持开发人员运用SDF进行可视化建模、为建立的模型生成调度序列、对调度序列进行空间优化、为建立的模型生成面向目标平台的C语言代码、对模型仿真验证、对模型进行资源消耗评估、将模型映射到指定的处理器执行等。 本文介绍Modex系统的两个关键技术：可视化建模和SDF调度序列空间优化的实现和研究。文章着重介绍SDF模型描述语言的定义，图元的构建和组织，图元的图形显示，控制图元的控制器，直接操作图元的命令对象，图元和视图之间的同步机制以及图形编辑器等部分的设计和实现。Modex系统的可视化建模基于GEF(Graphical Editing Framework)，为同步数据流建模提供了丰富的可视化编辑操作，同时图元和视图之间松散耦合，可视化建模具有良好的互操作性以及扩展性。文章针对调度序列的空间优化提出了将SAS(Single Appearance Sequence）和非SAS类型调度序列相结合的思想，并基于该思想设计了生成空间优化的非SAS类型调度序列算法IAO（Increase Available Output），并结合EA(Evolutionary Approach)算法实现了面向通用,特别是存在反馈环的SDF模型的空间优化方案SGUTS（Solution for General Graph Using Two Kinds of Sequences）。SGUTS是一个层次化的优化框架，它通过聚集将一个存在反馈的模型分为上层模型和下层模型，然后采用EA、IAO算法分别为这两层模型进行优化，从而得到整个模型的优化结果。SGUTS不仅解决了存在反馈环的SDF模型空间优化问题，而且相比较其他算法，SGUTS取得了较好的优化结果。

农业文化遗产地旅游资源潜力评价:以浙江省青田县为例

旅游资源潜力是遗产地旅游发展综合潜力的基础和重要组成部分。作为是一种新型的旅游资源,农业文化遗产具有活态性、复合性、动态性、脆弱性、原真性、独特性等特点,这些特点是农业文化遗产地的旅游资源评价需要考虑的重要因素。本文构建了农业文化遗产地旅游资源"主体-辅助,有形-无形"分类体系和"资源特征-旅游发展适宜性"的评价体系,突出强调遗产资源旅游可进入性方面的特征,并以浙江省青田县为例进行了案例研究。研究结果表明:浙江青田"稻鱼共生"系统农业文化遗产资源潜力最大的区域是包括方山、山口、鹤城等9个乡镇在内的农业文化

Syntheses and crystal structures of mononuclear rhodium hydrido complexes from the reactions of [Rh(H)(2)(PPh3)(2)(EtOH)(2)]ClO4 with various nitrogen ligands

Reactions of the Rh hydrido complex [Rh(H)(2)(PPh3)(2)(EtOH)(2)]ClO4 (1) With nitrogen ligands such as 2-(4-thiazolyl)benzimidazole (tbz). pyridazine (pdz), imidazole (im) and pyrimidine (pmd) in CH,Cl, afforded Various mononuclear Rh hydrido complexes, [Rh(H)(2)(PPh3)(2)(tbz)]CIO4 (2), [Rh(H)(2)(PPh3)(2)(pdZ)(2)]ClO(4)(.)2CH(2)Cl(2) (3). [Rh(H)Cl(PPh3)(2)(pdz)(2)](ClO4CH2Cl2)-C-. (4). [Rh(H)(2)(PPh3)(2)(im)(2)]ClO(4)(.)2CH(2)Cl(2) (5). [Rh(H)Cl(PPh3)(2)(im)(2)](ClO4CH2Cl2)-C-. (6). [Rh(H)(2)(PPh3)(2)(pmd)(2)](ClO4CH2Cl2)-C-. (7) and the Rh non-hydrido complex [RhCl2(pmd)(4)]ClO4 (8). The Rh complexes 2. 3, 5 and 6 were crystallographically characterized. The formation process was monitored by H-1 NMR and UV-Vis spectra. In all the Rh hydrido complexes, the Rh atom is coordinated by two PPh3. ligands in trans-positions and two nitrogen ligands in the cis-positions. The remaining sites Lire occupied by one or two hydride atoms to form a saturated 18-electron framework in a slightly distorted octahedral geometry. For complex 2 an appreciable inter-molecular pi interaction is observed between planes of tbz and PPh3 ligands, while an intra-molecular hydrogen bonding interaction between C-H and Cl atoms is found in complex 6.

Characterization of degQ(Vh), a serine protease and a protective immunogen from a pathogenic Vibrio harveyi strain

Vibrio harveyi is an important marine pathogen that can infect a number of aquaculture species. V. harveyi degQ (degQ(Vh)), the gene encoding a DegQ homologue, was cloned from T4, a pathogenic V. harveyi strain isolated from diseased fish. DegQ(Vh) was closely related to the HtrA family members identified in other Vibrio species and could complement the temperature-sensitive phenotype of an Escherichia coli strain defective in degP. Expression of degQVh in T4 was modulated by temperature, possibly through the sigma(E)-like factor. Enzymatic analyses demonstrated that the recombinant DegQVh protein expressed in and purified from E. coli was an active serine protease whose activity required the integrity of the catalytic site and the PDZ domains. The optimal temperature and pH of the recombinant DegQVh protein were 50 C and pH 8.0. A vaccination study indicated that the purified recombinant DegQVh was a protective immunogen that could confer protection upon fish against infection by V. harveyi. In order to improve the efficiency of DegQVh as a vaccine, a genetic construct in the form of the plasmid pAQ1 was built, in which the DNA encoding the processed DegQVh protein was fused with the DNA encoding the secretion region of AgaV, an extracellular beta-agarase. The E.coli strain harboring pAQ1 could express and secrete the chimeric DegQVh protein into the culture supernatant. Vaccination of fish with viable E. coli expressing chimeric degQ(Vh) significantly (P < 0.001) enhanced the survival of fish against V. harveyi challenge, which was possibly due to the relatively prolonged exposure of the immune system to the recombinant antigen produced constitutively, albeit at a gradually decreasing level, by the carrier strain.

Characterization of degQ(Vh), a serine protease and a protective immunogen from a pathogenic Vibrio harveyi strain

Vibrio harveyi is an important marine pathogen that can infect a number of aquaculture species. V. harveyi degQ (degQ(Vh)), the gene encoding a DegQ homologue, was cloned from T4, a pathogenic V. harveyi strain isolated from diseased fish. DegQ(Vh) was closely related to the HtrA family members identified in other Vibrio species and could complement the temperature-sensitive phenotype of an Escherichia coli strain defective in degP. Expression of degQVh in T4 was modulated by temperature, possibly through the sigma(E)-like factor. Enzymatic analyses demonstrated that the recombinant DegQVh protein expressed in and purified from E. coli was an active serine protease whose activity required the integrity of the catalytic site and the PDZ domains. The optimal temperature and pH of the recombinant DegQVh protein were 50 C and pH 8.0. A vaccination study indicated that the purified recombinant DegQVh was a protective immunogen that could confer protection upon fish against infection by V. harveyi. In order to improve the efficiency of DegQVh as a vaccine, a genetic construct in the form of the plasmid pAQ1 was built, in which the DNA encoding the processed DegQVh protein was fused with the DNA encoding the secretion region of AgaV, an extracellular beta-agarase. The E.coli strain harboring pAQ1 could express and secrete the chimeric DegQVh protein into the culture supernatant. Vaccination of fish with viable E. coli expressing chimeric degQ(Vh) significantly (P < 0.001) enhanced the survival of fish against V. harveyi challenge, which was possibly due to the relatively prolonged exposure of the immune system to the recombinant antigen produced constitutively, albeit at a gradually decreasing level, by the carrier strain.

弧菌琼胶酶和丝氨酸蛋白酶的筛选、分析以及免疫应用

从山东黄岛海水养殖场分离到一株弧菌V134，从中克隆得到琼胶酶基因agaV，并将其在大肠杆菌中表达，纯化得到重组的琼胶酶AgaV。酶活分析发现该琼胶酶的最适温度在40℃左右，对pH比较敏感，pH 7.0时具有最高的琼胶裂解活性。对AgaV进行了两种应用性探索：（1）利用AgaV从琼脂糖凝胶中回收DNA，回收效率可达90%以上；（2）利用agaV作为报告基因构建了捕获分泌序列的载体pBU，并用其从革兰氏阳性细菌（G+菌）和革兰氏阴性细菌（G-菌）中筛选出了一系列分泌蛋白。将利用pBU从一株哈维氏弧菌T4中筛选出的6个分泌蛋白分别进行基因克隆、蛋白表达纯化和牙鲆免疫实验，发现其中一个蛋白，命名为DegQVh，具有免疫保护效应，其免疫保护率（RPS）可达64%。为了提高DegQVh的免疫保护效应，将AgaV的分泌结构域与DegQVh融合，构成融合抗原AgaV－DegQVh。利用大肠杆菌作为载体菌构建了AgaV－DegQVh融合抗原递呈系统，用其作为疫苗进行免疫，发现其RPS可达到95%。酶活分析表明DegQVh在50℃、pH 8.0时具有最高的活性。突变分析表明83位的组氨酸、113位的天冬氨酸和188位的丝氨酸以及两个PDZ结构域是DegQVh活性所必需的。表达分析发现degQVh表达受温度和细胞浓度调控，并且其上游有一个受E调控的启动子。进一步的分析发现DegQVh能够与大肠杆菌的DegP功能互补。