Bicaudal-C基因的分子特征和生物学功能

某些蛋白翻译水平的激活和抑制对胚胎发育过程中基因表达起到重要的时空调节作用.在果蝇中,Bicaudal-c(dBic-C)基因产物被认为是一种能与RNA结合的蛋白质分子,并对转录后水平具有重要的调节作用.dBic-C基因的突变会导致果蝇缺失头部结构和重复的尾部结构,故而命名为双尾-C基因.后来又在多个不同物种(如线虫、爪蟾、小鼠)中发现dBic-C的同源基因,并且这些同源基因的蛋白质产物高度保守.小鼠的Bicaudal-C基因(Biccl)定位于10号染色体的C1区域,其蛋白质N端含有KH结构域,用于介导蛋白质与RNA的相瓦作用;C端的SAM结构域则在蛋白质与蛋白质相互结合中发挥作用.目前已发现3种与Biccl基因相关的小鼠突变体模型jcpk、bpk和67Gso,这些小鼠突变体中Biccl基因在不同位点发生突变,产生异常的蛋白质产物,结果导致小鼠肾脏发生胞囊化,并且影响身体其他器官的正常形态及功能,病理表型特征与人类的多囊肾病(polycystic kidney disease,PKD)极为相似.本文通过总结和同顾Bicaudal-C基因研究的成果和进展,揭示该基因在生物体发育和器官形成中的作用,为深入研究这一基因的生物学功能奠定基础.

云南鱼类多样性和面临的危机

迄今共记载云南土著鱼类432种,占全国淡水鱼类总种数1023种的42.2%,显示云南是我国淡水鱼类多样性最为丰富的省区之一。全省大约有1/3的种类日趋减少或濒临绝灭,湖泊鱼类尤为突出,濒危种几乎达到2/3。

云南蝶类调查及其地理分布

在云南及邻近地区野外考察中,获蝴蝶标本12000余号,初步鉴定有432种,隶属于11科、188属。并对云南蝶类区系及地理分布作了初步分析。参14

土壤中痕量六溴环十二烷的超高效液相色谱/质谱联用分析

报道了土壤样品中痕量六溴环十二烷(HBCDS)的超高效液相气谱/质谱联用分析方法(UPLC/MS)。结果表明,该方法在9 min内即可完成α-HBCD、β-HBCD和γ-HBCD3种同分异构体的分离,回收率为79.3%~109.9%,在2.5~150 ng/mL范围内具有较好的线性,R2为0.991~0.998;α-HBCD、β-HBCD、γ-HBCD的检出限分别为20 pg、45 pg和15 pg。

Finite element analysis of compressor disc heat transfer using the transient conduction method with sparse boundary collocation points

Surface temperature measurements from two discs of a gas turbine compressor rig are used as boundary conditions for the transient conduction solution (inverse heat transfer analysis). The disc geometry is complex, and so the finite element method is used. There are often large radial temperature gradients on the discs, and the equations are therefore solved taking into account the dependence of thermal conductivity on temperature. The solution technique also makes use of a multigrid algorithm to reduce the solution time. This is particularly important since a large amount of data must be analyzed to obtain correlations of the heat transfer. The finite element grid is also used for a network analysis to calculate the radiant heat transfer in the cavity formed between the two compressor discs. The work discussed here proved particularly challenging as the disc temperatures were only measured at four different radial locations. Four methods of surface temperature interpolation are examined, together with their effect on the local heat fluxes. It is found that the choice of interpolation method depends on the available number of data points. Bessel interpolation gives the best results for four data points, whereas cubic splines are preferred when there are considerably more data points. The results from the analysis of the compressor rig data show that the heat transfer near the disc inner radius appears to be influenced by the central throughflow. However, for larger radii, the heat transfer from the discs and peripheral shroud is found to be consistent with that of a buoyancy-induced flow.

长江八里江江段江豚种群数量、行为及其活动规律与保护

198 9～ 1999年 ,在长江八里江江段对江豚进行了 2 8次往返观察和 8次定点观察。结果表明 ,近 10年八里江江段江豚种群数量逐年呈明显递减趋势 ,平均每年以 7.3%速率递减 ;1996年后 ,枯水季节江豚不再进行江—湖迁移 ,其活动范围仅限于 2 0km的长江八里江江段 ,较 1993年以前缩短了约 40km。江豚在八里江江段的行为多种多样 ,通过对江豚种群在八里江江段的集群、摄食、逃避、发情与交配、抚幼、歇息和玩耍行为的描述、比较和分析 ,认为长江八里江江段是江豚典型的摄食和抚幼场所 ,同

鲤鲫人工多倍体谱系中同工酶和蛋白的基因表达

通过对红鲤、红鲫、镜鲤、鲤鲫杂种二倍体一代 ,二代 ,鲤鲫杂种三倍体 ,鲤鲫复合三倍体 ,鲤鲫杂种四倍体一代 ,二代的同工酶及蛋白电泳谱型和扫描数据分析表明 :在鲤鲫人工多倍体谱系中 ,亲代的等位基因在杂交子代中共有四种表达模式 :( 1 )两亲本基因在子代中共同表达 ,即共显表达 ;( 2 )父本的基因表达受到部分或完全的抑制 ,即母本的基因优先得到表达 ;( 3)母本的基因表达受到抑制 ,父本的基因得到表达 ;( 4 )双亲本的基因表达均受到一定程度的抑制或都不表达。其中第一种表达模式是主要的模式。根

圆形碘泡虫孢子的分离纯化与裂解

中国科学院重大项目 (KZ951 -B1 -1 1 1 ) ; 中国科学院生命科学与生物技术青年科学家小组项目( 1 9990 51 ) ; 中国科学院知识创新项

Detection of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) from O'ahu, Hawai'i

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) have been detected for the first time at a range from 231.58 to 685.61 ng g(-1) lipid weight in the muscles of tilapia ( Oreochromis mossambicus) collected from O'ahu, an island of the geographically isolated Hawaiian archipelago.