根癌农杆菌介导的高赖氨酸蛋白基因转化叶用莴苣的研究

构建了植物表达载体pLBI，该载体携带35S启动子、高赖氨酸蛋白基因(LRP)、NPTⅡ基因和NOS终止子，对影响根癌农杆菌(Agrobacterium tumefaciens L.)转化的多种因素进行探索后，建立了一种农杆菌介导的稳定的叶用莴苣遗传转化系统．选择目前生产上大量推广应用的叶用莴苣品种，以其无菌苗子叶为外植体，经农杆菌LBA4404(含质粒pLBI)感染，在含ρ(Kan)／mgL^-1=100的芽分化培养基上筛选转化芽，转入含相同浓度抗生素的生根培养基上进行生根筛选，直至得到完整的再生植株．PCR扩增及Southern blot的检测结果均表明，高赖氨酸蛋白基因已整合到叶用莴苣基因组中．图4表4参6     

转基因不结球白菜实验地中外源基因流动及在不向作物中的自然渗入

首次报道了转基因不结球白菜实验地中 ,以除草剂抗性基因bar为标记基因的外源基因流动以及在芸薹属不同栽培作物中的基因渗入情况 .结果表明 ,外源基因能随花粉的散布流动 ,距离转基因花粉源越远 ,流动频率越低 .距离转基因白菜 0～ 3m处为花粉的主要流动区域 ,其频率占总流动率的 5 0 %左右 .2 0m隔离带后基因的流动频率仅为10m隔离带后的 1/2 0 .自然条件下 ,白菜中的外源基因在芸薹属同基因组作物中具有较高的渗入频率 ;在基因组具部分同源性的甘蓝型油菜中具一定的渗入频率 ;不能渗入甘蓝基因组中 .基因的渗入频率与作物间的亲缘性、隔离距离等多因素相关 .探讨了基因流动频率与基因渗入频率的差异 ,提出在有显性标记基因及花粉的供体、受体完全亲合的情况下 ,可以用基因的渗入频率来反应田间的基因流动情况 .图 4表 4参 12     

环境胁迫和乙烯对番茄PR-NP24基因表达的影响

根据已报道的番茄PR-NP24基因序列设计引物,经PCR克隆出长为477bp的番茄PR-NP24基因片段,以该片段制备探针,采用Northern杂交技术对该基因在番茄(WT)和乙烯反应突变体番茄(Nr,rin,T4B-11)中的表达进行了研究.杂交结果表明,该基因主要在果实和根部表达,伤害抑制WT、Nr番茄叶片中该基因的表达,而对rin番茄叶片无明显影响;干旱、淹水等环境胁迫和乙烯均能不同程度地诱导其表达,而在不同温度下,PR-NP24基因表达变化不大.图7参13     

Five years' experience of prenatal diagnosis of cystic fibrosis in the former U.S.S.R.

From a total of 490 cystic fibrosis (CF) high-risk families under supervision (mostly Russian Slavs from the European part of the country), DNA data including both direct screening for some CF gene(CFTR)mutations(deIF508, G551D and 1677delTA) and allelic polymorphism studies with tightly CF linked DNA markers were collected from 261 families. All full families (129) and 86 CF families with a deceased index child were found to be either fully (42 per cent) or partially (40 per cent) informative for DNA analysis. Prenatal diagnosis (PD) was carried out in 161 CF families. Microvillar enzyme (MVE) assay was applied to all 140 PD at the second trimester either as a single test (88) or in conjunction with DNA analysis (52). The frequency of false-negative results of the MVE assay was 1.3 percent and that of false-positive results, as judged by the albumin meconium test, was 5.0 per cent. Ambiguous results of MVE analysis were found in 30 cases, 12 of which were verified by DNA analysis. Molecular diagnosis of CF at the first trimester was carried out in 21 cases and four pregnancies were terminated. Altogether, 39 pregnancies with a predicted high risk of CF fetuses were terminated. The low average frequency of delF508 in CF chromosomes of Russian Slavs (50 per cent), its remarkable inter-population variation, and the significant proportion of at-risk families without an affected child determine the necessity of combined molecular and biochemical (MVE assay) approaches for efficient prenatal diagnosis of CF in the former U.S.S.R.     

环境微生物降解有机磷农药研究进展

微生物降解是有机磷农药在环境中去毒降解的主要方式，该文从环境微生物筛选、降解基因的识别、降解酶的种类及其特性、微生物降解底物特异性及微生物降解效果的评价等5个方面，综述了近年来有机磷农药微生物降解方面的研究进展，展望了微生物降解有机磷农药的研究方向。     

Urban Plants as Genetic Reservoirs or Threats to the Integrity of Bushland Plant Populations

Abstract:  Remnant plants in urban fringes and native plants in gardens have the potential to contribute to the conservation of threatened plants by increasing genetic diversity, effective size of populations, and levels of genetic connectedness. But they also pose a threat through the disruption of locally adapted gene pools. At Hyams Beach, New South Wales, Australia, four bushland stands of the rare shrub, Grevillea macleayana McGillivray, surround an urban area containing remnant and cultivated specimens of this species. Numbers of inflorescences per plant, fruits per plant, and visits by pollinators were similar for plants in urban gardens and bushland. Urban plants represented a substantial but complex genetic resource, displaying more genetic diversity than bushland plants judged by H_e , numbers of alleles per locus, and number of private alleles. Of 27 private alleles in urban plants, 17 occurred in a set of 19 exotic plants. Excluding the exotic plants, all five stands displayed a moderate differentiation ( F_ST = 0.14 ± 0.02), although the urban remnants clustered with two of the bushland stands. These patterns may be explained by high levels of selfing and inbreeding in this species and by long-distance dispersal (several seeds in the urban stand were fathered by plants in other stands). Genetic leakage (gene flow) from exotic plants to 321 seeds on surrounding remnant or bushland plants has not occurred. Our results demonstrate the conservation value of this group of urban plants, which are viable, productive, genetically diverse, and interconnected with bushland plants. Gene flow has apparently not yet led to genetic contamination of bushland populations, but high levels of inbreeding would make this a rare event and difficult to detect. Remnant plants in urban gardens could successfully contribute to recovery plans for endangered and vulnerable species.