THE QUALITATIVE CONTENT OF RENEWABLE RESOURCE MODELS

This paper analyzes the extent to which standard dynamic renewable resource models possess refutable implications. Both the steady state comparative static and local comparative dynamic properties of the standard model are studied. A unified framework is developed which enables one to analyze the qualitative properties of any standard renewable resource model. This is achieved by explicitly linking the local stability, steady state comparative static, and local comparative dynamic properties of the model.     

几种旱生植物水分生理特性的比较研究

本文对梭梭(Halorylon ammodendron)等几种典型荒漠旱生植物在干旱环境下体内含水量、相对合水量、水分饱和亏缺、自由水、束缚水、水势、离体枝叶吸水速率等的变化及其与植物抗旱的关系进行了比较研究。     

Structural properties and tractability results for linear synteny

The syntenic distance between two species is the minimum number of fusions, fissions, and translocations required to transform one genome into the other. The linear syntenic distance, a restricted form of this model, has been shown to be close to the syntenic distance. Both models are computationally difficult to compute and have resisted efficient approximation algorithms with non-trivial performance guarantees. In this paper, we prove that many useful properties of syntenic distance carry over to linear syntenic distance. We also give a reduction from the general linear synteny problem to the question of whether a given instance can be solved using the maximum possible number of translocations. Our main contribution is an algorithm exactly computing linear syntenic distance in nested instances of the problem. This is the first polynomial time algorithm exactly solving linear synteny for a non-trivial class of instances. It is based on a novel connection between the syntenic distance and a scheduling problem that has been studied in the operations research literature.     

中外城市战略规划编制比较

对国内的广州，南京，杭州三大城市的战略规划编制进行了分析，并与西方一些发达国家的城市战略规划编制进行了比较．提出中外战略规划在编制内容、成果、期限等方面存在着相同点和不同点，提出研究中外战略规划对中国传统总体规划改革具有多方面的启发和指导意义．     

几种改进的CoMFA方法比较研究血小板活化因子拮抗剂

由于传统的比较分子场分析(CoMFA)方法本身存在一些缺陷，使得分子的叠合 规则以及叠合分子的空间取向和空间位置等因素对q~2的影响很大，因此相继提出 了几种改进的CoMFA方法。为了优化CoMFA结果，应用传统的CoMFA方法和交叉验证 的R~2引导的区域选择法(q~2-GRS)、全取向搜索法（AOS）、全空间搜索法（APS） 以及比较分子相似性指数(CoMSIA)等四种改进的CoMFA方法，对18个pinusolide类 衍生物这类新发现的血小板活化因子（PAF）拮抗剂进行了比较研究。结果表明四 种改进的CoMFA方法得到的q~2值均比传统CoMFA的高。q~2-GRS方法得到的q~2值有 所提高，但综合结果并不理想，AOS与APS得到的q~2较为理想，而在CoMSIA中， q~2几乎不受空间取向或空间位置的影响。同时我们引人基于样本的偏最小二乘法 （SAMPLS）取代原AOS／APS程序中的传统PLS进行统计分析，明显提高了其运行速 度。最后，根据q~2最高的CoMFA模型和CoMSIA模型设计了几个预测活性更高的 pinusolide类似物。     

What to Learn from a Comparative Genomic Sequence Analysis of <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis>-Carnitine Dehydrogenase

Summary. In contrast to eukaryotic cells certain eubacterial strains have acquired the ability to utilize L-carnitine (R-(–)-3-hydroxy-4-(trimethylamino)butyrate) as sole source of energy, carbon and nitrogen. The first step of the L-carnitine degradation to glycine betaine is catalysed by L-carnitine dehydrogenase (L-CDH, EC 1.1.1.108) and results in the formation of the dehydrocarnitine. During the oxidation of L-carnitine a simultaneous conversion of the cofactor NAD⁺ to NADH takes place. This catabolic reaction has always been of keen interest, because it can be exploited for spectroscopic L-carnitine determination in biological fluids – a quantification method, which is developed in our lab – as well as L-carnitine production.Based on a cloned L-CDH sequence an expedition through the currently available prokaryotic genomic sequence space began to mine relevant information about bacterial L-carnitine metabolism hidden in the enormous amount of data stored in public sequence databases. Thus by means of homology-based and context-based protein function prediction is revealed that L-CDH exists in certain eubacterial genomes either as a protein of approximately 35 kDa or as a homologous fusion protein of approximately 54 kDa with an additional putative domain, which is predicted to possess a thioesterase activity. These two variants of the enzyme are found on one hand in the genome sequence of bacterial species, which were previously reported to decompose L-carnitine, and on the other hand in gram-positive bacteria, which were not known to express L-CDH. Furthermore we could not only discover that L-CDH is located in a conserved genetic entity, which genes are very likely involved in this L-carnitine catabolic pathway, but also pinpoint the exact genomic sequence position of several other enzymes, which play an essential role in the bacterial metabolism of L-carnitine precursors.     

通道离子替换磷灰石固溶体比较晶体化学XRD研究

采用单相共沉淀法和隋性气体保护下的固相反应法制备了不同通道离子替换固溶体磷灰石[X₁-X₂AP]。利用XRD对通道离子替换磷灰石固溶体进行了比较晶体化学研究,结果表明:晶胞参数随通道离子半径的增大,a₀增大,c₀反而减小,且OH-ClAP和F-OHAP变化呈线性关系,符合Vegard定律,而F-ClAP在富F^-端的变化不呈线性关系;由于[PO₄]四面体沿[101]方向的滑移,c₀随a₀的变化而变化,且c₀^-2与a₀^-2呈线性关系[c₀^-2=-a₀^-2+3.2348]。     

环氧合酶－2抑制剂的三维定量构效关系研究

建立三环系COX－1和COX－2抑制剂结构与活性的三维定量构效关系模型，为设 计新型的具有选择性的COX－2抑制剂提供线索。通过与酶的对接并优化，确定化合 物在受体结合腔中的构象，利用比较分子力场分析方法建立三维定量构效关系模型 。模型1R_(cv)~2=0.685，最佳主成分数为6，传统相关系数为R~2=0.988, F-726. 2，标准偏差S = 0.080；模型2 R_(cv)~2 = 0.573，最佳主成分数为6，传统相关 系数为R~2=0.996, F = 1147.6，标准偏差S = 0.034。所得的模型不仅解释了化合 物的构效关系，而且对预测集中的化合物有很好的预测能力；比较不同模型的系数 相关图，分析了结构与活性、结构与选择性的关系，得到的结果可以指导新化合物 的设计与合成。     

Tuning single nucleotide discrimination in polymerase chain reactions (PCRs): synthesis of primer probes bearing polar 4'-C-modifications and their application in allele-specific PCR

There are many methods available for the detection of nucleotide variations in genetic material. Most of these methods are applied after amplification of the target genome sequence by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Many efforts are currently underway to develop techniques that can detect single nucleotide variations in genes either by means of, or without the need for, PCR. Allele-specific PCR (asPCR), which reports nucleotide variations based on either the presence or absence of a PCR-amplified DNA product, has the potential to combine target amplification and analysis in one single step. The principle of asPCR is based on the formation of matched or mismatched primer-target complexes by using allele-specific primer probes. PCR amplification by a DNA polymerase from matched 3'-primer termini proceeds, whereas a mismatch should obviate amplification. Given the recent advancements in real-time PCR, this technique should, in principle, allow single nucleotide variations to be detected online. However, this method is hampered by low selectivity, which necessitates tedious and costly manipulations. Recently, we reported that the selectivity of asPCR can be significantly increased through the employment of chemically modified primer probes. Here we report further significant advances in this area. We describe the synthesis of various primer probes that bear polar 4'-C-modified nucleotide residues at their 3' termini, and their evaluation in real-time asPCR. We found that primer probes bearing a 4'-C-methoxymethylene modification have superior properties in the discrimination of single nucleotide variations by PCR.