珍汕97不育系和保持系水稻花粉发育过程中RNA含量变化的研究

采用组织化学方法，对珍汕９７水稻不育系及保持系的花粉发育过程进行分析，结果表明从幼小的单孢花粉到单核边位出现中央大液泡时期，不育系花粉细胞ＲＮＡ含量与保持系无显著差异，单核末期不育系开始败育，双核期ＲＮＡ含量与保持系双核期花粉细胞相比有显著下降，说明ＲＮＡ含量下降是珍汕９７不育系花粉败育的一个重要生理特征，不育系花粉在单核末期以前发育是正常的．     

Kinetics of protein-release by an aptamer-based DNA nanodevice

A recently introduced DNA nanodevice can be used to selectively bind or release the protein thrombin triggered by DNA effector strands. The release process is not well described by simple first or second order reaction kinetics. Here, fluorescence resonance energy transfer and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy experiments are used to explore the kinetics of the release process in detail. To this end the influence of concentration variations and also of temperature is determined. The relevant kinetic parameters are extracted from these experiments and the kinetic behavior of the system is simulated numerically using a set of rate equations. The hydrodynamic radii of the aptamer device alone and bound to thrombin are determined as well as the dissociation constant for the aptamer device-thrombin complex. The results from the experiments and a numerical simulation support the view that the DNA effector strand first binds to the aptamer device followed by the displacement of the protein.