Generating of rice OsCENH3-GFP transgenic plants and their genetic applications

In order to investigate rice functional centromeres, OsCENH3-GFP chimeric gene was constructed and transformed into the indica rice variety, Zhongxian 3037, mediated by Agrobacturium. The integration of the exogenous genes in the transgenic plants was confirmed by PCR and Southern blotting. The transgenic plants grow normally during their whole life time, just like Zhongxian 3037. No significant defects were detected in either mitosis or meiosis of the transgenic plants. The overlapping of GFP signals and anti-CENH3 foci in both mitotic and meiotic cells from T0 and T1 generation plants indicated that GFP had been successfully fused with CENH3, so the GFP signals can well represent the CENH3 locations on each chromosome. To evaluate the applicability of the transgenic plants to other genetic studies, fluorescence in situ hybridization （FISH） using rice centromeric tandem repetitive sequence CentO as the probe was conducted on the zygotene chromosomes of pollen mother cells （PMCs）. It has been revealed that the GFP signals are overlapping with CentO FISH signals, showing that CentO is one of the key elements constituting rice functional centromeres. Immunofluorescent staining using anti-o-tublin antibody and anti-PAIR2 antibody on the chromosomes during mitosis and meiosis stages of the transgenic plants further reveals that OsCENH3-GFP transgenic plants can be widely used for studying rice molecular biology, especially for tagging functional centromeres in both living cells and tissues.     

耐盐碱水稻新组合博优938的生物学特征和高产栽培技术

介绍广西钦州市农业科学研究所选育出的感光型杂交晚籼稻新组合博优938的主要生物学特征和高产栽培技术,为推广种植杂交晚籼稻新组合博优938提供参考.     

基于GC-TOF/MS技术的转Bt基因大米代谢组学研究

基于GC-TOF/MS技术对来源于两个不同产地的转Bt基因及其亲本大米进行了代谢组学研究。从大米样本中共检出774个色谱峰,鉴定出278种代谢产物,包括糖、氨基酸、脂肪酸及有机酸等代谢产物。对转Bt基因及其亲本大米进行主成分分析,结果表明,转Bt基因与亲本大米的代谢组之间无明显差异性,进一步对数据进行偏最小二乘判别分析和方差分析,仅甘油和鼠李糖两种代谢产物浓度在转Bt基因大米及其亲本大米间存在一定差异(分别升高1.55和3.32倍);考察了不同产地对大米代谢组的影响,结果表明武汉和海南两个产地的大米代谢组之间存在明显差异,有15种代谢产物在不同产地的亲本大米之间以及不同产地的转基因大米之间均发生显著变化。应用GC-TOF/MS技术对来源于不同产地的转Bt基因大米及其亲本大米的代谢组进行比较研究,结果表明引入外源Bt基因对实验中的水稻机体内代谢未产生明显影响,产地差异造成的大米间代谢组差异比引入外源Bt基因造成的大米间代谢组差异更为显著。     

Rapid Synthesis of Propargyl-γ-Modified Peptide Nucleic Acid Monomers for Late-Stage Functionalization of Oligomers

The exceptional hybridization properties of peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) coupled with the ease of their synthesis has made this artificial nucleic acid mimetic a desirable platform for diagnostics, therapeutics and supramolecular engineering. PNA backbone modifications have been extensively explored to finetune physicochemical properties and for conjugation of functional molecules. Here, we detail the synthesis of a universal γ-propargyl-PNA backbone from serine, and its acylation with the four DNA canonical nucleobases. The availability of serine as d or l enantiomer provide simple accesses to PNA oligomers for hybridization with natural oligonucleotides or for orthogonal hybridization circuitry. We show that late-stage conjugation enables optimization of the physicochemical properties. This approach is appealing due to its orthogonality to Fmoc-SPPS, its flexibility and ease for introducing diversity by on-resin copper(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC). We exemplified the utility of these novel monomers with PNA based hybridization chain reactions (HCRs).     

Integrating Photoluminescence and Ferromagnetism in Carbon Quantum Dot/ZnO by Interfacial Orbital Hybridization for Multifunctional Bioprobes

Integrating ferromagnetism (FM) and photoluminescence (PL) into one particular nanostructure as biological probe plays an irreplaceable role in accurate clinical diagnosis combining magnetic resonance and photoluminescence imaging technology. However, magnetic emergence generally needs a spin polarization at Fermi level to display a half-metallic electronic feature, which is not beneficial for preserving radiation recombination ability of photo-excited electron-hole carriers. To overcome this intrinsic difficulty, we propose a feasible atomic-hybridization strategy to anchor carbon quantum dots (CQDs) onto ZnO microsphere surface via breakage of C=O bonds at CQDs and subsequent Zn-3d and C-2p orbital hybridization, which not only ensures the carrier recombination but also leads to a room-temperature magnetism. Herein, the photoluminescence and magnetism coexist in this multifunctional heterojunction with outstanding biocompatibility. This work suggests that integration of magnetism and photoluminescence could be accomplished by particular interfacial orbital hybridization.     

An easily-automated assay for the physiological state quantification of Pseudomonas sp. M18

In order to foreknow poorly performing cultures before wasting energy to scale them to large cultures, industrial microbial fermentation can greatly benefit from knowledge of the physiological state of cells. The method currently proposed is an easily automated physiological state determination method. We have designed one universal rRNA-specific probe for bacteria and developed novel signal probe hybridization (SPH) assay featuring no RNA extraction and no PCR amplification steps necessary to quantify the physiological state of microbial cells. The microbial cell was lysed with sonication and SDS. Signal probes were applied to hybridize and protect the rRNA target. S1 nuclease was then applied to remove the excessive signal probes, the single-stranded RNA and the mismatch RNA/DNA hybrids. The remaining signal probe was captured with a corresponding capture probe immobilized on a microplate and quantified with a horseradish peroxidase-conjugated color reaction. We then systemically optimized our assay. Results showed that the cell limit of detection (LOD) and the cell limit of quantification (LOQ) were 2.64 × 10⁴ cells and 9.86 × 10⁴ cells per well of microplate, respectively. The limit of detection (LOD) and the limit of quantification (LOQ) of signal probe were 49.0 fM and 344.0 fM respectively. Using this technique, we quantified the 16S rRNA levels during the fermentation process of Pseudomonas sp. M18. Our results indicate that the 16S rRNA levels can directly inform us about the physiological state of microbial cells. This technique has great potential for application to the microbial fermentation industry.     

DNA Stabilization and Hybridization Detection on Porous Silicon Surface by EIS and Total Reflection FT‐IR Spectroscopy

Electrochemically etched porous silicon (PSi) is formed and employed as a substrate for the entrapment of oligonucleotides and the subsequent development of stable DNA biosensors. The controlled potential anodic etching of p‐type silicon wafers is optimized in order to obtain a surface layer with pore diameters which are close to those of the adsorbed DNA helix. The stabilization and hybridization of DNA inside the PSi layer is confirmed using ATR‐FTIR. Moreover hybridization is verified by the large and reproducible impedance changes at the interface layer. The developed PSi DNA sensor paves the way for the label‐free detection of oligonucleotide sequences in DNA microarrays and microfabricated PSi field‐effect sensors.     

安宁河流域杂交稻13612.5 kg/hm2配套技术研究

使用杂交稻品种“汕优63”在安宁河流域干热河谷稻区的云甸乡实施水稻高产攻关试验。栽培措施上采取两段育秧培育壮秧,确定适宜基本苗,宽窄行栽插合理密植,控制最高苗;施肥方式方法上磷肥与农家肥堆沤作底肥,氮肥“重底早追,前促中控后补”,钾肥在水稻生育中期重施,合理配方N：P：K为2．5：1：1．5,补施微量元素硅肥。经验收,产量达13612．5kg／hm^2。     

Introducing antisense <Emphasis Type="Italic">waxy</Emphasis> gene into rice seeds reduces grain amylose contents using a safe transgenic technique

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) eating quality is one of themost important traits. Amylose content (AC) in rice en-dosperm is a major index affecting rice eating quality[1,2].It has a negative correlation with gel consistency of rice[3].Based on amylose content, r…     

Genome-wide identification of R genes and exploitation of candidate RGA markers in rice

By scanning the whole genomic sequence of japonica rice using 45 known plant disease resistance (R) genes, we identified 2119 resistance gene homologs or analogs (RGAs) and verified that RGAs are not randomly distributed but tend to cluster in the rice genome. The RGAs were classified into 21 families according to their functional domain based on Hidden Markov model (HMM). By comparing the RGAs of japonica rice with the whole genomlc sequence of indica rice, we found 702 RGAs allelic between the two subspecies and revealed that 671 (95.6%) of them have length difference (InDels) in their genomic sequences (including coding and non-coding regions) between the two subspecies, suggesting that RGAs are highly polymorphic between the two subspecies in rice. We also exploited 402 PCR-based and co-dominant candidate RGA markers by designing primer pairs on the regions flanking the lnDels and validating them via e-PCR. The length differences of the candidate RGA markers between the two subspecies are from 1 to 742 hp, with an average of 10.26 hp. All related information of the RGAs is available from our web site(http://ibi.zju.edu.cn/RGAs/index.html).