植物支链淀粉合成的关键酶——淀粉分支酶

支链淀粉是植物淀粉的主要成分，而淀粉分支酶是其合成的关键酶。淀粉分支酶可分为两同形体家族，本文从酶学特性、染色体定位、基因及基因表达方面阐明了它们之间的联系和区别，并证实不同同形体在植物支链淀粉合成和结构决定上所起作用不同。开展对该酶的深入研究不论是在基础理论研究领域还是在现实应用方面都具重要意义。

甲骨文“疾”“毓(育)”辨析

商代甲骨文疾、毓(育)两字各有几种不同的形体,以往学者统以寻常字释之,这固然可通;但它们的不同形体却反映了殷人对疾病和生育的具体认识,故很有些辨析的必要.

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紫砂壶的三种造型

紫砂壶造型大体分为几何型、自然型、筋纹型三种:几何型,俗称为光货,光货的设计制作是最能鉴别功力的。光货是指整个造型中不同形体部位要求每个过程都要做到有骨有肉,骨肉亭匀,都要有自己的特质。

藤花集谈瓷卷(连载)

先看同形体组合形态,也就是单个形体的物件中含有多个图像呈现平面的组合。其实,每个图像呈现平面都是独立画面,只是这些画面存在于单个形体的物件上,相互呼应,相互影响,成为多个独立画面的组合图式,诸如琼瓶、四方瓶以及四方帽简等,四个平面上都有画工或题款,每个平面可以独立构成画面或书法作品,也可以相互联系起来欣赏,视为单个形体物件的画面组合。

Identification of anrF gene, a homology of admM of andrimid biosynthetic gene cluster related to the antagonistic activity of Enterobacter cloacae B8

AIM： To identify the gene （s） related to the antagonistic activity of Enterobacter cloacae B8 and to elucidate its antagonistic mechanism. METHODS： Transposon-mediated mutagenesis and tagging method and cassette PCR-based chromosomal walking method were adopted to isolate the mutant strain （s） of B8 that lost the antagonistic activity and to clone DNA fragments around Tn5 insertion site. Sequence compiling and open reading frame （ORF） finding were done with DNAStar program and homologous sequence and conserved domain searches were performed with BlastN or BlastP programs at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. To verify the gene involved in the antagonistic activity, complementation of a full-length clone of the anrFgene to the mutant B8F strain was used. RESULTS： A 3 321 bp contig around the Tn5 insertion site was obtained and an ORF of 2 634 bp in length designated as anrFgene encoding for a 877 aa polyketide synthase-like protein was identified. It had a homology of 83% at the nucleotide level and 79% ID/87% SIM at the protein level, to the admM gene of Pantoea agglomerans andrimid biosynthetic gene cluster （AY192157）. The Tn5 was inserted at 2 420 bp of the gene corresponding to the COG3319 （the thioesterase domain of type I polyketide synthase） coding region on BSF. The antagonistic activity against Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae was resumed with complementation of the full-length anrFgene to the mutant B8F. CONCLUSION： The anrFgene obtained is related to the antagonistic activity of BS, and the antagonistic substances produced by B8 are andrimid and/or its analogs.

Ice Slurry Formation in a Cocurrent Liquid-Liquid Flow

A new technique for ice slurry production was explored. Multiple small water-drops were formed in another immiscible chilled liquid by a single-nozzled atomizer and frozen in the fluidized bed by direct contact heat transfer. Experiments were conducted to investigate the dynamic behaviors of the ice crystal making system. The results demonstrate that the ice crystals could be produced continuously and stably in the vertical bed with the circulating coolant of initial temperature below -5℃. The size distribution of the ice crystals appears non-uniform, but is more similar and more uniform at lower oil flow rate. The mean ice crystal size rests seriously with the jet velocity and the oil flow rate. It decreases with decreasing the oil flow rate, and reaches the maximum at an intermediate jet velocity at about 16.5 m.s y. The ice crystal size is also closely related to the phenomenon of drop-coalescing, which can be alleviated considerably by reducing the flow rate or lowering the temperature of the carrier oil. However, optimization of liquid-liquid atomization is a more effective approach to produce fine ice crystals of desired size.

C2-Si:a Novel Silicon Allotrope in Monoclinic Phase

Based on density functional theory(DFT),a new silicon allotrope C2-Si is proposed in this work.The mechanical stability and dynamic stability of C2-Si are examined based on the elastic constants and phonon spectrum.According to the ratio of bulk modulus and shear modulus,C2-Si has ductility under ambient pressure;compared with Si_(64),Si_(96),I4/mmm and h-Si6,C2-Si is less brittle.Within the Heyd-Scuseria-Ernzerhof(HSE06)hybrid functional,C2-Si is an indirect narrow band gap semiconductor,and the band gap of C2-Si is only 0.716 eV,which is approximately two-thirds of c-Si.The ratios of the maximum and minimum values of the Young’s modulus,shear modulus and Poisson’s ratio in their 3D spatial distributions for C2-Si are determined to characterize the anisotropy.In addition,the anisotropy in different crystal planes is also investigated via 2D representations of the Young’s modulus,shear modulus,and Poisson’s ratio.Among more than ten silicon allotropes,C2-Si has the strongest absorption ability for visible light.

Description of Properties of Triaxial Superdeformed Bands in Odd-A Lu Isotopes

Properties of the triaxial superdeformed （TSD） bands of odd-A Lu isotopes are investigated systematically within the supersymmetry scheme including many-body interactions and a perturbation possessing the S0（5） （or SU（5）） symmetry on the rotational symmetry. Quantitatively good results of the γ-ray energies, the dynamical moments of inertia and the spin of the TSD bands in odd-A Lu isotopes are obtained. The calculation shows that the competition between the pairing and anti-pairing effects exists in these TSD bands. Meanwhile, the SU（3） symmetry in TSD bands are broken more seriously than in superdeformed （SD） bands.

A histomorphometric and molecular study on stress adaptability of freeze-dried bone allograft

Objective To Investigate stress adaptability of freeze-dried bone allograft.Methods Cortical and cancellous allograft were transplanted to each side of the midshaft diaphyseal ulna in two groups of 28 animals.The left transplanted allograft was free from fixation and bore a normal physiological lcad,while the right transplanted allograft was protected from loading by a simple external fixator and bore less load.Animals were sacrificed at the 2nd,4th,8th,16th week after transplantation and specimens were taken out for bone histomorphometry studies and analysis of collagen gene expression by in situ Cdna-Mrna hybridization.Results Labeled surface(LS)and bone mineral apposition rate(MAR)of the normally loaded graft-host bone interface were significantly higher than that of the less loaded side at the 4th,8th,16th week after transplantation.Parameters reflecting the internal repair process of the allograft,such as LS in cortical and cancellous bone or MAR in cortical bone of the normally loaded side were significantly higher than those of the less loaded side at the 16th week after transplantation.The result of in situ hybridization indicated that more osteoblast-like cells expressing the type Ⅰ collagen gene were found in the interface or interior of normally loaded grafts.Conclusion The stimulus of physiologic load can accelerate the early union of allograft-host bone interface and later new bone creep substitution to the necrotic allograft.

2D graphdiyne materials:challenges and opportunities in energy field

Graphdiyne(GDY),a novel two-dimensional(2D)carbon allotrope featuring one-atom-thick planar layers of sp andhybridized carbon network,is a rapidly rising star on the horizon of materials science.Because of its unparalleled structural,electronic,chemical and physical properties,it has been receiving unprecedented increases from fundamental studies to practical applications,particularly the field of energetic materials.In this review,we aim at providing an up-to-date comprehensive overview on the state-of-the-art research into GDY,from theoretical studies to the key achievements in the development of new GDY-based energetic materials for energy storage and conversion.By reviewing the state-of-the-art achievements,we aim to address the benefits and issues of GDY-based materials,as well as highlighting the existing key challenges and future opportunities in this exciting field.

EMBEDDED 2-SPHERES IN INDEFINITE 4-MANIFOLDS

The main results are as follows.Let be an element of H2, where γ, δ1,…δn. arestandard generators. Suppose2≤n≤9.(1) If for some i and some i, then ζ can be represented by a smoothly embedded 2-sphere.(2) If ζ is a characteristic homology class, then ζ cannot be represented by a smoothlyembedded 2-sphere except for ζ2 = 16l+1 - n, l = 0 and (3) If ζ= dη for some d∈Z, where η is a primitive ordinary homology class with η2 = 0,then ζ is eqivalent to (d; d, 0,..., 0) and can be represented by a smoothly embedded 2-sphere.

Few-layer Tellurium:one-dimensional-like layered elementary semiconductor with striking physical properties

Few-layer Tellurium, an elementary semiconductor, succeeds most of striking physical properties that black phosphorus(BP) offers and could be feasibly synthesized by simple solution-based methods. It is comprised of non-covalently bound parallel Te chains, among which covalent-like feature appears.This feature is, we believe, another demonstration of the previously found covalent-like quasi-bonding(CLQB) where wavefunction hybridization does occur. The strength of this inter-chain CLQB is comparable with that of intra-chain covalent bonding, leading to closed stability of several Te allotropes. It also introduces a tunable bandgap varying from nearly direct 0.31 eV(bulk) to indirect 1.17 eV(2L) and four(two) complex, highly anisotropic and layer-dependent hole(electron) pockets in the first Brillouin zone.It also exhibits an extraordinarily high hole mobility(~10~5 cm^2/Vs) and strong optical absorption along the non-covalently bound direction, nearly isotropic and layer-dependent optical properties, large ideal strength over 20%, better environmental stability than BP and unusual crossover of force constants for interlayer shear and breathing modes. All these results manifest that the few-layer Te is an extraordinary-high-mobility, high optical absorption, intrinsic-anisotropy, low-cost-fabrication, tunable bandgap, better environmental stability and nearly direct bandgap semiconductor. This ‘‘one-dimen sion-like" few-layer Te, together with other geometrically similar layered materials, may promote the emergence of a new family of layered materials.

Honeycomb silicon: a review of silicene

Silicene, a new allotrope of silicon in a twodimensional honeycomb structure, has attracted intensive research interest due to its novel physical and chemical properties. Unlike carbon atoms in graphene, silicon atoms prefer to adopt sp2/sp3-hybridized state in silicene,enhancing chemical activity on the surface and allowing tunable electronic states by chemical functionalization. The silicene monolayers epitaxially grown on Ag(111) surfaces demonstrate various reconstructions with different electronic structures. In this article, the structure, phonon modes, electronic properties, and chemical properties of silicene are reviewed based on theoretical and experimental works in recent years.

An oxygen isotope study of quartz veins within eclogites from the Dabie terrane

The oxygen isotope composition of minerals from quartz veins and host eclogites in the Dabie terrane was measured in order to place geochemical constraints on the origin and transport of metamorphic fluid. The results are discussed together with structural and petrological relationships between quartz vein and wallrock. The quartz veins can be temporally classified into three groups: (1) synmetamorphic vein which would be formed prior to eclogite-facies recrystallization when they were exhumated from mantle depths to deep crustal levels; (2) early retrogressive vein which was formed in the early stage of eclogite exhumation subsequent to the recrystallization, the vein-forming fluid is still relevant to the eclogites; (3) late retrogressive vein which was formed in the late stage of eclogite exhumation from deep crustal to upper crustal levels, oxygen isotope fractionation between vein quartz and host eclogite significantly deviates from equilibrium values and the vein-forming fluid was principally derived from granitic gneiss hosting the eclogites. For the synmetamorphic vein, it appears that local advective transport of fluid is the predominant mechanism in the processes of vein precipitation; the scale of oxygen isotope homogenization within the veins is much larger than that within the associated eclogites. The vein-forming fluid would be derived from the exsolution of dissolved hydroxyls within eclogite minerals due to significant pressure decrease. Fluid flow prior to the eclogite-facies recrystallization and the early retrogression may occur mainly along pressure gradients.

Competition between collective oblate rotation and non-collective prolate K isomerism in neutron-rich tungsten isotopes

Recent experiments open up the possibility to investigate oblate rotation-aligned states and prolate high-K isomers in neutron-rich tungsten isotopes.In the present work,we perform the projected-shell-model calculations for A ～ 190 tungsten nuclei.The 190 W results are compared with experimental data.The observed 8 + isomer is assigned as a two-quasiproton K π = 8 + configuration.Low-lying high-K four-quasiparticle states are predicted.Of particular interest is the prediction of the K π = 20 + state in 190,192 W,which may form a long-lived spin trap.In competition with the prolate high-K states,rotational alignment leads to near-yrast collective oblate rotation.

A preliminary pathological study on human allotransplantation

Objective: To observe the survival of hand allograft under the state of immunosuppression and the pathological changes of rejection in the recovery process. Methods: The biopsies of the skin, nerve, muscle, tendon and bone tissue of hand allografts during different stages from 1 day to 7 months after operation were observed using routine histological technique. Results: No significant changes due to rejection in skin, nerve, muscle and bone tissue were observed. But different degrees of weak rejective changes were found on the wall of blood vessels; in the muscle and nerve the reactions were markedly stronger than those found in skin tissues. Conclusions: The rejection in deep tissues should be monitored in controlling the rejection of hand allograft.