Many studies suggest that ethylene plays an important role in regulating metabolite synthesis. Dendrobium plants are traditional Chinese medicine and nowadays its medicinal components are known to be secondary metabol...Many studies suggest that ethylene plays an important role in regulating metabolite synthesis. Dendrobium plants are traditional Chinese medicine and nowadays its medicinal components are known to be secondary metabolites. In present study, a homolog of ACC oxidase （ACO） gene was isolated from flowers of Dendrobium officinale Kimura et Migo by PCR-method. The obtained cDNA of DoACO is 970 bp long and contains an open reading frame （ORP） encoding a protein with 314 amino acid residues. The DoACO shows high identity to its homologues from other plant species, that has 94.8% closest amino acid sequence of related protein with the ACO from Dendrobium hybrid cultivar. The putative ORP of the obtained sequence could encode a proper protein in respect of molecular weight under T -Lac promoter in E. coli.展开更多
Clostridium difficile is a gram-positive,spore-forming,obligate anaerobic bacillus that was originally isolated from the stool of a healthy neonate in 1935.In high-income countries,C.difficile is the most common cause...Clostridium difficile is a gram-positive,spore-forming,obligate anaerobic bacillus that was originally isolated from the stool of a healthy neonate in 1935.In high-income countries,C.difficile is the most common cause of infectious diarrhoea in hospitalized patients.The incidence of C.difficile infection in the USA has increased markedly since 2000,with hospitalizations for C.difficile infections in non-pregnant adults doubling between 2000 and 2010.Between 20%and 35%of patients with C.difficile infection will fail initial antibiotic treatment and,of these,40–60%will have a second recurrence.Recurrence of C.difficile infection after initial treatment causes substantial morbidity and is a major burden on health care systems.In this article,current treatments for recurrent C.difficile infection are reviewed and future directions explored.These include the use of antibiotics,probiotics,donor faecal transplants,anion resins,secondary bile acids or anti-toxin antibodies.展开更多
文摘Many studies suggest that ethylene plays an important role in regulating metabolite synthesis. Dendrobium plants are traditional Chinese medicine and nowadays its medicinal components are known to be secondary metabolites. In present study, a homolog of ACC oxidase （ACO） gene was isolated from flowers of Dendrobium officinale Kimura et Migo by PCR-method. The obtained cDNA of DoACO is 970 bp long and contains an open reading frame （ORP） encoding a protein with 314 amino acid residues. The DoACO shows high identity to its homologues from other plant species, that has 94.8% closest amino acid sequence of related protein with the ACO from Dendrobium hybrid cultivar. The putative ORP of the obtained sequence could encode a proper protein in respect of molecular weight under T -Lac promoter in E. coli.
文摘Clostridium difficile is a gram-positive,spore-forming,obligate anaerobic bacillus that was originally isolated from the stool of a healthy neonate in 1935.In high-income countries,C.difficile is the most common cause of infectious diarrhoea in hospitalized patients.The incidence of C.difficile infection in the USA has increased markedly since 2000,with hospitalizations for C.difficile infections in non-pregnant adults doubling between 2000 and 2010.Between 20%and 35%of patients with C.difficile infection will fail initial antibiotic treatment and,of these,40–60%will have a second recurrence.Recurrence of C.difficile infection after initial treatment causes substantial morbidity and is a major burden on health care systems.In this article,current treatments for recurrent C.difficile infection are reviewed and future directions explored.These include the use of antibiotics,probiotics,donor faecal transplants,anion resins,secondary bile acids or anti-toxin antibodies.
