Complete mitochondrial genome of a parthenogenetic subterranean termite, Reticulitermes aculabialis Tsai et Hwang (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae).

The complete mitochondrial genome of a parthenogenetic termite Reticulitermes aculabialis was assembled and analyzed. The mitogenome is 16,475 bp long and contains the same gene repertoire and gene order as other Reticulitermes species (13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes and control region). Coding genes (PCGs, tRNAs and rRNAs) are 14,688 bp in length, occupying 89.

A preliminary study on the application of bone marrow stromal cell sheet on the formation of functional tissue-engineered bone in dogs.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to construct functional tissue-engineered bone in dogs using cell sheet engineering, a new technique to gain and transfer seed cells.

Materials And Methods: Demineralized bone matrixes, prepared from homologous bone, were coated with recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2. Bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) were isolated and subcultured.

[Study on ITS sequences of Aconitum vilmorinianum and its medicinal adulterant].

Objective: To analyze and compare the ITS sequences of Aconitum vilmorinianum and its medicinal adulterant Aconitum austroyunnanense.

Methods: Total genomic DNA were extracted from sample materials by improved CTAB method, ITS sequences of samples were amplified using PCR systems, directly sequenced and analyzed using software DNAStar, ClustalX1.81 and MEGA 4.