In December 2019, an outbreak of COVID-19 occurred in Wuhan, China, and spread to the whole of China and to multiple countries worldwide. Unlike SARS and MERS, where secondary transmission mostly occurred in hospital settings, COVID-19 transmission occurs in large numbers within families. Herein we report three cases of a familial cluster with one family member being a kidney transplant recipient.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBacillus sp. strain QHF158, a Gram-positive, spore-forming and parasporal crystal-secreting bacterium, was isolated from soil of Limushan National Forest Park in China. Here we present the significant feature of parasporal inclusions of this organism, together with the draft genome sequence and annotation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHerein, MnO/reduced graphene oxide composites are prepared a facile solution-phase method for supercapacitor application. Transmission electron microscopy results reveal the uniform distribution of MnO nanoparticles on graphene layers. The morphology of the MnO nanomaterial is changed by introducing the reduced graphene oxide during the preparation process.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA PdNi/RGO/polyoxometalate nanocomposite has been successfully synthesized by a simple wet-chemical method. Characterizations such as transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction analysis, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy are employed to verify the morphology, structure, and elemental composition of the as-prepared nanocomposite. Inspired by the fast-developing fuel cells, the electrochemical catalytic performance of the nanocomposite toward methanol and ethanol oxidation in alkaline media is further tested.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCoptotermes formosanus Shiraki is a well-known wood-feeding termite, which can degrade not only cellulose and hemicellulose polysaccharides, but also some aromatic lignin polymers with its enzyme complex to the woody biomass. In this study, a very abundant protein was discovered and purified, using a three-step column chromatography procedure, from the tissue homogenate of the salivary glands and the gut of C. formosanus.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTEAD1 is a transcription factor involved in activation of muscle specific genes, such as the cardiac muscle troponin T gene, skeletal muscle actin, myosin heavy chains genes. Here, we reported that TEAD1 was expressed ubiquitously in different mouse tissues and was up-regulated in differentiation process of the mouse myoblast cell line C2C12. Functional assay revealed that overexpression of TEAD1 gene can arrest the C2C12 cell cycle and promote C2C12 cell differentiation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCD163 and sialoadhesin (SN) were reported as two essential receptors for the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus. To investigate the relationship between these two genes and porcine immunity, we assigned porcine CD163 and SN respectively to SSC5q21-q24 and SSC17q23 by IMpRH. Expression profiles revealed that CD163 and SN were ubiquitously expressed in ten tissues, and were expressed highly in lymph gland, spleen and liver, which implied the potential functions of CD163 and SN in immunity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: TEAD1 (TEA domain family member 1) is constitutively expressed in cardiac and skeletal muscles. It acts as a key molecule of muscle development, and trans-activates multiple target genes involved in cell proliferation and differentiation pathways. However, its target genes in skeletal muscles, regulatory mechanisms and networks are unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCRP3 is the muscle-specific form of the cysteine and glycine-rich protein family and plays an important role in myofiber differentiation. Here we isolated and characterized its coding gene CSRP3 from porcine muscle. Phylogenic analyses demonstrated that CSRP3 diverged first and is distinguished from two other members, CSRP1 and CSRP2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIt has been reported that the muscle-specific isoform (type M, PGAM2) of phosphoglycerate mutase (PGAM) is a housekeeping enzyme; it catalyzes the conversion of 3-phosphoglycerate into 2-phosphoglycerate in the glycolysis process to release energy. It is encoded by the Pgam2 gene. In this study, the cDNA of the porcine Pgam2 was cloned.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFActa Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai)
January 2008
Lectin, galactose-binding, soluble 1 (LGALS1) gene encodes galectin-1, an atypical secretory protein that plays an important role during myoblast proliferation and differentiation. In this study, the porcine LGALS1 gene was cloned and characterized from pig muscle. The predicted protein sequence shared a high identity with its mammalian counterparts.
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