An inner-filter-effect based ratiometric fluorescent sensor for the detection of uranyl ions in real samples.

In this work, a ratiometric fluorescence system was designed for the detection of trace UO in water based on the inner filter effect (IFE) between gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and gold nanoclusters (AuNCs). IFE-induced fluorescence quenching was achieved due to the enhanced complementary overlap between the absorption spectra of AuNPs and the emission spectrum of AuNCs after the addition of UO. Blue carbon dots (B-CDs) were added to serve as reference fluorophores to expand the color tonality and make human eye recognition easier.

Arabidopsis galacturonosyltransferase (GAUT) 13 and GAUT14 have redundant functions in pollen tube growth.

Cell wall biosynthesis is indispensable for pollen tube growth. Despite its importance to sexual reproduction, the molecular mechanisms of pollen tube wall biosynthesis remain poorly understood. Here, we report functional characterization of two putative Arabidopsis galacturonosyltransferase genes, GAUT13 and GAUT14, which are essential for pollen tube growth.

[Effects of wounding on jasmonic acid distribution in vicia faba leaves].

Higher plants have to cope with environmental stimulus such as wounding. Jasmonic acid (JA) is an essential long-distance signaling compound. There is rare information about JA cellular and subcellular localization by now.

[Effects of radix salviae miltiorrhiae, radix aconiti lateralis preparata and rhizoma anemarrhena on nitric oxide systems of endotoxemia mice].

Objective: To investigate the effects of Radix Salviae Miltiorrhiae, Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata and Rhizoma Anemarrhena on nitric oxide (NO) system of heart, liver, intestine, lung, kidney and serum in mice with endotoxemia, and to explore the potential molecular mechanism of the three kinds of traditional Chinese drugs.

Methods: Model mice of endotoxemia were established by intraperitoneally injected with E. coli.

Opposite patterns in the annual distribution and time-course of endogenous abscisic acid and indole-3-acetic acid in relation to the periodicity of cambial activity in Eucommia ulmoides Oliv.

The seasonal change of free abscisic acid (ABA) and indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) and their relationship with the cambial activity in Eucommia ulmoides trees were investigated by ABA and IAA immunolocalization using primary polyclonal and rhodamine-red fluorescing secondary antibodies, ABA and IAA quantification using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), and systematic monitoring of vascular cell layers production. ABA and IAA clearly displayed opposite annual distribution patterns. In the active period (AP), both immunolocalization and HPLC detected an abrupt decrease of ABA, reaching its lowest level in the summer.

[New targets of anticancer drugs and their pathways].

This article reviews recent advances in apoptosis on the pathway inducing cancer cell to death, including Bcl-2 family pathway, NF-kappa B pathway, P13K/Akt pathway, Rb gene and p53 gene, especially the targets of anticancer drug in these pathways. It could be useful for the anticancer drug design and estimate. Furthermore, those cancer/testis antigen gene products are potential targets for antigen-specific immunotherapy of carcinoma.