Genome-Wide Screening for Novel Candidate Virulence Related Response Regulator Genes in pv. .

Two-component regulatory system (TCS), a major type of cellular signal transduction system, is widely used by bacteria to adapt to different conditions and to colonize certain ecological niches in response to environmental stimuli. TCSs are of distinct functional diversity, genetic diversity, and species specificity (pathovar specificity, even strain specificity) across bacterial groups. Although TCSs have been demonstrated to be crucial to the virulence of , only a few researches have been reported about the studies of TCSs in pathovar (hereafter ), the pathogen of rice bacterial streak disease.

The changes of brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEP) after vertebrobasilar artery ischemia in rabbits.

Brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs) have been used as a valuable neurophysiologic index of neuronal dysfunction in the level of the brainstem. BAEPs are also useful in subdividing evoked potentials into normal, slight, or pronounced in patients with vertebrobasilar insufficiency. We investigated the changes of BAEP after vertebrobasilar artery ischemia in rabbits and its significance in clinical work.

[Electrophysiological characteristics of medium spiny neurons in neocortex-striatum-substantia nigra brain slices of rats].

Objective: To establish the neocortex-striatum-substantia nigra brain slices of rats and observe the medium spiny neurons of striatum under a visible condition so as to explore their electrophysiological characteristics.

Methods: The brain slices containing the neocortex-striatum-substantia nigra were prepared from SD rats of postnatal 7 - 10 days. With infrared differential interference contrast (IR-DIC) microscope and patch clamp amplifier whole-cell recording technique, the medium spiny neurons were located in striatum and their spontaneous electrical activity was recorded in the current clamp mode.

Comparative and functional genomics reveals genetic diversity and determinants of host specificity among reference strains and a large collection of Chinese isolates of the phytopathogen Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris.

Background: Xanthomonas campestris pathovar campestris (Xcc) is the causal agent of black rot disease of crucifers worldwide. The molecular genetic diversity and host specificity of Xcc are poorly understood.

Results: We constructed a microarray based on the complete genome sequence of Xcc strain 8004 and investigated the genetic diversity and host specificity of Xcc by array-based comparative genome hybridization analyses of 18 virulent strains.