Dof(DNA binding with one finger)蛋白是植物中特有的转录因子,其N-末端具含保守锌指结构的Dof结构域,能够识别AAAG序列;Dof转录因子能够发挥多种功能,主要是由于其具有多变的C-末端,它是Dof蛋白的特异转录调控结构域。在植物中,Dof转录因子的功能主要与维管发育、叶片极性、保卫细胞特异基因的调控、碳氮代谢、种子发育和萌发、光响应及光周期调控的开花和花粉发育、次生代谢物合成、防御反应、生长素响应等生理过程有关。将这些进程归纳为组织分化、种子发育和代谢调节三个方面,通过对植物Dof转录因子的结构特点及功能进行分析,为Dof转录因子的深入研究提供参考。 相似文献
Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) have received particular attention in the bioremediation of sediments contaminated with heavy metals. In this study, indigenous SRB were used to stabilize Cd in sediments spiked with different Cd concentrations (≤ 600 mg kg?1).
Materials and methods
The study investigated the Cd leaching efficiency from sediments after 166 days (d) of biotreatment and assessed the bacterial community and bacteria relationship in sediments during SRB biostabilization.
Results and discussion
The study found that the Cd leaching efficiency of sediments was reduced by 18.1–40.3% (29.4 ± 8.7%) after 166 days of biotreatment. During the biostabilization, the bacterial community in sediments significantly changed, particularly after 61 days of biotreatment. At the family level, the identified dominant bacteria (mean abundance > 3%) included Bacillaceae, norank Nitrospira, Anaerolineaceae, Nitrospinaceae, Streptococcaceae, and Hydrogenophilaceae. The study also speculated the complex relationships between these bacteria. The relative abundance of Desulfobacteraceae and Desulfobulbaceae in sediments was enhanced after biotreatment. Bacillaceae and Streptococcaceae may play a negative role in Cd biostabilization and inhibited SRB biological activity. However, Anaerolineaceae and Hydrogenophilaceae may have commensalism and mutualism relationships, respectively, with typical SRB. The presence of Nitrospinacea and norank Nitrospira may reduce the inhibitive effect of denitrifying bacteria on SRB, thereby exhibiting a positive effect on biologic sulfate reduction and Cd biostabilization.
Conclusions
Indigenous SRB treatment increased Cd stability in sediments and changed bacterial community. During SRB biostabilization, complex relationships between bacteria in sediments were speculated, including competition, syntrophism, and antagonism. These results provide insights for better regulating and controlling SRB biostabilization.
The effect of three land use types on decomposition of 14C-labelled maize (Zea mays L.) residues and soil organic matter were investigated under laboratory conditions. Samples of three Dystric Cambisols under plow tillage (PT), reduced tillage (RT) and grassland (GL) collected from the upper 5 cm of the soil profile were incubated for 159 days at 20 °C with or without 14C-labelled maize residue. After 7 days cumulative CO2 production was highest in GL and lowest in PT, reflecting differences in soil organic C (SOC) concentration among the three land use types and indicating that mineralized C is a sensitive indicator of the effects of land use regime on SOC. 14CO2 efflux from maize residue decomposition was higher in GL than in PT, possibly due to higher SOC and microbial biomass C (MBC) in GL than in PT. 14CO2 efflux dynamics from RT soil were different from those of PT and GL. RT had the lowest 14CO2 efflux from days 2 to 14 and the highest from days 28 to 159. The lowest MBC in RT explained the delayed decomposition of residues at the beginning. A double exponential model gave a good fit to the mineralization of SOC and residue-14C (R2 > 0.99) and allowed estimation of decomposition rates as dependent on land use. Land use affected the decomposition of labile fractions of SOC and of maize residue, but had no effect on the decomposition of recalcitrant fractions. We conclude that land use affected the decomposition dynamics within the first 1.5 months mainly because of differences in soil microbial biomass but had low effect on cumulative decomposition of maize residues within 5 months. 相似文献
A detailed and extensive mark-recapture-recovery study of red deer on the island of Rum forms the basis of the modeling of
this article. We analyze male and female deer separately, and report results for both in this article, but use the female
data to demonstrate our modeling approach. We provide a model-selection procedure that allows us to describe the survival
by a combination of age-classes, with common survival within each class, and senility, which is modeled continuously as a
parametric function of age. Dispersal out of the study area is modeled separately. Survival and dispersal probabilities are
examined for the possible influence of both environmental and individual covariates, including a range of alternative measures
of population density. The resulting model is succinct and biologically realistic. We compare and contrast survival rates
of male and female deer of different ages and compare the factors that affect their survival. We demonstrate large differences
in the rate of senescence between males and females even though their senescence begins at the same age. The differences between
the sexes suggest that, in population modeling of sexually size-dimorphic species, it is important to identify sex-specific
survival functions. 相似文献