1.Transcriptome-based bioinformatics analysis of Arnebia euchroma ERF transcription factor family.
Teng XIE ; Sheng WANG ; Lei HUANG ; Xue WANG ; L-ping KANG ; Lan-ping GUO
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2014;39(24):4732-4739
Twenty-seven ERF transcription factor family genes were isolated from Arnebia euchroma, with an average size of 1,010 bp, each gene encoded a 212 amino acids on average. The gene structure and expression of physicochemical properties, subcellular localization, signal peptides, senior structural domains and conservative forecasting, and analysis of A. euchroma were studied comparing with ERF gene gi261363612 of Lithospermum erythrorhizon, and phylogenetic analysis of A. euchroma ERF family was carried out. The results showed the existence of three conserved domains in this family, the senior structure based on random coil and it clustered into CBF/DREB and ERF subfamilies.
Amino Acid Motifs
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Amino Acid Sequence
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Boraginaceae
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genetics
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Cloning, Molecular
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Computational Biology
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Genome, Plant
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genetics
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High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
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Medicine, Chinese Traditional
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Multigene Family
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Phylogeny
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Plant Proteins
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chemistry
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genetics
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Plants, Medicinal
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Protein Structure, Secondary
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Protein Structure, Tertiary
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Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Transcription Factors
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chemistry
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genetics
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Transcriptome
2.External Quality Analysis of Quality Indicators on Specimen Acceptability
Yuan-Yuan YE ; Wei WANG ; Hai-Jian ZHAO ; Feng-Feng KANG ; Wei-Xing LI ; Zhi-Ming LU ; Wei-Min ZOU ; Yu-Qi JIN ; Wen-Fang HUANG ; Bin XU ; Fa-Lin CHEN ; Qing-Tao WANG ; Hua NIU ; Bin-Guo MA ; Jian-Hong ZHAO ; Xiang-Yang ZHOU ; Zuo-Jun SHEN ; Wei-Ping ZHU ; Yue-Feng L(U) ; Liang-Jun LIU ; Lin ZHANG ; Li-Qiang WEI ; Xiao-Mei GUI ; Yan-Qiu HAN ; Jian XU ; Lian-Hua WEI ; Pu LIAO ; Xiang-Ren A ; Hua-Liang WANG ; Zhao-Xia ZHANG ; Hao-Yu WU ; Sheng-Miao FU ; Wen-Hua PU ; Lin PENG ; Zhi-Guo WANG
Journal of Modern Laboratory Medicine 2018;33(2):134-138,142
Objective To analyze the status of quality indicators(QI) on specimen acceptability and establish preliminary qual ity specification.Methods Web based External Quality Assessment system was used to collect data of laboratories partici pated in "Medical quality control indicators in clinical laboratory" from 2015 to 2017,including once in 2015 and 2017 and twice in 2016.Rate and sigma scales were used to evaluate incorrect sample type,incorrect sample container,incorrect fill level and anticoagulant sample clotted.The 25th percentile (P25) and 75th percentile (P75) of the distribution of each QI were employed to establish the high,medium and low specification.Results 5 346,7 593,5 950 and 6 874 laboratories sub mitted the survey results respectively.The P50 of biochemistry (except incorrect fill level),immunology and microbiology reach to 6σ.The P50 of clinical laboratory is 4 to 6σ except for incorrect sample container.There is no significant change of the continuous survey results.Based on results in 2017 to establish the quality specification,the P25 and P75 of the four QIs is 0 and 0.084 4 %,0 and 0.047 6 %,0 and 0.114 2 %,0 and 0.078 4 %,respectively.Conclusion According to the results of the survey,most laboratories had a faire performance in biochemistry,immunology and microbiology,and clinical laboratory needs to be strengthened.Laboratories should strengthen the laboratory information system construction to ensure the actual and reliable data collection,and make a long time monitoring to achieve a better quality.
3.Situation analysis and standard formulation of pesticide residues in traditional Chinese medicines.
Wan-Zhen YANG ; Chuan-Zhi KANG ; Rui-Feng JI ; L I ZHOU ; Sheng WANG ; Zhen-Hao LI ; Zhong-Hua MA ; Lan-Ping GUO
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2017;42(12):2284-2290
Chinese Pharmacopoeia provides nine pesticide Maximum Residual Limits(MRLs) of traditional Chinese medicines(TCMs), The number of pesticides used in production are far more than those listed in pharmacopoeia. The lack of the standards make it's hard to reflect the real situation of pesticide residues in TCMs correctly. The paper is aimed to analyze the data of pesticide residues in TCMs from 7 089 items in 140 reports, and judging the exceedance rate of pesticides in TCMs using the MRLs of European pharmacopoeia,which is widely accepted in many countries. The results show that:①Pesticide residues in 18 kinds of TCMs are higher than MRLs,while in 137 kinds are below MRLs, such as Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, Menthae Haplocalycis Herba and Fritillariae Thunbergii Bulbus. The average exceedance rate of all TCMs is 1.72%. The average exceedance rates of organochlorine, organophosphorus and pyrethroid are 2.26%, 1.51%, 0.37%,respectively. ②The average exceedance rate of pesticides is 2.00%, and the exceedance rate is more than 5%, accounting for 8.33%, the exceedance rate is between 1%-5%, accounting for 18.75%. the exceedance rate is between 0%-1%, accounting for 18.75%. The remaining 29 kinds of pesticides were not exceeded, accounting for 60.42%.Some reports like Greenpeace's organization exaggerated the pesticide residues in TCMs.But the pesticide residue question is still worthy of attention, so we proposed to amend the Chinese Pharmacopoeia pesticide residues standards, to increase the pesticide species of traditional Chinese medicine in production on the basis of retaining the existing types of pesticide residues, to strengthen the system research of pesticide residues in TCMs, providing a basis for making standard and promoting import and export trade in TCMs.