Genome editing is defined as highly-effective and precise modification of cellular genome in a large scale. In recent years, such genome-editing methods have been rapidly developed in the field of industrial strain improvement. The quickly-updating methods thoroughly change the old mode of inefficient genetic modification, which is "one modification, one selection marker, and one target site". Highly-effective modification mode in genome editing have been developed including simultaneous modification of multiplex genes, highly-effective insertion, replacement, and deletion of target genes in the genome scale, cut-paste of a large DNA fragment. These new tools for microbial genome editing will certainly be applied widely, and increase the efficiency of industrial strain improvement, and promote the revolution of traditional fermentation industry and rapid development of novel industrial biotechnology like production of biofuel and biomaterial. The technological principle of these genome-editing methods and their applications were summarized in this review, which can benefit engineering and construction of industrial microorganism.
Biotechnology ; Fermentation ; Genetic Engineering ; methods ; Genome, Microbial ; Industrial Microbiology

Objective To analyze retrospectively the result of nonspecific mastitis diagnosed by mammography and color Doppler's ultrasonic, and to improve the diagnosis accuracy of nonspecific mastitis as well as the ability to identify with breast cancer.Methods 31 cases of nonspecific mastitiswere examined by mammography and color Doppler's ultrasonic.All cases were punctured by biopsy or surgery, and confirmed by pathology.Results The coincidence rates between mammography and color Doppler's ultrasonic with pathology were 64.5% and 67.7% respectively.The coincidence rate between the combined mammography and color Doppler's ultrasonic with pathology were 87.1%.There was no statistically significant difference between the two separate inspection methods (P>0.05).Conclusion Mammography and color Doppler's ultrasonic have their own advantages in the diagnosis of nonspecific mastitis, and are easy to be confused with breast cancer.Combining mammography with ultrasonography can improve the accuracy of unspecific mastitis diagnosis and the ability to identify breast cancer.

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Objective To understand the clinical features of children with acute pancreatitis.Method Clinical data of 106 in patients in Children′s Hospital with acute pancreatitis from Jul.1991 to Jan.2005 were analyzed retrospectively.Results The most frequent(etiologic) factors of childhood acute pancreatitis were idiopathic(35.8%),mumps virus infection(33.9%)and biliary tract diseases(15%).Abdominal pain(96.2%),vomiting(72.6%)and fever(45.3%) were the most common clinical symptoms.And the most common signs were abdominal tenderness(73.6%),abdominal wall rigidity(17.9%)and abdominal distention(10.6%).Multisystem damage usually occurred in childhood acute pancreatitis.Serum amylase,urinary amylase and serum lipase elevated 84.8%,58.5% and 55%in patients,respectively.Fifty-one percont patients had abnormal ultrasound imaging and 81% had abnormal computed tomographic imaging.In 5 patients who were subjected to endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography(ERCP) and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography(MRCP),the pancreaticobiliary system was visualized clearly.Nonsurgical therapy was done in most patients,only 6 cases received surgical therapy.Sixty-five cases were cured and 40 cases straightened up,only 1 case died.The efficiency rate was 99%.Pseudocysts occurred in 2 patients.Conclusions Idiopathic pancreatitis and mumps virus infection are the most frequent etiologic factors for childhood acute pancreatitis.Symptoms and signs such as abdominal pain and abdominal tenderness are the important diagnostic bases of childhood acute pancreatitis.Childhood acute pancreatitis was always accompanied by multisystem damage.Pancreatic enzyme test and radiography test were helpful in the diagnosis of childhood acute pancreatitis.Nonsurgical therapy is the leading therapeutic means of childhood acute pancreatitis.Timely diagnosis and allopathy help to improve the prognosis of childhood acute pancreatitis.Pseudocyst is the primary complication of childhood acute pancreatitis.

D-D4FC (?-D-2′,3′-didehydro-2′,3′-dideoxy-5-fluorocytidine),a new anti-HIV drug,is on its PhaseⅡ clinical trials in America,France and Germany. Our lab has synthesized D-D4FC successfully using N-deoxyribosyltransferase from Lactobacillus helveticto catalyzing the ribose transfer from D4T (?-D-2′,3′-unsaturated thymidine) to 5-FC (5-fluorocytidine).The yield of D-D4FC reached 25%.We discovered the reaction could also be done by using intact cells.The yield could increase to 50% in 12.5 hours and more convenient to industrial continuous process.In this paper,the conditions including pH,buffer,substrates concentration,cells amount,reaction time and a possible catalytic mechanism were studied and discussed.

Eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase (eEF2K) is well known as a Ca2+/calmodulin (CaM)-dependent kinase. eEF2K catalyzes the phosphorylation of eEF2 and subsequently inactivates eEF2 by impairing its ability to bind to the ribosome, thereby negatively modulates protein synthesis. The high expression of eEF2K has been found recently in several types of malignancies. As participating in the progress of tumor, eEF2K emerges a potential target for future cancer therapy. The relationship between eEF2K and tumor, and the latest progress of eEF2K inhibitors were summarized in this article.
Elongation Factor 2 Kinase ; antagonists & inhibitors ; metabolism ; Humans ; Neoplasms ; metabolism ; Peptide Elongation Factor 2 ; metabolism ; Phosphorylation

Aged ; Antitubercular Agents ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Middle Lobe Syndrome ; etiology ; therapy ; Silicosis ; complications ; Treatment Outcome ; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary ; complications ; therapy

Objective To investigate the changes of serum N-terminal proBNP (NT-proBNP) ,carbohydrate antigen 125(CA-125) and high sensitive CRP(Hs-CRP) levels in patients with chronic heart failure(CHF) ,to evaluate the severity of CHF using the three markers alone or in combination .Methods A total of 62 patients with CHF(CHF group) from our hospital were select-ed .Among them ,13 cases were in NYHA class Ⅱ ,27 cases were in class Ⅲ and 22 cases were in class Ⅳ .The control group in-cluded 54 patients without CHF .Serum levels of NT-proBNP ,CA-125 and Hs-CRP were detected in CHF group and control group . The left ventricular ejection fraction(LVEF) were detected by echocardiography .Results The serum levels of NT-proBNP ,CA-125 and Hs-CRP of CHF group before treatment were significantly higher than those of control group (P<0 .01) ,and the serum levels increased with the degree of severity of heart failure .There were statistically significant difference among patients in NYHA classⅡ ,class Ⅲ and class Ⅳ (P< 0 .01) .There was a high correlation between NT-proBNP ,CA-125 and LVEF (NT-proBNP vs . LVEF ,r=0 .934 ,P<0 .01 ;CA-125 vs .LVEF ,r=0 .878 ,P<0 .01) ,a low correlation between Hs-CRP and LVEF(r=0 .437 ,P<0 .05) .Compared with the single marker detection ,the combined detection of NT-proBNP ,CA-125 and Hs-CRP increased the AUC .Conclusion The combined detection of NT-proBNP ,CA-125 and Hs-CRP can increase the value of the observed severity of heart failure .

The differentiation of neural stem cells/neural precursors (NSCs/NPs) is a hot spot in neurobiological research. It used to identify their differentiation degree only by morphologic appearances. The functional characteristics, such as electrical properties of cellular membrane and ion channel activities, are drawing more and more attention with the development of patch clamp technique. It was summarized the recent progress in the study of NSCs/NPs functional differentiation using patch clamp, some existing problems and research perspectives were suggested.

Objective To investigate the population genetic polymorphisms of 24 Y-STR loci in unrelat-ed individuals in Eastern Chinese Han population, and to compare the difference of Han group between Eastern China and Guangdong.Methods The population genetics of 24 Y-STR loci in 268 unrelated Han individuals from Eastern China were analyzed by GFS 24 Y-STR amplification kit. The allele fre-quencies in Eastern Chinese Han population were compared with the data in Guangdong Han population, and the difference analysis between two groups was performed.Results Among the 24 Y-STR loci of 268 unrelated Han individuals from Eastern China, 235 alleles and 267 haplotypes were observed. GD value ranged from 0.5649 to 0.9668. The difference between 12 loci(DYS622,DYS552,DYS443etal.) of Han population in Eastern China and in Guangdong was statistically significance.Conclusion GFS 24Y STR amplification system shows favorable polymorphisms, which can be used in patrilineal genetic relationship identification.