We present here a bibliometric analysis of publications on photosynthesis research from 1992 to 2009 in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-Expanded) Web of Science. This has allowed us to examine the growing trends and the key topics on this subject. We have assessed the document type, language of the publications, publication output, subject category, journal distribution, countries and territories of these publications, institutions involved, hot topics and highly cited papers. The top 30 countries/territories were ranked according to their total number of articles (TA), single country articles (SCA), internationally collaborative articles (ICA), first author articles (FAA) and corresponding author articles (CAA). Research directions on the subject of photosynthesis were also investigated and evaluated by statistically analyzing the distribution of author keywords in the database. Our analysis indicates that “water”, “stress”, “carbon dioxide”, “nitrogen” and “climate change” are hot topics of research on photosynthesis during this period., J. J. Yu ... [et al.]., and Obsahuje bibliografii
Ca2+ is an important factor mediating many biotic and abiotic stress responses in plants. In this study, we measured the chlorophyll (Chl) fluorescence of transgenic rice with increased or decreased expression of a calcium-sensing receptor (OsCaS) gene during water deficit caused by polyethylene glycol to prove our hypothesis that increased Ca2+ in combination with increased OsCaS could enhance the drought resistance of transgenic rice. Transcript abundance (evaluated by RT-PCR) was significantly lower in OsCaS antisense line 766 (AS766) than that in the wild type, while the overexpression line 777 (O777) showed four times higher amount than that in the wild type. Chl fluorescence showed that the photochemical quantum yield of PSII in the light increased due to addition of Ca2+ in the O777, but dropped in the AS766. Nonphotochemical quenching increased under stress in both transgenic lines and in the wild type, but less in the O777. Nonregulatory quantum yield of energy dissipation showed no significant change under drought stress. Photochemical quenching was significantly higher in the O777 than those in the AS766 and in the wild type after the Ca2+ treatment. In the absence of stress, the electron transport rate (ETR) was significantly higher in the O777 than in both the AS766 and the wild type. In contrast, the ETR of the wild type and both transgenic lines decreased under drought stress, while the effect of polyethylene glycol was partially alleviated by Ca2+ addition in the O777. In summary, excitation energy conversion and dissipation by PSII were regulated by Ca2+ in the O777. It might partially alleviate the effect of drought stress, whereas addition of Ca2+ had no effect in the wild type and the AS766., R. Wei, Y. Liu, Y. Sui, M. Xu, S. Liu, X. Zhao., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
Regulatory volume decrease (RVD) is essential for the survival of animal cells. The aim of this study was to observe the RVD process in rat ventricular myocytes, and to determine if the KATP channels are involved in the RVD process in these cells. By using reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction and Western blot analysis, we demonstrated that there are two types of KATP channels expressed in rat ventricular myocytes: Kir6.1 and Kir6.2. When rat cardiac myocytes were exposed to hypotonic solution, cell volume increased significantly within 15 min and then gradually recovered. This typical RVD process could be inhibited by a Cl– channel blocker (0.5 mM 9-anthracene-carboxylic acid , 9-AC), a K+ channel blocker (5.0 mM CsCl) and a KATP channel blocker glibenclamide (10 μM). Electrophysiological results showed that hypotonic solution activated a whole-cell current, which had similar biophysical characteristics with KATP opener (pinacidil)-induced currents. This current could be blocked by glibenclamide. Our data suggested that the RVD process in rat ventricular myocytes is dependent on the activation of K+ channels, and that KATP channels are involved in this process., L. Shi ... [et al.]., and Obsahuje seznam literatury