针对独立基因预测算法可靠性较差的缺点,提出了真核生物多基因预测结果整合算法(Algorithm for integration of multiple eukaryotic gene prediction results,AIMEGPR)。该算法在综合分析各种预测算法结果的基础上,首先用极大似然法估计各种预测算法的性能参数,然后利用这些性能参数计算基因证据区间上各个基因片段归属于各种基因元件类型的后验概率,最后采用动态规划法在基因证据区间上确定最优的一致基因结构。AIMEGPR既不需要人工定制整合规则,也不需要复杂的训练学习,因此AIMEGPR尤其在基因组新测序物种上进行编码基因注释时具有十分显著的优越性。实验结果表明,利用AIMEGPR算法对多基因预测结果整合可以明显提高一致基因的可靠性。
Destruxin A (DA), a kind of cyclo-hexadepsipeptide isolated from entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae, is an inhibitor of insect's immunity. But its mechanism has not been clarified yet. In this study, the effects of DA on morphologic changes of in vivo and in vitro hemocytes of silkworm, Bombyx mori, were investigated by means of inverted phase contrast microscopy (IPCM), fluorescence microscopy (FCM) and environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM). The results indicated that DA was cytotoxic to granulohemocytes (GR) and plasmatocytes (PL). The LC 50 values of DA against in vitro GR and PL of silkworm were 68.77 and 84.11 μg mL-1, respectively. However, the hemocytes in vivo were more susceptible to DA, although at the extremely low dose of 10 μL of 12.5 μg mL-1 for each insect (i.e., 0.036 μg g-1 body weight, or approximately 0.25 μg mL-1 hemolymph), DA could induce obviously morphologic alterations of hemocytes in vivo. The results imply that there might be some factors in silkworm's hemolymph, which influence the interaction of DA and hemocytes.
