简介：Thisreviewbeginswithabriefcommentaryonthediversityofplacentationmechanisms,andthengoesontoexaminetheextensivealterationswhichoccurintheplasmamembraneofuterineepithelialcellsduringearlypregnancyacrossspecies.Ultrastructural,biochemicalandmoregeneralmorphologicaldatarevealthatstrikinglycommonphenomenaoccurinthisplasmamembraneduringearlypregnancydespitethediversityofplacentaltypes-fromepitheliochorialtohemochorial,whichultimatelyformindifferentspecies.Toencapsulatetheconceptthatcommonmorphologicalandmolecularalterationsoccuracrossspecies,thattheyarefoundbasolaterallyaswellasapically,andthatmoreovertheyareanongoingprocessduringmuchofearlypregnancy,notjustaneventatthetimeattachment,braneduringearlypregnancyarekeytouterinereceptivity.

简介：Immatureembryosofricevarieties“Xiushui11”and“Chunjiang11”preculturedfor4dwereinfectedandtransformedbyAgrobacteriumtumefaciensstrainEHA101/pExT7(containingthespiderinsecticidalgene).Theresistantcalliweretransferredontothedifferentiationmediumandplantswereregenerated.Thetransformationfrequencyreached56%～72%measuredasnumbersofGeneticin(G418)-resistantcalliproducedand36%～60%measuredasnumbersoftransgenicplantsregenerated,respectively.PCRandSouthernblotanalysisoftransgenicplantsconfirmedthattheT-DNAhadbeenintegratedintothericegenome.InsectbioassaysusingT1transgenicplantsindicatedthatthemortalityoftheleaffolder(Cnaphalocrasismedinalis)after7dofleaffeedingreached38%～61%andthecorrectedmortalityofthestripedstemborer(Chilosuppressalis)after7dofleaffeedingreached16%～75%.Theinsectbioassayresultsdemonstratedthatthetransgenicplantsexpressingthespiderinsecticidalproteinconferredenhancedresistancetothesepests.