Proviral sequences of baboon endogenous type C RNA virus in DNA of human leukaemic tissues.

Hybridisation of RNA from a baboon endogenous type C RNA virus to DNA from tissues of leukaemic patients indicates that a virus of this type is horizontally transmitted among humans. DNA from several patients with leukaemia hybridised 70% of the hybridisable RNA from baboon endogenous type C RNA virus (BaEV) and yielded hybrids of high tm, whereas DNA from normal human tissues hybridised only 23% of the BaEV RNA, and the tm of these hybrids was lower.     

Nucleic acid structure and expression of the human AIDS/lymphadenopathy retrovirus

The 9,213-nucleotide structure of the AIDS/lymphadenopathy virus has been determined from molecular clones representing the integrated provirus and viral RNA. The sequence reveals that the virus is highly polymorphic and lacks significant nucleotide homology with type C retroviruses characterized previously. Together with an analysis of the two major viral subgenomic RNAs, these studies establish the coding frames for the gag, pol and env genes and predict the expression of a novel gene at the 3' end of the genome unrelated to the X genes of HTLV-1 and -II.     

人食管鳞癌及正常食管组织中Notch1基因的mRNA及蛋白的表达

采用RT-PCR方法,分别从人食管鳞癌及正常食管组织中扩增 Notch1基因,结果表明Notch1基因在人食管鳞癌及正常食管组织中均有表达.此外,通过免疫组织化学方法检测不同病理特征的35例食管鳞癌、16例原位癌及35例癌周正常食管粘膜上皮组织Notch1蛋白表达的变化,结果显示:Notch1蛋白在正常食管粘膜上皮组织和原位癌中的阳性率分别为82.9%、68.7%,二者无显著性差异(P＞0.05),但均显著高于食管鳞癌组织37.1%(P＜0.05),食管鳞癌Notch1蛋白的低表达与肿瘤的直径、分期和发生部位无关(P＞0.05),但与淋巴结转移有关(P＜0.05).这表明在正常食管粘膜上皮组织中Notch1蛋白高表达,而在食管癌鳞中Notch1蛋白呈现低表达或不表达.该研究为进一步探明Notch1基因的表达对食管癌细胞的发生、发展的影响奠定了良好的基础.     

Complete nucleotide sequences of the T24 human bladder carcinoma oncogene and its normal homologue

DNA sequence analysis of the activated oncogene from the T24 human bladder carcinoma line and two alleles of its normal cellular progenitor (c-Ha-ras-1) indicates that the genes encompass at least four exons, and that only a single point mutation residing within the first exon distinguishes the coding region of both alleles of the normal gene from their activated counterpart. Both versions of the gene encode a protein which is predicted to differ from the corresponding viral gene product at three amino acid residues, one of which was previously shown to represent the major site of phosphorylation of the viral polypeptide.