Identification of genes associated with cotyledon senescence in upland cotton

Leaf senescence in plants is an essential develop- mental phase, and an understanding of senescence is important not only for pure scientific reasons, but also for practical purposes. During the last decade, a number of senescence-associated genes (SAGs) …     

杜洛克与梅山猪大卵泡消减文库的构建

为了鉴定杜洛克猪相对于梅山猪在大卵泡中高表达的基因,本研究应用抑制性消减杂交技术成功构建了以梅山大卵泡c DNA为driver,杜洛克大卵泡c DNA为tester的消减c DNA文库。结果显示:以G3PDH和β-actin为指标检测文库的消减效率为25,从该文库中获取了350个有效的阳性克隆,PCR检测插入片段主要分布在150-750 bp。克隆测序得到74个有效的EST序列,GO分析表明主要与细胞信号、细胞结构、代谢、细胞分化、基因/蛋白质合成、细胞组织防护等功能相关。利用q PCR技术验证了ELTD1、Grb14、SNRPE、CSDE1、ALDH18A1、e IF4E、BMPR-IB等基因在梅山和杜洛克大卵泡中的表达模式。结果发现在两猪种的大卵泡间存在显著性差异。本研究有助于揭示影响猪卵泡发育和生殖数量控制的分子基础。     

Monitoring gene expression by cDNA array

A new method designated cDNA array was developed by hybridization of quantitatively arrayed DNA samples isolated randomly from a cDNA library with probes reverse-transcribed from mRNAs of different sources or treatments. The gene expression patterns of 1 000 randomly chosen clones from an Arabidopsis library were analyzed with green seedlings versus suspension cells and seedlings irradiated under UV light. Northern blot and sequence analysis of some differentially expressed clones confirmed the results revealed by cDNA array, indicating that this method is efficient and reliable to monitor gene expression.     

用抑制差减杂交技术分离烯丙异噻唑诱导水稻特异表达的基因

烯丙异噻唑(PBZ)处理水稻根能使其产生对稻瘟病的系统获得性抗性,因此在东南亚稻区被广泛用于防治稻瘟病,然而关于其作用的分子机理还知之甚少．运用抑制差减杂交技术,试图通过分离鉴定受PBZ诱导调控的关键基因,探索其作用的分子机理．以PBZ处理后的水稻叶片cDNA为目标群体(tester),以未处理水稻叶片cDNA为对照群体(driver),用经过对照cDNA差减的、烯丙异噻唑处理的cDNA群体构建了一个含260个重组子的差减文库．通过差示筛选鉴定出了26个。PBZ诱导水稻特异表达和增强表达的候选克隆．对26个cDNA克隆进行了双向测序和同源性比较,发现其中3个克隆：rJAB1,rTAB2和蛋白磷酸酯酶2Aδ调节亚基同型物基因,位于抗病相关信号转导途径上,它们与哺乳动物和人类免疫途径上的信号因子有明显相似之处,因此推断可能与诱导抗性有关．另外8个克隆与已知基因同源性为70％～99％．经Northern杂交分析,其中rJAB1(编码c-jun激活区结合蛋白1)受烯丙异噻唑和稻瘟菌诱导表达;膜糖蛋白同源基因及肌动蛋白(actin)α1受烯丙异噻唑诱导表达,部分克隆为低丰度转录本．     

大蕉冷诱导差减文库的构建与分析

以低温处理的大蕉幼苗cDNA为检测子,未处理的大蕉幼苗cDNA为驱赶子,利用抑制性差减杂交技术(suppression subtractive hybridization,SSH)构建了大蕉幼苗冷诱导差减cDNA文库,通过点杂交差异筛选cD-NA文库,得到约50个低温下表达增强的候选克隆,对其进行DNA测序和同源性比较,发现获得的ESTs在功能上主要涉及信号传导、表达调控、非生物胁迫防御、蛋白质加工和能量代谢等方面。该SSH文库的构建为克隆大蕉抗寒相关基因奠定了基础。     

西藏胡黄连根状茎差异表达基因的筛选及分析

 西藏胡黄连是著名的濒危西藏药材, 其粗壮的根茎部是重要的合成和储存药用萜类物质器官,萜类含量显著高于叶部。为克隆西藏胡黄连根状茎和叶的差异表达基因,利用抑制消减杂交技术,构建了根状茎特定的抑制消减文库。从该SSH文库中随机挑取片段不一的阳性克隆测序,采用Blastx进行同源比对,获得了27个表达序列标签（EST）,并获登录号。序列统计分析结果表明,其中有11个EST在GenBank中无同源性序列,推测可能是新基因片断。蛋白质功能分类结果表明,这些蛋白质与翻译、能量代谢、转运与结合、细胞膜合成、氨基酸生物合成及中间代谢6大类蛋白功能有关。为深入研究与萜类生物合成直接或间接相关基因,选择了长595 bp的差异表达EST序列EX172715进行了同源比对和蛋白系统进化分析。结果表明,EX172715具有细胞色素P450单加氧酶的特征结构,与拟南芥的细胞色素P450单加氧酶蛋白的同源性高于水稻和小麦。提供了一组与西藏胡黄连次生代谢相关的新基因库。     

扩展莫尼茨绦虫DAZ基因的分离和cDNA序列分析

为进一步研究扩展莫尼茨绦虫并以其作为模式生物提供基础。通过构建的扩展莫尼茨绦虫成虫cDNA文库,随机挑取重组阳性克隆进行测序,对部分序列进行引物步移法测序,获取其全长cDNA序列;采用生物信息学等技术对该cDNA序列进行开放阅读框(ORF)的寻找、编码氨基酸的推导、核苷酸和氨基酸同源性比较以及蛋白质结构的初步预测。结果显示:获得了1个扩展莫尼茨绦虫新基因DAZ基因,cDNA全长1905bp,包含1个完整的ORF,编码562个氨基酸,登录号为:GH291478。蛋白理论分子量为61.3169kD,等电点为4.77,不稳定系数50.27,脂肪系数65.04,总平均亲水性-0.472。二级结构预测该蛋白有1个跨膜区域,以无规卷曲(L)为主,没有二硫键结合位点。本研究成功分离扩展莫尼茨绦虫DAZ基因。     

棉花类耐盐锌指蛋白基因的克隆与结构分析

从棉花花瓣cDNA文库中随机挑选部分克隆，经测序发现一个与拟南芥耐盐锌指蛋白基因同源的cDNA(CSTZ),CSTZ序列全长1012bp，开放阅读框共编码272个氨基酸，含典型的植物双锌指（Cys2/His2)结构区，Northern杂交证实，CSTZ的表达随棉花幼苗钠盐处理浓度的升高而增强，在棉花花龄期，CSTZ基因在叶片，根，花瓣和花药组织中大量表达，在柱头组织中表达相对较弱。     

Construction and characterization of a normalized whole-life-cycle cDNA library of rice

A cDNA library with genomic complete coverage is a powerful tool for functional genomic studies.For studying the functions of rice genes on a large scale,a normalized whole-life-cycle cDNA library is constructed based on the strategy of saturation hybridization with genomic DNA using rice cultivar Minghui 63,an elite restorer line for a number of rice hybrids that are widely cultivated in China,This library consists of cDNA from 15 directionally cloned cDNA libraries constructed with different tissues from 9 developmental stages.For normalization,the denatured plasmids purified from the 15 directionally cloned libraries are mixed and hybridized with saturated genomic DNA labeled with magnetic beads in two complementary systems. Well-matched plasmids are captured from the hybridized genomic DNA and electroporated into competent DH10B E. coli for construction of the normalized whole-life-cycle cDNA library.This library consists of 62000 clones with an average insert length about 1.4kb.Inverse Northern blotting shows that this cDNA library included many rarely expressed genes and tissue-specific genes.Sequencing of 10750 cDNA clones of this library reveals 6399 unique EST s(expressed sequence tags),indicating that the non-redundancy of the library is about 59.5%.This library has been used to make cDNA microarrays for functional genomic studies.     

Construction of cDNA library from iron-deficiency induced maize roots and screening and identification of iron-stress gene Fdr3

To isolate Fe-deficient related (Fdr) genes, an expression cDNA library of 4.5×105 pfu/μg has been constructed from maize roots in iron-stress. 6 clones have been screened from the cDNA library by differential hybridization screening. It is proved that an Fdr3 cDNA clone expressed stronger under iron-deficient condition than under iron-sufficient one by Northern blot and Western blot.     

Cloning and identification of a novel human glioma differentiation related geneGDR1

In order to identify the genes associated with glioblastoma differentiation, some ESTs, expressed differentially in the control cell and the differentiated human glioblastoma cell line BT-325 induced by the all-trans retinoid acid, have been isolated by the method of DDRT-PCR. Of the 46 ESTs sequenced, 19 are from new genes. A full-length 1 535-bp cDNA, termed geneGDR1, has been isolated from the human cDNA library using the probe designed according to one of the novel ESTs, HGBB098. The open reading frame ofGDR1 gene encodes a putative protein containing 334 amino acid residues. Blast against the current GenBank DNA and protein sequence database did not reveal significant homology with any known proteins. RT-PCR shows thatGDR1 mRNA level increased in the differentiated BT-325 cells after being treated with RA. The different expression patterns ofGDR1 mRNA in human tissues have been detected through the multiple tissue Northern blot hybridization.     

鸭跖草Commelina communis中差异表达cDNA 片段的克隆与分析

一种新的基因克隆技术称为抑制消减杂交技术(SSH)用于研究生长于2种生态环境(古铜矿山和正常土壤)中鸭跖草Commelina communis的基因表达差异.分别以Cu矿山鸭跖草作为检测子,非Cu矿山鸭跖草作为驱赶子,建立了生长于Cu矿山生态环境中鸭跖草的差异表达cDNA文库,此cDNA文库代表在Cu矿山鸭跖草中特异表达的cDNA.通过反式Northern杂交筛选出3个阳性克隆进行测序.序列分析表明其中一个cDNA为CaM-1ike基因.进一步对此基因进行Virtual Northern分析,结果初步表明此基因在生长于古铜矿山上的鸭跖草中上调表达.     

人基质细胞中新基因的获得及目的基因的克隆

取连续培养的骨髓基质细胞并提取其mRNA,合成cDNA后,收集＞400bp的片段,连接到真核表达载体pcDNA3.0上,构建人胎儿骨髓基质细胞真核cDNA质粒文库,并以PCR的方法从文库中扩增出编码人IL－6、SCF的基因序列,随机对文库克隆进行测序,得到了3个新基因EST,其中2个在GenBank的登录号分别为AF244998及AF244999。     

Construction of cDNA library from iron-deficiency induced maize roots and screening and identification of iron-stress geneFdr3

To isolate Fe-deficient related (Fdr) genes, an expression cDNA library of 4.5×10⁵ pfu/μg has been constructed from maize roots in iron-stress. 6 clones have been screened from the cDNA library by differential hybridization screening. It is proved that anFdr3 cDNA clone expressed stronger under iron-deficient condition than under iron-sufficient one by Northern blot and Western blot.     

Cloning and identification of a novel human glioma differentiation related gene GDR1

In order to identify the genes associated with glioblastoma differentiation, some ESTs, expressed differentially in the control cell and the differentiated human glioblastoma cell line BT-325 induced by the all-trans retinoid acid, have been isolated by the method of DDRT-PCR. Of the 46 ESTs sequenced, 19 are from new genes. A full-length 1 535-bp cDNA, termed gene GDR1, has been isolated from the human cDNA library using the probe designed according to one of the novel ESTs, HGBB098. The open reading frame of GDR1 gene encodes a putative protein containing 334 amino acid residues. Blast against the current GenBank DNA and protein sequence database did not reveal significant homology with any known proteins. RT-PCR shows that GDR1 mRNA level increased in the differentiated BT-325 cells after being treated with RA. The different expression patterns of GDR1 mRNA in human tissues have been detected through the multiple tissue Northern blot hybridization.     

Construction of human and mouse brain cDNA libraries and isolation of full-length cDNAs

cDNA libraries from aborted human 3-month fetal brain,adult rat and mouse brain were constructed by using a yZAP express cDNA library construction kin.Low molecular weight fragments of the second strand cDNASA were removed by flowing through the Sepharose CL-4B column and the frractionated long,Middle,Short fragments and the combined fragments weire respectively inserted into clone vectors to construct the cDNA libraries of the brain of human 3-month fetus.The 5'ends of 1200 clones from each of human fetal brain cDNA libraries were sequenced.A total of 894 ESTs were obtained and some full-length clones were squenced.By andalyaing the se-quences,12 novel full-length cDNAs were obtained.     

厚壳贻贝足腺cDNA文库的构建及部分EST序列分析

为获得厚壳贻贝足腺组织的EST序列标签以及可能的功能基因序列,以pCMVsport6质粒为载体构建了高质量的厚壳贻贝足腺组织cDNA文库,文库滴度为1.31×107pfu/mL,重组率为98%,平均插入片段为1.3kb.通过对文库部分克隆的序列测定,获得了11个新基因和17个功能基因,其中包括部分与厚壳贻贝足丝相关的基因.厚壳贻足腺组织cD-NA文库的成功构建为将来筛选与厚壳贻贝足丝蛋白相关的新基因,系统研究其黏附机制奠定了基础.