Isolation of cDNAs Enconding Two Distinct Transcription Factors Binding to DRE cis-acting Element Involved in Cold- and drought-induced Expression of Arabidopsis rd29A Gene

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PCR技术在分子生物学中的应用

PCR方法(Polymerase China Reaction),即聚合酶链式反应,又称体外基因倍增,它在分子生物学中有着广泛的应用。文中主要讨论了PCR技术在辅助构建跳跃及连锁文库(Jumping andLinking Library),染色体走步(Chromosome Walking),基因修饰(Rene Modification),重组PCR(Recombinant PCR),足迹法(Footprinting),进行克隆(Cloning)和亚克隆(Subcloning)诸方面的应用,同时指出了PCR技术存在的不足,尚有待于改进。     

从细胞色素b基因序列分析羚牛分子系统进化

目的分析羚牛分子系统进化,解决多年来关于羚牛分类地位及其与麝牛关系的争论。方法应用聚合酶链式反应(PCR)分别扩增羚牛、绵羊、山羊细胞色素b基因,并对其全序列(1140bp)进行测定。结合GenBank检索序列,对9种偶蹄类动物(麝牛、绵羊、羚牛等)、1种奇蹄类动物(斑马)的细胞色素b基因序列差异进行分析,并基于序列差异构建分子系统树。结果羚牛与羊亚科的动物亲缘关系最近(序列差异分别为9.085%和11.652%),与其他动物亲缘关系较远(序列差异为12.344%~23.333%),与麝牛的差异达到了13.658%。羚牛与绵羊分歧的时间约在360万年前,而与麝牛的分歧时间约在550万年前。结论将羚牛归入羊亚科较为合理,羚牛和麝牛形态和行为上很强的相似性可能是趋同进化的结果。     

位点特异性频率模型在昆虫分子系统发育分析中的应用

根据位点特异性频率模型(site-specific rate model),利用PAUP软件,对线粒体COI基因序列不同密码子位点的数据模块分别进行了豉甲科和水生肉食亚目在亚科或科水平上的系统发育学分析,结果表明第二密码子数据模块获得的系统分析结果与形态学分析结果一致。表明位点特异性频率模型在线粒体COI基因作为标记来进行昆虫分子系统发育分析上获得了更好的效果。     

肿瘤靶向治疗研究进展

肿瘤是目前世界上死亡率最高的疾病之一,手术、放化疗是目前治疗肿瘤的常用手段.但是肿瘤是一个多因素导致的疾病,必须从多方面考虑其治疗机制.靶向治疗是现阶段肿瘤治疗的新技术,可针对多种机制来抑制肿瘤的发生和发展或消除肿瘤.对此,相关研究者们已在肿瘤靶向治疗方面开展了大量的工作,为肿瘤的防治提供了参考依据。     

Aspects of gene polymorphisms in cerebral infarction: inflammatory cytokines

During the last decade, a growing corpus of evidence has indicated an important role of inflammatory cytokines in the pathogenesis of cerebral lesion following stroke. Recent data suggest that genetics may in turn contribute to modulating the effects of inflammatory cytokines on cerebral infarction (CI). This paper reviews the physiologic characteristics of major inflammatory cytokines and recent research developments related to cell biology and pathobiology in CI. In particular, this review focuses on the genetic aspects of inflammatory cytokines and their implications in CI.Received 22 June 2004; received after revision 11 November 2004; accepted 16 December 2004     

Identification of functional genes during Fas-mediated apoptosis using a randomly fragmented cDNA library

We describe a general strategy for the identification of functional genes that, when downregulated, result in a selectable phenotype. This strategy is based on expression selection of cDNA fragments that counteract their cognate genes. A cDNA library containing random fragments expressed in human HepG2, A375 and CLS-354 cells was used to identify functional genes whose inhibition conferred resistance to Fas-induced apoptosis. Thirty-five clones were isolated, 28 of which were derived from unknown genes, that tagged 19 individual genes and 7 of which referred to known genes that tagged the apoptosis-related protein (APR)-1, -2 and indoleamine-pyrrole 2,3,-dioxygenase (IDO). The ability of APR-1-, -2- and IDO-derived antisense RNAs to induce resistance to Fas in HepG2, A375 and CLS-354 cells suggested that APR-1, -2 and IDO genes are involved in the machinery of Fas-mediated apoptosis. Our gene discovery strategy provides a generally applicable procedure to identify functional genes that interfere with apoptosis, and may therefore be clinically relevant for tumor therapy.Received 28 April 2005; received after revision 20 June 2005; accepted 5 July 2005     

鸡与鹌鹑杂交种早期胚胎发育特异表达基因的初步筛选

利用mRNA差异显示技术，对入孵67～91h的鸡（♀）与鹌鹑（♂）杂交种胚胎中mRNA差异表达进行比较，筛选出与杂交种胚胎早期发育相关的特异表达基因，并克隆测序这些序列，分析这些基因在杂交受精蛋早期胚胎发育中的作用，及其对杂交种早期胚胎死亡是否有影响。分析结果表明，已经获得6个杂交种孵化不同时期的基因片段与鸡的mRNA序列具有高度同源性。其中，孵化第72h时胚胎mRNA表达的序列与鸡雌激素受体结合位点相关抗原mRNA具有高度同源性，孵化第79h时产生的差异片段经过比对，发现：与鸡（♀）肽酰-脯氨酰异构酶类似的mRNA序列具有高度同源性。而杂交种胚胎发育到第72h时，可检测到鸡雌激素受体结合位点相关抗原mRNA的表达，比前人所得到的表达时间（胚胎发育在第84h时检测到）提前了12h，这很可能是造成杂交种早期胚胎大量死亡的原因之一。     

Transgene directionally integrated into C-genome of Brassica napus

Transgenic Brassica napus has been widely planted in Canada, the United States, and some other countries. In China, although the policy for genetically modified foods has not yet opened, genetically modified rape- seed oil as raw material for biodiesel of…