去B链羧端三肽人胰岛素原的基因构建和表达

用改进的寡苷酸诱导 突变法将人胰岛素原基因（ＢＣＡ）删除编码Ｂ链羧端三肽的碱基片段，得到去Ｂ链羧端三肽胰岛素原的基因（Ｂ＾－３ＣＡ）。为了便于表达产物的蛋白质后加工，又用ＰＣＲ的方法在Ｂ链Ｎ端起始Ｍｅｔ与Ｐｈｅ密码子之间增加了编码Ｌｙｓ的３个碱基，得到改造后基因ＬＢ＾－３ＣＡ，将ＬＢ＾－３ＣＡ克隆到表达质粒ｐＢＶ２２０上，在大肠杆菌系统中热诱导表达，表达率为１２％。表达产物经蛋白质后加工，得到的去     

Homozygous L-SIGN (CLEC4M) plays a protective role in SARS coronavirus infection

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is caused by infection of a previously undescribed coronavirus (CoV). L-SIGN, encoded by CLEC4M (also known as CD209L), is a SARS-CoV binding receptor that has polymorphism in its extracellular neck region encoded by the tandem repeat domain in exon 4. Our genetic risk association study shows that individuals homozygous for CLEC4M tandem repeats are less susceptible to SARS infection. L-SIGN is expressed in both non-SARS and SARS-CoV-infected lung. Compared with cells heterozygous for L-SIGN, cells homozygous for L-SIGN show higher binding capacity for SARS-CoV, higher proteasome-dependent viral degradation and a lower capacity for trans infection. Thus, homozygosity for L-SIGN plays a protective role during SARS infection.