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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DREB--一类应答植物非生物逆境胁迫的转录因子

文中对DREB类转录因子的结构特征、功能,靶元件的作用模式,基因的调控表达及最新研究进展进行了综述。     

胃癌芯片数据中异常转录因子推断与信号通路分析

用一种新的转录因子介导的信号通路分析方法分析肿瘤芯片数据,从中推断异常的转录因子和信号通路.先通过统计目标基因的表达推断转录因子的活性,然后将那些活性异常的转录因子映射到KEGG信号通路上.此方法整合了基因表达调控的实验数据和信号通路信息.利用此方法,对斯坦福芯片数据库中的162个人类胃癌数据进行分析,结果发现,大部分芯片中的TGF-beta,JAK-STAT,NF-kappaB和Notch信号通路被异常激活.进一步对这些通路进行研究,将有助于探究胃癌的发生、发展机理和进行合理的药物设计.     

真核生物转录起始影响因子的研究进展

转录水平的调控是基因表达调控的主要方式．本文从染色质与转录激活、ＲＮＡ 聚合酶Ⅱ复合体以及转录起始因子等方面综述了目前关于转录起始影响因子的一些研究进展．     

中国明对虾卵黄蛋白原基因启动子克隆与分析

为了探明中国明对虾卵黄蛋白原基因启动子表达调控机制,利用DNA步移法克隆了中国明对虾卵黄蛋白原基因启动子及其上游调控序列,总长1 100bp.分析表明,在基因转录起始位点上游-30～-24bp处有1个TATA box,未发现有CAAT box和GC box.同时,在上游调控区还存在有多个可能影响启动子转录活性的顺式作用元件,如NF-κB,YY1和SP1等转录因子结合位点.这些结果为深入研究中国明对虾卵黄蛋白积累及卵子发生过程奠定了基础.     

水稻中两个同源异型结构域转录因子的亚细胞定位

为了对水稻同源异型结构域转录因子HD-ZipⅢ家族中的HDZ1和HDZ2进行亚细胞定位,利用RT-PCR技术从水稻cDNA中扩增HDZ1和HDZ2的编码区(去除终止密码子序列),与绿色荧光蛋白GFP编码框融合,构建2个转录因子的瞬时表达载体,采用农杆菌介导的转化方法转化至烟草中进行瞬时表达分析.结果表明:PCR扩增所得为目的基因片段HDZ1和HDZ2;二者与载体质粒pCAMBIA35S-GFP连接获得的融合表达载体成功移至烟草中并表达;确定HDZ1主要定位于烟草叶片的气孔中,而HDZ2定位于烟草表皮细胞的细胞膜上.二者在亚细胞中的定位不同,可能在水稻生长发育中所起的作用也不相同.     

转录因子GATA-1在造血系统中的作用(综述)

转录因子GATA-1为正常红细胞发育和分化成熟所必需。GATA-1的表达严格限制于造血细胞系,主要调控红系的增殖和分化,对巨核系、肥大细胞系及嗜酸性粒细胞系也起一定的作用。GATA-1参与自身启动子的正调节,而且GATA-1和PU.1可以通过交互作用抑制各自的功能;GATA-1与红系Kr櫣ppel样因子(EKLF)、FKLF-2、SCL、生长因子骨形态生成蛋白(BMP-4)及其他GATA转录因子之间存在相互调控作用。GATA-1可在急性非淋巴细胞性白血病等多种类型白血病中表达,它的表达还可影响急性髓性白血病的预后。GATA-1还与遗传性球形红细胞增多症、伴有严重贫血的多发性骨髓瘤的发病机制有关。     

Crucial function of histone lysine methylation in plant reproduction

Unlike animals, plants do not set aside germ cells early in development. In angiosperm species, reproduction occurs in the adult plant upon flowering. The multicellular male and female gametophytes differentiate from meiotic products within reproductive floral organs. Double fertilization is another remarkable feature of most angiosperm species. The zygote derived from fertilization of the egg cell by one of the sperm cells and the endosperm from fertilization of the central cell by the second sperm cell develop in a coordinated manner together and enclosed in the sporophytic maternal integuments, forming the seed. Understanding plant reproduction is biologically pertinent and agronomically and ecologically important. Here, we describe the known functions of histone lysine methylations in various steps of reproduction in the reference plant Arabidopsis thaliana. It is emerging that histone lysine methylation is key for understanding epigenetic regulation networks of genome function.     

Structural analysis of the promoter of tomato 1-aminocyclopropane-l-carboxylate synthase 6 gene （Le-ACS6）

Ethylene plays an important role in the regulation of many growth and developmental processes of higher plants. In tomato, Le-ACS6, a member of the ACC synthase multigene family involved in system 1 ethylene biosynthesis during fruit ripening, is subject to negative feedback regulation by ethylene. To identify the cis-elements that are responsible for the negative feedback control, we established an in vitro transient assay system employing particle bombardment on mature-green tomato fruit pericarp to examine the expression of a luciferase （LUC） reporter gene driven by a 5＇-serially deleted Le-ACS6 promoter. The results localized putative cis-elements required for negative ethylene-response between -347 and -266 upstream from the translational start site ATG Several lines of stable transformation of the Le-ACS6 promoter and GUS reporter fusion gene containing internal deletion from -347 to -266 were generated. The expression pattern of the GUS reporter showed that removal of the nucleotides from -347 to -266 completely eliminated the response of the Le-ACS6 promoter to exogenous ethylene.