玉米核基质结合区在烟草中对外源转基因表达水平的影响

为研究核基质结合区(matrix attachment region, MAR)在转基因植物中的功能,将来自玉米基因组的MAR序列构建在植物表达载体T-DNA中, 并将报告基因β-葡糖醛酸酶(β-glucuronidase, GUS)基因(uidA)插入两段MARs序列之间.将此载体与不包含MARs序列的植物表达载体分别转化烟草(Nicotiana tabacum L.).GUS活性检测表明,MARs可以显著提高外源基因uidA在转基因烟草中的表达水平,平均表达水平提高2倍,最高单株活性可达10倍.并且转基因植株GUS活性高低与稳定mRNA的量成正比,表明MARs在转录水平提高基因表达.     

Isolation of pea matrix attachment region and study on its function in transgenic tobaccos

A DNA fragment containing consensus sequence of matrix attachment region (MAR) has been isolated from pea genome. Compared with original DNA sequence, one 115 bp-long repeat sequence is deleted in the obtained DNA sequence. DNA fragments located upstream and downstream of repeat DNA sequence respectively share 84% and 93% homology to the corresponding original sequence, and contain A-box or T-box and TATAA sequence, which is characteristics short sequence of MARs. To test the function of the DNA sequence, the plant expression vectors in which β-glucuronidase gene (GUS, uidA) was used as reporter gene were constructed and transferred into tobaccos via Agrobacterium-mediated transformation procedure. Quantitative GUS assay showed that the average level of uidA expression was increased twofold for the presence of MAR, and the highest level of GUS activity of transgenic plants could be increased six times. The results cited above suggest that the isolated DNA sequence contains consensus sequence of MARs and     

利用PCR对PVX外壳蛋白基因进行同义密码子修饰

利用聚合酶链式反应 (PolymeraseChainReaction ,PCR)与限制性内切酶相结合的方法 ,设计 4条含有限制性酶切位点和相应突变的引物。以马铃薯X病毒 (PotatoVirusX ,PVX)外壳蛋白cp基因为模板 ,扩增出相应的片段 ,相应酶切后通过三片段连接构建到克隆载体pBlueKS( / - )上。随机挑选重组子测序表明 ,利用三片段拼接成功地在PVX外壳蛋白基因的不同部位产生了突变。实验结果说明利用三片段接可以大大提高筛选得到突变子的效率 ,从而节省人力、物力和时间。     

因子H结合蛋白在B群脑膜炎球菌疫苗中的应用研究进展

因子H结合蛋白(factor H-binding protein, fHBP)是脑膜炎球菌(Meningococcus)的一种关键毒力因子,其通过结合人类补体调节因子H(factor H, fH)使得细菌能够在人体血液中生存。同时,fHBP也是目前已上市的2种B群脑膜炎球菌疫苗(MenB-fHBP和MenB-4C)的主要成分。fHBP蛋白作为疫苗成分可诱导机体产生具有杀菌活性的抗体,产生的抗体与外源细菌表面fHBP结合后,可阻止外源fHBP与体内fH的结合,从而激活补体系统,起到对外源细菌的杀灭和清除作用。现就fHBP作为B群脑膜炎球菌疫苗的抗原成分在疫苗中的应用作一概述。     

The first intron of rice EPSP synthase enhances expression of foreign gene

Translatable exon sequences in pre-mRNA often are separated by non-coding introns in eu-karyotic genomes. The removal of non-coding introns from pre-mRNA and the splicing together of translatable exons sequence is an essential requirement of gene expression. DNA size of introns in a gene is 5—10 times larger than that of exon, which can store more information and is helpful for a gene during evolution[1]. In many experiments on gene expression, it is indispensable for a gene to be expresse…     

玉米核基质结合区在烟草中对外源转基因表达水平的影响

为研究核基质结合区 (matrixattachmentregion ,MAR)在转基因植物中的功能 ,将来自玉米基因组的MAR序列构建在植物表达载体T_DNA中 ,并将报告基因β_葡糖醛酸酶 (β_glucuronidase ,GUS)基因 (uidA)插入两段MARs序列之间。将此载体与不包含MARs序列的植物表达载体分别转化烟草 (NicotianatabacumL .)。GUS活性检测表明 ,MARs可以显著提高外源基因uidA在转基因烟草中的表达水平 ,平均表达水平提高 2倍 ,最高单株活性可达 10倍。并且转基因植株GUS活性高低与稳定mRNA的量成正比 ,表明MARs在转录水平提高基因表达。     

Cloning of genomic DNA of rice 5-enolpyruvylshikimate 3-phosphate synthase gene and chromosomal localization of the gene

The shikimate pathway enzyme 5-enolpyruvylshikimate 3-phosphate synthase (EPSPs) is the target of nonselective herbicide glyphosate. A partial rice epsps cDNA was generated by RT-PCR with primers designed according to EST sequence in GenBank and used as probe for rice genomic library screening. In a screen of approximately 8.0×104 clones from the rice genomic library, sixteen positive clones were obtained, which strongly hybridized to the probe. One clone, E11, was selected for further analysis and the full-length 3661 bp rice epsps genomic sequence was obtained. Sequence analysis and homologous comparison revealed that epsps gene is composed of 8 exons and 7 introns. Analysis by restriction fragment length polymorphism with the probe of rice epsps cDNA fragment confirmed that rice epsps is located on chromosome 6 with an indica-japonica (ZYQ8-JX17) double-haploid (DH) population. This is the first report on the EPSP synthase from monocotyledons.     

Isolation of pea matrix attachment region and study on its function in transgenic tobaccos

A DNA fragment containing consensus sequence of matrix attachment region (MAR) has been isolated from pea genome. Compared with original DNA sequence, one 115 bp-long repeat sequence is deleted in the obtained DNA sequence. DNA fragments located upstream and downstream of repeat DNA sequence respectively share 84% and 93% homology to the corresponding original sequence, and contain A-box or T-box and TATAA sequence, which is characteristics short sequence of MARs. To test the function of the DNA sequence, the plant expression vectors in which β-glucuronidase gene (GUS, uidA) was used as reporter gene were constructed and transferred into tobaccosvia Agrobacterium- mediated transformation procedure. Quantitative GUS assay showed that the average level of uidA expression was increased twofold for the presence of MAR, and the highest level of GUS activity of transgenic plants could be increased six times. The results cited above suggest that the isolated DNA sequence contains consensus sequence of MARs and has capability to increase expression level of gene in transgenic plants.     

水稻EPSP合酶基因的克隆、结构分析和定位

5-烯醇丙酮莽草酸-3-磷酸(EPSP)合酶是芳香族氨基酸合成途径中的一个关键酶, 该基因在植物抗除草剂基因工程中具有重要的应用价值. 根据水稻EPSP合酶基因的EST序列设计探针, 在水稻TAC基因组文库中筛选到16个阳性克隆. 对阳性克隆E11进行亚克隆, 由此获得了由3661核苷酸组成的水稻EPSP合酶基因全序列. 序列分析和同源性比较揭示, 该基因由8个外显子和7个内含子组成. 以窄叶青8号/京系17组合构建的DH群体和分子图谱将水稻EPSP合酶基因定位于水稻第6条染色体的上端.