细菌人工染色体文库的构建及应用

细菌人工染色体（BAC）是第二代大片段DNA的克隆载体系统,具有容量大、嵌合率低、遗传特性稳定、转化效率高、插入片段易回收、操作简便等优点,因而被广泛应用于基因组较大的真核生物基因组研究中,并发挥着前所未有的重要作用。本文综述了BAC的发展,利用此载体构建基因组文库的程序和鉴定方法,及其在物理图谱构建、图位克隆、基因组测序、转基因技术等研究中的应用。     

细菌人工染色体的研究和应用

细菌人工染色体 (Bacterialartificialchromosome ,BAC)是第二代大片段DNA的克隆载体系统。因其嵌合率低 ,遗传稳定性好 ,重组DNA容易分离和制备 ,转化效率高等 ,弥补了YAC的不足 ,很快在基因组研究中处于中心地位。近年来 ,已有多种BAC载体被构建出来 ,这些BAC载体在复杂基因组大片段文库的构建 ,基因的图位克隆 ,基因组物理图谱的构建 ,基因和基因组测序 ,基因组织结构分析 ,染色体组织和进化 ,以及基因的遗传转化和调控研究中得到了广泛的应用。     

BAC克隆及复杂基因组文库技术

BAC（细菌人工染色体）克隆技术是复杂基因组研究中不可缺少的工具,有关基因组研究的许多技术都是由BAC为基础发展起来的,包括大片段基因组文库的构建、重叠群的构建、全基因测序及图位基因克隆等,后又产生植物转基因的BAC克隆载体,这在人类、动物、植物等基因组研究中已广泛应用,取得令人瞩目的成就,该文将就这些研究技术及进展作一综述。     

棉花BAC文库快速筛选法

目的:构建棉花细菌人工染色体(Bacterial Artificial Chromosome,BAC)文库的快速筛选法,以期从BAC文库中大量、快速、高效筛选出特定BAC克隆,为从事基因组测序、分离和分析特定基因、构建物理图谱及基因图位克隆等生物学技术研究奠定基础。方法:构建了整板、行、列的三维混合池,以菌液PCR为基础,从BAC文库中筛选出含有特定DNA片段的BAC单克隆。结果:从BAC文库的3 456个克隆中,共筛选出16个阳性单克隆,涉及13条染色体、11个SSR标记。结论:该文构建的棉花BAC文库筛选体系,筛选快速、准确,适合从BAC文库中大量筛选BAC单克隆。结合当前的多种BAC文库筛选方法进行探讨,根据不同的实验目的选择更合适的筛选方法和操作步骤。     

细菌人工染色体载体的发展和应用

细茵人工染色体(Bacterial artificial chromosome,BAC)是在大肠杆菌F质粒的基础上建成的高容量、低拷贝的质粒载体.BAC载体已广泛应用于基因组文库的构建及筛选、基因组测序、新基因的发现、图位克隆、BAC微阵列、转基因和动物品种资源保存等方面.本文综述了BAC载体的发展及其应用.     

优良水稻品种“明恢63”BAC文库的构建

“明恢６３”是我国许多重要的水稻杂交组合中的恢复系。为了对其进行深入的遗传学研究以及克隆控制重要农艺性状的基因,以细菌人工染色体（ｐＢｅｌｏＢＡＣ１１）为载体,克隆经限制性内切酶消化后部分收集的“明恢６３”基因组ＤＮＡ,将连接混合物转化细菌ＤＨ１０Ｂ,构建了细菌人工染色体（ＢＡＣ）文库。该文库共有２６０００个转化子,插入片段为９０～２４０ｋｂ,平均大小为１５０ｋｂ。经计算该文库覆盖９倍水稻基因组。该文库正在用于构建几个基因所在区段的物理图谱,为图位克隆打下基础     

重叠群物理图谱的构建及其应用

人类对各种生物的基因组结构和功能的研究都需要确定DNA序列在染色体上的位置.与遗传图相比,物理图反映了基因或DNA标记之间在染色体上的真实距离.依其作图方法分为三类,即限制性酶切图谱、重叠群图谱和DNA序列图谱.重叠群物理图是将获得的大片段克隆,如YAC、BAC克隆,依其在染色体上的真实顺序排列而成,主要应用于基因组测序、重要基因的图位克隆、靶分子标记开发及比较基因组学研究等,特别是为那些由于缺乏合适的作图群体而不能建立遗传图的物种提供了一个重要的从事基因组学研究的平台.本文综述了近年来重叠群物理图构建研究的主要进展,比较分析了不同重叠群物理图谱构建方法的特点,提出了改进物理作图质量的建议,认为应根据基因组不同区域的特点,综合特异性探针的杂交、PCR筛选、酶切指纹分析、BAC克隆STC延伸、BAC末端测序等多种方法才能完成重叠群的构建.此外,物理图的构建还应努力整合各种基因组的资源和数据,如遗传连锁图、分子细胞遗传图、DNA序列图、EST数据等,这将有助于提高其在基因组学研究中的使用价值及应用范围.文章最后对重叠群物理图的发展趋势进行了展望.     

细菌人工染色体文库的构建方法分析

细菌人工染色体是一种承载大片段DNA的新型载体系统,它具有插入片断大、嵌合率低、遗传稳定性好、易于操作等优点.在高等生物基因组文库的构建和基因功能的分析等方面有广泛应用.BAC文库的构建是基因组较大的真核生物基因组学研究的重要基础.介绍了近年来细菌人工染色体文库构建方法上的研究进展,对其中载体的制备和高分子量DNA的制备这两个关键环节作了较深入的探讨.     

东乡野生稻双元细菌人工染色体(BIBAC)文库的构建

双元细菌人工染色体(binarybacterialartificialchromosome,BIBAC)是能直接将大片段DNA转入植物的载体,是植物基因图位克隆和构建植物基因嵌入突变体库的重要工具。该研究以东乡野生稻为材料,构建其BIBAC文库。该文库由14592个克隆组成,平均插入片段大小为65kb,覆盖率为2倍基因组。稳定性检测结果表明,东乡野生稻基因组DNA能够在BIBAC载体中稳定存在。     

基于细菌人工染色体的大基因质粒制备及应用研究

细菌人工染色体(BAC)最多可克隆300 kb的DNA片段且遗传特性稳定,是目前常用的克隆载体.但如何高效提取BAC装载的大基因及其大基因操作等方面还需不断的摸索完善.本研究采用超大基因质粒提取法从BAC中提取出165 kb的大基因,经Nanodrop测定浓度、酶切、脉冲场电泳,表明获得目标基因;将获得的大基因质粒转染猪胎儿成纤维细胞,经抗性筛选,获得细胞克隆;克隆细胞经PCR检测,证明大基因质粒被完整地导入猪胎儿成纤维细胞.本研究为构建细菌人工染色体提够基础数据.     

A novel method for increasing the transformation efficiency of Escherichia coli-application forbacterial artificial chromosome library construction.

Bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) libraries play a pivotal role in genomics studies. A crucial step in BAC library construction is the transformation of Escherichia coli by electroporation. Absolute efficiency (cfu/microgram DNA) is affected by a number of factors including the topological form and treatment of DNA samples. Here we report a simple new protocol using tRNA assisted precipitation that increased transformation efficiency by 70-fold for BAC ligations and up to 400-fold for plasmid ligations. The mechanism may involve altering or stabilizing the topographical form of the DNA molecules.     

Construction and characterization of a bacterial artificial chromosome library of Sorghum bicolor.

The construction of representative large insert DNA libraries is critical for the analysis of complex genomes. The predominant vector system for such work is the yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) system. Despite the success of YACs, many problems have been described including: chimerism, tedious steps in library construction and low yields of YAC insert DNA. Recently a new E.coli based system has been developed, the bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) system, which offers many potential advantages over YACs. We tested the BAC system in plants by constructing an ordered 13,440 clone sorghum BAC library. The library has a combined average insert size, from single and double size selections, of 157 kb. Sorghum inserts of up to 315 kb were isolated and shown to be stable when grown for over 100 generations in liquid media. No chimeric clones were detected as determined by fluorescence in situ hybridization of ten BAC clones to metaphase and interphase S.bicolor nuclei. The library was screened with six sorghum probes and three maize probes and all but one sorghum probe hybridized to at least one BAC clone in the library. To facilitate chromosome walking with the BAC system, methods were developed to isolate the proximal ends of restriction fragments inserted into the BAC vector and used to isolate both the left and right ends of six randomly selected BAC clones. These results demonstrate that the S. bicolor BAC library will be useful for several physical mapping and map-based cloning applications not only in sorghum but other related cereal genomes, such as maize. Furthermore, we conclude that the BAC system is suitable for most large genome applications, is more 'user friendly' than the YAC system, and will likely lead to rapid progress in cloning biologically significant genes from plants.     

Construction and screening of BAC libraries made from Brachypodium genomic DNA

Bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) libraries are the large DNA insert libraries of choice and valuable tools for the map-based cloning of target quantitative trait loci, physical mapping, molecular cytogenetics and comparative genomics. The protocol reported here is a simplified method used to produce and screen BAC libraries from Brachypodium species and other related grasses. Intact nuclei, containing high molecular weight (HMW) DNA, are isolated and embedded in agarose plugs. The HMW DNA is digested using an appropriate restriction enzyme and size-fractionated using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. The DNA is isolated by dialysis, ligated into pre-prepared vector and electroporated into competent Escherichia coli cells. A PCR-based method for screening the library is also described. The entire protocol takes at least 6 weeks to complete.     

Construction and characterization of BAC libraries for three fish species; rainbow trout, carp and tilapia

Bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) libraries are important tools for genomic research. We have constructed seven genomic BAC libraries from three fish species, rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), carp (Cyprinus carpio) and tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). The two rainbow trout BAC libraries have average insert sizes of 58 and 110 kb. The average size of inserts in the carp BAC library is 160 kb. The average insert sizes of the four tilapia BAC libraries are 65, 105, 145 and 194 kb, respectively. These libraries represent good coverage of each genome (2-64 x coverage). The libraries can be screened by conventional colony hybridization and provide a starting point for the construction of high-density filtres or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) screening approaches. These BAC libraries will facilitate the positional cloning of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for a variety of economically important traits in these species.     

Genetically modified bacterial strains and novel bacterial artificial chromosome shuttle vectors for constructing environmental libraries and detecting heterologous natural products in multiple expression hosts

The enormous diversity of uncultured microorganisms in soil and other environments provides a potentially rich source of novel natural products, which is critically important for drug discovery efforts. Our investigators reported previously on the creation and screening of an Escherichia coli library containing soil DNA cloned and expressed in a bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) vector. In that initial study, our group identified novel enzyme activities and a family of antibacterial small molecules encoded by soil DNA cloned and expressed in E. coli. To continue our pilot study of the utility and feasibility of this approach to natural product drug discovery, we have expanded our technology to include Streptomyces lividans and Pseudomonas putida as additional hosts with different expression capabilities, and herein we describe the tools we developed for transferring environmental libraries into all three expression hosts and screening for novel activities. These tools include derivatives of S. lividans that contain complete and unmarked deletions of the act and red endogenous pigment gene clusters, a derivative of P. putida that can accept environmental DNA vectors and integrate the heterologous DNA into the chromosome, and new BAC shuttle vectors for transferring large fragments of environmental DNA from E. coli to both S. lividans and P. putida by high-throughput conjugation. Finally, we used these tools to confirm that the three hosts have different expression capabilities for some known gene clusters.     

Construction of BIBAC and BAC libraries from a variety of organisms for advanced genomics research

Large-insert BAC (bacterial artificial chromosome) and BIBAC (binary BAC) libraries are essential for modern genomics research for all organisms. We helped pioneer the BAC and BIBAC technologies, and by using them we have constructed hundreds of BAC and BIBAC libraries for different species of plants, animals, marine animals, insects, algae and microbes. These libraries have been used globally for different aspects of genomics research. Here we describe the procedure with the latest improvements that we have made and used for construction of BIBAC libraries. The procedure includes the preparation of BIBAC vectors, the preparation of clonable fragments of the desired size from the source DNA, the construction and transformation of BIBACs and, finally, the characterization and assembly of BIBAC libraries. We also specify the modifications necessary for construction of BAC libraries using the protocol. The entire protocol takes ～7 d.     

Development of a novel bacterial artificial chromosome cloning system for functional studies

Bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) cloning systems currently in use generate high quality genomic libraries for gene mapping, identification, and sequencing. However, the most commonly used BAC cloning systems do not facilitate functional studies in eukaryotic cells. To overcome this limitation, we have developed pEBAC190G, a new BAC vector that combines the features of the first generation PAC/BAC vectors with eukaryotic elements that facilitate the transfection, episomal maintenance, and functional analysis of large genomic fragments in eukaryotic cells. A number of different cloning strategies may be used to retrofit genomic fragments from existing libraries into the new vector. The system was tested by the retrofitting of a 170kb NotI genomic fragment from the RPCI-11 BAC library into the NotI site of pEBAC190G. Clones from any eukaryotic genomic library harboured in this vector can be transferred from bacteria directly to eukaryotic cells for functional analysis.     

BAC-FISH in wheat identifies chromosome landmarks consisting of different types of transposable elements

Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) has been widely used in the physical mapping of genes and chromosome landmarks in plants and animals. Bacterial artificial chromosomes (BACs) contain large inserts making them amenable for FISH mapping. We used BAC-FISH to study genome organization and evolution in hexaploid wheat and its relatives. We selected 56 restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) locus-specific BAC clones from libraries of Aegilops tauschii (the D-genome donor of hexaploid wheat) and A-genome diploid Triticum monococcum. Different types of repetitive sequences were identified using BAC-FISH. Two BAC clones gave FISH patterns similar to the repetitive DNA family pSc119; one BAC clone gave a FISH pattern similar to the repetitive DNA family pAs1. In addition, we identified several novel classes of repetitive sequences: one BAC clone hybridized to the centromeric regions of wheat and other cereal species, except rice; one BAC clone hybridized to all subtelomeric chromosome regions in wheat, rye, barley and oat; one BAC clone contained a localized tandem repeat and hybridized to five D-genome chromosome pairs in wheat; and four BAC clones hybridized only to a proximal region in the long arm of chromosome 4A of hexaploid wheat. These repeats are valuable markers for defined chromosome regions and can also be used for chromosome identification. Sequencing results revealed that all these repeats are transposable elements (TEs), indicating the important role of TEs, especially retrotransposons, in genome evolution of wheat.Communicated by P.B. Moens