Mapping of a Wheat Resistance Gene to Yellow Mosaic Disease by Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism and Simple Sequence Repeat Markers

Wheat （Triticum aestivum L.） yellow mosaic virus （WYMV） is transmitted by a fungal vector through soil and causes serious wheat yield losses due to yellow mosaic disease, with yellow-streaked leaves and stunted plants. In the present study, the amplified fragment length polymorphisms （AFLP） and simple sequence repeat （SSR） were used to identify the molecular linkages with the resistance gene against WYMV. Bulked segregant analysis was performed with an F2 population derived from the cross of cultivar Ningmai 9 （resistant） × cultivar Yangmai 10 （susceptible）. By screening among the resistant or susceptible parents, the F2 pools and the individuals in the F2 population with 64 combined selective AFLP primers （EcoRI/MseI） or 290 reported SSR primers, a polymorphic DNA segment （approximately 120 bp） was amplified using the primer pair E2/M5, and an SSR marker （approximately 180 bp） was located on wheat chromosome 2A using the primer Xgwm328. Analysis with MAPMAKER/Exp Version 3.0b （Whitehead institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA, USA） indicated that these two markers were dominantly associated with the resistance gene at distances of 5.4 cM or 17.6 cM, respectively. The resistance gene to WYMV derived from Ningmai 9, is temporarily named YmNM, and was mapped to wheat chromosome 2A.     

大鼠胎脑神经干细胞HPRT基因的敲除

根据已知大鼠次黄嘌呤鸟嘌呤磷酸核糖转移酶 (HypoxanthineGuaninePhosphoribosylTransferase ,HPRT)基因的外显子序列 ,从大鼠HPRT基因组DNA序列的细菌人工染色体 (BacterialArtificialChromosome ,BAC)中用酶切和PCR方法分别分离得到用于构建基因敲除载体的 3 0kb的 5′长臂 (LongArm ,LA)和 1 7kb的 3′短臂 (ShortArm ,SA) ,并分别克隆到pSL1180和pCR2 1中。进一步构建大鼠HPRT基因打靶载体———pKO HPRT ,经酶切鉴定后的大鼠HPRT基因敲除载体用NotⅠ酶切使其线性化 ,经溴乙锭、正丁醇、酚、酚 /氯仿提纯后 ,将终浓度调至 1μg μl。在FuGene 6转染试剂的作用下转染培养 2 4h的第二代大鼠胎脑神经干细胞 (RatFetalNeuralStemCells,rFNSCs)。转染后的细胞用 80 μg mlG4 18和 0 2 μmol L的Ganc全培养液筛选 ,2w后将存活细胞进行悬浮培养 ,使细胞形成球形物 ,挑选单个的球形物进行单克隆增殖 ,其中一部分细胞 (约 2～ 3× 10 3)用裂解液处理 ,取上清用于PCR检测 ,大部分细胞 (5× 10 7)用于DNA和RNA的提取 ,进行Southernbolt和RT PCR检测 ,剩余细胞冷冻保存。最后 1次实验共分离培养了 32个rFNSCs单克隆 ,其中 3个单克隆 (9 3% )经PCR、Southernbolt和RT PCR证实HPRT基因已被敲除     

A Stable Upstream Stem-loop Structure Enhances Selection of the First 5'-ORF-AUG as a Main Start Codon for Translation Initiation of Human ACAT1 mRNA

Acyl-coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT)is an integral membrane protein, which is mainly locatedin rough endoplasmic reticulum (ER), and is responsiblefor catalyzing the intracellular formation of cholesterylester from cholesterol and long-chain fatty acyl-coenzymeA [1,2]. Human ACAT1 cDNA K1 was firstly cloned andfunctionally expressed in 1993 [3]. Further studies withspecific anti-ACAT1 antibody (DM10) illustrated that onemajor 50 kD ACAT1 protein was expressed in various…     

新Y-STR DYS605在山西汉族人群中的多态性分布

为了应用更多的Y染色体特异性STR基因座以用于法医学和人类遗传学研究,本文用PCR结合PAGE技术检测128例山西汉族无关男性DYS605等位基因分布状况。结果显示：山西地区汉族男性DYS605基因座观察到22,21,20,19,18共5个等位基因,基因频率分别为0.0156;0.1797;0.4531;0.2891;0.0625。等位基因20和19之间的电泳距离在非变性胶上非常接近,要有足够的电泳距离才能区分。测序表明该基因座包括3个串联重复区,其中一个为可变重复区。20例女性DNA未发现扩增产物。Abstract: We study the polymorphism at DYS605 ,a new tetranucleotide Y-STR locus,in a Chinese Han population of Shanxi to meet the need of more genetic markers in forensic practice and genetic analysis. DNA were extracted from 128 unrelated male venous blood, and amplified using GDB primers. PCR products were detected using non-denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and silver staining. Five alleles named 22,21,20,19,18 were observed with frequency of 0.0156;0.1797;0.4531;0.2891;0.0625. PCR products were not found in female DNA. Using a long enough gel for a long electrophoresis time is strongly encouraged because the rung between allele 20 and allele19 is smaller than expected. Allele sequences show that the repetitive units of DYS605 were composed with the variant units and non-variant units.     

用4个微卫星标记分析7个绵羊群体之间的遗传关系

分析了4个微卫星基因座BM143、OarHH35、OarAE101、BMS2508在7个绵羊群体（小尾寒羊、湖羊、乌珠穆沁羊、萨福克羊、多赛特羊、夏洛来羊、多赛特公羊×小尾寒羊母羊F1代杂种羊）286只绵羊中的遗传多态性。结果表明,这4个微卫星标记在7个绵羊群体中的等位基因数分别为9、11、14和9,其多态信息含量/有效等位基因数/杂合度分别为0.7073/3.7231/0.7314、0.8267/6.4399/0.8447、0.5743/2.5178/0.6028、0.6172/3.0712/0.6744,其中OarHH35的遗传变异最大,OarAE101最小。7个绵羊群体中小尾寒羊的遗传变异最大,湖羊的最小。基于Nei氏DA距离和DS标准遗传距离,采用UPGMA方法构建了系统发生树。该发生树将中国地方品种（小尾寒羊、乌珠穆沁羊、湖羊）和法国的夏洛来羊归为一类,将F1杂种羊、英国品种（萨福克羊和多赛特羊）归为另一类。绵羊微卫星基因分型技术为检查品种（群体）之间的遗传关系提供了一个有用的工具。 Abstract：The genetic polymorphisms of four microsatellite loci BM143,OarHH35,OarAE101,and BMS2508 were analyzed in 286 sheep of seven sheep populations (Small Tail Han sheep, Hu sheep, Ujumqin sheep, Suffolk sheep, Dorset sheep, Charolais sheep, F1 of Dorset♂ × Small Tail Han sheep♀). The numbers of alleles for BM143,OarHH35,OarAE101,and BMS2508 are 9, 11, 14 and 9 in seven sheep populations, respectively. The polymorphism information content/number of effective alleles/ heterozygosity of BM143,OarHH35,OarAE101 and BMS2508 were 0.7073/3.7231/0.7314, 0.8267/6.4399/0.8447,0.5743/2.5178/0.6028,0.6172/3.0712/0.6744 in 286 sheep, respectively. The results revealed the greatest genetic variation at OarHH35 locus and the lowest at OarAE101, the greatest genetic variation in Small Tail Han sheep and the lowest in Hu sheep among seven sheep populations. In the unweighted pair group method with arithmetic mean (UPGMA) dendrograms based on Nei's DA distance and Nei's DS standard genetic distance, the Chinese native breeds (Small Tail Han sheep, Ujumqin sheep, Hu sheep) were grouped together, then with Charolais sheep. The F1 crossbred sheep, and the two British native sheep (Suffolk sheep, Dorset sheep) also clustered together. Microsatellite genotyping in sheep provided a useful tool for examining the genetic relationships among breeds(populations).     

The complete mitochondrial genomes sequences of Asio flammeus and Asio otus and comparative analysis

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), as a model sys-tem, has been extensively used for molecular phy-logenetic and evolutionary analysis[1]. With the ad-vances in DNA sequencing technology, more andmore researchers prefer to use complete mitochondrialgenome for phylogenetic analysis[2—4]. Since the com-plete sequencing of human mtDNA in 1981 (Andersonet al., 1981)[5], 342 vertebrate mitochondrial genomeshave so far been sequenced. Up to now the completesequences of 29 avian mitochondrial genomes h…     

Antitumor effects of the molecule-downsized immunoconjugate composed of lidamycin and Fab′fragment of monoclonal antibody directed against type IV collagenase

Type IV collagenase plays an important role in tumor invasion and metastasis through cleaving type IV collagen in the basement membrane and extracellular matrix. In this study a molecule-downsized immunoconjugate (Fab'-LDM) was constructed by linking lidamycin (LDM), a highly potent antitumor antibiotic, to the Fab' fragment of a monoclonal antibody directed against type IV collagenase and its antitumor effect was investigated. As assayed in 10% SDS-PAGE gel, the molecular weight of Fab'-LDM conjugate was 65 kD with a 1 : 1 molecular ratio of Fab' and LDM. The Fab'-LDM conjugate maintained most part of the immunoreactivity of Fab' fragment to both type IV collagense and mouse hepatoma 22 cells by ELISA. By MTT assay, Fab'-LDM conjugate showed more potent cytotoxicity to hepatoma 22 cells than that of LDM. Administered intravenously, Fab'-LDM conjugate proved to be more effective against the growth of subcutaneously transplanted hepatoma 22 in mice than free LDM in two experiment settings. In Experiment     

Screening and identification of Shigella flexneri 2a virulence-related genes induced after invasion of epithelial cells

~~Screening and identification of Shigella flexneri 2a virulence-related genes induced after invasion of epithelial cells1. Jin, Q., Yuan, Z., Xu, J., Wang, Y., Shen, Y., Lu, W., Wang, J., Liu, H., Yang, J., Yang, P., Zhang, X., Zhang, J., Yang, G, Wu, H., Qu, D., Dong, J., Sun, L., Xue, Y, Zhao, A., Gao, Y., Zhu, J., Kan, B., Ding, K.. Chen, S., Cheng, H., Yao, Z., He, B., Chen, R., Ma, D., Qiang, B., Wen, Y, Hou, Y., Yu, J., Genome sequence of Shigella flexneri 2…     

Overexpression of a novel gene , Cms1, can rescue the growth arrest of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae mcm10 suppressor

INTRODUCTIONDNA replication is a fundamenial process thatmust occur only once at each ce1l cycle. This restrictcontrol appears to be achieved through the coordi-nated actiVities of numerous proteins. The buddingyeast Saccharompes cerevhaae provides an excellenteukaryotic model fOr study of proteins invo1ved inthe control of DNA replication.In the budding yeast, minichromosome mainte-nance (MCM) proteins, MCM2-7, are a family of strsequence-related proteins that play crucia1 roles inr…     

Costimulation of resting B lymphocytes alters the IL-4-activated IRS2 signaling pathway in a STAT6 independent manner: implications for cell survival and proliferation

INTRODUCTIONThe inappropriate enhancement of lymphocytesurviVal due to a block in programmed cell deathand/or an enhancement of entry into the cell cyclecan contribute to the abnormal expansion of clonesresulting in tumorigenesis or the breakdown of pe-ripheral self-toleranced, 2]. Proper lymphocytehomeostasis is critical for normal immune functionand is maintained by a complex series of cellularinteractions and the action of secreted cytokines.Illterleukin-4 (IL-4), a cytokine produced …