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The foodborne pathogen Bacillus cereus can form biofilms on various food contact surfaces, leading to contamination of food products. To study the mechanisms of
biofilm formation by B. cereus, a Tn5401 library was generated from strain UW101C. Eight thousand mutants were screened in EPS, a low nutrient medium. One mutant
(M124), with a disruption in codY, developed fourfold less biofilm than the wild-type, and its defective biofilm phenotype was rescued by complementation.
Addition of 0.1% casamino acids to EPS prolonged the duration of biofilms in the wild-type but not codY mutant. When decoyinine, a GTP synthesis inhibitor, was added to EPS, biofilm formation was decreased in the wild-type but
not the mutant. The codY mutant produced three times higher protease activity than the wild-type. Zymogram and SDS-PAGE data showed that production
of the protease (∼130 kDa) was repressed by CodY. Addition of proteinase K to EPS decreased biofilm formation by the wild-type.
Using a dpp-lacZ fusion reporter system, it was shown that that the B. cereus CodY can sense amino acids and GTP levels. These data suggest that by responding to amino acids and intracellular GTP levels
CodY represses production of an unknown protease and is involved in biofilm formation. 相似文献
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Two repeated DNA sequences isolated from a partial genomic DNA library of Helianthus annuus, p HaS13 and p HaS211, were shown to represent portions of the int gene of a Ty3 /gypsy retroelement and of the RNase-Hgene of a Ty1 /copia retroelement, respectively. Southern blotting patterns obtained by hybridizing the two probes to BglII- or DraI-digested genomic DNA from different Helianthus species showed p HaS13 and p HaS211 were parts of dispersed repeats at least 8 and 7 kb in length, respectively, that were conserved in all species studied. Comparable hybridization patterns were obtained in all species with p HaS13. By contrast, the patterns obtained by hybridizing p HaS211 clearly differentiated annual species from perennials. The frequencies of p HaS13- and p HaS211-related sequences in different species were 4.3x10(4)-1.3x10(5) copies and 9.9x10(2)-8.1x10(3) copies per picogram of DNA, respectively. The frequency of p HaS13-related sequences varied widely within annual species, while no significant difference was observed among perennial species. Conversely, the frequency variation of p HaS211-related sequences was as large within annual species as within perennials. Sequences of both families were found to be dispersed along the length of all chromosomes in all species studied. However, Ty3 /gypsy-like sequences were localized preferentially at the centromeric regions, whereas Ty1/ copia-like sequences were less represented or absent around the centromeres and plentiful at the chromosome ends. These findings suggest that the two sequence families played a role in Helianthusgenome evolution and species divergence, evolved independently in the same genomic backgrounds and in annual or perennial species, and acquired different possible functions in the host genomes. 相似文献
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Noel H. Holmgren 《Brittonia》2018,70(1):115-139
A revision of Penstemon sect. Saccanthera subsect. Serrulati includes a new species (P. salmonensis), a new variety (P. triphyllus var. infernalis), and the elevation of a subspecies to species (P. curtiflorus), bringing the total number of species to eight, which are keyed and described, complete with nomenclature and type citations. 相似文献
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Characterization of the horse (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Equus caballus</Emphasis>)<Emphasis Type="Italic"> IGHA</Emphasis> gene 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Nucleotide sequences of the immunoglobulin constant heavy chain genes of the horse have been described for IGHM, IGHG and IGHE genes, but not for IGHA. Here, we provide the nucleotide sequence of the genomic IGHA gene of the horse (Equus caballus), including its secretion region and the transmembrane exon. The equine IGHA gene shows the typical structure of a mammalian IGHA gene, with only three exons, separated by two introns of similar size. The hinge exon is located at the 5 end of the CH2 exon and encodes a hinge region of 11 amino acids, which contains five proline residues. The coding nucleotide sequence of the secreted form of the equine IGHA gene shares around 72% identity with the human IGHA1 and IGHA2 genes, as well as the bovine, ovine, porcine and canine IGHA genes, without distinct preference for any of these species. The same species also cluster together in a phylogenetic tree of the IGHA coding regions of various mammals, whereas rodent, rabbit, marsupial and monotreme IGHA genes each build a separate cluster.The nucleotide sequences reported in this paper have been assigned the EMBL/GenBank accession numbers AY247966 and AY351982 相似文献
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An SJ Pandeya D Park SW Li J Kwon JK Koeda S Hosokawa M Paek NC Choi D Kang BC 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》2011,122(3):459-470
A temperature-sensitive mutant of Capsicum chinense, sy-2, shows a normal developmental phenotype when grown above 24°C. However, when grown at 20°C, sy-2 exhibits developmental defects, such as chlorophyll deficiency and shrunken leaves. To understand the underlying mechanism
of this temperature-dependent response, phenotypic characterization and genetic analysis were performed. The results revealed
abnormal chloroplast structures and cell collapse in leaves of the sy-2 plants grown at 20°C. Moreover, an excessive accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) resulting in cell death was detected
in the chlorophyll-deficient sectors of the leaves. However, the expression profile of the ROS scavenging genes did not alter
in sy-2 plants grown at 20°C. A further analysis of fatty acid content in the leaves showed the impaired pathway of linoleic acid
(18:2) to linolenic acid (18:3). Additionally, the Cafad7 gene was downregulated in sy-2 plants. This change may lead to dramatic physiological disorder and alteration of leaf morphology in sy-2 plants by losing low-temperature tolerance. Genetic analysis of an F2 population from a cross between C. chinense ‘sy-2’ and wild-type C. chinense ‘No. 3341’ showed that the sy-2 phenotype is controlled by a single recessive gene. Molecular mapping revealed that the sy-2 gene is located at a genomic region of the pepper linkage group 1, corresponding to the 300 kb region of the Ch1_scaffold
00106 in tomato chromosome 1. Candidate genes in this region will reveal the identity of sy-2 and the underlying mechanism of the temperature-dependent plant response. 相似文献
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Polymorphism of the prion protein gene (<Emphasis Type="Italic">PRNP</Emphasis>) in two Chinese indigenous cattle breeds 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Qin LH Zhao YM Bao YH Bai WL Chong J Zhang GL Zhang JB Zhao ZH 《Molecular biology reports》2011,38(6):4197-4204
Prion protein (PRNP) gene has been located at position q17 of chromosome 13 in cattle. The polymorphisms of PRNP gene might be associated with BSE susceptibility. In the present work, we investigated the polymorphisms of PRNP gene, including SNP in exon 3, 23-bp indel in promoter region, 12-bp indel in intron 1 in 2 Chinese indigenous cattle breeds
of northeast China. Eighty-six animals from Yanbian (34) and Chinese Red Steppes (52) were genotyped at PRNP locus by analyzing genomic DNA. A total of 4 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) sites were revealed in the PRNP gene exon 3 of the 2 cattle breeds investigated. Three of these SNPs were non-synonymous mutations that resulted in the amino
acid exchanges (K119N, S154N, and M177V), and one is silent nucleotide substitutions (A234G). The two amino acid mutations
of S154N and M177V were detected only in Yanbian with a very low frequency (0.0147), and they appears to be absent in Chinese
Red Steppes. The average gene heterozygosity (H
e), effective allele numbers (N
e), Shannon’s information index (I) and polymorphism information content (PIC) were 0.3088, 1.5013, 0.3814 and 0.2000 in Yanbian, respectively, being relatively
higher than that of Chinese Red Steppes (0.2885, 1.4985, 0.3462 and 0.1873, respectively). In 23-bp indel and 12-bp indel
loci, three different genotypes were identified in both Yanbian and Chinese Red Steppes breeds. Based 23- and 12-bp indels,
four haplotypes was constructed in the 2 Chinese cattle breeds, of which the 23-bp (−)/12-bp (−) was main haplotypes accounting
for more than 50% of the total in both Yanbian and Chinese Red Steppes breeds. These results might be useful in understanding
the genetic characteristics of PRNP gene in Chinese indigenous cattle breeds. 相似文献
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A genetic transformation system has been developed for callus cells of Crataegus
aronia using Agrobacterium
tumefaciens. Callus culture was established from internodal stem segments incubated on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with
5 mg l−1 Indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) and 0.5 mg l−1 6-benzyladenine (BA). In order to optimize the callus culture system with respect to callus growth and coloration, different
types and concentrations of plant growth regulators were tested. Results indicated that the best average fresh weight of red
colored callus was obtained on MS medium supplemented with 2 mg l−1 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 1.5 mg l−1 kinetin (Kin) (callus maintenance medium). Callus cells were co-cultivated with Agrobacterium harboring the binary plasmid pCAMBIA1302 carrying the mgfp5 and hygromycin phosphotransferase (hptII) genes conferring green fluorescent protein (GFP) activity and hygromycin resistance, respectively. Putative transgenic calli
were obtained 4 weeks after incubation of the co-cultivated explants onto maintenance medium supplemented with 50 mg l−1 hygromycin. Molecular analysis confirmed the integration of the transgenes in transformed callus. To our knowledge, this
is the first time to report an Agrobacterium-mediated transformation system in Crataegus
aronia. 相似文献
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Studying Pneumocystis has proven to be a challenge from the perspective of propagating a significant amount of the pathogen in a facile manner.
The study of several fungal pathogens has been aided by the use of invertebrate model hosts. Our efforts to infect the invertebrate
larvae Galleria
mellonella with Pneumocystis proved futile since P. murina neither caused disease nor was able to proliferate within G. mellonella. It did, however, show that the pathogen could be rapidly cleared from the host. 相似文献
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S. A. Kopyl N. V. Dorogova E. M. Akhmametyeva L. V. Omelyanchuk L. -S. Chang 《Russian Journal of Genetics》2010,46(3):276-282
The protein Merlin is involved in the regulation of cell proliferation and differentiation in the eyes and wings of Drosophila and is a homolog of the human protein encoded by the Neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2) gene whose mutations cause auricular nerve tumors. Recent studies show that Merlin and Expanded cooperatively regulate the
recycling of membrane receptors, such as the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). By performing a search for potential
genetic interactions between Merlin (Mer) and the genes important for vesicular trafficking, we found that ectopic expression in the wing pouch of the clathrin adapter
protein Lap involved in clathrin-mediated receptor endocytosis resulted in the formation of extra vein materials. On the one
hand, coexpression of wild-type Merlin and lap in the wing pouch restored normal venation, while overexpression of a dominant-negative mutant Mer
DBB
together with lap enhanced ectopic vein formation. Using various constructs with Merlin truncated copies, we showed the C-terminal portion
of the Merlin protein to be responsible for the Merlin-lap genetic interaction. Furthermore, we showed that the Merlin and Lap proteins colocalized at the cortex of the wing imaginal
disc cells. 相似文献
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Calpain-3 is a skeletal muscle-specific protease and participates in the regulation of myogenesis. In this study, we quantified
the expression of calpain-3 (CAPN3) mRNA in a Chinese local chicken breed (Sichuan Mountainous Black-boned chicken [MB]), to discern the tissue and ontogenic
expression pattern. Meanwhile, we compared the CAPN3 mRNA expression pattern in MB chicken at 10 weeks with a commercial meat type chicken line (S01) of the same age to identify
the unique expression pattern under different genetic background. A real time quantitative PCR (qRT-PCR) assay was developed
for an accurate measurement of its expression in various tissues from chickens at different ages (0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 weeks).
Expression of the CAPN3 mRNA was detected in the selected tissues, regardless of age. The breast muscle and leg muscle tissues had a significantly
higher expression than the other tissues from the same individual (P < 0.01). Overall, the CAPN3 mRNA level exhibited a “rise-decline” developmental change in detected tissues except for brain. The S01 chicken had a higher
expression of the CAPN3 mRNA in detected tissues than the MB chicken at 10 weeks. The present expression data of chicken CAPN3 gene may provide some information to shed light on the tissue and ontogenic expression pattern during chicken development. 相似文献
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V. N. Verbenko L. V. Kuznetsova E. P. Krupyan V. I. Shalguev 《Russian Journal of Genetics》2009,45(10):1192-1199
Plasmids pKS5 and pKSrec30 carrying normal and mutant alleles of the Deinococcus recA gene controlled by the lactose promoter slightly increase radioresistance of Escherichia coli cells with mutations in genes recA and ssb. The RecA protein of D. radiodurans is expressed in E. coli cells, and its synthesis can be supplementary induced. The radioprotective effect of the xenologic protein does not exceed
1.5 fold and yields essentially to the contribution of plasmid pUC19-recA1.1 harboring the E. coli recA
+ gene in the recovery of resistance of the ΔrecA deletion mutant. These data suggest that the expression of D. radiodurans recA gene in E. coli cells does not complement mutations at gene recA in the chromosome possibly due to structural and functional peculiarities of the D. radiodurans RecA protein. 相似文献
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In this study, we report the expression and identification of a PREB-related gene from the planarian Dugesia japonica, DjPreb. The planarian DjPreb cDNA is comprised of 1101 bp and contains a 972 bp open reading frame corresponding to a deduced protein of 323 amino acids
with a 69 bp 5’-UTR and a 60 bp 3’-UTR. Phylogenetic analysis shows that DjPreb is PREB/PREB-like members. We examined its spatial and temporal expression and distribution in both intact and regenerating
planarians by Relative quantitative real-time PCR and Whole-mount in situ hybridization. The analysis indicates that DjPreb shows a gradient express with peak levels present in the anterior and posterior regions and progressively lower levels in
central regions in intact and regenerating planarians. During regeneration the expression of DjPreb is upregulated. Strong expression of DjPreb is observed in the anterior and posterior blastemas. These results suggest that DjPreb may participate in head and tail formation. 相似文献
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Kouichi Kawamura Masashi Kubota Miki Furukawa Yasushi Harada 《Conservation Genetics》2007,8(5):1163-1176
The amago salmon, Oncorhynchus masou ishikawae, is an endemic subspecies of O. masou in Japan. Owing to the extensive stocking of hatchery fish throughout Japan, indigenous populations of O. m. ishikawae are now on the verge of extinction. We examined the genetic effects of stocking hatchery fish on wild populations in the
River Koza, Japan, using microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) markers. For mtDNA, haplotype mt1, which is common in
wild populations, was present exclusively in isolated wild populations assumed to be unaffected by previous stocking, while
it was never observed in hatchery fish. Genetic diversity was much higher in wild populations in the stocked area, which shared
many mtDNA haplotypes with hatchery fish, than in isolated wild populations with haplotype mt1. Pairwise F
ST estimates based on microsatellites showed significant differentiation among the isolated populations with many microsatellite
loci monomorphic. Significant deviation from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium was observed in wild populations in the area subject
to stocking, where a Bayesian-based assignment test showed a high level of introgression with hatchery fish. These results
suggest that wild populations with haplotype mt1, which became isolated through anthropogenic environmental change in the
1950–1960s, represent indigenous populations of O. m. ishikawae in the River Koza. They have low genetic diversity, most likely caused by genetic bottlenecks following damming and environmental
deterioration, while stocking of hatchery fish over the past 30 years apparently had a large impact on the genetic structure
of wild populations in the main channel of the River Koza. 相似文献
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Konstantin V. Kiselev Anna V. Turlenko Yuri N. Zhuravlev 《Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture》2009,99(2):141-149
A somatic embryogenesis protocol for plant regeneration of northern red oak (Quercus rubra) was established from immature cotyledon explants. Embryogenic callus cultures were induced on Murashige and Skoog medium
(MS) containing 3% sucrose, 0.24% Phytagel™, and various concentrations of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-d) after 4 weeks of culture in darkness. A higher response (66%) of embryogenic callus was induced on 0.45 μM 2,4-d. Higher numbers of globular- (31), heart- (17), torpedo- (12), and cotyledon-stage (8) embryos per explant were obtained
by culturing embryogenic callus on MS with 3% sucrose, 0.24% Phytagel™, and devoid of growth regulators after 8 weeks culture
in darkness. Continuous sub-culturing of embryogenic callus on medium containing 2,4-d yielded only compact callus. Desiccation of embryos for 3 days in darkness at 25 ± 2°C followed by cold storage at 4°C in
darkness for 8 weeks favored embryo germination and development of plantlets. Cotyledon-stage embryos subjected to desiccation
and chilling treatment cultured on MS with 3% sucrose, 0.24 Phytagel™, 0.44 μM 6-benzylaminopurine (BA), and 0.29 μM gibberellic
acid germinated at a higher frequency (61%) than with 0.44 μM BA alone and control cultures. Germinated plantlets developed
a shoot and root, were acclimatized successfully, and maintained in a growth room for plantlet development. 相似文献
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