A Gateway MultiSite recombination cloning toolkit

The generation of DNA constructs is often a rate-limiting step in conducting biological experiments. Recombination cloning of single DNA fragments using the Gateway system provided an advance over traditional restriction enzyme cloning due to increases in efficiency and reliability. Here we introduce a series of entry clones and a destination vector for use in two, three, and four fragment Gateway MultiSite recombination cloning whose advantages include increased flexibility and versatility. In contrast to Gateway single-fragment cloning approaches where variations are typically incorporated into model system-specific destination vectors, our Gateway MultiSite cloning strategy incorporates variations in easily generated entry clones that are model system-independent. In particular, we present entry clones containing insertions of GAL4, QF, UAS, QUAS, eGFP, and mCherry, among others, and demonstrate their in vivo functionality in Drosophila by using them to generate expression clones including GAL4 and QF drivers for various trp ion channel family members, UAS and QUAS excitatory and inhibitory light-gated ion channels, and QUAS red and green fluorescent synaptic vesicle markers. We thus establish a starter toolkit of modular Gateway MultiSite entry clones potentially adaptable to any model system. An inventory of entry clones and destination vectors for Gateway MultiSite cloning has also been established (www.gatewaymultisite.org).     

From Gateway to MultiSite Gateway in one recombination event

Background  

Invitrogen Gateway technology exploits the integrase/att site-specific recombination system for directional cloning of PCR products and the subsequent subcloning into destination vectors. One or three DNA segments can be cloned using Gateway or MultiSite Gateway respectively. A vast number of single-site Gateway destination vectors have been created while MultiSite Gateway is limited to few destination vectors and therefore to few applications. The aim of this work was to make the MultiSite Gateway technology available for multiple biological purposes.     

植物数量性状基因的定位与克隆

作物的许多重要农艺性状属于数量性状,鉴定和发掘控制数量性状的基因及其优异的等位变异,并使之快速应用于育种实践是新时期作物科学家和育种学家所面临的重大课题。本文从QTL作图、QTL的精细定位与图位克隆、QTL近等基因系和染色体片断代换系的建立以及基于LD的关联分析等方面对植物数量性状的研究进展进行了讨论,提出了以植物基因组学技术为平台,将QTL作图与关联分析方法相结合,是进行数量性状遗传机理研究同时服务于作物育种实践的有效途径。     

植物数量性状基因的定位与克隆

作物的许多重要农艺性状属于数量性状, 鉴定和发掘控制数量性状的基因及其优异的等位变异, 并使之快速应用于育种实践是新时期作物科学家和育种学家所面临的重大课题。本文从QTL作图、QTL的精细定位与图位克隆、QTL近等基因系和染色体片断代换系的建立以及基于LD的关联分析等方面对植物数量性状的研究进展进行了讨论, 提出了以植物基因组学技术为平台, 将QTL作图与关联分析方法相结合, 是进行数量性状遗传机理研究同时服务于作物育种实践的有效途径。     

克隆差异表达基因的新策略

基因表达的变化有两种,即新出现的基因表达与表达量差异的基因表达.表达量差异的基因克隆技术主要有mRNA差异展示,此技术是目前筛选差异表达基因最有效的方法之一,但主要存在假阳性率高的不足,针对此缺点,近几年提出了新的策略与方法,如差异消减展示、基于PCR和减法杂交基础上的差异表达基因克隆技术,这些技术具有显著优势.     

Simultaneous sequence transfer into two independent locations of a reporter vector using MultiSite Gateway technology

The bacteriophage lambda recombination system is increasingly used for recombinant DNA applications that involve the frequent transfer of sequences into and between shuttle and reporter vectors. This approach bypasses the need for restriction endonucleases or ligases and, as such, is easily scalable and automated. However this system has not yet been tested for the ability to support the simultaneous introduction of donor fragments into two separate target sites of a single reporter plasmid. This attribute would greatly facilitate studies of cis-regulatory elements that only function in specific combinations, such as a class of regulatory elements known as chromatin insulators. With the goal of facilitating a screen for chromatin insulators, we sought to determine whether the commercially available MultiSite Gateway Technology recombination system could be used to simultaneously insert candidate insulator elements into two separate locations of a functional reporter plasmid. We show that this application is both highly efficient and specific, generating the desired recombination products nearly three quarters of the time without disrupting the specificity of the reporter system. As such, these studies establish a novel application of the MultiSite Gateway Technology for the generation of recombinant reporter plasmids where the constituent elements function in a combinatorial fashion.     

限制酶介导整合技术：一种克隆新基因的新策略

限制酶介导整合（REMI）技术是近年发展起来的一种研究新基因的方法,已被用于盘基网柄菌、酵母和丝状真菌等微生物细胞与发育过程的研究。结合质粒拯救技术,可快速分离质粒两侧未知的基因组DNA序列,进而对该序列做进一步分析和研究。我们简要介绍了REMI技术的基本原理、影响因素、缺点及其应用。     

生物信息学技术克隆人类神经髓鞘蛋白零家族基因

为克隆新的髓鞘蛋白相关基因,将ＭＰＺ基因编码区ｃＤＮＡ与ＥＳＴ数据库进行同源性比较,得到与ＭＰＺ显著相似的２个ＥＳＴ,构建成８０１ｂｐ的重叠群。此重叠群与定位在１ｑ２４的１２８ｋｂ ｇＤｎＡ的相似性为１００％。计算机分析有ｂｐ和重叠群可能存在一个４３５ｂｐ的阅读框架。在重叠群上设计两个引物与文库载体臂上的引物配对,扩增各种ｃＤＮＡ文库ＤＮＡ作巢式ＰＣ拓所得ｃＤＮＡ上再设计引物进行巢式ＰＣＲ,最终克     

Presence of Unintended Agrobacterium tumefaciens Cloning Vector Sequences in Genetically Modified Plants

Agrobacterium transformation was used in the production of genetically modified plants from oilseed rape (Brassica napus) and tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum). After inoculation stop with the antibiotic timentin, a subsequent one-week treatment eliminated the vector bacterium from the oilseed rape plate explant cultures. From the tobacco, however, we recorded vector-derived signals one week after potting the regenerants in the greenhouse and still 10 weeks later. Genetically modified plants produced through Agrobacterium-transformation therefore cannot be guaranteed to be completely free of unintended vector sequences after antibiotic treatment.     

用DDRT-PCR技术克隆小鼠早期胚胎发育相关基因

mRNA差异显示 (DDRT PCR)技术在哺乳动物早期胚胎发育相关基因研究中的应用 ,因获得足够量的早期胚胎材料困难而受到限制 .通过对DDRT PCR技术各种条件参数进行优化组合 ,并对某些环节进行改良 ,以小鼠的MⅡ卵、2 细胞胚胎和 4 细胞胚胎为材料进行差异显示 ,仅以相当于5 0个卵细胞的量为起始材料 ,便得到了理想的差示结果 .从差异条带中挑取感兴趣的差异条带进行回收、阳性鉴定、亚克隆、序列分析、并在反向Northern杂交基础上设计了鉴定实验 .结果发现 ,有一个片段差异显著且是阶段性特异表达 .经GenBank检索 ,发现该片段仅有同源的EST ,其全长及功能尚不清楚 ,是一个功能未知基因 ,将该片段命名为ed1.反向Northern杂交结果表明 ,ed1在 2 细胞期胚胎中有表达 ,而在MⅡ卵及 4 细胞胚胎中均不表达 .     

植物来源的镰刀菌抗性相关基因

镰刀菌是植物的重要病原真菌,其入侵植物体可引起镰刀菌病害,给农作物和其它植物的生产带来极大的危害。植物是抗性基因的重要来源之一,随着分子生物学技术的飞速发展,大量的镰刀菌相关抗性基因和抗性候选基因从不同的植物中被分离和鉴定,并应用于抗镰刀菌基因工程育种。对植物来源的镰刀菌抗性基因的种类及其作用机理、抗病候选基因、拟南芥-镰刀菌互作机制及基因调控进行了概述。     

图位克隆技术在分离植物基因中的应用

本文综述图位克隆技术的原理及基本技术环节,并与其它基因克隆技术相比较说明图位克隆技术的优缺点。本文还对近年来图位克隆技术在分离不同的植物发育基因上的广泛应用进行了简要概述,并对其应用前景和近期的预期进展作出展望。 Abstract:In this review,the principle and basis steps of map-based gene cloning on plant were introduced in detail.At the same time,the advantages and disadvantage of the method were evaluated as compared with the other methods.The extensive application of the map-based gene cloning method on cloning genes of different plants in the past was also summarized in brief.The prospect and the expected progress in several years were proposed in this paper.     

Resistance Gene Analogues as a Tool for Rapid Identification and Cloning of Disease Resistance Genes in Plants 3 A Review

Most of the disease resistance genes (R-genes) discovered in plants have conserved functional domains, predominantly among them are nucleotide binding sites (NBS) and leucine rich repeats (LRR). The sequence information of the conserved domains can be invariably used to mine similar sequences from other plant species, using degenerate and specific primers for their amplification in a polymerase chain reaction. Such derived sequences, known as Resistance Gene Analogues (RGAs), can serve as molecular markers for rapid identification and isolation of R-genes. Besides, they can also provide clues about the evolutionary mechanism of resistance genes and the interaction involved in pathogen recognition. In the recent years, this sequence-homology based approach has been used extensively for the cloning and mapping of RGAs in cereals, pulses, oilseeds, coffee, spices, forest trees and horticultural crops. In this article, the current status of cloning of RGAs from different crops has been reviewed. A general method of RGA cloning and its modifications like NBS-profiling and AFLP-NBS have also been discussed along with examples. Further, it has been suggested that the RGAs cloned in various crops would be a useful genomic resource for developing cultivars with durable resistance to diseases in different crop breeding programmes.     

植物生育酚合成相关酶基因的克隆及其功能

生育酚是一种对植物、动物和人类都具有十分重要作用的脂溶性维生素,而植物则是人类生育酚的主要来源。该文在对生育酚的结构和合成途径进行简单介绍的基础上,重点总结了目前已克隆的植物生育酚合成相关酶基因及其功能。     

Versatile Vectors for Expressing Genes in Plants

Three new plant expression vectors were constructed by cloning three synthetic linkers carrying several multi-cloning sites with three different reading frames into pBl121 plant vector. The vectors contained CaMV 35S promoter and NOSter terminator.     

植物基因的图位克隆

图位克隆是基因的有效方法,本文概述了植物基因图位克隆的研究进展,主要包括图位克隆的一般策略、相关技术、发展前景和其它基因组领域研究于其带来的有益借鉴。