水稻中编码甘油—3—磷酸转酰酶部分cDNA的克隆及序列分析

参照国外报道的几种双子叶植物的甘油－３－磷酸转酰酶的相对保守的氨基酸序列,设计并合成了一对简并引物,提取抗冷性强的水稻品种“丽梗２号”的ＲＮＡ,采用ＲＴ－ＰＣＲ技术,扩增出３１５ｂｐ的一般ｃＤＮＡ片段。扩增产物经纯化后直接克隆到ｐＧＥＭ－Ｔ载体系统中,经ＰＣＲ法鉴定,所得的重组质粒中含有３１５ｂｐ的片段。     

黑麦染色体的显微分离与PCR扩增

利用改良的染色体显微分离技术,分离了黑麦（ＳｅｃａｌｅｃｅｒｅａｌｅＬ．）一个完整细胞的１８条染色体（１４Ａ＋４Ｂ）,用人工合成的寡核苷酸为引物,进行单一引物法（ｓｉｎｇｌｅｕｎｉｑｕｅｐｒｉｍｅｒＰＣＲ,ＳＵＰＰＣＲ）扩增,经Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ杂交证明,ＰＣＲ扩增产物与黑麦基因组ＤＮＡ同源。     

利用PCR技术行反义寡核苷酸体外抗丁型肝炎病毒基因组RNA中核酶的研究

设计一对ＰＣＲ引物,其中上游引物的５’端除目的基因外,还加Ｔ７ＲＮＡ聚合酶启动子序列,以质粒（ｐＳＶＬＤ３）为模板,通过ＰＣＲ扩增出带有Ｔ７ＲＮＡ聚合酶启动子序列的１３９ｂｐ的ｃＤＮＡ片段,它含有丁型肝炎病毒（ＨＤＶ）基因组ＲＮＡ中核酶（Ｒｉｂｏｚｙｍｅ）区的ｃＤＮＡ该核酶具有自身裂解功能,经测序发现该ｃＤＮＡ有２个碱基变异,以此ＰＣＲ产物为模板,通过Ｔ７ＲＮＡ聚合酶,转录出核酶的前体,并观察到其     

黑麦B染色体端粒相关序列的克隆

利用显微切割技术,分离了黑麦（ＳｅｃａｌｅｃｅｒｅａｌＬ．）１０个Ｂ染色体短臂端部片段,并利用寡核苷酸引物（ＣＣＣＴＡＡＡ）３及新建立的二级单引物序列ＰＣＲ扩增法,扩增了黑麦Ｂ染色体端粒相关序列。染色体原位杂交实验将ＰＣＲ产物定位于Ｂ染色体短臂末端,多数Ａ染色体末端也显示清晰的杂交信号。部分ＰＣＲ产物克隆到ｐＵＣ１９载体中,对其中一个克隆子ｐｐ３的序列分析结果表明,它与玉米亚端部克隆子ｐＢＦ２６６部分区域的同源性为９２％。就目前资料检索,黑麦、玉米端粒相关序列具有高度同源性还未见报道。对这一实验设计在构建高密度ＲＦＬＰ图谱中的应用进行了探讨     

用PCR法直接快速筛查重组阳性克隆

应用ＰＣＲ法快速筛查插入有苯丙氨酸脱氨酶ｃＤＮＡ重组阳性克隆。方法：用于ＰＣＲ扩增的引物是位于载体ｐＥＴ２３ｂ启动子处的Ｔ７启动子引物和位于目的基因ＰＡＬｃＤＮＡ３’端终止密码ＴＡＡ处的引物。以灭菌吸头挑一单菌落加入ＰＣＲ体系扩增。结果：在筛查的３个克隆中,有２个阳性克降,并且插入方向正确,经ＤＮＡ序列测定得到进一步证实。结论：以ＰＣＲ方法筛查重组阳性克隆,可以简便快速鉴定插入片段的大小和方面,不     

犬瘟热病毒反转录—聚合酶链反应诊断方法的建立和初步应用

根据Ｂａｒｒｅｔｔ报道的犬瘟热病毒Ｏｎｄｅｒｓｔｅｐｏｏｒｔ弱毒株的融合蛋白基因序列,设计合成了一对能扩增３２４ｂｐ基因片段的引物。将异硫氰酸胍－酚－仿一步法提取得到的细胞总ＲＮＡ进行反转录,以此产物为模板进行ＰＣＲ扩增,并对ＰＣＲ扩增条件进行了优化。经鉴定,以此对引物进行的ＰＣＲ扩增,得到了与设计片段大小和酶切位点相同的产物,且不扩增犬细小病毒、犬腺病毒和狂犬病病毒犬的三种病原的核酸,这表明此方     

抗原捕获聚合酶链式反应（AC—PCR）直接分型检测单纯疱疹病毒

用抗单纯疱疹病毒（ＨＳＶ）型共同性ｇＣ和ｇＤ单克隆抗体（ＭｃＡｂ）,包被Ｅｐｐｅｎｄｏｒｆ管,捕捉ＨＳＶ,同时加入３个引物：一个是ＨＳＶ－１／ＨＳＶ－型共同性上游引物,另两个分别是ＨＳＶ－１和ＨＳＶ－２型特异性下游引物。借此建立了能直接分型检测ＨＳＶ的抗原捕获聚合酶链式反应（ＡＣ－ＰＣＲ）。ＨＳＶ－１的扩增产物为４７７ｂｐ,ＨＳＶ－２的为３９９ｂｐ,两型病毒经ＡＣ－ＰＣＲ扩增后产生分子量不同的ＤＮ     

岸蟹（Carcinus maenas）金属硫蛋白cDNA及其基因的克隆

利用已知的Ｃ．ｍａｅｎａｓ金属硫蛋白氨基酸序列资料,用全简并的ＰＣＲ引物,从鳃组织总ＲＮＡ中扩增出两种金属硫蛋白ｃＤＮＡ片断,并将其克隆到ｐＧＥＭ－Ｔ载体中,序列测定表明,其中一种ｃＤＮＡ片断核苷酸序列和推知的Ｃ．ｍａｅｎａｓ金属硫蛋白核苷酸序列完全吻合;另一种ｃＤＮＡ片断则在３’端有较大变异。根据前者ｃＤＮＡ片段序列设计特异性引物,扩增并克隆了其编码区全长ｃＤＮＡ和其编码基因,测序结果表明,岸蟹     

应用聚合酶链反应对我国不同来源肾综合征出血热病霉的型别分析

应用聚合酶链反应（ＰＣＲ）,对分离自不同地区、不同宿主来源的２６株肾综合征出血热病毒进行了分型,其中包括４个型别的国际标准株,用异硫氰酸胍－酚－氯仿方法从感染的Ｖｅｒｏ－Ｅ６细胞中提取总ＲＮＡ,设计了５对寡核苷酸引物,一对为汉坦病毒特异性引物;４对为不同型特异性引物。ＰＣＲ分型表明,２６株中除１株Ｒｒ可同时被汉坦（ＨＹＮ）和Ｓｅｏｕｌ（ＳＥＯ）两型特异性引物扩增外,其余２５株分别只被４个型别引物中的一个所扩增,依次为ＨＴＮ１６株,ＳＥＯ７株,Ｐｕｕｍａｌａ（ＰＵＵ）１株,ＰｒｏｓｐｅｃｔＨｉｌｌ（ＰＨ）１株。ＰＣＲ分型的结果与空斑减少中和试验完全一致,表明ＰＣＲ可以对肾综合征出血热病毒准成分型。应用限制性内切酶分析了扩增产物,结果与理论基本一致,证实了扩增产物的特异性。     

抗原捕获聚合酶链式反应（AC－PCR）直接分型检测单纯疱疹病毒

用抗单纯疱疹病毒（ＨＳＶ）型共同性ｇＣ和ｇＤ羊克隆抗体（ＭｃＡｂ）,包被即Ｅｐｐｅｎｄｏｒｆ管,捕捉ＨＳＶ,同时加入３个引物：一个是ＨＳＶ─１／ＨＳＶ─２型共同性上游引物,另两个分别是ＨＳＶ─１和ＨＳＶ─２型特异性下游引物。借此建立了能直接分型检测ＨＳＶ的抗原捕获聚合酶链式反应（ＡＣ─ＰＣＲ）。ＨＳＶ─１的扩增产物为４７７ｂｐ,ＨＳＶ─２的为３９９ｂｐ两型病毒经ＡＣ─ＰＣＲ扩增后产生分子量不同的ＤＮＡ片段,致使ＡＣ─ＰＣＲ能直接分型检测ＨＳＶ。ＨＳＶ─１和ＨＳＶ─２扩增产物的克隆和序列分析表明,本方法特异性好。用本法检测Ｂａｌｂ／ｃ幼鼠中枢神经系统ＨＳＶ感染的脑标本,进一步证实本方法不仅敏感、特异,而且分型准确。     

从水稻Ac/Ds插入突变体扩增Ds侧翼序列的最适TAIL-PCR引物

温度非对称交互PCR(TAIL-PCR)技术已广泛应用于从多种生物体系克隆侧翼于已知序列的DNA片段的分子操作中,并极大地促进了反向遗传学研究。但是,可能由于不同物种间基因组大小和序列存在显差异,在采用该技术进行转座元件Ds水稻插入突变体鉴定过程中,常因TAIL-PCR反应的稳定性差而影响突变体筛选效率。有鉴于此,根据Ds核苷酸序列设计了分别对应或互补于Ds插入元件两端长度不同的12个特异引物组成32个组合,在大量预试验基础上与6个不同简并性(32～256)的随机简并引物分别组合进行TAIL-PCR反应,较系统地研究了引物特性对以水稻基因组DNA为模板的TAIL-PCR反应效率的影响。结果发现,第一反应采用长序列特异引物(36～40mer)可显提高扩增特异性,随机简并引物的简并度对反应的影响显。还选择出两个适于从水稻Ds插入突变体基因组高效扩增出Ds插入侧翼片段的最优特异引物组合和最适简并引物。应用本研究结果可显地提高TAIL-PCR技术筛选水稻插入突变体的效率。     

PCR with degenerate primers amplifies a subgenomic DNA fragment from the endoglucanase gene(s) of Torula thermophila, a thermophilic fungus

The aim of this study was to enable the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of DNA fragments within endoglucanase gene(s) of Torula thermophila, by using degenerate primers so that the amplified fragment(s) could be used as homologous probe(s) for cloning of full-length endoglucanase gene(s). The design of the degenerate PCR primers was mainly based on the endoglucanase sequences of other fungi. The endoglucanase gene sequence of Humicola insolens was the only sequence from a thermophilic fungus publicly available in the literature. Therefore, the endoglucanase sequences of the two Trichoderma species, Trichoderma reesei and Trichoderma longibrachiatum, were used to generalize the primers. PCR amplification of T. thermophila genomic DNA with these primers resilied in a specific amplification. The specificity of the amplified fragment was shown by Southern hybridization analysis using egl3 gene of T. reesei as probe. This result suggested that the degenerate primers used in this study may be of value for studies aimed at cloning of endoglucanase genes from a range of related fungi.     

The influence of quality of primers on the formation of primer dimers in PCR

Abstract

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is the most commonly used method for nucleic acids amplification. PCR performance depends on several causes, among which the quality of primers is one of the main determinants affecting specificity, sensitivity and reliability of the reaction. Here, we report on the results of the detailed study devoted to the dimerization of the primers during PCR. The course and specificity of the reaction were studied on the model DNA templates as well as genomic DNA using primers that form amplifiable heterodimeric structures with different thermodynamic stability. It was confirmed that more than two 3′-overlapping nucleotides cause a considerable accumulation of primer dimers. It turned out that the presence of any DNA promotes the formation of dimers even for primers, which do not tend to nonspecific amplification in the absence of DNA. It was shown that dimerization could not be eliminated by commonly used techniques. Even the use of hot-start DNA polymerases does not prevent PD formation if primers with stable 3′-overlapping are employed. Despite several advantages of PCR with abutting primers, their close disposition has no benefits regarding the formation of PD if low-quality primers are utilized.     

Deconstructing the Polymerase Chain Reaction: Understanding and Correcting Bias Associated with Primer Degeneracies and Primer-Template Mismatches

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is sensitive to mismatches between primer and template, and mismatches can lead to inefficient amplification of targeted regions of DNA template. In PCRs in which a degenerate primer pool is employed, each primer can behave differently. Therefore, inefficiencies due to different primer melting temperatures within a degenerate primer pool, in addition to mismatches between primer binding sites and primers, can lead to a distortion of the true relative abundance of targets in the original DNA pool. A theoretical analysis indicated that a combination of primer-template and primer-amplicon interactions during PCR cycles 3–12 is potentially responsible for this distortion. To test this hypothesis, we developed a novel amplification strategy, entitled “Polymerase-exonuclease (PEX) PCR”, in which primer-template interactions and primer-amplicon interactions are separated. The PEX PCR method substantially and significantly improved the evenness of recovery of sequences from a mock community of known composition, and allowed for amplification of templates with introduced mismatches near the 3’ end of the primer annealing sites. When the PEX PCR method was applied to genomic DNA extracted from complex environmental samples, a significant shift in the observed microbial community was detected. Furthermore, the PEX PCR method provides a mechanism to identify which primers in a primer pool are annealing to target gDNA. Primer utilization patterns revealed that at high annealing temperatures in the PEX PCR method, perfect match annealing predominates, while at lower annealing temperatures, primers with up to four mismatches with templates can contribute substantially to amplification. The PEX PCR method is simple to perform, is limited to PCR mixes and a single exonuclease step which can be performed without reaction cleanup, and is recommended for reactions in which degenerate primer pools are used or when mismatches between primers and template are possible.     

RNA: a method to specifically inhibit PCR amplification of known members of a multigene family by degenerate primers

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a versatile method to amplify specific DNA with oligonucleotide primers. By designing degenerate PCR primers based on amino acid sequences that are highly conserved among all known gene family members, new members of a multigene family can be identified. The inherent weakness of this approach is that the degenerate primers will amplify previously identified, in addition to new, family members. To specifically address this problem, we synthesized a specific RNA for each known family member so that it hybridized to one strand of the template, adjacent to the 3′-end of the primer, allowing the degenerate primer to bind yet preventing extension by DNA polymerase. To test our strategy, we used known members of the soluble, nitric oxide-sensitive guanylyl cyclase family as our templates and degenerate primers that discriminate this family from other guanylyl cyclases. We demonstrate that amplification of known members of this family is effectively and specifically inhibited by the corresponding RNAs, alone or in combination. This robust method can be adapted to any application where multiple PCR products are amplified, as long as the sequence of the desired and the undesired PCR product(s) is sufficiently distinct between the primers.     

Frankia genus-specific characterization by polymerase chain reaction.

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is an in vitro procedure for primer-directed enzymatic amplification of specific template nucleic acid sequences. In order to determine whether a given actinomycete isolated from an actinorhiza (nodule) belongs to the genus Frankia or is a contaminant, we have developed a test based on the PCR. Primers complementary to sequences of two DNA regions corresponding to the nif genes (nifH and nifD) and the rRNA genes (16S and 23S) were specifically chosen to differentially amplify DNAs from Frankia strains but not those from other microorganisms. A series of positive and negative controls were set up by using universal or selective primers resulting in a discriminant amplification, which could be detected after agarose gel electrophoresis. In the nif region, degenerate oligonucleotide primers were used to amplify a target common to all the nitrogen-fixing microorganisms tested, while another set of primers amplified a target with a high specificity for Frankia strains. In the rRNA gene region, universal and specific primers were characterized and tested with DNAs from a wide range of microorganisms. The efficiency of this rapid and sensitive PCR assay was tested with an isolate obtained from Alnus nepalensis nodules, confirming results obtained by nodulation tests.     

Frankia genus-specific characterization by polymerase chain reaction.

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is an in vitro procedure for primer-directed enzymatic amplification of specific template nucleic acid sequences. In order to determine whether a given actinomycete isolated from an actinorhiza (nodule) belongs to the genus Frankia or is a contaminant, we have developed a test based on the PCR. Primers complementary to sequences of two DNA regions corresponding to the nif genes (nifH and nifD) and the rRNA genes (16S and 23S) were specifically chosen to differentially amplify DNAs from Frankia strains but not those from other microorganisms. A series of positive and negative controls were set up by using universal or selective primers resulting in a discriminant amplification, which could be detected after agarose gel electrophoresis. In the nif region, degenerate oligonucleotide primers were used to amplify a target common to all the nitrogen-fixing microorganisms tested, while another set of primers amplified a target with a high specificity for Frankia strains. In the rRNA gene region, universal and specific primers were characterized and tested with DNAs from a wide range of microorganisms. The efficiency of this rapid and sensitive PCR assay was tested with an isolate obtained from Alnus nepalensis nodules, confirming results obtained by nodulation tests.     

四甲基氯化铵在PCR扩增小麦基因中的关键作用

利用高简并性引物,用PCR法从小麦DNA或cDNA中合成小麦几丁质酶基因、葡 聚糖酶基因和苯丙氨酸解氨酶基因片段。在PCR反应中添加四甲基氯化铵(TMACl)是合成这些特异基因片段的关键。合成的PCR片段都经末端补齐和磷酸化后用于克隆。核酸序列分析证实,这些PCR产物分别与用于设计PCR引物的基因具有高度的同源性。 Abstract:In the presence of tetramethy1 ammonium chloride(TMAC1),a chitinase gene sequence,a phenylalanine ammonia-lyase gene sequence and a glucanase cDNA sequence of wheat were amplified with highly degenerate primers by PCR.The inclusion of TMAC1 in the PCR reactions was essential for successful amplification of the desired sequences from genomic DNA or cDNA in wheat.The ends of the PCR fragments were made flush and phosphorylated prior to cloning.Sequence analyses of the above PCR fragments confirmed their identities,showing high sequence similarities to the genes used for the design of PCR primers.     

Performance comparison of genetic markers for high‐throughput sequencing‐based biodiversity assessment in complex communities

Metabarcode surveys of DNA extracted from environmental samples are increasingly popular for biodiversity assessment in natural communities. Such surveys rely heavily on robust genetic markers. Therefore, analysis of PCR efficiency and subsequent biodiversity estimation for different types of genetic markers and their corresponding primers is important. Here, we test the PCR efficiency and biodiversity recovery potential of three commonly used genetic markers – nuclear small subunit ribosomal DNA (18S), mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) and 16S ribosomal RNA (mt16S) – using 454 pyrosequencing of a zooplankton community collected from Hamilton Harbour, Ontario. We found that biodiversity detection power and PCR efficiency varied widely among these markers. All tested primers for COI failed to provide high‐quality PCR products for pyrosequencing, but newly designed primers for 18S and 16S passed all tests. Furthermore, multiple analyses based on large‐scale pyrosequencing (i.e. 1/2 PicoTiter plate for each marker) showed that primers for 18S recover more (38 orders) groups than 16S (10 orders) across all taxa, and four vs. two orders and nine vs. six families for Crustacea. Our results showed that 18S, using newly designed primers, is an efficient and powerful tool for profiling biodiversity in largely unexplored communities, especially when amplification difficulties exist for mitochondrial markers such as COI. Universal primers for higher resolution markers such as COI are still needed to address the possible low resolution of 18S for species‐level identification.