各地区人类嗜T细胞病毒Ⅰ型的聚类分析

已有相关文献表明人类嗜T细胞病毒Ⅰ型(Human T-lymphotropic virus 1,记为HTLV-Ⅰ)的分布具有区域性,本文旨在提出不同的分析区域性的方法。首先从GenBank中选取来自亚洲、南美洲、非洲的共20条核苷酸序列,用分子生物学软件Vector NTI Suite分析各地区序列样本内部的同源性,然后以各序列的氨基酸含量为对象,定义一个全新的公式进行同源性分析,将该结果与其他研究者采用实验的方法的分析结果比较。结果发现不同的分析方法所得的结论均是一致的。这表明:HTLV-Ⅰ病毒的分布有明显的区域性,文章采用的研究方法对其他流行病学的研究是同样可行的。     

一株野生细菌的16Sr DNA序列分析与系统发育树的构建

以野生细菌F0303的总DNA为模板,采用细菌16Sr DNA的通用引物,通过PCR的方法扩增到一条约1．5Kb的16SrDNA片段。连接到pGEM-T-easy克隆载体上,并用化学法转化E．coli DH5a。用EcoR I对5个随机挑取的转化子进行的酶切分析表明这5个转化子皆为阳性。DNA测序表明该PCR扩增到的16Sr DNA片段长为1475核苷酸。与GenBank上已提交的16Sr DNA进行的比对(BLAST)表明野生细菌F0303归属于沙雷氏属。由Vector NTI Suite 6软件构建的系统发育树表明与深红色沙雷氏细菌(Sematia rubidaea)亲源关系最近,在核苷酸水平有97．8％的相似性。     

EMBOSS软件包序列分析程序应用实例

本文介绍欧洲分子生物学开放软件包EMBOSS序列分析程序应用实例.第1节简单介绍EMBOSS软件包的概况和基本用法.第2节介绍格式转换、序列提取、序列变换和序列显示等常用序列处理程序.第3节介绍序列比对程序,包括双序列比对、多序列比对和点阵图程序.第4节介绍常用核酸序列分析程序,可用于核苷酸组分统计、开放读码框分析、C...     

凡纳滨对虾虾头内源性蛋白酶同源性分析

以凡纳滨对虾 (Litopenaeus vannamei shrimp) 虾头为原料,采用Q- Sepharose F F和Sephadex G-150对虾头内源碱性蛋白酶进行了纯化,通过SDS-PAGE测定分子量为79.95 kD|采用DEAE-Sepharose F.F和Sephadex G-100对内源酸性蛋白酶进行了纯化,通过SDS-PAGE测定分子量为27.45 kD. 利用HPLC-ESI-MS/MS对虾头内源碱性和酸性蛋白酶同源性进行了初步分析,将检测到内源性蛋白酶的部分氨基酸序列分别与不同物种的胰蛋白酶和胃蛋白酶氨基酸序列于Vector NTI suite 8.0软件上进行序列比对. 结果表明,内源性碱性蛋白酶与猪胰蛋白酶具有很高的同源性,均含有氨基酸序列LSSPATLNSRVATVSLPR|内源性酸性蛋白酶与非洲蟾蜍胃亚蛋白酶具有很高的同源性,均含有氨基酸序列EFGLSETEPGTNF.     

桂林地区麻鸭DHBV基因全长克隆和序列分析以及DHBV定量检测方法的建立

携带鸭乙肝病毒(DHBV)麻鸭作为乙肝动物模型被广泛应用于抗HBV药物活性和毒性研究,广西桂林地区麻鸭具有较高的DHBV携带率,但其DHBV基因组结构特点尚未见报道。本研究克隆了桂林麻鸭DHBV基因组,其序列全长3 027bp,ORF finder分析发现桂林麻鸭DHBV除具有S、P、C开放阅读框架外,还有一编码未知多肽的开放阅读框架,Vector NTI 8.0分析显示该多肽具有与HLA*0201结合的模体结构。比对不同国家及地区DHBV序列,并以Mega5.0生成进化树提示DHBV序列差异无明显的地域分布特点。以所构建的DHBV S基因重组质粒pGEM-DHBV-S为标准品,建立了荧光定量PCR检测DHBV方法。本研究结果为应用桂林麻鸭作为乙肝动物模型奠定了实验基础。     

电子通讯与生物大分子序列分析

交互网络(Internet)的发展为联网的计算机用户之间进行信息交流提供了有效途径.就分子生物学家而言,他们不仅可以利用电子邮件系统发送和接收信息,而且更重要的是能够存取大量的分子生物学数据库和软件.利用Internet可以开展多种序列分析作业,包括序列数据库的类似性检索、基因编码区鉴定和蛋白质二级结构分析等.一个数据库,例如GenBank,可以通过多种方式来存取:a.电子邮件文件服务器,b.文件传送协议(FTP),c.Gopher,WAIS或WWW等服务器-客户机(Server-Client)系统.专为分子生物学家设计的BIOSCI电子公告牌为研究人员开展学术讨论、寻求别人帮助和与数据库人员交流提供了极大的方便.     

EMBOSS和EMBnet

笔者撰写的“EMBOSS软件包序列分析程序实例”一文,已经在《生物信息学》期刊2021年第19卷第1期发表。此文介绍欧洲分子生物学开放软件包(European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite, EMBOSS)。EMBOSS是欧洲分子生物学网络组织(European Molecular Biology Network, EMBnet)于上世纪九十年代末启动的以欧洲国家为主的国际合作项目,是生物信息学领域中较早投入使用的大型开源软件包。本文基于笔者亲身经历,回顾EMBOSS项目的来龙去脉,讲述EMBnet三十多年来的发展历程,及其对生物信息开发、服务和教育培训等方面的贡献,从某个侧面为读者特别是年轻读者展示生物信息学发展早期的一段历史。     

DNA分子标记技术在生态学研究中的应用

分子生物学几种常见的分子标记技术如RFLP,RAPD,微卫星法,DNA序列分析使生态学研究从宏观步入了微观领域,极大的推动了生态学的发展,对这几种分子标记技术在生态学中的应用及其进展进行了综述,并比较了这些分子生物学技术各自的优缺点.     

核糖体DNA序列分析在昆虫系统学研究中的应用

随着分子生物学技术的迅速发展,DNA序列分析在昆虫系统学研究中的应用不断增多。本文系统阐述了核糖体DNA的结构、分类学意义、以及在昆虫不同类群不同阶元之间系统发育关系研究中的应用,概要介绍了序列分析方法,并对其应用前景进行了展望。     

Vector NTI, a balanced all-in-one sequence analysis suite

Vector NTI is a well-balanced desktop application integrated for molecular sequence analysis and biological data management. It has a centralised database and five application modules: Vector NTI, AlignX, BioAnnotator, ContigExpress and GenomBench. In this review, the features and functions available in this software are examined. These include database management, primer design, virtual cloning, alignments, sequence assembly, 3D molecular viewer and internet tools. Some problems encountered when using this software are also discussed. It is hoped that this review will introduce this software to more molecular biologists so they can make better-informed decisions when choosing computational tools to facilitate their everyday laboratory work. This tool can save time and enhance analysis but it requires some learning on the user's part and there are some issues that need to be addressed by the developer.     

Calculating life? Duelling discourses in interdisciplinary systems biology

A high profile context in which physics and biology meet today is in the new field of systems biology. Systems biology is a fascinating subject for sociological investigation because the demands of interdisciplinary collaboration have brought epistemological issues and debates front and centre in discussions amongst systems biologists in conference settings, in publications, and in laboratory coffee rooms. One could argue that systems biologists are conducting their own philosophy of science. This paper explores the epistemic aspirations of the field by drawing on interviews with scientists working in systems biology, attendance at systems biology conferences and workshops, and visits to systems biology laboratories. It examines the discourses of systems biologists, looking at how they position their work in relation to previous types of biological inquiry, particularly molecular biology. For example, they raise the issue of reductionism to distinguish systems biology from molecular biology. This comparison with molecular biology leads to discussions about the goals and aspirations of systems biology, including epistemic commitments to quantification, rigor and predictability. Some systems biologists aspire to make biology more similar to physics and engineering by making living systems calculable, modelable and ultimately predictable-a research programme that is perhaps taken to its most extreme form in systems biology's sister discipline: synthetic biology. Other systems biologists, however, do not think that the standards of the physical sciences are the standards by which we should measure the achievements of systems biology, and doubt whether such standards will ever be applicable to 'dirty, unruly living systems'. This paper explores these epistemic tensions and reflects on their sociological dimensions and their consequences for future work in the life sciences.     

Molecular approaches to the study of evolution and phylogeny of the Nemertina

Molecular biological tools currently available to us are revolutionizing the way in which we can address questions in evolutionary biology. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of molecular techniques and applications available to biologists who are interested in evolutionary studies but who have little acquaintance with molecular biology. In evolutionary biology, techniques designed to determine degree of nucleic acid similarity are in common use and will be dealt with first. Another approach, namely gene expression studies, has strong implications for evolutionary biology but generally requires substantial familiarity with molecular biological tools. Expression studies provide powerful tools for discerning processes of speciation, as in the selection of genetic variants, as well as discerning lineages, e.g., expression of specific homeobox genes during segment formation. For investigations where either nucleic acid identity or gene expression are the ultimate goal, detailed information, protocols and appropriate controls are beyond the scope of this work but, where possible, recent review articles are cited.     

Type I restriction systems: sophisticated molecular machines (a legacy of Bertani and Weigle).

Restriction enzymes are well known as reagents widely used by molecular biologists for genetic manipulation and analysis, but these reagents represent only one class (type II) of a wider range of enzymes that recognize specific nucleotide sequences in DNA molecules and detect the provenance of the DNA on the basis of specific modifications to their target sequence. Type I restriction and modification (R-M) systems are complex; a single multifunctional enzyme can respond to the modification state of its target sequence with the alternative activities of modification or restriction. In the absence of DNA modification, a type I R-M enzyme behaves like a molecular motor, translocating vast stretches of DNA towards itself before eventually breaking the DNA molecule. These sophisticated enzymes are the focus of this review, which will emphasize those aspects that give insights into more general problems of molecular and microbial biology. Current molecular experiments explore target recognition, intramolecular communication, and enzyme activities, including DNA translocation. Type I R-M systems are notable for their ability to evolve new specificities, even in laboratory cultures. This observation raises the important question of how bacteria protect their chromosomes from destruction by newly acquired restriction specifities. Recent experiments demonstrate proteolytic mechanisms by which cells avoid DNA breakage by a type I R-M system whenever their chromosomal DNA acquires unmodified target sequences. Finally, the review will reflect the present impact of genomic sequences on a field that has previously derived information almost exclusively from the analysis of bacteria commonly studied in the laboratory.     

Transient state kinetics tutorial using the kinetics simulation program, KINSIM.

This article provides an introduction to a computer tutorial on transient state kinetics. The tutorial uses our Macintosh version of the computer program, KINSIM, that calculates the time course of reactions. KINSIM is also available for other popular computers. This program allows even those investigators not mathematically inclined to evaluate the rate constants for the transitions between the intermediates in any reaction mechanism. These rate constants are one of the insights that are essential for understanding how biochemical processes work at the molecular level. The approach is applicable not only to enzyme reactions but also to any other type of process of interest to biophysicists, cell biologists, and molecular biologists in which concentrations change with time. In principle, the same methods could be used to characterize time-dependent, large-scale processes in ecology and evolution. Completion of the tutorial takes students 6-10 h. This investment is rewarded by a deep understanding of the principles of chemical kinetics and familiarity with the tools of kinetics simulation as an approach to solve everyday problems in the laboratory.     

人重组磷脂酶D_2变构体cDNA和蛋白质序列分析

采用VectorNTI、DNATools等计算机分析软件及信息库,研究人重组磷脂酶D2(rhPLD2)变构体的生物学特征。rhPLD2具有多种基因结构和功能调控元件,其编码的蛋白质具有发挥功能所必需的活性保守基序和一定的空间结构,表明rhPLD2应是一种具有一定生物学功能的异质性蛋白质。     

Marine molecular biology: an emerging field of biological sciences

An appreciation of the potential applications of molecular biology is of growing importance in many areas of life sciences, including marine biology. During the past two decades, the development of sophisticated molecular technologies and instruments for biomedical research has resulted in significant advances in the biological sciences. However, the value of molecular techniques for addressing problems in marine biology has only recently begun to be cherished. It has been proven that the exploitation of molecular biological techniques will allow difficult research questions about marine organisms and ocean processes to be addressed. Marine molecular biology is a discipline, which strives to define and solve the problems regarding the sustainable exploration of marine life for human health and welfare, through the cooperation between scientists working in marine biology, molecular biology, microbiology and chemistry disciplines. Several success stories of the applications of molecular techniques in the field of marine biology are guiding further research in this area. In this review different molecular techniques are discussed, which have application in marine microbiology, marine invertebrate biology, marine ecology, marine natural products, material sciences, fisheries, conservation and bio-invasion etc. In summary, if marine biologists and molecular biologists continue to work towards strong partnership during the next decade and recognize intellectual and technological advantages and benefits of such partnership, an exciting new frontier of marine molecular biology will emerge in the future.     

The art and design of genetic screens: mouse

Humans are mammals, not bacteria or plants, yeast or nematodes, insects or fish. Mice are also mammals, but unlike gorilla and goat, fox and ferret, giraffe and jackal, they are suited perfectly to the laboratory environment and genetic experimentation. In this review, we will summarize the tools, tricks and techniques for executing forward genetic screens in the mouse and argue that this approach is now accessible to most biologists, rather than being the sole domain of large national facilities and specialized genetics laboratories.