用非放射性原位杂交和免疫金染色在豌豆间期染色质内显示的rDNA的分布

以异羟基洋地黄毒甙标记的ｒＲＮＡ为探针,通过与植物根尖分生组织区振动切片中的ｒＤＮＡ原位杂交,结合免疫金染色及银加强金处理研究了豌豆间期染色质中ｒＤＮＡ的分布。研究结果清楚地显示供试植物间期细胞内有１－５个显著的ｒＲＮＡ探针结合位点,其中显示４个结合位点的细胞占６０．６％,少于和多于４个结合位点的细胞分别上３７．９％和１．１４％。在显示４个结合位点的细胞核内,它们分别按照２：１、３：１和２：１：１     

A simple method to make better probes from short DNA fragments

A detailed method is presented tor the creation of head-to-tail multimers of short blunt restriction fragments, ligaled into a plasmid vector in a singletube: reaction. Random priming of the concatemer insert readily yields hybridization probes of high specificity, unattainable from the short monomer fragments.     

Optimization of a Digoxigenin-Based Immunoassay System for Gene Detection in Arabidopsis thaliana

Digoxigenin is derived from a plant steroid hormone digoxin found in the plants Digitalis sp. Digoxigenin has been used successfully in labeling nucleic acids. In this experiment we optimized minimum probe requirement for a nonradioactive digoxigenin-based gene detection system in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. We showed that 1 μL of labeled probe was sufficient to hybridize onto 1–10 μg of target plasmid DNA. We also examined the sensitivity of labeled probe and showed that 2 μL of labeled probe was not able to hybridize with 1 μg of target DNA, although 2 μL of labeled probe was able to detect target DNA ranging from 2 to 10 μg. To test the efficacy of our optimization protocol, we used 1 μL of labeled plasmid DNA pU16893 harboring an Arabidopsis housekeeping gene elongation factor-1 and showed that the elongation factor-1 gene could be detected in Arabidopsis genome under various environmental conditions. This paper describes a nonradioactive in situ hybridization technique to detect nucleic acids in plants.     

Identification of Aeromonas schubertii and Aeromonas jandaei by using a polymerase chain reaction-probe test

Abstract Two oligonucleotide primers were used in a polymerase chain reaction-protocol to amplify a region (approx. 850 bp) of the 16S rRNA gene of Aeromonas schubertii and Aeromonas jandaei . Hybridization of the polymerase chain reaction products to specific internal probes provided a highly specific method for the identification of these two species.     

一株气单胞菌属高酶活角蛋白酶生产菌的分离与鉴定

并非所有气单胞菌属(Aeromonas)细菌都是致病菌, 近年来气单胞菌功能利用方面的研究取得了一些重要进展。用微生物降解法对废弃羽毛加以有效利用, 既可变废为宝又符合低碳环保的要求, 更多分泌高酶活角蛋白酶的新菌种资源的筛选与功能鉴定, 将有助于微生物降解法中降解不彻底和速度慢等难题的解决。以半腐烂羽毛为材料, 先后通过羽毛粉和酪蛋白选择培养基的反复初筛和复筛、羽毛发酵液酶活测定等筛选出相对酶活最高的菌株, 并按常规方法进行分类学鉴定和生长特性分析。经初筛和复筛得到的19 个菌株中, FD41 的羽毛发酵液相对酶活最高, 达3.864 U/OD₆₀₀。根据FD41 菌株的16S rDNA 序列比对、形态特征、革兰氏染色和糖发酵试验等结果, FD41 鉴定为气单胞菌属细菌, 这是首次报道产高酶活角蛋白酶的气单胞菌菌株。研究发现接种量和菌株的不同都是影响培养液中菌体细胞增殖特性的重要因素, 并且发酵液酶活受菌体繁殖量的影响很大, 故提出在相同培养条件下按酶活大小筛选菌种时, 应使用均一化的菌种接种量并以相对酶活为比较指标。     

低温菌启动子探针质粒的构建

为了在宿主菌Acinetobacter sp.DWC6中构建低温菌蛋白表达载体,以pBR322质粒为基础,去除质粒上β-内酰胺酶基因的启动子片段,取而代之为来源于质粒pJRD215的卡那霉素抗性基因片段,并在pBR322中插入Acinetobacter菌属特异性ori的DNA片段,构建了能在Acinetobacter sp.DWC6和E.coli中正常复制的启动子探针质粒pBAP1。通过在质粒pBAP1中的β-内酰胺酶基因上游随机导入Acinetobacter sp.DWC6基因组片段,通过检测宿主细胞的氨苄青霉素抗性和β-内酰胺酶活性,来筛选强启动子片段,并分析了启动子探针质粒载体的功能及启动子的强度。     

地高辛标记探针检测Vero细胞狂犬病疫苗残余Vero细胞DNA含量

地高辛标记Vero细胞DNA,并制备成DNA探针,以此探针进行点杂交,确定探针的工作浓度,特异性及灵敏度,并用此法监测Vero细胞狂犬病疫苗浓缩原液纯化工艺的Vero细胞DNA去除率,测定精制Vero细胞狂犬病疫苗成品中残余Vero细胞DNA含量,结果明显,该法特异性强,重复性好,快速简便,灵敏度高,检测值可达5pg/剂量,可用于精制ero细胞狂犬病疫苗纯化工艺的质量控制和半成品检定。     

嗜水气单胞菌毒力基因的研究进展

嗜水气单胞菌(Aeromonas hydrophila)隶属于气单胞菌科(Aermonadaceae)气单胞菌属(Aeromonas),为人、畜及水生动物共患的条件致病菌。该菌广泛存在于水环境中,是多种水产动物的主要致病菌。国内外学者对其进行了许多研究,现普遍认为嗜水气单胞菌的致病性与其产生的毒素密切相关。随着分子生物技术的发展,已有许多学者从分子水平上对嗜水气单胞菌进行了研究,为阐明嗜水气单胞菌的致病机理提供了一些理论依据,并建立起针对几种主要毒力因子的检测手段。本文将嗜水气单胞菌目前的研究策略、部分主要毒力因子及其检测手段作一综述,以期为嗜水气单胞菌致病机理的研究及嗜水气单胞菌病的防治提供参考和借鉴。     

Advances in diagnosing tomato yellow leaf curl geminivirus infection

As a result of the spread of TYLCV on tomato crops, reliable and rapid diagnostic tools to identify and isolate new sources of infection are necessary. We tested several methods, based both on antibodies and on nonradioactive DNA probes. Indirect plate-trapping ELISA was only effective in detecting the virus in purified preparations, but not in crude extracts. Dot-ELISA with chemiluminescence detection gave satisfactory results when young stems were directly squashed on membranes. A digoxigenin-labeled probe, detected with chemiluminescence, was used in leaf squashes and dot blots. Best results were obtained with dot blots of total nucleic acids prepared with a fast and safe procedure. TYLCV DNA was readily and reliably detected in spots corresponding to 15 μg fresh weight. When weak signals were observed, total extracts were analyzed by Southern blotting, to confirm the presence of viral DNA forms.     

Identification of Alternative Hosts of the Fastidious Bacterium Causing Citrus Greening Disease

Citrus greening is a severe disease caused by a fastidious bacterium (GFB) residing in the sieve tubes of its hosts. It is an epidemic disease and is spread by insect vectors. In Asia, the Asian citrus psyllid (Diaphorina citri Kuwayama) is the vector for GFB. For the epidemiological study, an investigation of alternative hosts of GFB was made. Four suitable hosts of the Asian psyllid that are considered as possible alternative hosts of GFB were investigated on graft‐inoculation tests. The multiplication of GFB in plants was monitored by dot hybridization using a GFB‐specific DNA probe developed previously by us. The results demonstrate that GFB can replicate in Chinese box orange (Severinia buxifolia) and wood apple (Limonia acidissima), but not in common jasmin orange (Murraya paniculata var, paniculata) and curry leaf (Murraya euchrestifolia), Chinese box orange is a good host in which GFB replicates as well as it does in its citrus hosts. Wood apple is a transient host in which GFB exists temporarily and disappears several months later. Common jasmin orange and curry leaf are not hosts of GFB as they showed no detectable signals in dot hybridization tests throughout 1 year of experimentation.     

纳米金探针在基因检测中的应用

传统的核酸分析中常采用放射性元素、荧光色素以及酶标记等基因探针,这些探针都存在着一些不足之处。近年来,纳米金探针作为一种新型的基因探针,己引起了广泛的关注。该探针具有优良的光谱特征和光化学稳定性,对核酸的非特异吸附性小,与核酸等生物大分子结合后不改变生物分子的活性。将纳米金探针用于基因检测,具有操作简便、快速、安全、实验成本低等优点。本文就纳米金探针的发展过程、纳米金探针的制备、检测原理及其在基因分析中的应用等几个方面作了系统而全面地概述,同时介绍了纳米金探针的最新研究进展,并对其发展前景作了简要评述。     

实时检测限制性内切酶活性的发夹型荧光探针

基于分子信标的原理 ,设计了一种发夹型荧光探针作为限制性内切酶作用的专一底物 ,来研究限制性内切酶的剪切作用。检测BglII和NcoI表明 ,这种探针不仅可以灵敏、实时地指示内切酶的活性 ,采用不同荧光标记的探针还可以同时特异地显示双酶切反应中两个酶各自的活性。并且以Rotor Gene 2 0 0 0实时荧光PCR仪作仪器检测 ,实现了高通量的操作。利用其特有的作变温曲线的功能 ,能很好的区分限制性内切酶与发夹型荧光探针的特异剪切与非特异的结合     

Ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase of the procaryotic symbiont of a hydrothermal vent tube worm: kinetics, activity and gene hybridization

Abstract The giant tube worm, Riftia pachyptila , which is abundant at deep-sea hydrothermal vents, contains an extremely high density of bacterial symbionts in a specialized 'trophosome' tissue. Although the symbiont has not been cultured, enzymatic studies by others indicate that the symbiont is capable of hydrogen-sulfide- or sulfur-based lithoautotrophy and fixes CO₂ via the Calvin-Benson cycle. Here we report additional findings for a specimen from the Guaymas Basin vent site (Gulf of California, 2000 m). Under assay conditions where activity was proportional to cell-free extract concentration, ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO) activity was 6.3 nmol CO₂/mg protein per min (30°C). This is within the range observed for non-CO₂ limited cultures of sulfur bacteria. The activity vs. temperature profile suggests that the symbiont is a mesophile and not a thermophile. A substrate saturation curve shows an apparent K _m (with respect to ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate) of 65 μM which is considerably lower than the single previous report for a sulfur bacterial symbiont. Strong hybridization was detected between a gene probe derived from the RuBisCO large subunit gene of Anacystis nidulans and Riftia trophosome DNA. A Rhodospirillum rubrum -derived probe also showed hybridization with the same restriction fragments of symbiont DNA.