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Background
Drosophila mojavensishas been a model system for genetic studies of ecological adaptation and speciation. However, despite its use for over half a century, no linkage map has been produced for this species or its close relatives.Results
We have developed and mapped 90 microsatellites in D. mojavensis, and we present a detailed recombinational linkage map of 34 of these microsatellites. A slight excess of repetitive sequence was observed on the X-chromosome relative to the autosomes, and the linkage groups have a greater recombinational length than the homologous D. melanogaster chromosome arms. We also confirmed the conservation of Muller's elements in 23 sequences between D. melanogaster and D. mojavensis.Conclusions
The microsatellite primer sequences and localizations are presented here and made available to the public. This map will facilitate future quantitative trait locus mapping studies of phenotypes involved in adaptation or reproductive isolation using this species. 相似文献23.
Wong CW Heng CL Wan Yee L Soh SW Kartasasmita CB Simoes EA Hibberd ML Sung WK Miller LD 《Genome biology》2007,8(5):R93
DNA microarrays used as 'genomic sensors' have great potential in clinical diagnostics. Biases inherent in random PCR-amplification, cross-hybridization effects, and inadequate microarray analysis, however, limit detection sensitivity and specificity. Here, we have studied the relationships between viral amplification efficiency, hybridization signal, and target-probe annealing specificity using a customized microarray platform. Novel features of this platform include the development of a robust algorithm that accurately predicts PCR bias during DNA amplification and can be used to improve PCR primer design, as well as a powerful statistical concept for inferring pathogen identity from probe recognition signatures. Compared to real-time PCR, the microarray platform identified pathogens with 94% accuracy (76% sensitivity and 100% specificity) in a panel of 36 patient specimens. Our findings show that microarrays can be used for the robust and accurate diagnosis of pathogens, and further substantiate the use of microarray technology in clinical diagnostics. 相似文献
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Glycosylation sites and site-specific glycosylation in human Tamm- Horsfall glycoprotein 总被引:4,自引:1,他引:3
The N-glycosylation sites of human Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein from one
healthy male donor have been characterized, based on an approach using
endoproteinase Glu-C (V-8 protease, Staphylococcus aureus ) digestion and a
combination of chromatographic techniques, automated Edman sequencing, and
fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry. Seven out of the eight potential
N-glycosylation sites, namely, Asn52, Asn56, Asn208, Asn251, Asn298,
Asn372, and Asn489, turned out to be glycosylated, and the potential
glycosylation site at Asn14, being close to the N-terminus, is not used.
The carbohydrate microheterogeneity on three of the glycosylation sites was
studied in more detail by high-pH anion-exchange chromatographic profiling
and 500 MHz1H-NMR spectroscopy. Glycosylation site Asn489 contains mainly
di- and tri-charged oligosaccharides which comprise, among others, the
GalNAc4 S (beta1-4)GlcNAc terminal sequence. Only glycosylation site Asn251
bears oligomannose-type carbohydrate chains ranging from Man5GlcNAc2to
Man8GlcNAc2, in addition to a small amount of complex- type structures.
Profiling of the carbohydrate moieties of Asn208 indicates a large
heterogeneity, similar to that established for native human Tamm-Horsfall
glycoprotein, namely, multiply charged complex-type carbohydrate
structures, terminated by sulfate groups, sialic acid residues, and/or the
Sda-determinant.
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Linsey M Raaijmakers Patricia A Possik Bas van Breukelen Salvatore Cappadona Albert JR Heck AF Maarten Altelaar Daniel S Peeper 《Molecular systems biology》2014,10(12)
Treatment of BRAF mutant melanomas with specific BRAF inhibitors leads to tumor remission. However, most patients eventually relapse due to drug resistance. Therefore, we designed an integrated strategy using (phospho)proteomic and functional genomic platforms to identify drug targets whose inhibition sensitizes melanoma cells to BRAF inhibition. We found many proteins to be induced upon PLX4720 (BRAF inhibitor) treatment that are known to be involved in BRAF inhibitor resistance, including FOXD3 and ErbB3. Several proteins were down‐regulated, including Rnd3, a negative regulator of ROCK1 kinase. For our genomic approach, we performed two parallel shRNA screens using a kinome library to identify genes whose inhibition sensitizes to BRAF or ERK inhibitor treatment. By integrating our functional genomic and (phospho)proteomic data, we identified ROCK1 as a potential drug target for BRAF mutant melanoma. ROCK1 silencing increased melanoma cell elimination when combined with BRAF or ERK inhibitor treatment. Translating this to a preclinical setting, a ROCK inhibitor showed augmented melanoma cell death upon BRAF or ERK inhibition in vitro. These data merit exploration of ROCK1 as a target in combination with current BRAF mutant melanoma therapies. 相似文献
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There is no generally accepted scientific theory for the causes of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). As part of its mission to widen understanding of scoliosis etiology, the International Federated Body on Scoliosis Etiology (IBSE) introduced the electronic focus group (EFG) as a means of increasing debate on knowledge of important topics. This has been designated as an on-line Delphi discussion. The text for this debate was written by Dr Ian A Stokes. It evaluates the hypothesis that in progressive scoliosis vertebral body wedging during adolescent growth results from asymmetric muscular loading in a "vicious cycle" (vicious cycle hypothesis of pathogenesis) by affecting vertebral body growth plates (endplate physes). A frontal plane mathematical simulation tested whether the calculated loading asymmetry created by muscles in a scoliotic spine could explain the observed rate of scoliosis increase by measuring the vertebral growth modulation by altered compression. The model deals only with vertebral (not disc) wedging. It assumes that a pre-existing scoliosis curve initiates the mechanically-modulated alteration of vertebral body growth that in turn causes worsening of the scoliosis, while everything else is anatomically and physiologically 'normal' The results provide quantitative data consistent with the vicious cycle hypothesis. Dr Stokes' biomechanical research engenders controversy. A new speculative concept is proposed of vertebral symphyseal dysplasia with implications for Dr Stokes' research and the etiology of AIS. What is not controversial is the need to test this hypothesis using additional factors in his current model and in three-dimensional quantitative models that incorporate intervertebral discs and simulate thoracic as well as lumbar scoliosis. The growth modulation process in the vertebral body can be viewed as one type of the biologic phenomenon of mechanotransduction. In certain connective tissues this involves the effects of mechanical strain on chondrocytic metabolism a possible target for novel therapeutic intervention. 相似文献
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A report on the 15th International Society of Developmental Biologists Congress, Sydney, Australia, 3-7 September 2005. 相似文献
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Complete nucleotide sequences of bovine alpha S2- and beta-casein cDNAs: comparisons with related sequences in other species 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Stewart AF; Bonsing J; Beattie CW; Shah F; Willis IM; Mackinlay AG 《Molecular biology and evolution》1987,4(3):231-241
The nucleotide sequences corresponding to bovine alpha S2- and beta- casein
mRNAs have been determined by cDNA analysis. Both sequences appear to be
complete at their 5' ends. The nucleotide sequence of alpha S2-casein, when
compared with the corresponding cavine A sequence, helps to define the
boundaries of a large amino acid repeat (approximately 80 residues) whereas
comparisons with the nucleotide sequences of rat gamma- and mouse
epsilon-casein mRNAs also reveal extensive sequence similarities. An
alignment of these four sequences shows that the divergence of their
translated regions has been characterized by the duplication and deletion
of discrete segments of sequence that probably correspond to exons. A high
degree of nucleotide substitution is also found when the four sequences are
compared, except for well-conserved leader-peptide and phosphorylation-site
sequences and, to a lesser extent, the 5'-untranslated regions. Similar
comparison of the bovine and rat beta-caseins shows that their divergence
has involved a high rate of nucleotide substitution but that no major
insertions or deletions of sequence have occurred. The several splice sites
that have veen defined in the rat beta-casein gene are likely to have been
conserved in the bovine. The contrasting evolutionary histories of the
alpha- and beta-casein coding sequences correlate with the distinctive
functions of these proteins in the casein micelle system in milk.
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Monica L Andersen Raquel CS Martins Tathiana AF Alvarenga Isabela B Antunes Ligia A Papale Sergio Tufik 《Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E》2007,5(1):7