葡萄Golden2-like转录因子家族的鉴定及其表达分析

本研究对葡萄（Vitis vinifera L.）的Golden2-like （GLK）转录因子家族进行了全基因组鉴定和表达模式分析,并利用品种‘玫瑰香’（V.vinifera cv.Muscat Hamburg）进一步验证其在低温胁迫下的响应。结果显示,葡萄Golden2-like家族共46个成员,分为5个亚族,同一亚族的保守结构域相似。46个VvGLK分别定位于细胞核、叶绿体、细胞质和过氧化物酶体中,其启动子区域含多种逆境应答顺式作用元件。基因芯片分析结果表明,22个Golden2-like基因在果实发育过程中变化显著。同时,有15、15和9个基因分别响应盐、干旱和低温胁迫。qRT-PCR分析发现26个基因参与低温应答。VvGLK41在所有胁迫处理中均下调表达。     

Positive Periodic Solution for a Neutral Delay Model in Population

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Marker-assisted breeding of a photoperiod-sensitive male sterile <Emphasis Type="Italic">japonica</Emphasis> rice with high cross-compatibility with <Emphasis Type="Italic">indica</Emphasis> rice

The incomplete fertility of japonica × indica rice hybrids has inhibited breeders’ access to the substantial heterotic potential of these hybrids. As hybrid sterility is caused by an allelic interaction at a small number of loci, it is possible to overcome it by simple introgression at the major sterility loci. Here we report the use of marker-assisted backcrossing to transfer into the elite japonica cv. Zhendao88 a photoperiod-sensitive male sterility gene from cv. Lunhui422S (indica) and the yellow leaf gene from line Yellow249 (indica). The microsatellite markers RM276, RM455, RM141 and RM185 were used to tag the fertility genes S5, S8, S7 and S9, respectively. Line 509S is a true-breeding photoperiod-sensitive male sterile plant, which morphologically closely resembles the japonica type. Genotypic analysis showed that the genome of line 509S comprises about 92% japonica DNA. Nevertheless, hybrids between line 509S and japonica varieties suffer from a level of hybrid sterility, although the line is highly cross-compatible with indica types, with the resulting hybrids expressing a significant degree of heterosis. Together, these results suggest that segment substitution on fertility loci based on known information and marker-assisted selection are an effective approach for utilizing the heterosis of rice inter-subspecies.     

Long Span DNA Paired-End-Tag (DNA-PET) Sequencing Strategy for the Interrogation of Genomic Structural Mutations and Fusion-Point-Guided Reconstruction of Amplicons

Structural variations (SVs) contribute significantly to the variability of the human genome and extensive genomic rearrangements are a hallmark of cancer. While genomic DNA paired-end-tag (DNA-PET) sequencing is an attractive approach to identify genomic SVs, the current application of PET sequencing with short insert size DNA can be insufficient for the comprehensive mapping of SVs in low complexity and repeat-rich genomic regions. We employed a recently developed procedure to generate PET sequencing data using large DNA inserts of 10–20 kb and compared their characteristics with short insert (1 kb) libraries for their ability to identify SVs. Our results suggest that although short insert libraries bear an advantage in identifying small deletions, they do not provide significantly better breakpoint resolution. In contrast, large inserts are superior to short inserts in providing higher physical genome coverage for the same sequencing cost and achieve greater sensitivity, in practice, for the identification of several classes of SVs, such as copy number neutral and complex events. Furthermore, our results confirm that large insert libraries allow for the identification of SVs within repetitive sequences, which cannot be spanned by short inserts. This provides a key advantage in studying rearrangements in cancer, and we show how it can be used in a fusion-point-guided-concatenation algorithm to study focally amplified regions in cancer.     

Thermolabile Triose Phosphate Isomerase in a Psychrophilic Clostridium

The psychrophile Clostridium sp. strain 69 contains a thermolabile triose phosphate isomerase which is inactivated rapidly in vitro and in vivo at 32 C.