用DREAM技术纠正人工合成基因中的突变

目的：介绍一种简便、有效的定点突变技术。方法：根据突变位点附近的DNA序列推导出氨基酸序列,再以此氨基酸序列进行逆翻译,这样在不改变氨基酸序列的前提下可以得到数目巨大的隐性突变体（silent mutants）,这些突变体中包含大量的限制性内切酶位点,选择合适的酶切位点设计引物用PCR技术扩增两侧DNA片段,然后以相应酶切融合这两个片段即可完成定点突变。结果：用该方法成功地在人工合成的含有缺失的可溶性组织因子基因的472位插入C,T两个碱基,校正了阅读框架,获得了预期的目的基因。结论：该方法简便、有效, 避免了多轮PCR和合成长引物导致突变的可能性,这种改进的PCR 定点诱变技术我们称之为“设计限制酶辅助突变”（Designed Restriction Enzyme Assisted Mutagenesis, DREAM）。此技术简单方便, 诱变的成功率高, 适于实验室常规应用。     

羊草WRKY40的克隆及其转基因烟草抗病性分析

为了培育抗白叶枯病菌（Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae）、纹枯病菌（Rhizoctonia solani）、稻瘟病菌（Magnaporthe oryzae）以及恶苗病菌（Fusarium fujikuroi）等病菌的水稻品种,通过挖掘抗病基因选育抗病品种。利用RT-PCR方法从羊草（Leymus chinensis）叶片中克隆LcWRKY40基因（登录号：MN187915）,其CDS全长1 053 bp,编码350个氨基酸,分子质量为38.1 kDa。生物信息学分析结果表明：LcWRKY40一级结构包含WRKY结构域,并且存在锌指蛋白结构域以及核定位序列。系统进化树的构建及基序分析发现LcWRKY40和HvWRKY38亲缘关系接近。烟草（Nicotiana tabacum）亚细胞定位结果表明LcWRKY40蛋白定位于细胞核中,验证了软件预测。经qRT-PCR组织特异性表达分析表明LcWRKY40基因在羊草的根、茎、叶、叶鞘、稃和花药中都有表达,但表达量在叶中最高,稃中最低。利用水稻的白叶枯病菌、纹枯病菌、稻瘟病菌以及恶苗病菌对转基因LcWRKY40烟草植株与野...     

利用CRISPR/Cas9双元转基因体系探究家蚕配子生成素结合蛋白基因Bmggnbp2的功能

[目的]配子生成素结合蛋白2(gametogenetin binding protein 2,ggnbp2)在哺乳动物配子发生等生殖相关过程中发挥重要作用.本研究以家蚕Bombyx mori为模型,探究驯化基因ggnbp2的生物学功能,为鳞翅目昆虫中该基因的深入研究提供线索.[方法]在NCBI GenBank数据库通过...     

转基因动物技术及其应用

转基因动物技术及其应用张涛（北京医科大学生物遗传教研室北京１０００８３）关键词转基因动物８０年代初期，由于分子生物学和动物实验胚胎学的发展和相互渗透，使科学家可以借助实验手段，将特定的目的基因从某一动物体分离出来，进行扩增或加工，再导人另一动物的早期...     

Dexamethasone-inducible green fluorescent protein gene expression in transgenic plant cells

Genomic research has made a large number of sequences of novel genes or expressed sequence tags available. To investigate functions of these genes, a system for conditional control of gene expression would be a useful tool. Inducible transgene expression that uses green fluorescent protein gene (gfp) as a reporter gene has been investigated in transgenic cell lines of cotton (COT; Gossypium hirsutum L.), Fraser fir [FRA; Abies fraseri (Pursh) Poir], Nordmann fir (NOR; Abies nordmanniana Lk.), and rice (RIC; Oryza sativa L. cv. Radon). Transgenic cell lines were used to test the function of the chemical inducer dexamethasone. Inducible transgene expression was observed with fluorescence and confocal microscopy, and was confirmed by northern blot analyses. Dexamethasone at 5 mg/L induced gfp expression to the nearly highest level 48 h after treatment in COT, FRA, NOR, and RIC. Dexamethasone at 10 mg/L inhibited the growth of transgenic cells in FRA and NOR, but not COT and RIC. These results demonstrated that concentrations of inducer for optimum inducible gene expression system varied among transgenic cell lines. The inducible gene expression system described here was very effective and could be valuable in evaluating the function of novel gene.     

Expression of a modified Cry1Ie gene in E. coli and in transgenic tobacco confers resistance to corn borer

The wild-type Crylle gene from Bacillus thuringiensis was modified for its efficient expression in transgenic plants. Modified Crylle gene (designated as Cryllem) was cloned into prokaryotic expressionvector pET28b and its expression in E.coli was confirmed by SDS-PAGE analysis. Bioassays using crude expression products in E.coli revealed that CrylIem protein had a similar toxicity to corn borer as wild-type CrylIe. CrylIem gene was then inserted downstream of the maize ubiquitin-1 promoter in plant expression vector p3301. Transgenic tobacco plants carrying Cryllem showed insecticidal activity against corn borer.     

基因操作技术在药物代谢酶系研究中的应用

采用基因敲除与转基因技术,可制备具有人类CYP450药物氧化代谢种属特性的“人源化”整体动物模型,在外源性化学物质与肿瘤发生的易感性研究等方面,具有重要的药理学和毒理学意义,也可为新药的研制与开发提供新的更为可靠的评价手段。     

转基因动物整合位点的研究进展

转基因动物整合位点克隆及相关序列特征研究是探索外源基因整合机制和整合稳定性的重要手段。转基因整合位点序列的克隆方法主要有：个体基因组文库筛选法、反向PCR法、热不对称交互式PCR法和质粒回收法。4种方法各有优缺点,可根据不同条件选用。克隆到的整合位点序列表明,整合位点可能存在一定的共同特征。 Integration Sites of Transgenes in Transgenic Animals WU Bo,ZHU Zuo-Yan State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology,Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Science,Wuhan 430072,China Abstract:To study the mechanism of transgene ' s integration in the host genome,first step is to clone the integration-site sequence.The method employed for this purpose includes selection from genomic pool,IPCR,TAIL-PCR and plasmid rescued.Different method fits different cases depending on how the transgenics have been produced.The data of integration-site sequences showed some similar features existed. Key words：transgene; integration site; clone method     

Leafy head formation of the progenies of transgenic plants of Chinese cabbage with exogenous auxin genes

The experiment was performed to evaluate the progenies of plant lines transgenic for auxin synthesis genes derived from Ri T-DNA.Four lines of the transgenic plants were self-crossed and the foreign auxin genes in plants of T5 generation were confirmed by Southern hybridization.Two lines,D1232 and D1653,showed earlier folding of expanding leaves than untransformed line and therefore had early initiation of leafy head.Leaf cuttings derived from plant of transgenic line D1653 produced more adventitious roots than the control whereas the cuttings from folding leaves had much more roots than rosette leaves at folding stage,and the cuttings from head leaves had more roots than rosette leaves at heading stage.It is demonstrated that early folding of transgenic leaf may be caused by the relatively higher concentration of auxin.These plant lines with auxin transgenes can be used for the study of hormonal regulation in differentiation and development of plant orgens and for the breeding of new variety with rapid growth trait.