用少量样本进行抑制性消减杂交

利用根据cap-finder方法建立的全长cDNA合成技术,扩增获得了恒河猴着床点子宫内膜组织表达mRNA的双链cDNA,通过抑制性消减杂交,成功地构建了恒河猴着床点消减文库.随机挑选文库中的阳性克隆,经点杂交证明27％为着床点差异表达的克隆.由此表明抑制性消减杂交结合cap-finder扩增全长cDNA的方法,可以有效地从少量而珍贵的样本中获得高质量的消减文库.     

噬菌体呈现肽库技术的应用

噬菌体呈现肽库是噬菌体显示技术的一个非常重要的分支。自问世以来,随着分子生物学技术的飞速发展,它已被广泛应用于免疫学、分子生物学、药理学、疫苗学等生命科学领域。简要概述了这一技术的应用。     

Construction and Characterization of aMagnaporthe griseaBacterial Artificial Chromosome Library

Diaz-Perez, S. V., Crouch, V. W., and Orbach, M. J. 1996. Construction and characterization of aMagnaporthe griseabacterial artificial chromosome library.Fungal Genet. Biol.20,280–288. A bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library ofMagnaporthe griseacontaining 4128 clones with an average insert size of 66-kb has been constructed. This library represents seven genome equivalents ofM. griseaand has been demonstrated to be representative of the genome by screening for the presence of several single-copy genes and DNA markers. The utility of the library for use in map-based cloning projects was shown by the spanning of a nine-cosmid, 207-kb DNA contig with only 3 BAC clones. In addition, using alys1-3auxotroph, we have shown that BAC clones at least 113 kb can be transformed intoM. griseato screen for complementation of mutations. Thus, BACs isolated in chromosome walks can be rapidly screened for the presence of the sought after gene. The ease of construction of BAC libraries and of isolation and manipulation of BAC clones makes the BAC system an ideal one for physical analyses of fungal genomes.     

利用SSH文库技术分离鉴定常春藤应答甲醛胁迫相关基因

很多研究结果证实常春藤可以有效吸收气体甲醛,本研究结果表明常春藤叶片也可以有效吸收液体甲醛,甲醛吸收量和时间呈指数函数关系。2、4、6mmol·L-1液体甲醛处理均在常春藤叶片内诱发氧化胁迫,但2mmol·L-1液体甲醛胁迫在常春藤叶片内诱发的氧化胁迫水平较低。此外,2mmol·L-1液体甲醛胁迫还显著提高了常春藤叶片内可溶性糖和可溶性蛋白的含量,说明常春藤对2mmol-L-1液体甲醛胁迫的抗性较强。通过构建2mmol.L-1液体甲醛胁迫2-48h常春藤叶片的正向SSHcDNA文库,分离鉴定常春藤叶片中的甲醛胁迫应答基因并对甲醛胁迫应答基因进行功能聚类,结果说明光合作用和代谢相关基因占的比例最大,表达分析结果证实光合作用和代谢相关基因在2mmol·L-1液体甲醛胁迫的不同阶段被诱导上调表达,这些基因的上调表达可能和甲醛在常春藤叶片内的代谢脱毒有关。此外,参与植物对多种生物和非生物胁迫应答的14—3-3蛋白基因（14—3-3p）也受2mmol·L-1液体甲醛胁迫的强烈诱导,该基因的上调表达可能参与甲醛胁迫下常春藤叶片内可溶性蛋白的合成与抗氧化系统活性的调控作用,是常春藤叶片应答甲醛胁迫的重要基因之一。     

Identification and analysis of expressed sequence tags present in xylem tissues of kelampayan (Neolamarckia cadamba (Roxb.) Bosser)

The large-scale genomic resource for kelampayan was generated from a developing xylem cDNA library. A total of 6,622 high quality expressed sequence tags (ESTs) were generated through high-throughput 5’ EST sequencing of cDNA clones. The ESTs were analyzed and assembled to generate 4,728 xylogenesis unigenes distributed in 2,100 contigs and 2,628 singletons. About 59.3 % of the ESTs were assigned with putative identifications whereas 40.7 % of the sequences showed no significant similarity to any sequences in GenBank. Interestingly, most genes involved in lignin biosynthesis and several other cell wall biosynthesis genes were identified in the kelampayan EST database. The identified genes in this study will be candidates for functional genomics and association genetic studies in kelampayan aiming at the production of high value forests.     

噬菌体单链抗体文库的构建及筛选

噬菌体抗体是继多克隆抗体、单克隆抗体之后兴起的第3代基因工程抗体.噬菌体抗体库技术是抗体基因文库技术和噬菌体表面展示技术相结合形成的一项新技术与方法,在生物科学领域极具潜力.现主要就近年来该技术在抗体基因扩增、抗体库的构建、筛选方法等方面的进展进行综述.     

现代分子生物学技术在冰川微生物生态研究中的应用

研究冰川中微生物的多样性对于揭示环境气候变迁,研究生物进化,开发微生物资源具有重要意义,现代分子生物学的发展为研究冰川微生物的多样性提供了行之有效的方法.简要综述了16S rDNA文库构建、变性梯度凝胶电泳、限制性片段长度多态性和荧光原位杂交等技术的原理及在冰川微生物生态研究中的应用现状.     

几种cDNA差减文库构建方法的比较

ｃＤＮＡ差减文库的构建是研究基因差异表达、缩小目的基因筛选范围的理想方法。近年来报道了多种构建方法,并形成了两个发展趋势,但目前还无一种方法被普遍认可。现就几种常见方法的原理、思路及优缺点进行了比较,以供借鉴。     

固氮类芽孢杆菌YUPP-5中环糊精糖基转移酶基因的克隆与功能分析

从魔芋根际分离的固氮类芽孢杆菌Paenibacillus azotofixans YUPP-5对多种β-1,4糖苷键连接的多糖具有水解作用。通过构建该菌的fosmid文库,克隆到2 157 bp的基因片段,编码环糊精糖基转移酶。大肠杆菌中表达此酶,能降解葡甘聚糖、羧甲基纤维素钠盐、几丁质、木聚糖等多种β-1,4糖苷键连接的多糖,同时该酶还能以葡甘聚糖为底物生成β-1,4糖苷键连接的环糊精,而文献报道这种酶仅能利用α-1,4糖苷键连接的淀粉为底物生成环糊精;并展示了环糊精糖基转移酶的一些新功能。     

Development and characterization of a novel anti-IgE monoclonal antibody

IgE is the central macromolecular mediator responsible for the progression of allergic reactions. Omalizumab (Xolair) is a humanized monoclonal anti-IgE antibody directed at the FcεRI-binding domain of human IgE, which represents a novel therapeutic approach in the management of asthma. In this study, we developed a monoclonal antibody (7A5) against human IgE via hybridoma technique. Our data showed that 7A5 could inhibit free IgE molecules to bind to receptors without affecting IgE already bound to cellular receptors. Importantly, 7A5 was able to inhibit IgE-induced histamine release of basophilic leukemia cells. Next, the phage display peptide library technology was employed to select peptides binding to 7A5 and a striking peptide sequence motif was recovered, which is homologous to the sequence ³⁹¹KQR³⁹³ within the Cε3 domain of IgE-Fc, Our results further indicated that 7A5 specifically bound to the synthesized peptide “³⁸⁸KEEKQRN³⁹⁴” containing the ³⁹¹KQR³⁹³ motif in IgE-Fc. The epitope of 7A5 was found to be spatially close to the FcεRI-binding site, suggesting that 7A5 binding to IgE might block IgE binding to receptors via steric hindrance. The anti-IgE monoclonal antibody 7A5 may have the potential to be developed as a therapeutic agent for the treatment of allergic diseases.