同源重组法制备口蹄疫病毒多基因重组腺病毒

通过细菌内同源重组的方法成功构建了含有O型口蹄疫病毒P1—2A和3C蛋白酶基因和3D基因的重组腺病毒表达载体。首先将P1—2A、3C和3D基因亚克隆连接到穿梭质粒pShuttle—CMV上,再将重组穿梭质粒用PmeI线性化后电转化携带有腺病毒骨架载体pAdeasy—1的大肠杆菌BJ5183感受态菌,经细菌内同源重组产生pAdcmv—p12x3c和pAdcmy—p12x3cd重组腺病毒质粒,经序列测定证实目的基因已正确的插入到腺病毒骨架载体中。重组腺病毒质粒经PacI线性化后转染HEK293细胞,转染1w内细胞出现典型病变。取转染细胞裂解液上清连续传代至第4代时,细胞于24～48h内即病变完全,收取接毒后24h细胞进行。PCR和RT—PCR检测,表明目的基因已整合到腺病毒基因组内,且在mRNA水平上有表达。取第4、6、8和10代病毒,用蛋白酶K处理后可扩增出目的基因,证明此重组病毒可稳定存在。本研究为FMDV腺病毒活载体疫苗的研究奠定了基础。     

Molecular Mechanisms of Homologous Chromosome Pairing and Segregation in Plants

In most eukaryotic species, three basic steps of pairing, recombination and synapsis occur during prophase of meiosis I. Homologous chromosomal pairing and recombination are essential for accurate segregation of chromosomes. In contrast to the well-studied processes such as recombination and synapsis, many aspects of chromosome pairing are still obscure. Recent progress in several species indicates that the telomere bouquet formation can facilitate homologous chromosome pairing by bringing chromosome ends into close proximity, but the sole presence of telomere clustering is not sufficient for recognizing homologous pairs. On the other hand, accurate segregation of the genetic material from parent to offspring during meiosis is dependent on the segregation of homologs in the reductional meiotic division （MI） with sister kinetochores exhibiting mono-orientation from the same pole, and the segregation of sister chromatids during the equational meiotic division （MII） with kinetochores showing bi-orientation from the two poles. The underlying mechanism of orientation and segregation is still unclear. Here we focus on recent studies in plants and other species that provide insight into how chromosomes find their partners and mechanisms mediating chromosomal segregation.     

Evaluation of the efficiency and utility of recombinant enzyme-free seamless DNA cloning methods

Simple and low-cost recombinant enzyme-free seamless DNA cloning methods have recently become available. In vivo Escherichia coli cloning (iVEC) can directly transform a mixture of insert and vector DNA fragments into E. coli, which are ligated by endogenous homologous recombination activity in the cells. Seamless ligation cloning extract (SLiCE) cloning uses the endogenous recombination activity of E. coli cellular extracts in vitro to ligate insert and vector DNA fragments. An evaluation of the efficiency and utility of these methods is important in deciding the adoption of a seamless cloning method as a useful tool. In this study, both seamless cloning methods incorporated inserting DNA fragments into linearized DNA vectors through short (15–39 bp) end homology regions. However, colony formation was 30–60-fold higher with SLiCE cloning in end homology regions between 15 and 29 bp than with the iVEC method using DH5α competent cells. E. coli AQ3625 strains, which harbor a sbcA gene mutation that activates the RecE homologous recombination pathway, can be used to efficiently ligate insert and vector DNA fragments with short-end homology regions in vivo. Using AQ3625 competent cells in the iVEC method improved the rate of colony formation, but the efficiency and accuracy of SLiCE cloning were still higher. In addition, the efficiency of seamless cloning methods depends on the intrinsic competency of E. coli cells. The competency of chemically competent AQ3625 cells was lower than that of competent DH5α cells, in all cases of chemically competent cell preparations using the three different methods. Moreover, SLiCE cloning permits the use of both homemade and commercially available competent cells because it can use general E. coli recA^? strains such as DH5α as host cells for transformation. Therefore, between the two methods, SLiCE cloning provides both higher efficiency and better utility than the iVEC method for seamless DNA plasmid engineering.     

雌核发育银鲫子代中微卫星特异序列分析

雌核发育个体的基因型基本上完全与母本相同,这是源于卵子发生过程中没有经过减数分裂.父本的遗传物质是在随机水平、亚基因组水平或基因组水平参与到子代的遗传重组过程,从而对长期突变积累的雌核发育生物基因组进行补偿,一直是遗传学家关注的问题.本文对雌核发育银鲫特异个体及父母本5个微卫星位点的扩增条带进行了克隆测序,相似性比对结果显示,特异个体所表现的父咎匾霥NA条带,序列结果与父本完全相同或相似(SCM4、SCM9、YJ5),并在某些位点上保留了母本的特异条带(YJ5),而个体本身特异的DNA条带与父母本的相似性均较高(SCM13).同时,所检测到的个体经越冬后查验为雌性个体,进一步进行同源繁育,研究变异条带在繁殖中的命运.连续2代的繁育检测结果表明,融合了父本特异性条带的银鲫个体在繁殖过程中仍行雌核发育的生殖方式,变异来的条带能够传递给子代,进一步证实同源雌核发育银鲫通过小概率两性融合事件丰富银鲫种群的遗传多样性[动物学报 53(3):537-544,2007].     

The Caenorhabditis elegansRAD51 homolog is transcribed into two alternative mRNAs potentially encoding proteins of different sizes

In prokaryotes, the RecA protein plays a pivotal role in homologous recombination, catalyzing the transfer of a single DNA strand into an homologous molecule. Structural homologs of the bacterial RecA protein, called Rad51, have been found in different eukaryotes (from yeast to man), suggesting a certain level of conservation in recombination pathways among living organisms. We have cloned the homolog of RAD51 in Caenorhabditis elegans. The CeRAD51 gene is transcribed into two alternative mRNAs and potentially codes for two proteins of 395 and 357 amino acids in length, respectively. We discuss the evolutionary implications of these findings. Received: 26 May 1998 / Accepted: 18 August 1998     

Reciprocal homologous junctions generated in mouse cells

Summary We analysed pairs of reciprocal homologous junctions resulting from intermolecular conservative homologous recombination in mouse cells. The assay used did not rely on the reconstitution of a selectable gene. This permitted the introduction of multiple markers in the parental homologous sequences which in turn enabled us to compare the contribution of each parent to the reciprocal products of a given recombination event. In all recombinants analysed we found, when comparing the reciprocal junctions, a middle segment originating from only one parent. This segment of uniparental origin occurred randomly throughout the region of homology and could extend over a thousand base pairs. These results are consistent with a gap repair process like the one proposed for homologous recombination in yeast. However, introducing a double-strand break in the region of homology did not enhance but rather decreased the proportion of recombinants with reciprocal homologous junctions relative to other types of recombinants.     

Sequence data: Magnitude and implications of some ambiguities

Summary Glx and Asx ambiguities introduce errors into evolutionary conclusions drawn from the sequences of incompletely analyzed proteins. These errors are of sufficient magnitude to invalidate some of these conclusions.     

The stochastic model and deviations from randomness in eukaryotictRNAs: Comparison with the PAM approach

Summary The stochastic model of molecular evolution was used to makea priori predictions for the total number of one-step nucleotide changes required to account for a given observed number of nucleotide substitutions between two homologous nucleic acids. The experimental deviations from randomness found for eukaryotic transfer RNAs and summarized by Dayhoff and McLaughlin (1972) are shown to affect only slightly the quantitative predictions of the model. This is true for both short and long periods of evolutionary divergence. The model can thus be used with some confidence for quantitatively correcting the branch lengths of phylogenetic trees derived from either nucleic acid sequence or hybridization data.     

蛋白质双向电泳、印迹转移及蛋白质合成无细胞体系技术在小鼠腹水细胞EF-3研究中的应用

本文应用近年发展起来的生化技术――蛋白质双向电泳（其第一向为等电聚焦,第二向为SDS凝胶电泳）,将小鼠腹水细胞核糖体蛋进行了指纹分离。并利用蛋白质印迹转移（Western blotting）,将转移后的硝酸纤维膜与交联了碱性磷酸酶的第二抗体和抗酵母EF-3抗体反应,证实该核糖体蛋白含有EF-3同源片段,进而制备了蛋白质合成无细胞体系。通过测定PolyU指导下3 H-phe掺入活力的免疫失活实验,初步证实此同源片段是小鼠腹水细胞蛋白质合成所必需。 The ribosomal proteins of H22a cell,were separated with the method of two-D gel electrophoresis (the first dimention is isoelectric focus and the second is SDS PAGE).Then the Western blotting was used,the transferred nitrocellulose sheet was treated with antiyeast EF-3 antibody and the second antibody bonded with alklinephosphoesterase.The result shows that the ribosomal proteins have a homologous fragment to yeast EF-3 factor.The cell-free system of protein synthesis was also established.By determing the activity of polyU direeted 3H-phe intervention in immunodeactivitive experiment,it is primaril confirmed that this fragment is the esscntial for the protein biosynthesis in H22a cell.     

Exogenous phage recombinase-independent inactivation of chromosomal genes in Yersinia enterocolitica

Characterization of newly identified genes is necessary to understand their functions. Phenotypic characterization of isogenic mutants provides good understanding of the functions of the genes in wild type strains. In the present study, we report the use of linear dsDNA as a substrate for homologous recombination in Yersinia enterocolitica. A double-stranded linear recombinant DNA (LRD) containing an antibiotic resistance gene flanked by homologous regions to the target gene was created. Transformation of this LRD into Y. enterocolitica led to the replacement of targeted loci with antibiotic resistance gene. Using this strategy, two chromosomal genes namely urease C (ureC) and hemophore A (hasA) were disrupted in three strains of Y. enterocolitica. These recombinations were independent of the EPR functions. This is the first report of EPR-independent inactivation of chromosomal genes in Y. enterocolitica strains.