A human cDNA encoding the small subunit of RNA polymerase II transcription factor SIII

A full-length cDNA encoding a human homolog of the 15-kDa subunit (p15) of RNA polymerase II elongation factor SIII was isolated and sequenced. Comparison of the open reading frames of the human p15 cDNA and the previously characterized rat p15 cDNA [Garrett et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91 (1994) 5237-5241] indicates that they encode identical proteins and are 93% conserved in nucleotide sequence.     

大鼠前列腺上皮细胞角蛋白8mRNA表达调节的定位研究

本文应用反义RNA探针原位杂交法,研究雄激素对大鼠腹侧前列腺(VP)上皮细胞角蛋白(CK)8 mRNA表达的影响。发现1.在任何VP组织切片中,CK 8探针专一、大量定位于VP腺上皮细胞中,CK 8 mRNA是前列腺上皮细胞特异而灵敏的标志。2.去睾大鼠VP CK 8 mRNA染色增强,提示CK 8mRNA有过度表达,注射雄激素又可抑制其过度表达。3.与已知受雄激素抑制性基因不同,即使大鼠VP完全萎缩之后达2个月之久,其存留腺上皮细胞CK 8 mRNA表达仍持续增高。4.前列腺发育早期,迅速增殖的幼稚腺上皮细胞高度表达CK 8 mRNA,以后随着体内雄激素水平升高,VP上皮CK 8 mRNA表达下降,分布转移。以上结果进一步支持前列腺CK 8基因是新的一类受雄激素抑制性基因的推测,同时表明前列腺CK 8基因的表达与前列腺干细胞的增殖分化有密切联系,CK 8 mRNA高度表达是前列腺干细胞一个重要特征。     

丙肝病毒非结构基因NS_4的基因工程表达

丙肝病毒非结构基因ＮＳ_４的基因工程表达祁自柏,谷金莲,李河民（中国药品生物制品检定所,北京１０００５０）丙肝病毒（ＨＣＶ）基因由结构区和非结构区（ＮＳ１－５）所组成。抗不同病毒蛋白抗体的出现与丙肝发病的关系尚在研究之中。目前,国内丙肝诊断试剂力求包...     

经细菌载体投递的基因融合肽口服免疫对热稳定性大肠杆菌肠毒素的粘膜保护作用

经细菌载体投递的基因融合肽口服免疫对热稳定性大肠杆菌肠毒素的粘膜保护作用肠毒素是大肠杆菌引起腹泻的重要原因。大肠杆菌除了产生分子量较高、热不稳定的肠毒素（ＬＴ）外,还能产生一种分子量较低、热稳定肠毒素（ＳＴ）,因其分子量低,免疫原性也就相对较差,但将...     

Inhibition of tobacco NADH-hydroxypyruvate reductase by expression of a heterologous antisense RNA derived from a cucumber cDNA: Implications for the mechanism of action of antisense RNAs

Tobacco plants were genetically transformed to generate antisense RNA from a gene construct comprised of a full-length cucumber NADH-dependent hydroxypyruvate reductase (HPR) cDNA placed in reverse orientation between the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter and a nopaline synthase termination/polyadenylation signal sequence. In vivo accumulation of antisense HPR RNA within eight independent transgenic tobacco plants resulted in reductions of up to 50% in both native HPR activity and protein accumulation relative to untransformed tobacco plants (mean transgenote HPR activity=67% wild type, mean transgenote HPR protein=63% wild type). However, in contrast to previous reports describing antisense RNA effects in plants, production of the heterologous HPR antisense RNA did not systematically reduce levels of native tobacco HPR mRNA (mean transgenote HPR mRNA level=135% wild type). Simple regression comparison of the steady-state levels of tobacco HPR mRNA to those of HPR antisense RNA showed a weak positive correlation (r value of 0.548, n=9 ; n is wild type control plus eight independent transformants; significant at 85% confidence level), supporting the conclusion that native mRNA levels were not reduced within antisense plants. Although all transgenic antisense plants examined displayed an apparent reduction in both tobacco HPR protein and enzyme activity, there is no clear correlation between HPR activity and the amount of either sense (r=0.267, n=9) or antisense RNA (r=0.175, n=9). This compares to a weak positive correlation between HPR mRNA levels and the amount of HPR activity observed in wild-type SRI tobacco plants (r=0.603, n=5). The results suggest that in vivo production of this heterologous HPR antisense RNA is inhibitory at the level of HPR-specific translation and produces its effect in a manner not dependent upon, nor resulting in, a reduction in steady-state native HPR mRNA levels. In this context, the observed antisense effect appears to differ mechanistically from most antisense systems described to date.     

Study of multiplication of cucumber mosaic virus in susceptible and resistant Capsicum annuuum lines

A previous survey on pepper lines (Capsicum annuum L.) indicated that a susceptible cultivar, Yolo Wonder, reacted to cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) by producing a systemic yellow mosaic. By contrast, CMV caused no symptoms on lines Perennial and Vania. The virus is recoverable from the uninoculated leaves of Perennial, while in Vania CMV is restricted to the inoculated leaves. To interpret these phenomena, a comparative study on CMV multiplication rates, yield, specific infectivity and relative proportion of RNAs was made in the inoculated leaves of the three pepper varieties. The rate of CMV multiplication, as estimated by the double antibody sandwich form of enzyme-linked immu-nosorbent assay, was lower in Perennial than in Vania or Yolo Wonder. The yield of virus purified from Perennial was very low when compared with Vania or Yolo Wonder. The specific infectivity of the virus extracted from Perennial was less than that from Vania or Yolo Wonder. These results suggest that Perennial is resistant to CMV multiplication, while restriction of the virus in inoculated leaves of Vania is not due to the inhibition of the virus replication. However, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed that the RNA profiles of CMV purified from the three pepper lines were similar.