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The effects of mispair and nonpair correction in hybrid DNA on base ratios (G + C content) and total amounts of DNA 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Base ratios and total DNA amounts can vary substantially between and within
higher taxa and genera, and even within species. Gene conversion is one of
several mechanisms that could cause such changes. For base substitutions,
disparity in conversion direction is accompanied by an equivalent disparity
in base ratio at the heterozygous site. Disparity in the direction of gene
conversion at meiosis is common and can be extreme. For transitions (which
give purine [R]/pyrimidine [Y] mispairs) and for transversions giving
unlike R/R and Y/Y mispairs in hybrid DNA, this disparity could give slow
but systematic changes in G + C percentage. For transversions giving like
R/R and Y/Y mispairs, it could change AT/TA and CG/GC ratios. From the
extent of correction direction disparity, one can deduce properties of
repair enzymes, such as the ability (1) to excise preferentially the purine
from one mispair and the pyrimidine from the other for two different R/Y
mispairs from a single heterozygous site and (2) to excise one base
preferentially from unlike R/R or Y/Y mispairs. Frame-shifts usually show
strong disparity in conversion direction, with preferential cutting of the
nonlooped or the looped-out strand of the nonpair in heterozygous h-DNA.
The opposite directions of disparity for frame-shifts and their intragenic
suppressors as Ascobolus suggest that repair enzymes have a strong,
systematic bias as to which strand is cut. The conversion spectra of
mutations induced with different mutagens suggest that the nonlooped strand
is preferentially cut, so that base additions generally convert to mutant
and deletions generally convert to wild-type forms. Especially in
nonfunctional or noncoding DNA, this could cause a general increase in DNA
amounts. Conversion disparity, selection, mutation, and other processes
interact, affecting rates of change in base ratios and total DNA.
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A comprehensive characterization of single-copy T-DNA insertions in the Arabidopsis thaliana genome 总被引:14,自引:0,他引:14
T-DNA flanking sequences were isolated from 112 Arabidopsis thaliana single-copy T-DNA lines and sequence mapped to the chromosomes. Even though two T-DNA insertions mapped to a heterochromatic domain located in the pericentromeric region of chromosome I, expression of reporter genes was detected in these transgenic lines. T-DNA insertion did not seem to be biased toward any of Arabidopsis' five chromosomes. The observed distribution of T-DNA copies in intergenic sequence versus gene sequence (i.e. 5-upstream regions, coding sequences and 3-downstream regions) appeared randomly. An evaluation of T-DNA insertion frequencies within gene sequence revealed that integration into 5-upstream regions occurred more frequently than expected, whereas insertions in coding sequences (exons and introns) were found less frequently than expected based on random distribution predictions. In the majority of cases, single-copy T-DNA insertions were associated with small or large rearrangements such as deletions and/or duplications of target site sequences, deletions and/or duplications of T-DNA sequences, and gross chromosomal rearrangements such as translocations. The accuracy of integration was similarly high for both left- and right-border sequences. These results may be called upon when making detailed molecular analyses of transgenic plants or T-DNA induced mutants. 相似文献
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Fox JT Renter DG Sanderson MW Thomson DU Lechtenberg KF Nagaraja TG 《Applied and environmental microbiology》2007,73(16):5253-5260
Our objective was to evaluate methods for identifying cattle with high concentrations of Escherichia coli O157 in their feces. In two experiments, feces were collected from cattle orally inoculated with nalidixic acid (Nal)-resistant E. coli O157, and direct plating of diluted feces on sorbitol MacConkey agar with cefixime and potassium tellurite (CT-SMAC) containing Nal was considered the gold standard (GS) method. In experiment 1, methods evaluated were preenrichment direct streak, immunomagnetic separation with most probable number (MPN), and postenrichment direct streak with MPN, all using CT-SMAC. The mean concentration of Nal-resistant E. coli O157 in samples (n = 59) by use of the GS was 3.6 log10 CFU/g. The preenrichment streak detected >3.0 log10 CFU/g samples with a 74.4% sensitivity and 68.8% specificity. Postenrichment direct streak-MPN and immunomagnetic separation-MPN concentrations were correlated significantly with GS concentrations (r = 0.53 and r = 0.39, respectively). In experiment 2 (480 samples), pre- and postenrichment direct streaking performed in triplicate and spiral plating on CT-SMAC were evaluated. For preenrichment streaks, sensitivity was 79.7% and specificity was 96.7% for detecting >3.0 log10 CFU/g when the criterion was positive cultures on at least two plates. For spiral plating at that concentration, sensitivity and specificity were 83.9% and 56.3%, respectively. Postenrichment streaking performed relatively poorly. Triplicate preenrichment streaks of 1:10-diluted feces on CT-SMAC may be useful for identifying cattle shedding high concentrations of E. coli O157. Estimates of sensitivity and specificity enable appropriate application of methods and interpretation of results and may enhance applied research, surveillance, and risk assessments. 相似文献
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M Matsuda A Tazumi S Kagawa T Sekizuka O Murayama JE Moore BC Millar 《BMC veterinary research》2006,2(1):1-4
Background
At present, six accessible sequences of 16S rDNA from Taylorella equigenitalis (T. equigenitalis) are available, whose sequence differences occur at a few nucleotide positions. Thus it is important to determine these sequences from additional strains in other countries, if possible, in order to clarify any anomalies regarding 16S rDNA sequence heterogeneity. Here, we clone and sequence the approximate full-length 16S rDNA from additional strains of T. equigenitalis isolated in Japan, Australia and France and compare these sequences to the existing published sequences.Results
Clarification of any anomalies regarding 16S rDNA sequence heterogeneity of T. equigenitalis was carried out. When cloning, sequencing and comparison of the approximate full-length 16S rDNA from 17 strains of T. equigenitalis isolated in Japan, Australia and France, nucleotide sequence differences were demonstrated at the six loci in the 1,469 nucleotide sequence. Moreover, 12 polymorphic sites occurred among 23 sequences of the 16S rDNA, including the six reference sequences.Conclusion
High sequence similarity (99.5% or more) was observed throughout, except from nucleotide positions 138 to 501 where substitutions and deletions were noted. 相似文献7.
Insect seed predation may vary depending on seed production. The present study considers the hypothesis that the rates of seed predation tend to be smaller in years of higher fruit production. Thus, we monitored the production of fruits and predation of seeds of the palm Syagrus romanzoffiana over 2?years in the Atlantic Forest (Parque Municipal da Lagoa do Peri, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil), between July 2006 and June 2008. Plots of 0.25?m2 were fitted under 20 mother plants and fruits were monthly collected for assessment of abundance and seed predation. There was variation in fruit production between the 2?years and among reproductive plants. Predation rates were high and occurred in the predispersal phase by the Curculionidae Revena rubiginosa Boheman, Anchylorhynchus aegrotus Fahraeus, and Anchylorhynchus variabilis Gyllenhal. Seed predation by these species of Anchylorhynchus is first registered in the present study. In average, about 60% of the seeds monthly produced in the population tend to escape insect predation in year of high or low production, becoming available for recruitment. The predation rate was not related to the amount of fruits produced per reproductive plant. Also, different than expected, there was a positive relation between the rates of seed predation and the total of fruits produced monthly on the plots. Thus, no evidence for the satiation of insect seed predators was found in this study with S. romanzoffiana. 相似文献
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Sofie De Cooman Nathalie De Mey Bram BC Dewulf Rik Carette Thierry Deloof Maurice Sosnowski Andre M De Wolf Jan FA Hendrickx 《BMC anesthesiology》2008,8(1):1-6
Background
Current analgesics have drawbacks such as delays in acquisition, lag-times for effect, and side effects. We recently presented a preliminary report of a new analgesic method involving a two-minute sciatic nerve press, which resulted in immediate short-term relief of pain associated with dental and renal diseases. The present study investigated whether this technique was effective for pain associated with other disease types, and whether the relief was effective for up to one hour.Methods
This randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel-group trial was conducted in four hospitals in Anhui Province, China. Patients with pain were sequentially recruited by participating physicians during clinic visits, and 135 patients aged 15 – 80 years were enrolled. Dental disease patients included those with acute pulpitis and periapical abscesses. Renal disease patients included those with kidney infections and/or stones. Tumor patients included those with nose, breast, stomach and liver cancers, while Emergency Room patients had various pathologies. Patients were randomly assigned to receive a "sciatic nerve press" in which pressure was applied simultaneously to the sciatic nerves at the back of both thighs, or a "placebo press" in which pressure was applied to a parallel region on the front of the thighs. Each fist applied a pressure of 11 – 20 kg for 2 minutes. Patients rated their level of pain before and after the procedure.Results
The "sciatic nerve press" produced immediate relief of pain in all patient groups. Emergency patients reported a 43.5% reduction in pain (p < 0.001). Significant pain relief for dental, renal and tumor patients lasted for 60 minutes (p < 0.001). The peak pain relief occurred at the 10 – 20th minutes, and the relief decreased 47% by the 60th minutes.Conclusion
Two minutes of pressure on both sciatic nerves produced immediate significant short-term conduction analgesia. This technique is a convenient, safe and powerful method for the short-term treatment of clinical pain associated with a diverse range of pathologies.Trial registration
Current Controlled Trials ACTRN012606000439549 相似文献10.
The three major curcuminoids, curcumin, demethoxycurcumin and bis-demethoxycurcumin, from Curcuma domestica Val. (Curcuma longa L.) and Curcuma xanthorrhiza Roxb. (Zingiberaceae) were fully separated and quantified in less than 5 min using a capillary zone electrophoresis method with standard fused-silica capillaries and photodiode array detection. An electrolyte solution of 20 mM phosphate, 50 mM sodium hydroxide and 14 mM beta-cyclodextrin was found to be appropriate. Quantification was performed with 3,4-dimethoxy-trans-cinnamic acid as internal standard, and the limit of detection was 0.01 mg/mL. Extraction, stabilisation during sample storage and quantification procedures were optimised and carried out with drugs and commercial curry powder from different provenances. The results were compared with the photometric method of the monograph Curcumae xanthorrhizae rhizoma of the European Pharmacopoeia. 相似文献