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Structural relatedness of lysis proteins from colicinogenic plasmids and icosahedral coliphages 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
The host-lysis-inducing functions of phi X174 protein E and MS2 protein L
were recently shown to reside on the N-terminal and C-terminal halves of
the two respective lysis proteins. In the present study it is shown that
the small lysis proteins encoded in various colicinogenic plasmids share
local sequence similarities and certain structural characteristics with the
essential peptides of their coliphage-coded counterparts. Despite their
dissimilar sizes and origins, it is suggested that the colicinogenic lysis
proteins are functionally analogous and evolutionarily related to those of
icosahedral single- stranded DNA and RNA phages.
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Cecilia PC Soh Alastair SR Donald James Feeney Walter TJ Morgan Winifred M Watkins 《Glycoconjugate journal》1989,6(3):319-332
The tetrasaccharides GalNAcß1-4[NeuAc2-3]Galß1-4Glc and GalNAcß1-4[NeuAc2-3]Galß1-4GlcNAc were synthesised by enzymic transfer of GalNAc from UDP-GalNAc to 3-sialyllactose (NeuAc2-3Galß1-4Glc) and 3-sialyl-N-acetyllactosamine (NeuAc2-3Galß1-4GlcNAc). The structures of the products were established by methylation and1H-500 MHz NMR spectroscopy. In Sda serological tests the product formed with 3-sialyl-N-acetyllactosamine was highly active whereas that formed with 3-sialyllactose had only weak activity. 相似文献
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Phillip A Patten Russell J Howard Willem PC Stemmer 《Current opinion in biotechnology》1997,8(6):724-733
DNA shuffling is a practical process for directed molecular evolution which uses recombination to dramatically accelerate the rate at which one can evolve genes. Single and multigene traits that require many mutations for improved phenotypes can be evolved rapidly. DNA shuffling technology has been significantly enhanced in the past year, extending its range of applications to small molecule pharmaceuticals, pharmaceutical proteins, gene therapy vehicles and transgenes, vaccines and evolved viruses for vaccines, and laboratory animal models. 相似文献
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CLAIRE CARTER JAMES H. TREXLER JR. MICHAEL CHURKIN JR 《Lethaia: An International Journal of Palaeontology and Stratigraphy》1980,13(4):279-287
Preliminary determinations of ancient pelagic sedimentation rates agree with modern rates at about 4 meters per million years. By combining data on the thickness of graptolite zones from the North American Cordillera with data from other parts of the world, we have refined the Early Silurian time scale and obtained much better resolution than is possible for radiometric dates. The new Early Silurian time scale allows estimation of true rates of change in graptolite diversity. The Llandoverian diversity explosion is twice as rapid as was previously thought. The brevity of diversity lows and rapidity of speciation support modern theories of quantum evolution. 相似文献
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Eva Veronesi Frank Antony Simon Gubbins Nick Golding Alison Blackwell Peter PC. Mertens Joe Brownlie Karin E. Darpel Philip S. Mellor Simon Carpenter 《PloS one》2013,8(8)
Background
Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are the biological vectors of globally significant arboviruses of livestock including bluetongue virus (BTV), African horse sickness virus (AHSV) and the recently emerging Schmallenberg virus (SBV). From 2006–2009 outbreaks of BTV in northern Europe inflicted major disruption and economic losses to farmers and several attempts were made to implicate Palaearctic Culicoides species as vectors. Results from these studies were difficult to interpret as they used semi-quantitative RT-PCR (sqPCR) assays as the major diagnostic tool, a technique that had not been validated for use in this role. In this study we validate the use of these assays by carrying out time-series detection of BTV RNA in two colony species of Culicoides and compare the results with the more traditional isolation of infectious BTV on cell culture.Methodology/Principal Findings
A BTV serotype 1 strain mixed with horse blood was fed to several hundred individuals of Culicoides sonorensis (Wirth & Jones) and C. nubeculosus (Mg.) using a membrane-based assay and replete individuals were then incubated at 25°C. At daily intervals 25 Culicoides of each species were removed from incubation, homogenised and BTV quantified in each individual using sqPCR (Cq values) and virus isolation on a KC-C. sonorensis embryonic cell line, followed by antigen enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). In addition, comparisons were also drawn between the results obtained with whole C. sonorensis and with individually dissected individuals to determine the level of BTV dissemination.Conclusions/Significance
Cq values generated from time-series infection experiments in both C. sonorensis and C. nubeculosus confirmed previous studies that relied upon the isolation and detection of infectious BTV. Implications on the testing of field-collected Culicoides as potential virus vectors by PCR assays and the use of such assays as front-line tools for use in diagnostic laboratories in this role are discussed. 相似文献6.
1. The niche variation hypothesis predicts that among‐individual variation in niche use will increase in the presence of intraspecific competition and decrease in the presence of interspecific competition. We sought to determine whether the local isotopic niche breadth of fish inhabiting a wetland was best explained by competition for resources and the niche variation hypothesis, by dispersal of individuals from locations with different prey resources or by a combination of the two. We analysed stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen as indices of feeding niche and compared metrics of within‐site spread to characterise site‐level isotopic niche breadth. We then evaluated the explanatory power of competing models of the direct and indirect effects of several environmental variables spanning gradients of disturbance, competition strength and food availability on among‐individual variation of the eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki). 2. The Dispersal model posits that only the direct effect of disturbance (i.e. changes in water level known to induce fish movement) influences among‐individual variation in isotopic niche. The Partitioning model allows for only direct effects of local food availability on among‐individual variation. The Combined model allows for both hypotheses by including the direct effects of disturbance and food availability. 3. A linear regression of the Combined model described more variance than models limited to the variables of either the Dispersal or Partitioning models. Of the independent variables considered, the food availability variable (per cent edible periphyton) explained the most variation in isotopic niche breadth, followed closely by the disturbance variable (days since last drying event). 4. Structural equation modelling provided further evidence that the Combined model was best supported by the data, with the Partitioning and the Dispersal models only modestly less informative. Again, the per cent edible periphyton was the variable with the largest direct effect on niche variability, with other food availability variables and the disturbance variable only slightly less important. Indirect effects of heterospecific and conspecific competitor densities were also important, through their effects on prey density. 5. Our results support the Combined hypotheses, although partitioning mechanisms appear to explain the most diet variation among individuals in the eastern mosquitofish. The results also support some predictions of the niche variation hypothesis, although both conspecific and interspecific competition appeared to increase isotopic niche breadth in contrast to predictions that interspecific competition would decrease it. We think this resulted from high diet overlap of co‐occurring species, most of which consume similar macroinvertebrates. 相似文献
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Phylogenetic relationships were determined for 76 partial P-element
sequences from 14 species of the melanogaster species group within the
Drosophila subgenus Sophophora. These results are examined in the context
of the phylogeny of the species from which the sequences were isolated.
Sequences from the P-element family fall into distinct subfamilies, or
clades, which are often characteristic for particular species subgroups.
When examined locally among closely related species, the evolution of P
elements is characterized by vertical transmission, whereby the P-element
phylogeny traces the species phylogeny. On a broader scale, however, the
P-element phylogeny is not congruent with the species phylogeny. One
feature of P-element evolution in the melanogaster group is the presence of
more than one P-element subfamily, differing by as much as 36%, in the
genomes of some species. Thus, P elements from several individual species
are not monophyletic, and a likely explanation for the incongruence between
P-element and species phylogenies is provided by the comparison of
paralogous sequences. In certain instances, horizontal transfer seems to be
a valid alternative explanation for lack of congruence between species and
P-element phylogenies. The canonical P-element subfamily, which represents
the active, autonomous transposable element, is restricted to D.
melanogaster. Thus, its origin clearly lies outside of the melanogaster
species group, consistent with the earlier conclusion of recent horizontal
transfer.
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Carl PC Chen Chih-Chin Hsu Wen-Lin Yeh Hsiu-Chu Lin Sen-Yung Hsieh Shih-Cherng Lin Tai-Tzung Chen Max JL Chen Simon FT Tang 《Proteome science》2011,9(1):1-10