水稻HSF基因OsHsf-like的生物信息学和转录表达分析

植物热激转录因子主要调控植物热激蛋白基因的转录表达,对植物的耐热性起着重要的作用.我们利用生物信息学技术鉴定出1个新的水稻HSF基因OsHsf-like,该基因编码1条719个氨基酸的预测肽链,肽链中包含1个HSF DNA结合域和1个由2个疏水的七肽重复序列(HR-A/B)构成的寡聚域.OsHsf-like的DNA结合域具有典型的HSF DNA结合域的次级结构和三级结构.对寡聚域的结构分析和系统进化分析将OsHsf-like归于B类HSFs.OsHsf-like在水稻穗部低水平转录表达.表达水平不受热激影响.     

Deconstructing myotonic dystrophy

Triplet repeat diseases are disorders in which there is expansion of a repeat sequence of three nucleotides in the affected gene. Although the pathology usually results from production of a defective protein, myotonic dystrophy (DM) has proved to be a puzzle because the expanded repeats appear in a non-coding region of the affected DMPK gene. In a Perspective, Tapscott explains how findings from a new mouse model of DM (Mankodi et al.) could solve this paradox.