A cDNA for a protein that interacts with the human immunodeficiency virus Tat transactivator

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) tat protein (Tat) is a positive regulator of virus gene expression and replication. Biotinylated Tat was used as a probe to screen a lambda gt11 fusion protein library, and a complementary DNA encoding a protein that interacts with Tat was cloned. Expression of this protein, designated TBP-1 (for Tat binding protein-1), was observed in a variety of cell lines, with expression being highest in human cells. TBP-1 was localized predominantly in the nucleus, which is consistent with the nuclear localization of Tat. In cotransfection experiments, expression of TBP-1 was able to specifically suppress Tat-mediated transactivation. The strategy described may be useful for direct identification and cloning of genes encoding proteins that associate with other proteins to modulate their activity in a positive or negative fashion.     

毛竹cab-PhE11基因的克隆与序列分析

采用RT-PCR技术和RACE-PCR技术,从毛竹(Phyllostachys edulis)中分离了捕光叶绿素a/b结合蛋白基因cDNA编码区全长,命名为cab-PhE11(GenBank登记号:EU327783)。该基因全长1154 bp,编码区cDNA全长753 bp,编码250个氨基酸。生物信息学分析表明,在cab-PhE11编码的蛋白第62~239位包括典型的捕光叶绿素a/b结合蛋白功能域,还包含1个N-糖基化位点、1个酪氨酸激酶Ⅱ磷酸化位点、5个N-肉豆蔻酸化位点以及1个丙氨酸富集区。序列相似性分析结果表明,cab-PhE11编码的氨基酸序列与玉米、绿豆、拟南芥、烟草等的cab基因有较高的相似性,都在80%以上,该基因属于lhcb6类基因。     

Transgenic Crysanthemum plants transformed with the gene encoding for the virus B coat protein

Chrysanthemum transgenic plants with integrated single and double copies of the gene encoding for the virus B coat protein have been created via Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Both mRNA and the gene product have been revealed in several transformed lines only. The use of the transgenic chrysanthemum plants in the development of varieties resistant to the B virus is discussed.     

剑尾鱼热应激蛋白HSP70 cDNA片段的克隆与序列分析

为了进一步开展剑尾鱼Xiphophorus helleri--标准化实验动物在抗逆方面的相关研究,以及热应激蛋白(HSP70)在抗逆方面的作用,作者用RT-PCR方法首次克隆得到了剑尾鱼的HSP70的cDNA片段,该片段包含HSP70的特征性序列(GAT CTC GGT GGT GGC ACT TTT GAT).通过将克隆片段与已发表的其它鱼类HSP70的核苷酸序列和其编码的氨基酸序列进行同源性比较,发现剑尾鱼核苷酸序列同源性较高,与牙鲆Paralichthys olivaceus HSP70核苷酸序列同源性最高为89%,与川鲽Platichthys flesus、虹鳟Oncorhynchus mykiss和黄锡鲷Rhabdosargus sarba的同源性皆在85%以上;与国外学者发表的HSP70的规律类似,所克隆的片段与其它鱼类HSP70基因编码的氨基酸序列同源性较相应核苷酸序列同源性更高,与牙鲆和川鲽的HSP70氨基酸序列同源性最高达到99%,与斑马鱼Danio rerio、虹鳟和黄锡鲷的氨基酸序列同源性均高于97%.不同鱼的HSP70 cDNA核苷酸序列存在一定差异,但氨基酸序列并未受到影响,经对照,这种不同相当一部分存在于密码子的第3个碱基,因为密码子的简并性,编码氨基酸没有发生改变.     

Stimulation in vitro with protein carrier of antibodies against a hapten

Rabbits were immunized both with lysozyme and with dinitrophenylated bovine serum albumin. No antibodies against the dinitrophenyl hapten were produced when cell suspensions of their spleens were exposed in vitro to dinitro-phenyl-ovalbumin, whereas a positive response was obtained with dinitrophenyl-lysozyme. Moreover, when spleen cells from rabbits previously immunized with dinitrophenyl-bovine serum albumin were exposed in vitro to bovine serum albumin alone, they produced antibodies against the dinitrophenyl hapten.     

绿竹光系统Ⅰ捕光叶绿素a/b结合蛋白基因的cDNA全长克隆及分析

为了从分子水平研究竹子光合作用的机理,采用RT-PCR及RACE方法从绿竹中分离了cab家族的一个基因,命名为BoLhca4-1(GenBank注册号为EF690303).BoLhca4-1的cDNA序列全长931 bp.含有一个735 bp的开放阅读框,编码了一个244 aa的蛋白,分子量大小约为26.8 ku.序列分析结果表明,BoLhcn4-1是光系统Ⅰ的一个捕光叶绿素复合蛋白基因,编码肽链与禾本科植物水稻的cab蛋白有着很高的同源性,达到86.1%.系统进化树分析表明,BoLhca4-1编码蛋白与水稻的cab蛋白亲缘关系较近.另外,对绿竹不同组织中BoLco4-1基因的表达进行RT-PCR检测发现,其在叶片中的表达量较鞘和茎中要高.     

大口黑鲈胰岛素基因cDNA全序列的克隆及其编码蛋白的结构分析

胰岛素在鱼体内是一种重要的内分泌激素,其主要的生理功能是调控鱼体的代谢和血糖稳定。用RT-PCR和cDNA末端快速扩增法(RACE)技术克隆了大口黑鲈(Micropterus salmoides)胰岛素基因cDNA全序列,并对其编码的氨基酸序列和蛋白结构进行了分析。结果显示,该基因cDNA序列全长665 bp,其中包括5'端非翻译区101 bp、3'端非翻译区213 bp和开放阅读框351 bp。该开放阅读框编码包括信号肽、B链、C肽和A链的116个氨基酸,其分子量约为12.7 ku,理论等电点为5.44。在线分析表明:推测的大口黑鲈前胰岛素原氨基酸序列存在一段跨膜区;并存在信号肽序列,信号肽分裂位点在Ala24-Phe25处。大口黑鲈与其他硬骨鱼类及脊椎动物的前胰岛素原氨基酸序列的比对结果显示,大口黑鲈前胰岛素原A链和B链氨基酸序列均高度保守,与其他硬骨鱼类的前胰岛素原氨基酸序列相似度较高,为75%～94%,但与其他脊椎动物的相似度较低,为59%～62%。用邻接法构建的系统进化树显示,大口黑鲈前胰岛素原与同为鲈形目的岩钝鲈、红甘鲹和尼罗罗非鱼的亲缘关系较近。研究亮点:采用RT-PCR和RACE技术首次克隆了...     

草地藏系绵羊生长激素释放激素基因部分cDNA的克隆及生物信息学分析

为了克隆草地藏系绵羊生长激素释放激素基因,采用Trizol法从草地藏系绵羊下丘脑组织中提取总RNA,用反转录-聚合酶链式反应(RT-PCR)进行cDNA扩增并克隆测序,获得长度为207 bp的促生长激素释放激素基因(GHRH)的部分cDNA序列。结果表明获得的草地藏系绵羊GHRH部分cDNA序列与Gen Bank中注册的绵羊GHRH基因编码起始位置(86位)到292位区域高度同源,仅有1个碱基的差异,该cDNA序列编码69个氨基酸残基,其内含有信号肽序列,该氨基酸序列的31~57位具有典型胰高血糖素类似激素特征的GLUCA结构域。     

A potassium channel protein encoded by chlorella virus PBCV-1

The large chlorella virus PBCV-1, which contains double-stranded DNA (dsDNA), encodes a 94-codon open reading frame (ORF) that contains a motif resembling the signature sequence of the pore domain of potassium channel proteins. Phylogenetic analyses of the encoded protein, Kcv, indicate a previously unidentified type of potassium channel. The messenger RNA encoded by the ORF leads to functional expression of a potassium-selective conductance in Xenopus laevis oocytes. The channel blockers amantadine and barium, but not cesium, inhibit this conductance, in addition to virus plaque formation. Thus, PBCV-1 encodes the first known viral protein that functions as a potassium-selective channel and is essential in the virus life cycle.     

A second nuclear protein is encoded by Epstein-Barr virus in latent infection

A region of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) genome that is important in inducing cell proliferation includes a single long open reading frame. Part of this open reading frame has been fused to the lacZ gene and expressed in Escherichia coli. Antisera to the fusion protein identify a protein in the nuclei of latently infected growth-transformed lymphocytes and in Burkitt tumor cells grown in vitro. This nuclear protein is encoded by a different virus-gene than that which encodes the previously described EBV nuclear antigen, EBNA.     

Polysomes and protein synthesis in cells infected with a DNA virus

In HEp-2 cells infected with herpes simplex virus the rate of protein synthesis at first decline, is stimulated between 4 and 8 hours after infection, and progressively and irreversibly declines from 9 to 16 hours later. The increase and decrease in rates coincide with corresponding changes in the amounts of cytoplasmic polysomes and amounts of labeled amino acids in nascent peptides bound to polysomes. The data indicate that (i) early and late inhibition and intervening stimulation of protein synthesis are due to the corresponding breakdown and formation of polysomes, and (ii) the bulk of viral proteins is probably made on cytoplasmic polysomes.     

应用A蛋白夹心酶联免疫吸附法鉴定黄瓜花叶病毒血清组

根据Ａ蛋白夹心酶联免疫吸附法（ＰＡＳ－ＥＬＩＳＡ）试验结果可以将我国分离的１６个黄瓜花叶病毒（ＣＭＶ）分离物及４个ＣＭＶ标准毒株（Ｆｎｙ、Ｌｎｙ、Ｍ、ＷＬ）区分为２个血清组．１４个分离物及标准毒株Ｆｎｙ、Ｍ属ＤＴＬ血清组，２个分离物及标准毒株Ｌｎｙ、ＷＬ属ＴｏＲＳ血清组     

鲤病毒性疾病发生与防控的研究进展

鲤（Cyprinus carpio L.）是我国重要的水产养殖品种之一,但随着养殖密度和养殖规模的不断扩大,其养殖生态系统受到不同程度破坏,各类疾病频繁暴发,其中又以病毒性疾病的影响范围最广、死亡率最高,已成为制约鲤养殖产业可持续健康发展的瓶颈问题。文章通过综述鲤春病毒血症（Spring viraemia of carp,SVC）、锦鲤疱疹病毒病（Koi herpesvirus disease,KHVD）、鲤病毒性浮肿病（Viral edema of carp disease,VEC）和鲤痘疮病毒病（Carp pox disease,CPD）等病毒性疾病的病原生物学、发生机理、流行特点及其防控策略,发现鲤病毒性疾病仍存在诸多问题亟待深入研究,包括KHV可感染多种鲤科近缘鱼类,但为何只发展成为病毒携带者而不发病;养殖水温是否是决定病毒感染的关键因素;病毒可通过哪些途径逃避免疫监视而进入鱼体;在不同感染阶段病毒的传播方式是否存在差异等。此外,由于目前尚缺乏高效的防控方法,加强检疫和免疫防控仍是防控鲤病毒性疾病的主要手段。因此,今后要继续加强对病毒致病机理和传染途径的研究,研发新型口服疫苗载体及传送系统,并基于RNAi技术研制能有效防治病毒性疾病的药物,以确保我国鲤养殖产业的健康可持续发展。     

鸡IL-18对IBDV多聚蛋白DNA疫苗的免疫增强作用研究

    为进一步评价鸡IL-18的免疫增强作用,用鸡白细胞介素18(IL-18)的真核表达质粒(pCI-IL-18)与传染性法氏囊病病毒(IBDV)多聚蛋白DNA疫苗分别免疫SPF鸡,14日龄时首免,2周后二免,二免后5周用IBDV标准强毒株BC6/85攻击.研究发现,鸡IL-18能显著促进T、B淋巴细胞的增殖反应,增强IBDV多聚蛋白DNA疫苗诱导的中和抗体水平及其对强毒攻击的保护力.结果提示,鸡IL-18(200 μg)对IBDV多聚蛋白DNA疫苗具有显著的免疫增强作用(P＜0.05).     

Detection of serum antibodies to Borna disease virus in patients with psychiatric disorders

Borna disease virus causes a rare meningoencephalitis in horses and sheep and has been shown to produce behavioral effects in some species. The possibility that the Borna virus is associated with mental disorders in humans was evaluated by examining serum samples from 979 psychiatric patients and 200 normal volunteers for the presence of Borna virus-specific antibodies. Antibodies were detected by the indirect immunofluorescence focus assay. Antibodies to the virus were demonstrated in 16 of the patients but none of the normal volunteers. The patients with the positive serum samples were characterized by having histories of affective disorders, particularly of a cyclic nature. Further studies are needed to define the possible involvement of Borna virus in human psychiatric disturbances.     

Conversion of normal behavior to shiverer by myelin basic protein antisense cDNA in transgenic mice

Myelin basic proteins (MBPs) are coded by the single gene necessary for myelin formation in the central nervous system of the mouse. An antisense MBP mini-gene was constructed and used to determine the function of antisense DNA in transgenic mice. Several transgenic offspring of a founder transgenic mouse, AS100, were converted from the normal to mutant shiverer phenotype. Antisense MBP messenger RNA was expressed in these mice, and the endogenous MBP messenger RNA, the MBP, and the myelination in the central nervous system were reduced.     

感染柑橘速衰病毒的墨西哥酸橙病株中病程相关蛋白的检测(英文)

应用改进的十二烷基硫酸钠 -聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳 (SDS- PAGE)方法从感染柑橘速衰病毒 (CTV)强株系和弱株系的墨西哥酸橙病株中检测到一种相对分子质量约为 130 0 0的特异蛋白 ,而在健株中未能检测到 ,该蛋白电泳谱带没有差异 .应用 Western印迹技术进一步分析表明 ,这种蛋白不与 CTV特异的多克隆抗体10 52和 3DF1单克隆抗体反应 .这暗示着该蛋白是墨西哥酸橙在 CTV侵染胁迫条件下编码产生的一种病程相关蛋白 .研究结果也表明 ,应用 SDS- PAGE方法检测这一特异蛋白 ,可作为诊断墨西哥酸橙植株感染 CTV的一种有效的分子生物学辅助检测方法