用计算机手段探测晚芦基因20h连续表达趋势

以岩溪晚芦(Citrus reticulata Blanco)为试材,在果实成熟期用乙烯诱导果蒂的离层,分时段应用探针组(Probe Set ID)总数至少30302的基因芯片研究了离层基因表达情况,且同步进行了无乙烯诱导的对照实验,得到芯片两两比较结果。4h、12h和24h样品处理同样品对照的两两比较结果表明:4h、12h和24h样品处理分别至少有650个、500个和2200个探针组比样品对照显著下调表达,分别占探针组总数的2.15%、1.65%和7.26%;4h、12h和24h样品处理分别至少有550、600和1200个探针组比样品对照显著上调表达,分别占探针组总数的1.82%、1.98%和3.96%。研究首次证实了Affymetrix公司的柑橘基因表达检测芯片可应用于中国岩溪晚芦,首次发现了至少500条基因连续20h的表达趋势。     

NAC类转录因子在玉米未成熟雌穗发育中的作用

为了研究转录因子在玉米雌穗早期发育阶段的差异表达情况,探讨其生物学功能,利用Arizona大学的玉米芯片对未成熟玉米雌穗的早期关键发育阶段进行全基因组表达谱分析.数据标准化之后对差异基因中的转录因子家族进行超几何分析,挑选并分析差异明显的转录因子家族.结果表明,在玉米雌穗发育早期,有1844个基因差异表达,有7个转录因...     

非编码RNA检测技术的研究进展

非编码RNA（non-coding RNA,ncRNA）广泛存在于生物体中,不编码蛋白质,以RNA的形式在许多生命过程中发挥着重要的作用。随着越来越多ncRNA生物学功能的揭示,检测ncRNA在不同生理和病理状态下表达谱的变化,已迅速成为研究的热点。为了将ncRNA更好地应用于农业生产和生物医学研究,笔者对ncRNA最新检测技术的原理与应用进行了综述。     

A Simple and Reliable Assay for Detecting Specific Nucleotide Sequences in Plants Using Optical Thin-film Biosensor Chips

Here we report the adaptation and optimization of an efficient, accurate and inexpensive assay that employs custom-designed silicon-based optical thin-film biosensor chips to detect unique transgenes in genetically modified （GM） crops and SN-P markers in model plant genomes. Briefly, aldehyde-attached sequence-specific singlestranded oligonucleotide probes are arrayed and covalently attached to a hydrazine-derivatized biosensor chip surface. Unique DNA sequences （or genes） are detected by hybridizing biotinylated PCR amplicons of the DNA sequences to probes on the chip surface. In the SN-P assay, target sequences （PCR amplicons） are hybridized in the presence of a mixture of biotinylated detector probes and a thermostable DNA ligase. Only perfect matches between the probe and target sequences, but not those with even a single nucleotide mismatch, can be covalently fixed on the chip surface. In both cases, the presence of specific target sequences is siL, nified by a color change on the chip surface （gold to blue/purple） after brief incubation with an anti-biotin IgG horseradish peroxidase （HRP） to generate a precipitable product from an HRP substrate.     

Effect of simulated transport stress on the rat small intestine: A morphological and gene expression study

The present study investigated the effects of simulated transport stress on morphology and gene expression in the small intestine of laboratory rats. Sprague Dawley rats were subjected to 35 °C and 0.1×g on a constant temperature shaker for physiological, biochemical, morphological and microarray analysis before and after treatment. The treatment induced obvious stress responses with significant decreases in body weight (P < 0.01), increases in rectal temperature, serum corticosterone (CORT), serum glucose (GLU), creatine kinase (CK) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels (P < 0.01), as well as expression of Hsp27/70/90 mRNA (P < 0.05; P < 0.01). The rat jejunum was severely damaged and apoptotic after mimicking transport stress, which may mainly be related to cell death, oxidation reduction and hormone imbalance determined by microarray analysis. The bioinformatics analysis from the present study would provide insight into the potential mechanisms underlying transport stress-induced injury in the rat small intestine.