红色荧光标记载体pBacA4DsRed1的构建及其表达

以首次克隆的家蚕Bombyx mori 肌动蛋白（actin4, A4）启动子、红色荧光蛋白基因DsRed1和多聚腺苷酸识别序列SV40为元件，经多次克隆将其插入到 piggyBac转座载体中，构建成pBacA4DsRed1转基因表达载体。将该载体显微注射到胚盘形成前期的蚕卵中，在荧光显微镜下观察其发光情况，结果发现：在胚胎早期发育的第三天，检测到蚕卵内发出较强的红色荧光。由于蚕卵没有红色自发荧光，用DsRed1标记背景干扰小，对注射蚕种无特别选择，在荧光显微镜下观察到明显的红色荧光，表明pBacA4DsRed1载体构建正确且能在蚕卵中表达。红色荧光蛋白(RFP)基因丰富了报告基因的种类，并且与绿色荧光蛋白(GFP)基因一样，可以作为理想的报告基因应用于家蚕的功能基因研究。

Construction and expression of red fluorescent protein reporter gene vector pBacA4DsRed1

By using of three basic elements, actin4 promoter of Bombyx mori, red fluorescent protein and the identified sequence of polyadenylation acid in SV40, the pBacA4Red1 transgene vector was constructed successfully. Red fluorescence was observed in the three-day preblastodermic eggs after the reconstructed piggyBac expression vector was microinjected. This indicated that the expression vector was correctly constructed and can express in the silkworm eggs. As the green fluorescent protein(GFP), the RFP can also be used as the reporter gene to research the functional gene of silkworm.