简介：韩国人类基因组功能分析中心成功地研制出一种特别针对韩国人胃组织基因的DNA芯片。该芯片包含了14，000个来源于胃癌细胞和正常组织的基因。

简介：CleavageofchromosomalDNAintooligonucleosomalsizefragmentsisanintegralpartofapoptosis.ElegantbiochemicalworkidentifiedtheDNAfragmentationfactor(DFF)asamajorapoptoticendonucleaseforDNAfragmentationinvitroGeneticstudiesinmicesupporttheimportenceofDFFinDNAfragmentationandpossiblyinapoptosisinvivo.RecentworkalsosuggeststheexistenceofadditionalendonucleasesforDNAdegradation.Understandingtherolesofindividualendonucleasesinapoptosis,andhowtheymightcoordinatetodegradeDNAindifferenttissuesduringnormaldevelopmentandhomeostasis,aswellasinvariousdiseasedstates,willbeamajorresearchfocusinthenearfuture.

简介：<正>Apoptosisisahighlyregulatedphysiologicalprocesscriticalindevelopmentandtissuehomeostasis.Abnormalapoptosiscanleadtodiseaseconditionsincludingneurodegeneration,autoimmunityandcancer.DNAfragmentationisanintegralpartofapoptosisandhaslongbeensuspectedtobeofcriticalimportanceincleaninguppotentiallyantigenicDNAandgeneticmaterialcapableofinducingneoplasmictransformationinneighboringcells.DirectevidenceforthisfunctionofDNAfragmentationhowever,isstilllacking.TheidentificationofaheterodimericDNAfragmentationfactor45and40(DFF45andDFF40,alsocalledICADforInhibitorofCaspaseActivatedDNaseandCADforCaspaseActivatedDNaserespectively)aswellas

简介：基因芯片是近年来产生的一项生物高技术。它是利用原位合成或合成后交联法,将大量的核酸片段有规则地固定在固相支持物如载玻片、金属片、尼龙膜上,制成芯片,然后将要检测的样品用荧光素或同位素标记,再与做成的芯片充分杂交,通过对杂交信号的检测来分析样品中的信息。基因芯片技术已在基因表达水平的检测、基因点突变及多态性检测、DNA序列测定、寻找可能的致病基因和疾病相关基因、蛋白质作图、基因组文库作图等方面显示出了广阔的应用前景。

简介：AsthetopologicalpropertiesofeachspotinDNAmicroarrayimagesmayvaryfromoneanother,weemployedgranulometriestounderstandtheshape-sizecontentcontributedduetoasignificantintensityvaluewithinaspot.Analysiswasperformedonthemicroarrayimagethatconsistedof240spotsbyusingconceptsfrommathematicalmorphology.Inordertofindoutindicesforeachspotandtofurtherclassifythem,weadoptedmorphologicalmultiscaleopenings,whichprovidedmicroarraysatmultiplescales.Successiveopenedmicroarraysweresubtractedtoidentifytheprotrusionsthatweresmallerthanthesizeofstructuringelement.Spot-wisedetails,intermsofprobabilityoftheseobservedprotrusions,werecomputedbyplacingaregularlyspacedgridonmicroarraysuchthateachspotwascenteredineachgrid.Basedontheprobabilityofsizedistributionfunctionsoftheseprotrusionsisolatedateachlevel,weestimatedthemeansizeandtextureindexforeachspot.Withthesecharacteristics,weclassifiedthespotsinamicroarrayimageintobrightanddullcategoriesthroughpatternspectrumandshape-sizecomplexitymeasures.Thesesegregatedspotscanbecomparedwiththoseofhybridizationlevels.

简介：Apoptosiscanbetriggeredbyavarietyofstimuliincludingdeathfactors,anti-cancerdrugsandfactor-deprivation.Theseapoptoticcellsareswiftlyphagocytosedbymacrophagestopreventthereleaseofnoxiousorinflammatorymaterialsfromdyingcells.ThemolecularanalysisofFasligand(adeathfactor)-inducedapoptosisindicatedthatacascadeofproteases(caspases)isactivatedduringthisprocess,whicheventuallyactivatesaspecificDNase(caspase-activatedDNase).CADexistsasacomplexwithitsinhibitor(ICAD)inproliferatingcells.Whenthecellsaretriggeredtoapoptosis,caspases,inparticularcaspase3,inthedownstreamofthecaspasecascadecleaveICAD,whichreleasesCADtocauseDNAdegradationinnuclei.

简介：质粒载体在基因治疗中占据重要地位。传统质粒DNA在真核生物中可能会引起严重的炎症反应,未甲基化的CpG序列可能抑制基因的表达,最好的解决办法是在生产质粒载体过程中将细菌调控序列整体消除。微环DNA是一种新颖的小环超螺旋表达框,它是传统质粒在大肠杆菌体内通过位点特异性重组得到的。微环DNA缺乏抗性标记基因、复制原点等细菌序列,增强了在临床上的安全性。体内、外研究表明,微环DNA提高了转基因表达效率。我们就重组酶系统及微环DNA的生产、纯化和转染效率等方面的研究进行了综述

简介：The2004SoutheastAsiaTsunamikillednearly5,400peopleinSouthernThailand,includingforeigntouristsandlocalresidents.TorecoverDNAevidenceasmuchaspossiblefromtheseriouslydecomposedbodies,weexploredproceduresofsamplepreparationfrombothboneandtoothsamplesaswellasbothmitochondrialandnuclearmarkers.DespitehavingfailedtorecoverenoughDNAfornuclearmarkertyping,wesucceededinobtainingfullyinformativeresultsformitochondrialmarkers(HV1andHV2)from258toothsampleswithasuccessrateof51%(258/507).UsinganorganicDNAextractionmethodcoupledwithanultrafiltrationstep,weobtained16STR(including13CODISloci,onesexdiscriminationlocus,andtwoIdentifilerloci)profilesfor834sampleswithasuccessrateof79%(834/1,062).Inaddition,bycomparingtheallelicfrequenciesbetweenthetypedsamplesasagroupandotherindexpopulations,weconcludethattheThaitsunamivictimsareacombinedgroupofseveralpopulations.Ourresultsprovidevaluableevidenceandprotocolsforthefutureforensicpractice.

简介：Eelfamilyisahugeone,inwhichmanykindsofeelsespeciallysomemigratoryeels,bearstrongresemblancetoeachother,andarethereforedifficulttobeidentified.Inthisstudy29randomprimerswereusedtomakeRAPDanalysisforJapaneseseel(Anguillajaponica),Europeaneel(Anguillaanguilla)andPikeeel(Muraenesoxcinereus).Andtotally299fragmentswerecounted.Sharedorspecificfragmentswerecountedandgeneticsimilarityorgeneticdistancewerecalculated.ThegeneticsimilaritybetweenJapaneseeelandPikeeelis0.68andthegeneticdistancebetweenthemis0.32;thosebetweenEuropeaneelandPikeeelare0.72and0.28respectively,andbetweenJapaneseeelandEuropeaneelare0.74and0.25respectively.Themethodhasbeenshowntobesuitabletomolecularidentificationofeels.Itprovidesanalternativeapproachtodeterminetherelationshipbetweenspecies.

简介：DNA聚合酶III是为DNA的复制负责的五eubacterialDNA聚合酶之一双。在DNA聚合酶III核心酶的十个子单元之中，高山哈子单元两个都为polymerizing催化反应DNA海滨。在这研究，我们提取了高山的genomic序列哈从159的子单元定序eubacterial染色体，并且执行了基于顺序的种系发生、结构的分析。我们发现所有eubacterial染色体有至少一座高山哈子单元，哪个形式homodimers或heterodimers。种系发生并且领域高山的结构的分析以及拷贝数字变化哈在每个细菌的子单元显示高山的分类哈子单元进四个基本的组：polC，dnaE1，dnaE2，和dnaE3。这个分类具有在染色体作文分析的本质。我们也巩固了命名惯例在基因注解避免进一步的混乱。

简介：在源于mitochondrial机能障碍的氧化phosphorylation的改变长被假设了涉及tumorigenesis。线粒体最近被显示了在调整规划房间死亡和房间增长起一个重要作用。而且，mitochondrialDNA(mtDNA)变化在各种各样的癌症房间被发现了。然而，在tumorigenesis的这些mtDNA变化的角色仍然保持大部分未知。这评论集中于基本mitochondrial遗传，mtDNA变化和与癌症联系的结果的mitochondrial机能障碍。潜在的分子的机制，调停从mtDNA变化的致病和到tumorigenesis的mitochondrial机能障碍也被讨论。

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简介：将个体DNA提取出来后,按一定方式进行混合,构成混合DNA样品池。这种混合DNA样品可用于病因未明的遗传性及遗传易感性疾病的研究。在研究常染色体隐性遗传性耳聋致病基因时,发现与染色体9q的D9S922和D9S301位点有相关性。此方法比通常的连锁分析法省时省力。在肿瘤相关基因或责任基因的研究、法医学的个体认定、基因突变的检测等方面均显示出实用性,值得推广

简介：生物安全研究的范畴涉及任何由生物威胁所造成的风险。随着害虫优先考虑级别的不断变化，以及国家和部门间相互协作的不断加强，对DNA分子鉴定技术的标准化提出了更迫切的要求，而DNA条形码的出现为此类问题的解决提供了很好的机遇。我们以前人对毒蛾和果蝇的研究为例，比较了DNA条形码技术与PCR-RFLP等传统方法的鉴定效果，在此基础上提出了建立一个可对不同入侵种进行快速和准确鉴定的条形码技术平台的构想。

简介：目的：拼接DNA片段并克隆。方法：用T4DNA连接酶将DNA片段以平末端随机连接,随后用限制性内切酶切割,琼脂糖电泳分离酶切产物,挑选特定片段纯化回收,与线性化的载体质粒连接,转化大肠杆菌感受态细胞。结果：通过以上步骤,成功拼接了不同DNA片段,构建了含有目的拼接片段的重组质粒。结论：该方法简便、易行、可靠,可作为拼接、克隆DNA的备选方案,在分子生物学研究和基因工程中应用。

简介：Humanpolymorphonuclearleukocytes(PMN)havebeenreportedtocompletelylackofDNA-dependentproteinkinase(DNA-PK)whichiscomposedofKuproteinandthecatalyticsubunitDNA-PKcs,neededfornonhomologousend-joining(NHEJ)ofDNAdouble-strandbreaks.PromyelocyticHL-60cellsexpressavariantformofKuresultinginenhancedradiationsensitivity.ThisraisesthequestioniflowefficiencyofNHEJ,instrumentalforthecellularrepairofoxidativedamage,isanormalcharacteristicofmyeloiddifferentiation.HereweconfirmedthecompletelackofDNAPKinPMNproteinextracts,andtheexpressionofthetruncatedKu86variantforminHL-60.However,thisdegradationofDNA-PKwasshowntobeduetoaDNA-PK-degradingproteaseinPMNandHL-60.Inaddition,byusingaprotease-resistantwholecellassay,bothKu86andDNA-PKcscouldbedemonstratedinPMN,suggestingthepreviouslyreportedabsenceinPMNofDNA-PKtobeanartefact.ThelevelsofKu86andDNA-PKcsweremuchreducedinPMN,ascomparedwiththatofthelymphocytes,whereasHL-60displayedamarkedlyelevatedDNA-PKconcentration.Inconclusion,ourfindingsprovideevidenceofreduced,notdepletedexpressionofDNA-PKduringthematurestagesofmyeloiddifferentiation.

简介：本文介绍了阳离子脂质体、聚合胺、减毒侵袭性细菌、Cochleates等可介导疫苗DNA转染的载体，并对肌肉注射、基因枪导入、皮内皮下注射及粘膜接种等可用以DNA疫苗接种的几种免疫途径作一简述。

简介：TounderstandtheDNA-methylationmediatedgenesilencingmechanisms,weanalyzedincellcultureofthepromoterfunctionoftheMAGE-A1gene,whichisfrequentlydemethylatedandover-expressedinhumanhepatocellularcarcinoma.WehaveestablishedthecorrelationoftheDNAmethylationofthepromoterCpGislandwithexpressionstatusofthisgeneinapaneloftheestablishedlivercancercelllines.ThecrucialCpGdinucleotide(s)withintheminimalpromotersubjectedtothecontrolmediatedbyDNAmethylationwithprofoundbiologicalfunctionswasalsodelineated.Furthermore,anovelsequence-specificDNA-proteininteractionatthe-30CpGdinucleotideupstreamofthegenewasfoundhavingavitalparttoplayintheDNAmethylationmediatedtranscriptionsilencingoftheMAGE-A1gene.OurresultswouldnotonlyprovidenewinsightsintotheDNAmethylationmediatedmechanismsovertranscriptionoftheMAGE-A1gene,butalsopavethewayforfurtherdefiningthecross-talkamongDNAmethylation,histonemodificationandchromatinremodelingindetail.

简介：Meiotic前期我是一个长、复杂的阶段。相应再结合是在meiotic前期期间发生在相应染色体之间的一个重要过程我。chiasmata的形成，它一起保持相应染色体直到中期我到后期，我转移，为合适的染色体分离是批评的。最近的研究建议了SPO11蛋白质在产生被认为是相应再结合的起点的双strandedDNA裂缝(DSB)的地点在很多个有机体保存了功能。DSB的这些地点处理要求RecA相当或相同的事物的功能，例如RAD51，DMC1，和其它，由变异的研究建议了；因此，修理这些meioticDSB的失败导致反常chromosomal引申，导致破坏成熟分裂。这些RecA相当或相同的事物的功能上的最近的发现改进了位于meiotic下面的机制的理解相应再结合。

简介：DNAbarcodingisapowerfulapproachforcharacterizingspeciesoforganisms,especiallythosewithalmostidenticalmorphologicalfeatures,therebyhelpingtotoestablishphylogeneticrelationshipsandrevealevolutionaryhistories.Inthisstudy,wechosea648-bpsegmentofthemitochondrialgene,cytochromecoxidasesubunit1(COI),asastandardbarcoderegiontoestablishphylogeneticrelation-shipsamongbrineshrimp(Artemia)speciesfrommajorhabitatsaroundtheworldandfurtherfocusedonthebiodiversityofArtemiaspeciesinChina,especiallyintheTibetanPlateau.SamplesfromfivemajorsaltlakesoftheTibetanPlateaulocatedataltitudesover4,000mshowedcleardifferencesfromotherArtemiapop-ulationsinChina.Wealsoobservedtwoconsistentaminoacidchanges,153A/Vand183L/F,intheCOIgenebetweenthehighandlowaltitudespeciesinChina.Moreover,indelsintheCOIsequencewereidentifiedincystandadultsamplesuniquetotheCoQenpopulationfromtheTibetanPlateau,demonstratingtheneedforadditionalinvestigationsofthemitochondrialgenomeamongTibetanArtemiapopulations.