... condensation and coiling ofDNA [19] It is well known that changes in the local supercoiling status ofDNA can affect the transcriptional rate of genes [20], and our findings concerning the behavior of ... [15] andthe lab of Susan Golden [21], in addition to the study of Nakahira and coworkers [16], are consistent with this hypothesis, namely that the condensation or supercoiling status ofthe ... modulation ofthe transcription rates of all genes, accounting for the global regulation ofgene expression [22] Gene- specific cis-regulatory elements that mediate rhythmic gene expression might therefore...
... 1.1.2 The antioxidant system The amount of reactive species in the cell is determined bythe rate of their production andthe rate of clearance by various antioxidant enzymes and compounds in the ... distribution of glutathione peroxidases and peroxiredoxins throughout the cell 1.2 REDOX REGULATION OFGENE EXPRESSION The regulation ofgene expression is the control ofthe level and timing of appearance ... hydrophobic ligand-binding pocket The AF-2 in the LBD of ER is composed of amino acids in helix 3, 4, and 12 The position of helix 12 changes when ER binds to ligands and therefore is the key in...
... between the curves in the case of CoD-B and in the random case genes identified by CoD-Q, the curves of cumulated probability laid between the curves in the case of CoD-B andthe curve in the random ... one uses the MSE metric, then CoD is the ratio ofthe explained variation to the total variation and denotes the strength of association between predictor genes andthe target gene Mathematically, ... F(x) ofthe expression level y ofgene g y given the expression level x ofgene gx in the (x, y) plane We then computed CoD to determine how well the expression ofgene g y is predicted by the...
... between the curves in the case of CoD-B and in the random case genes identified by CoD-Q, the curves of cumulated probability laid between the curves in the case of CoD-B andthe curve in the random ... one uses the MSE metric, then CoD is the ratio ofthe explained variation to the total variation and denotes the strength of association between predictor genes andthe target gene Mathematically, ... F(x) ofthe expression level y ofgene g y given the expression level x ofgene gx in the (x, y) plane We then computed CoD to determine how well the expression ofgene g y is predicted by the...
... these cells, the modulators regulated by Nanog can be identified andthe interconnection of Nanog with the LIF and BMP signals can be dissected One ofthe potential applications ofthe gain -of- function ... developed and extensively applied in the study of ES cell biology 1.3.1 Alteration ofgene expression by genetic perturbation There are two main strategies of genetic perturbation used for the study of ... biology They are the ‘gain -of- function’ approach andthe ‘loss -of- function’ approach Most gain -of- function studies involve introducing the cDNA of a gene into cells, ideally resulting in the hyper-activation...
... subtraction by maximum likelihood; the remainder ofthealleles were determined by cloning Despite the occurrence of some incongruities between loci, the NJ, ML and Bayesian trees based on the combined ... detected bythe presence of double peaks and coded following the conventions ofthe International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology From these, haplotypes were resolved using the maximum ... identities of their progenitors are of great value in both basic and applied research programs For example, the comparative analysis of crop plants and their wild progenitors can shed light on the genetic...
... bound to DNA had been determined by x-ray crystallography, and computed the number of contacts between each base in the bound DNAandthe protein For each factor they assembled collections of sequences ... to be bound bythe protein, computed PWMs from these sequences, and showed that there is a strong correlation between the number of contacts at a position in the bound sequenceandthe information ... identified by a K by K transition matrix ( K is the number of components in the Dirichlet mixture) and marginal distribution ofthe class variable at the first position The number of prior classes (the...
... Tropel and J R van der Meer A B Fig (A) Genetic organization ofthe hbp genes in Pseudomonas azelaica strain HBP1 Open and grey bars (some as arrows) depict the orientation andthe size ofthe genes; ... imperfect palindromes of 16 bp and a spacing of between 29 and 42 bp between their centres (Fig 1A) [20] The regions covered by XylR on the Pu andof HbpR on the PhbpC promoter in DNaseI footprinting ... larger than the sequences ofthe palindromes [19,21], but the exact contribution of nucleotides in the binding site contacted bythe proteins is not known The current hypothesis of hexameric...
... (a) DNA polymerase activity, which can be both RNA andDNA dependent; and (b) RNase H activity that selectively hydrolyzes the RNA strand ofthe RNA :DNA hybrid formed during synthesis ofthe ... in the presence of different concentrations of efavirenz and in the absence () or presence of 1.9 lM (s), 3.7 lM (.) and 7.5 lM (4) K-49 (C) YonetaniTheorell plot ofthe interaction of KNA-53 and ... different, andthe contribution ofthe pp stacking interaction is lost Furthermore, the low number of good contacts with RT leads to instability ofthe complex andthe compound can be easily washed off...
... synthetic dsDNA as a probe (Fig 5A,B) Various amounts of recombinant PsSiR and 40-mer or 20-mer dsDNA were mixed, and then the mixtures were electrophoresed The intensity ofthe shifted bands ... studies oftheDNA binding of sulfite reductase [1,27] Here, we compared the DNA- binding activity of ZmSiR and PsSiR (Fig 5, right) An increase in the intensity ofthe shifted bands was found as the ... corresponding to the first 18 residues ofthe N terminus andthe last 16 residues ofthe C terminus ofthe predicted mature protein No peptide corresponding to the predicted transit peptide sequence was...
... decreases formation of 8-oxoG in mitochondrial DNA [20], but the role of this protein in protecting nuclear DNA from oxidation in human cells andthe mechanisms of regulation ofthe PRDX5 gene are not ... down-regulation of this gene clone, and 2608 analyzed the concentration of 8-oxoG and transcription of some families ofDNA repeats in these clones Results PRDX5 expression is not induced by oxidative ... expression ofthe PRDX5 gene contributes to the antioxidant defense ofthe human genome The 8-oxoG content of nuclear DNA from mouse tissues estimated by quantitative analysis (HPLC and electrospray...
... andthe effect on RNA amplification by RT-PCR (Table 4) An incubation of 10 eliminated DNA detection at the lowest concentration and increased the CT by a mean of 6.58 cycles for the other DNA ... RNA Effect of incubation temperature and time on DNA degradation and RT-PCR amplification of RNA The effect of temperature on DNA degradation and RNA amplification in the presence of UNG was ... contained 1,000 copies of amplicon DNAThe fluorescence signal generated by amplicon DNA is indicated bythe open form ofthe same symbol for each respective reaction The horizontal line at approximately...
... andthe effect on RNA amplification by RT-PCR (Table 4) An incubation of 10 eliminated DNA detection at the lowest concentration and increased the CT by a mean of 6.58 cycles for the other DNA ... RNA Effect of incubation temperature and time on DNA degradation and RT-PCR amplification of RNA The effect of temperature on DNA degradation and RNA amplification in the presence of UNG was ... contained 1,000 copies of amplicon DNAThe fluorescence signal generated by amplicon DNA is indicated bythe open form ofthe same symbol for each respective reaction The horizontal line at approximately...
... score, andthe presence of IBDV RNA in the bursae, as well as the survival rate We found that 100% ofthe chickens in the in ovo DNA vaccine plus boost group and 80% ofthe chickens in the in ovo DNA ... appear to be affected bythe types and combined methods of vaccines and adjuvants, the route and time of inoculation, the promoter ofthe plasmid expressing the cloned genes, and animal species ... expression of SV40 and CMV in myoblasts significantly reduced bythe addition of INF-γ [7] Therefore, ChINF-γ expressed by pcDNA-ChINF-γ co-delivered with theDNA vaccine may inhibit the expression of...
... DNA content in the tortuosa variety is the same as in the common beech Furthermore, in replicated analyses of common beech with or without tortuosa, the coefficients of variation were tight and ... histograms, the average coefficient of variation for the peak of 2C nuclei for Petunia was 2.2 % and that of Fagus 3.1 %, altogether acceptable 2C DNA values converted to pg amounts and to Mbp ... 0.01 pg andof Q petraea: 2C 1.87 ± 0.02 pg Using microdensitometry methods, Greilhuber evaluated the genome of Q petraea to 2C 1.8 pg [16], and Ohri and Ahuja [20] to 1.58 pg Although their DNA...
... procedures for DNA polymorphism analysis or the study of genetic architecture of genomes by RFLP and PFGE (choice of rarely cleaving restriction enzymes) or RAPD (choice of primers), and in speciation ... presently not possible The GC% values presented here are the first for the genus Quercus andthe Fagaera Therefore, family The values are typical for higher plants This type of data can be useful ... of Quercus plants on the basis of genome size relative to a standard plant of known ploidy MATERIALS AND METHODS The plant material was leaves of in vitro cloned plantlets of Q petraea (Matt)...
... initial DNA released minus residual DNA released without the interference of apoptosis On the other hand, the intensity of apoptosis could be easily estimated by subtracting the total DNA released ... agarose-encapsulated cells The range ofDNA quantification, beginning just before the compression zone (CZ) and ending at the bottom ofthe smears, is shown (B) The amount of released DNA (optical density, ... the fragility of agarose plugs, the corners tended to break off easily Therefore, to ensure that the same number of cells (DNA) per lane was loaded into a gel, we cut a section ofthe better preserved...
... such as DNAof Pseudomonas poae, Delftia acidovorans, and Burkholderia cepacia A detailed sequence analysis ofthe PCR-positive samples of ReA and UA patients revealed a number ofDNAof bacteria ... indicate the number of patient set from whom bacteria were detected aAccession number ofthe bacterial species in the EMBL database bLength of alignment on which the 16S rDNA inserted sequenceandthe ... valuable overall picture ofthe bacterial DNA environment present in the SF ofthe actively inflamed joints of arthritis patients Characterization oftheDNA reveals a wide spectrum of organisms so far...
... higher rates of both DNA transposon gain Page of 13 and loss than their asexual counterparts We describe the general landscape ofDNA transposons in D pulex, survey the relative abundance of each ... determined by structural motifs such as, in the case of CACTA elements, terminal inverted repeats (Figure 1) [21] and, in the case of Helitrons, palindromes andthe identification of tandem arrays of ... outputs from BLASTN (e-value < 0.00001 and >20% ofthe length ofthe query) and RepeatMasker (RM; >50 bp in length, >70% similarity, and >20% ofthe length ofthe query), respectively Families with...
... an array of PCR fragments, they monitored the accumulation of nascent DNA across the entire viral genome over the course of infection, allowing both the origins and breadth ofDNA synthesis to ... on the displaced strand ofthe D-loop allows lagging strand synthesis (panel A) In bubble-migration synthesis, lagging strand synthesis does not occur, andthe newly synthesized single strand ... from the back ofthe D-loop as new DNA is synthesized at the front ofthe D-loop (panel B) In this and subsequent figures, new leading strand replication is in solid red and new lagging strand...