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Isolation and characterization of the TaSnRK2.10 gene and its association with agronomic traits in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). PLoS One 2017; 12:e0174425. [PMID: 28355304 PMCID: PMC5371334 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2016] [Accepted: 03/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Sucrose non-fermenting 1-related protein kinases (SnRKs) comprise a major family of signaling genes in plants and are associated with metabolic regulation, nutrient utilization and stress responses. This gene family has been proposed to be involved in sucrose signaling. In the present study, we cloned three copies of the TaSnRK2.10 gene from bread wheat on chromosomes 4A, 4B and 4D. The coding sequence (CDS) is 1086 bp in length and encodes a protein of 361 amino acids that exhibits functional domains shared with SnRK2s. Based on the haplotypes of TaSnRK2.10-4A (Hap-4A-H and Hap-4A-L), a cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence (CAPS) marker designated TaSnRK2.10-4A-CAPS was developed and mapped between the markers D-1092101 and D-100014232 using a set of recombinant inbred lines (RILs). The TaSnRK2.10-4B alleles (Hap-4B-G and Hap-4B-A) were transformed into allele-specific PCR (AS-PCR) markers TaSnRK2.10-4B-AS1 and TaSnRK2.10-4B-AS2, which were located between the markers D-1281577 and S-1862758. No diversity was found for TaSnRK2.10-4D. An association analysis using a natural population consisting of 128 winter wheat varieties in multiple environments showed that the thousand grain weight (TGW) and spike length (SL) of Hap-4A-H were significantly higher than those of Hap-4A-L, but pant height (PH) was significantly lower.
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Kim HR, Baek A, Lee IJ, Kim DE. Facilitation of Polymerase Chain Reaction with Poly(ethylene glycol)-Engrafted Graphene Oxide Analogous to a Single-Stranded-DNA Binding Protein. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:33521-33528. [PMID: 27960406 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b13223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a versatile DNA amplification method, is a fundamental technology in modern life sciences and molecular diagnostics. After multiple rounds of PCR, however, nonspecific DNA fragments are often produced and the amplification efficiency and fidelity decrease. Here, we demonstrated that poly(ethylene glycol)-engrafted nanosized graphene oxide (PEG-nGO) can significantly improve the PCR specificity and efficiency. PEG-nGO allows the specificity to be maintained even after multiple rounds of PCR, allowing reliable amplification at low annealing temperatures. PEG-nGO decreases the nonspecific annealing of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA), such as primer dimerization and false priming, by adsorbing excess primers. Moreover, PEG-nGO interrupts the reannealing of denatured template DNA by preferentially binding to ssDNA. Thus, PEG-nGO enhances the PCR specificity by preferentially binding to ssDNA without inhibiting DNA polymerase, which is analogous to the role of ssDNA binding proteins.
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- Hyo Ryoung Kim
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Konkuk University Neundong-ro 120, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Konkuk University Neundong-ro 120, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Konkuk University Neundong-ro 120, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Konkuk University Neundong-ro 120, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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El-Husseini DM, Helmy NM, Tammam RH. The effect of gold nanoparticles on the diagnostic polymerase chain reaction technique for equine herpes virus 1 (EHV-1). RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra08513j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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We experimented the effect of 15 nm unmodified citrate coated GNPs on the key PCR reactants to see if these would enhance the overall outcomes of the reaction. Thus, the optimized GNPs-assisted PCR could be used for more efficient diagnosis of EHV-1.
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- Dalia M. El-Husseini
- Biotechnology Department
- Animal Health Research Institute
- Agriculture Research Centre
- Giza
- Egypt
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- Biotechnology Department
- Animal Health Research Institute
- Agriculture Research Centre
- Giza
- Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry
- Faculty of Science
- Cairo University
- Giza
- Egypt
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Autebert J, Kashyap A, Lovchik RD, Delamarche E, Kaigala GV. Hierarchical hydrodynamic flow confinement: efficient use and retrieval of chemicals for microscale chemistry on surfaces. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2014; 30:3640-5. [PMID: 24625080 PMCID: PMC4213896 DOI: 10.1021/la500875m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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We devised, implemented, and tested a new concept for efficient local surface chemistry that we call hierarchical hydrodynamic flow confinement (hierarchical HFC). This concept leverages the hydrodynamic shaping of multiple layers of liquid to address challenges inherent to microscale surface chemistry, such as minimal dilution, economical consumption of reagent, and fast liquid switching. We illustrate two modes of hierarchical HFC, nested and pinched, by locally denaturing and recovering a 26 bp DNA with as little as 2% dilution and by efficiently patterning an antibody on a surface, with a 5 μm resolution and a 100-fold decrease of reagent consumption compared to microcontact printing. In addition, valveless switching between nanoliter volumes of liquids was achieved within 20 ms. We believe hierarchical HFC will have broad utility for chemistry on surfaces at the microscale.
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Yuan L, He Y. Effect of surface charge of PDDA-protected gold nanoparticles on the specificity and efficiency of DNA polymerase chain reaction. Analyst 2014; 138:539-45. [PMID: 23170311 DOI: 10.1039/c2an36145k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has become an indispensable technique in molecular biology, however, it suffers from low efficiency and specificity problems. Developing suitable additives to effectively avoid nonspecific PCR reactions and explore the mechanism for PCR enhancing is a significant challenge. In this paper, we report three different modified gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) with different surface charge polarities and poly (diallyl dimethylammonium) chloride (PDDA) for use as novel PCR enhancers to improve the efficiency and specificity. These AuNPs included the positively charged PDDA protected AuNPs (PDDA-AuNPs), the neutral PDDA-AuNPs modified with excess chloride ion (PDDA.C-AuNPs), and the negatively charged sodium citrate (Na(3)Ct) protected AuNPs (Na(3)Ct-AuNPs). Our data clearly suggests that the positively charged PDDA-AuNPs with an optimum concentration as low as 1.54 pM could significantly enhance the specificity and efficiency of PCR, however, the optimum concentration of the negatively charged Na(3)Ct-AuNPs (2.02 nM) was more than 3 orders of magnitude higher than that of positively charged PDDA-AuNPs. The PCR specificity and efficiency are also improved by the neutral PDDA.C-AuNPs with an optimum concentration, much more than that of the PDDA-AuNPs. This suggests that there should be an electrostatic interaction between the positively charged PDDA-AuNPs and the negatively charged PCR components, and the surface charge polarities of PDDA-AuNPs may play an important role in improving the PCR specificity and efficiency.
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- Longfei Yuan
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Tan MH, Gécz J, Shoubridge C. PCR amplification and sequence analysis of GC-rich sequences: Aristaless-related homeobox example. Methods Mol Biol 2014; 1017:105-20. [PMID: 23719911 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-438-8_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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PCR amplification (followed by mutation scanning or direct sequencing) is a technique widely used in mutation detection and molecular studies of disease-causing genes, such as ARX. PCR amplification of high GC-rich regions encounters difficulties using conventional PCR procedures. Here, we present the strategies to amplify and sequence these GC-rich regions for the purposes of mutation screening and other molecular analyses.
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- May H Tan
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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Cao X, Shen M, Zhang X, Hu J, Wang J, Shi X. Effect of the surface functional groups of dendrimer-entrapped gold nanoparticles on the improvement of PCR. Electrophoresis 2012; 33:2598-603. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.201200061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Xueyan Cao
- College of Chemistry; Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology; Donghua University; Shanghai; People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry; Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology; Donghua University; Shanghai; People's Republic of China
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- Nanobiology Laboratory,; Bio-X Life Science Research Center; College of Life Science and Biotechnology; Shanghai JiaoTong University; Shanghai; People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cell Biology; School of Medicine; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Shanghai; People's Republic of China
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Dallmann A, El-Sagheer AH, Dehmel L, Mügge C, Griesinger C, Ernsting NP, Brown T. Structure and dynamics of triazole-linked DNA: biocompatibility explained. Chemistry 2011; 17:14714-7. [PMID: 22131102 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201102979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- André Dallmann
- Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
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Higashi T, Nagaoka Y, Minegishi H, Echigo A, Usami R, Maekawa T, Hanajiri T. Regulation of PCR efficiency with magnetic nanoparticles in a rotating magnetic field. Chem Phys Lett 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2011.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Cao X, Chen J, Wen S, Peng C, Shen M, Shi X. Effect of surface charge of polyethyleneimine-modified multiwalled carbon nanotubes on the improvement of polymerase chain reaction. NANOSCALE 2011; 3:1741-1747. [PMID: 21340081 DOI: 10.1039/c0nr00833h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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In molecular biology, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has played an important role but suffers a general problem with low efficiency and specificity. Development of suitable additives to improve the PCR specificity and efficiency and the understanding of the PCR enhancing mechanism still remain a great challenge. Here we report the use of polyethyleneimine (PEI)-modified multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) with different surface charge polarities as a novel class of enhancers to improve the specificity and efficiency of PCR. The materials used included the positively charged PEI-modified MWCNTs (CNT/PEI), the neutral CNT/PEI modified with acetic anhydride (CNT/PEI.Ac), and the negatively charged CNT/PEI modified with succinic anhydride (CNT/PEI.SAH). We show that the specificity and efficiency of an error-prone two-round PCR are greatly impacted by the surface charge polarity of the PEI-modified MWCNTs. Positively charged CNT/PEI could significantly enhance the specificity and efficiency of PCR with an optimum concentration as low as 0.39 mg L(-1), whereas neutral CNT/PEI.Ac had no such effect. Although negatively charged CNT/PEI.SAH could enhance the PCR, the optimum concentration required (630 mg L(-1)) was more than 3 orders of magnitude higher than that of positively charged CNT/PEI. The present study suggests that the PCR enhancing effect may be primarily based on the electrostatic interaction between the positively charged CNT/PEI and the negatively charged PCR components, rather than only on the thermal conductivity of MWCNTs.
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- Xueyan Cao
- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, PR China
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Li LY, Li Q, Yu YH, Zhong M, Yang L, Wu QH, Qiu YR, Luo SQ. A primer design strategy for PCR amplification of GC-rich DNA sequences. Clin Biochem 2011; 44:692-8. [PMID: 21315705 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2011.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2010] [Revised: 12/20/2010] [Accepted: 02/01/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To establish a primer design method for amplification of GC-rich DNA sequences. DESIGN AND METHODS A group of 15 pairs of primers with higher T(m) (>79.7°C) and lower level ΔT(m) (<1°C) were designed to amplify GC-rich sequences (66.0%-84.0%). The statistical analysis of primer parameters and GC content of PCR products was performed and compared with literatures. Other control experiments were conducted using shortened primers for GC-rich PCR amplifications in this study, and the statistical analysis of shortened primer parameters and GC content of PCR products was performed compared with primers not shortened. A group of 26 pairs of primers were designed to test the applicability of this primer designing strategy in amplifications of non-GC-rich sequences (35.2%-53.5%). RESULTS All the DNA sequences in this study were successfully amplified. Statistical analyses show that the T(m) and ΔT(m) were the main factors influencing amplifications. CONCLUSIONS This primer designing strategy offered a perfect tool for amplification of GC-rich sequences. It proves that the secondary structures cannot be formed at higher annealing temperature conditions (>65°C), and we can overcome this difficulty easily by designing primers and using higher annealing temperature.
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- Li-Yan Li
- Department of Cytobiology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, PR China
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Cao X, Shi X, Yang W, Zhang X, Fan C, Hu J. Enhanced specificity and efficiency of polymerase chain reactions using poly(amidoamine) dendrimers and derivatives. Analyst 2008; 134:87-92. [PMID: 19082179 DOI: 10.1039/b812176a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has become a fundamental technique in molecular biology. Improvements to enhance the specificity and efficiency of PCR are always required and remain a great challenge. Here we introduce generation 4 (G4) and 5 (G5) poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimers and their derivatives with different terminal groups as a novel class of enhancers to improve the specificity and efficiency of PCR. We show that the dendrimers are effective in optimizing error-prone two-round PCR and non-specific PCR in specificity and efficiency. With the increase of the number and density of terminal amine groups, the optimum concentration of polycationic dendrimers could be decreased to as low as 1.35 nM, which is four orders of magnitude smaller than that of fully acetylated dendrimers and carboxyl-terminated dendrimers. The present study underlines a fact that dendrimers could be used as a powerful additive to enhance the specificity and efficiency of PCR.
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- Xueyan Cao
- Nanobiology Laboratory, Bio-X Life Science Research Center, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai, 200240, PR China
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Mamedov TG, Pienaar E, Whitney SE, TerMaat JR, Carvill G, Goliath R, Subramanian A, Viljoen HJ. A fundamental study of the PCR amplification of GC-rich DNA templates. Comput Biol Chem 2008; 32:452-7. [PMID: 18760969 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2008.07.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2008] [Accepted: 07/06/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A theoretical analysis is presented with experimental confirmation to conclusively demonstrate the critical role that annealing plays in efficient PCR amplification of GC-rich templates. The analysis is focused on the annealing of primers at alternative binding sites (competitive annealing) and the main result is a quantitative expression of the efficiency (eta) of annealing as a function of temperature (T(A)), annealing period (t(A)), and template composition. The optimal efficiency lies in a narrow region of T(A) and t(A) for GC-rich templates and a much broader region for normal GC templates. To confirm the theoretical findings, the following genes have been PCR amplified from human cDNA template: ARX and HBB (with 78.72% and 52.99% GC, respectively). Theoretical results are in excellent agreement with the experimental findings. Optimum annealing times for GC-rich genes lie in the range of 3-6s and depend on annealing temperature. Annealing times greater than 10s yield smeared PCR amplified products. The non-GC-rich gene did not exhibit this sensitivity to annealing times. Theory and experimental results show that shorter annealing times are not only sufficient but can actually aid in more efficient PCR amplification of GC-rich templates.
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- T G Mamedov
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0643, USA
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A quick in vitro pathway from prokaryotic genomic libraries to enzyme discovery. Biotechniques 2008; 45:63-8. [DOI: 10.2144/000112820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Screening of prokaryotic genomes in order to identify enzymes with a desired catalytic activity can be performed in vivo in bacterial cells. We propose a strategy of in vitro expression screening of large prokaryotic genomic libraries based on Escherichia coli cell-free transcription-translation systems. Because cell-based expression may be limited by poor yield or protein misfolding, cell-free expression systems may be advantageous in permitting a more comprehensive screen under conditions optimized for the desired enzyme activity. However, monocistronic messages with an improved leader initiation context are typically used for protein production in vitro. Here, we describe successful use of a Pseudoalteromonas genomic DNA library for in vitro expression of DNA fragments carrying multiple open reading frames (ORFs) in the context of their authentic translation initiation sites and regulatory regions. We show that ORFs located far from the 5′ and 3′ ends of polycistronic transcripts can be expressed at a sufficient level in an in vitro transcription-translation system in order to allow functional screening. We demonstrate the overall cell-free functional screen strategy with the successful selection of an esterase from Pseudoalteromonas.
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Sharma VK, Klibanov AM. Moisture-induced aggregation of lyophilized DNA and its prevention. Pharm Res 2006; 24:168-75. [PMID: 17041790 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-006-9138-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2006] [Accepted: 07/27/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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PURPOSE To investigate the moisture-induced aggregation (i.e., a loss of solubility in water) of DNA in a solid state and to develop rational strategies for its prevention. METHODS Lyophilized calf thymus DNA was exposed to relative humidity (RH) levels from 11% to 96% at 55 degrees C. Following a 24-h incubation under these stressed conditions, the solubility of DNA in different aqueous solutions and the water uptake of DNA were determined. The effects of solution pH and NaCl concentration and the presence of excipients (dextran and sucrose) on the subsequent moisture-induced aggregation of DNA were examined. The extent of this aggregation was compared with that of a supercoiled plasmid DNA. RESULTS Upon a 24-h incubation at 55 degrees C, calf thymus DNA underwent a major moisture-induced aggregation reaching a maximum at a 60% RH; in contrast, the single-stranded DNA exhibited the maximal aggregation at a 96% RH. Moisture uptake and aqueous solubility studies revealed that the aggregation was primarily due to formation of inter-strand hydrogen bonds. Aggregation of DNA also proceeded at 37 degrees C, albeit at a slower rate. Solution pH and NaCl concentration affected DNA aggregation only at higher RH levels. This aggregation was markedly reduced by co-lyophilization with dextran or sucrose (but not with PEG). The aggregation pattern of a supercoiled plasmid DNA was similar to that of its linear calf thymus counterpart. CONCLUSIONS The moisture-induced aggregation of lyophilized DNA is caused mainly by non-covalent cross-links between disordered, single-stranded regions of DNA. At high RH levels, renaturation and aggregation of DNA compete with each other. The aggregation is minimized at low RH levels, at optimal solution pH and salt concentration prior to lyophilization, and by co-lyophilizing with excipients capable of forming multiple hydrogen bonds, e.g., dextran and sucrose.
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- Vikas K Sharma
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Pinard R, de Winter A, Sarkis GJ, Gerstein MB, Tartaro KR, Plant RN, Egholm M, Rothberg JM, Leamon JH. Assessment of whole genome amplification-induced bias through high-throughput, massively parallel whole genome sequencing. BMC Genomics 2006; 7:216. [PMID: 16928277 PMCID: PMC1560136 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-7-216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 233] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2006] [Accepted: 08/23/2006] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Whole genome amplification is an increasingly common technique through which minute amounts of DNA can be multiplied to generate quantities suitable for genetic testing and analysis. Questions of amplification-induced error and template bias generated by these methods have previously been addressed through either small scale (SNPs) or large scale (CGH array, FISH) methodologies. Here we utilized whole genome sequencing to assess amplification-induced bias in both coding and non-coding regions of two bacterial genomes. Halobacterium species NRC-1 DNA and Campylobacter jejuni were amplified by several common, commercially available protocols: multiple displacement amplification, primer extension pre-amplification and degenerate oligonucleotide primed PCR. The amplification-induced bias of each method was assessed by sequencing both genomes in their entirety using the 454 Sequencing System technology and comparing the results with those obtained from unamplified controls. RESULTS All amplification methodologies induced statistically significant bias relative to the unamplified control. For the Halobacterium species NRC-1 genome, assessed at 100 base resolution, the D-statistics from GenomiPhi-amplified material were 119 times greater than those from unamplified material, 164.0 times greater for Repli-G, 165.0 times greater for PEP-PCR and 252.0 times greater than the unamplified controls for DOP-PCR. For Campylobacter jejuni, also analyzed at 100 base resolution, the D-statistics from GenomiPhi-amplified material were 15 times greater than those from unamplified material, 19.8 times greater for Repli-G, 61.8 times greater for PEP-PCR and 220.5 times greater than the unamplified controls for DOP-PCR. CONCLUSION Of the amplification methodologies examined in this paper, the multiple displacement amplification products generated the least bias, and produced significantly higher yields of amplified DNA.
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- Robert Pinard
- 454 Life Sciences, 20 Commercial Street, Branford CT 06405, USA
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- 454 Life Sciences, 20 Commercial Street, Branford CT 06405, USA
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- 454 Life Sciences, 20 Commercial Street, Branford CT 06405, USA
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- MB&B Department, Yale University, 266 Whitney Ave., New Haven CT 06520, USA
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- 454 Life Sciences, 20 Commercial Street, Branford CT 06405, USA
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- 454 Life Sciences, 20 Commercial Street, Branford CT 06405, USA
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- 454 Life Sciences, 20 Commercial Street, Branford CT 06405, USA
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Glanzer JG, Haydon PG, Eberwine JH. Expression profile analysis of neurodegenerative disease: advances in specificity and resolution. Neurochem Res 2004; 29:1161-8. [PMID: 15176473 DOI: 10.1023/b:nere.0000023603.17615.8c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Microarray technology has become a common tool for developing expression profiles. Initially used in the analysis of cells lines and homogeneous tissues, this platform has been applied to more diverse tissues, such as the brain. Several neural disorders have already been profiled by microarrays using relatively large amounts of tissue. This data has unveiled many genes with differential expression between normal and diseased tissue that could potentially be used as gene markers for these afflictions. Because of the heterogeneity of the CNS, it is likely that small differences between gene expression in these studies would be enhanced by the sampling of a subset of cells based on these newly characterized gene markers. Subtraction of normal, unaffected cells from the sample may also result in a more accurate profile of a diseased cell. Expression profile studies from several neuropathological states are presented, with emphasis placed on those studies using small samples of cellular material and those using specialized methods of cell isolation and RNA amplification.
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- Jason G Glanzer
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Wen L. Two-step cycle sequencing improves base ambiguities and signal dropouts in DNA sequencing reactions using energy-transfer-based fluorescent dye terminators. Mol Biotechnol 2001; 17:135-42. [PMID: 11395862 DOI: 10.1385/mb:17:2:135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The use of automated fluorescent DNA sequencer systems and PCR-based DNA sequencing methods plays an important role in the actual effort to improve the efficiency of large-scale DNA analysis. While dideoxy-terminators labeled with energy-transfer dyes (BigDyes) provide the most versatile method of automated DNA sequencing, premature terminations result in a substantially reduced reading length of the DNA sequence. Premature terminations are usually evidenced by base ambiguities and are often accompanied by diminished signal intensity from that point on in the sequence. I studied a two-step protocol for Taq cycle sequencing using the ABI BigDye terminator for reducing premature terminations in DNA sequences. I demonstrate that combining the annealing step with the extension step at one temperature (60 degrees C) reduces premature terminations in DNA sequences that regularly contain premature terminations when the three temperature steps are used. This modification significantly increases the number of accurately read bases in DNA sequences.
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- L Wen
- Microchemical Core Facility, Biology Department, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182-4614, USA.
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Liu M, Kirpekar F, Van Wezel GP, Douthwaite S. The tylosin resistance gene tlrB of Streptomyces fradiae encodes a methyltransferase that targets G748 in 23S rRNA. Mol Microbiol 2000; 37:811-20. [PMID: 10972803 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02046.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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tlrB is one of four resistance genes encoded in the operon for biosynthesis of the macrolide tylosin in antibiotic-producing strains of Streptomyces fradiae. Introduction of tlrB into Streptomyces lividans similarly confers tylosin resistance. Biochemical analysis of the rRNA from the two Streptomyces species indicates that in vivo TlrB modifies nucleotide G748 within helix 35 of 23S rRNA. Purified recombinant TlrB retains its activity and specificity in vitro and modifies G748 in 23S rRNA as well as in a 74 nucleotide RNA containing helix 35 and surrounding structures. Modification is dependent on the presence of the methyl group donor, S-adenosyl methionine. Analysis of the 74-mer RNA substrate by biochemical and mass spectrometric methods shows that TlrB adds a single methyl group to the base of G748. Homologues of TlrB in other bacteria have been revealed through database searches, indicating that TlrB is the first member to be described in a new subclass of rRNA methyltransferases that are implicated in macrolide drug resistance.
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- M Liu
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Odense University, Denmark
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Perl A, Colombo E, Samoilova E, Butler MC, Banki K. Human transaldolase-associated repetitive elements are transcribed by RNA polymerase III. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:7261-72. [PMID: 10702296 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.10.7261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Repetitive elements flanked by exons 2 and 3 of the human transaldolase gene, thus termed transaldolase-associated repetitive elements, TARE, were identified in human DNA. Nonpolyadenylated TARE transcripts were detected by Northern blot analysis and cloned by reverse transcriptase-mediated polymerase chain reaction from human T lymphocytes. A dominant 1085-nucleotide long transcript, TARE-6, contained two adjacent Alu elements, a right monomer and a complete dimer, oriented opposite to the direction of transcription of the transaldolase gene. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and in vitro transcription analyses showed that transcription of TARE-6 proceeded in the orientation of the RNA pol III promoter of the Alu dimer and opposite to the orientation of the TAL-H gene. TAREs lacking RNA polymerase III promoter showed no transcriptional activity. In vitro transcription of TARE-6 was resistant to 1 microg/ml alpha-amanitin but sensitive to 100 microg/ml alpha-amanitin and tagetitoxin, suggesting involvement of RNA polymerase III. TAREs in both the transaldolase and HSAG-1 genomic loci were surrounded by TA target site duplications. Homologies between transaldolase and HSAG-1 break off internally at splice donor and acceptor sites. The results suggest RNA polymerase III-mediated transcription of TARE may be a source of repetitive elements, contributing to distinct genes and thus shaping the human genome.
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- A Perl
- Departments of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, and Pathology, State University of New York Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Syracuse, New York 13210, USA.
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Zerbe-Burkhardt K, Ratnatilleke A, Philippon N, Birch A, Leiser A, Vrijbloed JW, Hess D, Hunziker P, Robinson JA. Cloning, sequencing, expression, and insertional inactivation of the gene for the large subunit of the coenzyme B12-dependent isobutyryl-CoA mutase from Streptomyces cinnamonensis. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:6508-17. [PMID: 9497386 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.11.6508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Purification of the coenzyme B12-dependent isobutyryl-CoA mutase (ICM) from Streptomyces cinnamonensis gave a protein of approximately 65 kDa by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, whose gene icmA was cloned using sequences derived from tryptic peptide fragments. The gene encodes a protein of 566 residues (62, 487 Da), with 43-44% sequence identity to the large subunit of methylmalonyl-CoA mutase (MCM) from S. cinnamonensis and Propionibacterium shermanii. Targeted disruption of the icmA gene yielded an S. cinnamonensis mutant devoid of ICM activity. The IcmA protein is approximately 160 residues shorter than the large subunit of the bacterial MCMs, corresponding to a loss of the entire C-terminal coenzyme B12 binding domain. The sequence of the (beta/alpha)8-barrel comprising residues A1-A400 in P. shermanii MCM is highly conserved in IcmA. The protein was produced in Streptomyces lividans and Escherichia coli with an N-terminal His6 tag (His6-IcmA), but after purification His6-IcmA showed no ICM activity. In the presence of coenzyme B12, protein from S. lividans and S. cinnamonensis of approximately 17 kDa by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis could be selectively eluted with His6-IcmA from a Ni2+ affinity column. After purification, this small subunit showed no ICM activity but gave active enzyme when recombined with coenzyme B12 and IcmA or His6-IcmA.
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- K Zerbe-Burkhardt
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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Henke W, Herdel K, Jung K, Schnorr D, Loening SA. Betaine improves the PCR amplification of GC-rich DNA sequences. Nucleic Acids Res 1997; 25:3957-8. [PMID: 9380524 PMCID: PMC146979 DOI: 10.1093/nar/25.19.3957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 344] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Betaine improves the co-amplification of the two alternatively spliced variants of the prostate-specific membrane antigen mRNA as well as the amplification of the coding cDNA region of c-jun. It is suggested that betaine improves the amplification of these genes by reducing the formation of secondary structure caused by GC-rich regions and, therefore, may be generally applicable to ameliorate the amplification of GC-rich DNA sequences.
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- W Henke
- Research Division of the Department of Urology, University Hospital Charité, Humboldt University, D-10098 Berlin, Germany.
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Vervoort R, Islam MR, Sly WS, Zabot MT, Kleijer WJ, Chabas A, Fensom A, Young EP, Liebaers I, Lissens W. Molecular analysis of patients with beta-glucuronidase deficiency presenting as hydrops fetalis or as early mucopolysaccharidosis VII. Am J Hum Genet 1996; 58:457-71. [PMID: 8644704 PMCID: PMC1914559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Although not all mucopolysaccharidosis type VII (MPS VII) neonates present with hydrops fetalis or with related symptoms, hydrops fetalis is a common form of presentation of this mucopolysaccharidosis. We used reverse-transcription-PCR-SSCP and direct sequencing to screen for mutations in the human beta-glucuronidase cDNA of 17 MPS VII patients with severe presentation of the disease. Mutations resulting in an unstable mRNA were detected in genomic DNA with direct sequencing of the PCR-amplified beta-glucuronidase exons. We found extensive genetic heterogeneity in MPS VII alleles: in addition to 6 or 12 previously reported mutations (L176F, R216W, R357X, R382C, W507X, and W627C), we detected 14 undescribed mutations in the beta-glucuronidase coding region that produce MPS VII alleles (G136R, E150K, S312X, Y320S, Y320C, H351Y, R382H, R374C, R435P, R477W, G572D, Y508C, K606N and 1900 delta GA). The mutations in hydropic fetuses were widely scattered in the beta-glucuronidase gene. Analysis of three polymorphic sites of the mutant alleles (1766T/C, 1972C/T and a new 1091+27C/G polymorphism) allowed exclusion of identity by descent for some recurrent mutations. Three of four mutations introducing a premature translation stop codon were found to affect mRNA abundance and/or structure. Expression studies provided evidence for the causal relationship between each of the mutations found in MPS VII alleles and the enzyme deficiency, in that all mutations identified exhibited markedly reduced enzyme activity expressed in COS7 cells following transfection with the mutant cDNA.
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- R Vervoort
- Department of Medical Genetics, University Hospital, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
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