scholarly journals Mitochondrial DNA sequence variation among geographical isolates of Opisthorchis viverrini in Thailand and Lao PDR, and phylogenetic relationships with other trematodes

Parasitology ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 135 (12) ◽  
pp. 1479-1486 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. SAIJUNTHA ◽  
P. SITHITHAWORN ◽  
S. WONGKHAM ◽  
T. LAHA ◽  
N. B. CHILTON ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Nucleotide Sequence ◽  
Amino Acid Sequence ◽  
Sequence Variation ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Lao Pdr ◽  
Opisthorchis Viverrini ◽  
Nucleotide Sequence Variation ◽  
Geographical Isolates

SUMMARYThe present study compared the genetic variation among 14 different geographical isolates of Opisthorchis viverrini sensu lato from Thailand and Lao PDR using sequence data for 2 mitochondrial DNA genes, the subunit 1 of NADH dehydrogenase gene (nad1) and cytochrome c oxidase gene (cox1). Four different nad1 haplotypes were detected among isolates, all of which were identical at the amino acid sequence level. Nucleotide sequence variation among 14 isolates ranged from 0 to 0·3% for nad1. Two different cox1 haplotypes were detected among isolates. These two haplotypes differed at 2 nucleotide positions, one of which resulted in a change in the amino acid sequence. Nucleotide sequence variation among isolates for cox1 ranged from 0 to 0·5%. Comparison of cox1 sequences of O. viverrini to those of other trematodes revealed nucleotide differences of 13–31%. A phylogenetic analysis of the cox1 sequence data revealed strong statistical support for a clade containing O. viverrini and 2 other species of opisthorchid trematodes; O. felineus and Clonorchis sinsensis.

Expression patterns of the genes that encode lectin or lectin-related polypeptides in Robinia pseudoacacia

1999 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazumasa Yoshida ◽  
Kiyoshi Tazaki
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Nucleotide Sequence ◽  
Amino Acid Sequence ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Expression Patterns ◽  
Robinia Pseudoacacia ◽  
Regulation Of Expression ◽  
Nucleotide Sequence Data ◽  
Reading Frame ◽  
Inner Bark

Three genomic clones (Rplec2, Rplec5 and Rplec6) and a cDNA clone (LECRPA4) that encoded lectin or lectin-related polypeptides were isolated from Robinia pseudoacacia L. A comparison of the nucleotide sequences of Rplec2 and a previously reported cDNA for the subunit indicated that Rplec2 encoded the 29 kDa subunit of the inner-bark lectin RPbAI. Rplec5 encoded a polypeptide whose deduced amino acid sequence was 96.1% identical to that of a subunit of seed lectin. The amino acid sequence deduced from the open reading frame of Rplec6 showed 61.1% identity to that encoded by Rplec5. LECRPA4 was isolated from an inner bark cDNA library and appeared to encode the 26 kDa subunit of inner-bark lectin RPbAII. The expression patterns of the various genes in tissues were examined by the reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) with appropriate primers. Rplec2 transcripts were detected in the inner bark and roots. Rplec5 transcripts were detected in the inner bark, seeds and roots. No Rplec6 transcripts were detected in all tissues examined. LECRPA4 transcripts were found in leaves and in the inner bark. The level of expression of Rplec2 in the inner bark appeared to be similar in samples collected in different years and from different trees, whereas levels of expression of Rplec5 and LECRPA4 varied. These results suggest the differential regulation of expression of members of the lectin gene family in tissues of R. pseudoacacia. The nucleotide sequence data reported herein will appear in the DDBJ, EMBL and GenBank Nucleotide Sequence Databases under the accession numbers AB 012632 (Rplec2), AB012633 (Rplec5), AB012634 (Rplec6) and AB012635 (LECRPA4).

scholarly journals cDNA nucleotide sequence encoding the ZPC protein of Australian hydromyine rodents: a novel sequence of the putative sperm-combining site within the family Muridae

Zygote ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 291-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine A. Swann ◽  
Rory M. Hope ◽  
William G. Breed
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Nucleotide Sequence ◽  
Amino Acid Sequence ◽  
Cdna Sequence ◽  
Amino Acid Sequence Identity ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Coding Region ◽  
Cdna Sequences ◽  
Sequence Identity ◽  
Murid Rodents

This comparative study of the cDNA sequence of the zona pellucida C (ZPC) glycoprotein in murid rodents focuses on the nucleotide and amino acid sequence of the putative sperm-combining site. We ask the question: Has divergence evolved in the nucleotide sequence of ZPC in the murid rodents of Australia? Using RT-PCR and (RACE) PCR, the complete cDNA coding region of ZPC in the Australian hydromyine rodents Notomys alexis and Pseudomys australis, and a partial cDNA sequence from a third hydromyine rodent, Hydromys chrysogaster, has been determined. Comparison between the cDNA sequences of the hydromyine rodents reveals that the level of amino acid sequence identity between N. alexis and P. australis is 96%, whereas that between the two species of hydromyine rodents and M. musculus and R. norvegicus is 88% and 87% respectively. Despite being reproductively isolated from each other, the three species of hydromyine rodents have a 100% level of amino acid sequence identity at the putative sperm-combining site. This finding does not support the view that this site is under positive selective pressure. The sequence data obtained in this study may have important conservation implications for the dissemination of immunocontraception directed against M. musculus using ZPC antibodies.

Molecular Cloning, Nucleotide Sequence, and Expression in Escherichia coli of a Hemolytic Toxin (Aerolysin) Gene from Aeromonas trota

1998 ◽  
Vol 64 (7) ◽  
pp. 2473-2478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashraf A. Khan ◽  
Eungbin Kim ◽  
Carl E. Cerniglia
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Nucleotide Sequence ◽  
Amino Acid Sequence ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Kanamycin Resistance ◽  
Aeromonas Salmonicida ◽  
Amino Acid Sequences ◽  
Nucleotide Sequence Data ◽  
Hemolytic Toxin

ABSTRACT Aeromonas trota AK2, which was derived from ATCC 49659 and produces the extracellular pore-forming hemolytic toxin aerolysin, was mutagenized with the transposon mini-Tn5Km1 to generate a hemolysin-deficient mutant, designated strain AK253. Southern blotting data indicated that an 8.7-kb NotI fragment of the genomic DNA of strain AK253 contained the kanamycin resistance gene of mini-Tn5Km1. The 8.7-kb NotI DNA fragment was cloned into the vector pGEM5Zf(−) by selecting for kanamycin resistance, and the resultant clone, pAK71, showed aerolysin activity in Escherichia coli JM109. The nucleotide sequence of the aerA gene, located on the 1.8-kbApaI-EcoRI fragment, was determined to consist of 1,479 bp and to have an ATG initiation codon and a TAA termination codon. An in vitro coupled transcription-translation analysis of the 1.8-kb region suggested that the aerA gene codes for a 54-kDa protein, in agreement with nucleotide sequence data. The deduced amino acid sequence of the aerA gene product ofA. trota exhibited 99% homology with the amino acid sequence of the aerA product of Aeromonas sobria AB3 and 57% homology with the amino acid sequences of the products of the aerA genes of Aeromonas salmonicida 17-2 and A. sobria 33.

An extension to the known distribution of the squirrel glider Petaurus norfolcensis in Australia.

2006 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 235 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Malekian ◽  
S. J. B. Cooper ◽  
S. M. Carthew
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Nucleotide Sequence ◽  
Sequence Variation ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Museum Specimens ◽  
Museum Specimen ◽  
Field Investigations ◽  
Nucleotide Sequence Variation ◽  
Squirrel Glider ◽  
Petaurus Breviceps

In South Australia the squirrel glider (Petaurus norfolcensis) was only known from one museum specimen from Bordertown collected in 1939. During a genetic study of Petaurus breviceps, using nucleotide sequence variation in mitochondrial DNA, two additional museum specimens collected near Bordertown, were identified as P. norfolcensis and recent field investigations in the area provided two additional specimens. The nearest locality for P. norfolcensis is the eastern side of the Grampians, several hundred kilometers east.

scholarly journals Replacement of bovine mitochondrial DNA by a sequence variant within one generation.

Genetics ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 129 (1) ◽  
pp. 247-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
C M Koehler ◽  
G L Lindberg ◽  
D R Brown ◽  
D C Beitz ◽  
A E Freeman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Nucleotide Sequence ◽  
Sequence Variation ◽  
De Novo ◽  
Pedigree Analysis ◽  
Sequence Variant ◽  
Similar Frequency ◽  
Independent Events ◽  
Mtdna Sequence ◽  
Nucleotide Sequence Variation

Abstract Inheritance of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in Holstein cattle was characterized by pedigree analysis of nucleotide sequence variation. mtDNA was purified from leukocytes of 174 individuals representing 35 independent maternal lineages, and analyzed for nucleotide sequence variation by characterization of restriction fragment length polymorphism and direct sequence determination. These data revealed 11 maternal lineages in which leukocytes from some individuals seemingly were homoplasmic for the reference mtDNA sequence at nucleotide 364, whereas those from other individuals were homoplasmic for a sequence variant at this position. Both alternative alleles were detected in all branches of these 11 lineages, suggesting that mutation at nucleotide 364 and fixation of the variant sequence occurred frequently in independent events. Thirteen instances were detected of mother-daughter pairs in which leukocytes of each of the two animals seemingly were homoplasmic for a different allele at nucleotide 364, demonstrating the bovine mitochondrial genome can be replaced completely by a nucleotide sequence variant within a single generation. The two alternative sequences seemingly arose de novo at similar frequency, ruling out replicative advantage or other selective bias as the explanation for rapid fixation of mutations at nucleotide 364. Another instance of intralineage sequence variation was detected at nucleotide 5602. This variation was detected in only one of the lineages examined, and evidently arose within three generations.

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