Characterization of 30 new microsatellite markers, developed from enriched genomic DNA library of zoysiagrass Zoysia japonica Steud.

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 1323-1325 ◽  
Author(s):  
KYUNG-HO MA ◽  
DUK-HWAN JANG ◽  
ANUPAM DIXIT ◽  
JONG-WOOK CHUNG ◽  
SOK-YOUNG LEE ◽  
...  
Parasitology ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 101 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Ellis ◽  
J. Bumstead

SUMMARYrRNA and a heterologous cloned rDNA probe have been used to detect the rRNA genes of Eimeria species which infe the chicken, and has allowed the isolation and preliminary characterization of cloned rDNA sequences from a genomic DNA library of Eimeria tenella. It is demonstrated that rRNA and rDNA probes can be used to identify individual Eimeria species by the restriction fragment patterns detected after Southern hybridization. In addition, studies have shown that the large and small subunit rRNAs are expressed throughout sporulation.


2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 286-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Supajit Sraphet ◽  
Anuwat Saengsri ◽  
Duncan R. Smith ◽  
Kanokporn Triwitayakorn

Microsatellite markers specific to Cheirostylis yunnanensis Rolfe were developed using an enriched genomic DNA library technique. The library was constructed using (AG)20 and (CAG)20 oligonucleotide repeats. A total of 48 primer pairs were designed and tested with 48 C. yunnanensis Rolfe samples, resulting in 11 polymorphic loci. The number of alleles per locus ranged from 2 to 12, with an average of six alleles. The observed and expected heterozygosity ranged from 0.0426 to 0.8085 and 0.0421 to 0.9078, respectively. Of the 11 polymorphic loci, three showed a significant deviation from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium and one exhibited linkage disequilibrium. Cross-species amplification was tested with five samples of Cheirostylis of unknown species resulting in eight loci that could be amplified, with the number of alleles ranging from one to two. The microsatellite markers developed in this study will be useful for the genetic analysis of C. yunnanensis in order to differentiate species as well as to establish a conservation plan for this species.


Author(s):  
Florian Jupe ◽  
Xinwei Chen ◽  
Walter Verweij ◽  
Kamel Witek ◽  
Jonathan D. G. Jones ◽  
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1999 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Sugane ◽  
K. Nakayama ◽  
H. Kato

Dg2, a gene encoding a 34 kDa immunodominant antigen of Dirofilaria immitis was cloned and demonstrated to be specifically expressed in the larval stage. In this study, a newly constructed genomic DNA library was screened by hybridization with Dg2. One of the resulting positive clones was similar to Dg2 in the structure of its exonic regions but different in number, position, size and sequence of introns. This was designated DgK. Full-length cDNA was isolated using the rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) method to study the transcript corresponding to DgK. Sequence analysis revealed that the mRNA corresponding to DgK is trans-spliced during post-transcriptional processing because the 5′ end of the amplified cDNA contains seven nucleotides of the nematode-spliced leader (SL) sequence.


2005 ◽  
Vol 187 (5) ◽  
pp. 1859-1865 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshikazu Shiba ◽  
Hiromichi Itoh ◽  
Atsushi Kameda ◽  
Keiju Kobayashi ◽  
Yumi Kawazoe ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT We have cloned the gene for polyphosphate:AMP phosphotransferase (PAP), the enzyme that catalyzes phosphorylation of AMP to ADP at the expense of polyphosphate [poly(P)] in Acinetobacter johnsonii 210A. A genomic DNA library was constructed in Escherichia coli, and crude lysates of about 6,000 clones were screened for PAP activity. PAP activity was evaluated by measuring ATP produced by the coupled reactions of PAP and purified E. coli poly(P) kinases (PPKs). In this coupled reaction, PAP produces ADP from poly(P) and AMP, and the resulting ADP is converted to ATP by PPK. The isolated pap gene (1,428 bp) encodes a protein of 475 amino acids with a molecular mass of 55.8 kDa. The C-terminal region of PAP is highly homologous with PPK2 homologs isolated from Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. Two putative phosphate-binding motifs (P-loops) were also identified. The purified PAP enzyme had not only strong PAP activity but also poly(P)-dependent nucleoside monophosphate kinase activity, by which it converted ribonucleoside monophosphates and deoxyribonucleoside monophosphates to ribonucleoside diphosphates and deoxyribonucleoside diphosphates, respectively. The activity for AMP was about 10 times greater than that for GMP and 770 and about 1,100 times greater than that for UMP and CMP.


2004 ◽  
Vol 48 (7) ◽  
pp. 2490-2496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Liu ◽  
Gregory S. May ◽  
Michail S. Lionakis ◽  
Russell E. Lewis ◽  
Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis

ABSTRACT With the increasing use of antifungals such as amphotericin B, itraconazole, voriconazole, caspofungin, and terbinafine (TRB) in patients at high risk for invasive aspergillosis, resistance of Aspergillus fumigatus to these agents will ultimately emerge. Due to the limited availability of molecular genetics for A. fumigatus, few studies have addressed its mechanisms of resistance to antifungals. We transformed A. fumigatus protoplasts with a pyrG-based A. fumigatus genomic DNA library (constructed in the multicopy nonintegrating vector pRG3-AMA1-NotI, which also has the pyr-4 gene for selection). We obtained one pyrG+ transformant that grew in medium containing a fungicidal concentration (0.625 μg/ml) of TRB. To determine whether TRB resistance in that transformant was plasmid dependent, we evicted the plasmid and found concomitant loss of uracil prototrophy and TRB resistance. DNA sequence analysis identified the gene responsible for TRB resistance as the A. fumigatus squalene epoxidase gene (ERG1), which encodes the target enzyme of TRB. Authentic A. fumigatus ERG1, amplified from the genome and cloned into pRG3-AMA1-NotI, also conferred TRB-specific resistance. This molecular approach has the potential to enhance our knowledge of the mechanisms of A. fumigatus resistance to modern antifungals.


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