scholarly journals Release of Extracellular Transformable Plasmid DNA from Escherichia coli Cocultivated with Algae

2003 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 2399-2404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuaki Matsui ◽  
Nobuyoshi Ishii ◽  
Zen'ichiro Kawabata
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Gene Transfer ◽  
Horizontal Gene Transfer ◽  
Plasmid Dna ◽  
Euglena Gracilis ◽  
Blot Hybridization ◽  
Aquatic Environments ◽  
Dot Blot ◽  
Dot Blot Hybridization ◽  
Significant Release

ABSTRACT We studied the effects of cocultivation with either Euglena gracilis (Euglenophyta), Microcystis aeruginosa (Cyanophyta), Chlamydomonas neglecta (Chlorophyta), or Carteria inversa (Chlorophyta) on the production of extracellular plasmid DNA by Escherichia coli LE392(pKZ105). Dot blot hybridization analysis showed a significant release of plasmid DNA by cocultivation with all the algae tested. Further analysis by electrotransformation confirmed the release of transformable plasmid DNA by cocultivation with either E. gracilis, M. aeruginosa, or C. inversa. These results suggest algal involvement in bacterial horizontal gene transfer by stimulating the release of transformable DNA into aquatic environments.

The detection of natural opal suppressor seryl-tRNA in Escherichia coli by the dot blot hybridization and its phosphorylation by a tRNA kinase

FEBS Letters ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 247 (2) ◽  
pp. 345-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takaharu Mizutani ◽  
Naosuke Maruyama ◽  
Teruaki Hitaka ◽  
Yoshikazu Sukenaga
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Blot Hybridization ◽  
Dot Blot ◽  
Dot Blot Hybridization

scholarly journals Evaluation of accessible regions of Escherichia coli fimH mRNA through computational prediction and experimental investigation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elnaz Harifi Mood ◽  
Alireza Japoni-Nejad ◽  
Alireza Japoni-Nejad ◽  
Mohammadreza Asadi Karam ◽  
Mohammad Pooya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Secondary Structure ◽  
Translation Initiation ◽  
Blot Hybridization ◽  
Computational Prediction ◽  
Start Codon ◽  
Dot Blot ◽  
Bioinformatics Analyses ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Dot Blot Hybridization

Background and Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the accessible regions of the fimH mRNA using computational prediction and dot-blot hybridization to increase the effectiveness of antisense anti-virulence therapeutics against Uropatho- genic Escherichia coli. Materials and Methods: We predicted the secondary structure of the E. coli fimH mRNA using the Sfold and Mfold Web servers and RNA structure 5.5 program. Considering the predicted secondary structure, accessible regions in mRNA of fimH were determined and oligonucleotides complementary to these regions were synthesized and hybridization activity of those oligonucleotides to the fimH Digoxigenin (DIG) labeled mRNA was assessed with dot-blot hybridization. Results: When searching the fimH gene in the GenBank database, two lengths for this gene was discovered in different strains of E. coli. The difference was related to the nine bases in the first part of the gene utilizing either of two translation initiation sites. Based on the bioinformatics analyses, five regions lacking obvious stable secondary structures were selected in mRNA of fimH. The result of dot-blot hybridization exhibited strongest hybridization signal between the antisense oli- gonucleotide number one and fimH labeled mRNA, whereas hybridization signals were not seen for the negative control. Conclusion: The results obtained here demonstrate that the region contains start codon of fimH mRNA could act as the potential mRNA target site for anti-fimH antisense therapeutics. It is recommended in the future both of utilizing translation initiation sites be targeted with antisense oligomers compounds.  

Feasibility of Qualitative Testing of BCR-ABL and JAK2 V617F in Suspected Myeloproliperative Neoplasm (MPN) Using RT-PCR Reversed Dot Blot Hybridization (RT-PCR RDB)

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 220-227
Author(s):  
Najmiatul Masykura ◽  
Ummu Habibah ◽  
Siti Fatimah Selasih ◽  
Soegiarto Gani ◽  
Cosphiadi Irawan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blot Hybridization ◽  
Jak2 V617f ◽  
Rt Pcr ◽  
Dot Blot ◽  
Dot Blot Hybridization

scholarly journals panRGP: a pangenome-based method to predict genomic islands and explore their diversity

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. i651-i658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adelme Bazin ◽  
Guillaume Gautreau ◽  
Claudine Médigue ◽  
David Vallenet ◽  
Alexandra Calteau
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Gene Transfer ◽  
Horizontal Gene Transfer ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Genomic Islands ◽  
Genome Plasticity ◽  
Reference Dataset ◽  
Prokaryotic Genomes ◽  
Ideal Approach ◽  
Genomic Regions

Abstract Motivation Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is a major source of variability in prokaryotic genomes. Regions of genome plasticity (RGPs) are clusters of genes located in highly variable genomic regions. Most of them arise from HGT and correspond to genomic islands (GIs). The study of those regions at the species level has become increasingly difficult with the data deluge of genomes. To date, no methods are available to identify GIs using hundreds of genomes to explore their diversity. Results We present here the panRGP method that predicts RGPs using pangenome graphs made of all available genomes for a given species. It allows the study of thousands of genomes in order to access the diversity of RGPs and to predict spots of insertions. It gave the best predictions when benchmarked along other GI detection tools against a reference dataset. In addition, we illustrated its use on metagenome assembled genomes by redefining the borders of the leuX tRNA hotspot, a well-studied spot of insertion in Escherichia coli. panRPG is a scalable and reliable tool to predict GIs and spots making it an ideal approach for large comparative studies. Availability and implementation The methods presented in the current work are available through the following software: https://github.com/labgem/PPanGGOLiN. Detailed results and scripts to compute the benchmark metrics are available at https://github.com/axbazin/panrgp_supdata.

Prevalence of HPV in a Melbourne Female STD Population: Comparison of RNA and DNA Probes in Detecting HPV by Dot Blot Hybridization

1993 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 159-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
A J Borg ◽  
G Medley ◽  
S M Garland
Keyword(s):  
Past History ◽  
Blot Hybridization ◽  
Condylomata Acuminata ◽  
Dot Blot ◽  
Hpv Dna ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Dot Blot Hybridization ◽  
History Of ◽  
Cytological Features ◽  
Dna Types

A total of 377 women, consecutively selected as first attenders to a sexually transmitted diseases clinic in Melbourne, Australia, were examined for overt Condylomata acuminata and were screened for genital HPV DNA types 6, 11, 16, 18, 31, 33 and (35) using 2 dot blot hybridization methods. Overall, there was a 90% positivity correlation between the 2 methods with HPV DNA being detected in 12% of ectocervical samples. Overt warts were found in 15% of the women and HPV DNA was detected at the cervix in 35% with cytology predicting HPV with or without dysplasia in 27%. Thirteen percent had a past history of warts but none on examination and HPV DNA was evident in 16% while 18% had cytological features of HPV. Those with no warts evident and no past history of warts had both HPV DNA and cytological features of HPV in 7%.

Detection of herpes simplex virus and adenovirus DNA by dot blot hybridization using in vitro synthesized RNA transcripts

1986 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 291-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Volker Schuster ◽  
Bertfried Matz ◽  
Helga Wiegand ◽  
Brigitte Traub ◽  
Dieter Neumann-Haefelin
Keyword(s):  
Herpes Simplex Virus ◽  
Herpes Simplex ◽  
Blot Hybridization ◽  
Dot Blot ◽  
Rna Transcripts ◽  
Dot Blot Hybridization ◽  
Simplex Virus
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