scholarly journals Detection of Apple Chlorotic Leaf Spot Virus by Dot-Blot Hybridization.

1991 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 278-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshiaki KANNO ◽  
Nobuyuki YOSHIKAWA ◽  
Tsuyoshi TAKAHASHI
HortScience ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 729-732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liping Wang ◽  
Guoping Wang ◽  
Ni Hong ◽  
Rongrong Tang ◽  
Xiaoyun Deng ◽  
...  

Apple stem grooving virus (ASGV) and apple chlorotic leaf spot virus (ACLSV) are two major viruses of pear. In this study, in vitro thermotherapy was carried out at 37°C for 25, 30 and 35 days followed by subculturing of meristem tips of different sizes to eliminate ASGV and ACLSV from pear plants. Virus titers in heat-treated shoot tips were evaluated by ELISA testing of regenerated plants. Results showed that thermotherapy for 35 days significantly decreased the titer of ASGV and ACLSV in cultures regenerated from tips of main and axillary shoots, especially in those from explants 1 mm in length from the tip of meristems. Dot-blot hybridization of biotinylated cDNA probes derived from ACLSV and ASGV was used to detect these viruses in crude tissue extracts of in vitro-grown pear plants. Intense signals were consistently detected in untreated plant samples equivalent to less than 0.5 mg tissue. Comparison of signals from dot-blot hybridization and ELISA absorbance values (A405) confirmed that dot-blot hybridization had a higher sensitivity than PAS-ELISA. Dot-blot hybridization could detect viruses with a titer below the threshold level of ELISA. These results indicate that dot-blot hybridization is a useful tool for large-scale surveys of viruses, which facilitates the production of virus-free propagation materials in certification and sanitation programs. Results of PAS-ELISA and dot-blot hybridization showed that high virus elimination efficiency was achieved by a combination of thermotherapy for 35 days and in vitro culture of 1 mm meristem tips.


2001 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARCELO EIRAS ◽  
RENATO O. RESENDE ◽  
ALEXANDRE A. MISSIAGGIA ◽  
ANTÔNIO C. DE ÁVILA

Transcriptase reverse - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and dot blot hybridization with digoxigenin-labeled probes were applied for the universal detection of Tospovirus species. The virus species tested were Tomato spotted wilt virus, Tomato chlorotic spot virus, Groundnut ringspot virus, Chrysanthemum stem necrosis virus, Impatiens necrotic spot virus, Zucchini lethal chlorosis virus, Iris yellow spot virus. Primers for PCR amplification were designed to match conserved regions of the tospovirus genome. RT-PCR using distinct primer combinations was unable to simultaneously amplify all tospovirus species and consistently failed to detect ZLCV and IYSV in total RNA extracts. However, all tospovirus species were detected by RT-PCR when viral RNA was used as template. RNA-specific PCR products were used as probes for dot hybridization. This assay with a M probe (directed to the G1/G2 gene) detected at low stringency conditions all Tospovirus species, except IYSV. At low stringency conditions, the L non-radioactive probe detected the seven Tospovirus species in a single assay. This method for broad spectrum detection can be potentially employed in quarantine services for indexing in vitro germplasm.


2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 220-227
Author(s):  
Najmiatul Masykura ◽  
Ummu Habibah ◽  
Siti Fatimah Selasih ◽  
Soegiarto Gani ◽  
Cosphiadi Irawan ◽  
...  

2005 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 225-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masamichi Isogai ◽  
Nobuyuki Yoshikawa

The RNA-binding properties of the cell-to-cell movement protein (MP) of Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus were analysed. MP was expressed in Escherichia coli and was used in UV-crosslinking analysis, using a digoxigenin–UTP-labelled RNA probe and gel-retardation analysis. The analyses demonstrated that MP bound cooperatively to single-stranded RNA (ssRNA). When analysed for NaCl dependence of the RNA-binding activity, the majority of the MP could bind ssRNA even in binding buffer with 1 M NaCl. Furthermore, competition binding experiments showed that the MP bound preferentially to ssRNA and single-stranded DNA without sequence specificity. MP deletion mutants were used to identify the RNA-binding domain by UV-crosslinking analysis. Amino acid residues 82–126 and 127–287 potentially contain two independently active, single-stranded nucleic acid-binding domains.


2013 ◽  
Vol 162 (5) ◽  
pp. 284-290
Author(s):  
Hao Duan ◽  
Zhirui Ji ◽  
Shutong Wang ◽  
Tongle Hu ◽  
Yanan Wang ◽  
...  

1993 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 159-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
A J Borg ◽  
G Medley ◽  
S M Garland

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%.


1986 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 291-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Volker Schuster ◽  
Bertfried Matz ◽  
Helga Wiegand ◽  
Brigitte Traub ◽  
Dieter Neumann-Haefelin

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