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Functional Cloning Using a Xenopus Oocyte Expression System
Published on: January 30, 2016
リンパ球特異性cDNAのクローン化により,規制性オクターマーDNAモチーフに結合するタンパク質をコードする
L M Staudt1, R G Clerc, H Singh
1Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02142.
まとめ
研究者は,新しい放射性DNA結合技術を使用して,Bリンパ球特異のオクトーマー結合タンパク質を特定しました. この発見は,細胞特異の転写因子の存在と,メッセンジャーRNAレベルによるそれらの調節を確認しています.
科学分野:
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- 免疫学 免疫学とは
- 遺伝学 遺伝学とは
背景:
- オクターマーDNA配列は,B型リンパ球における免疫グロブリン遺伝子転写に不可欠である.
- 細胞特異の転写因子を理解することは,B細胞の発達と機能の鍵です.
研究 の 目的:
- Bリンパ球特有のオクターマー結合タンパク質を特定し,特徴づけること.
- B細胞における転写因子の調節を調査する.
主な方法:
- 新しい直接放射性DNA結合技術が採用されました.
- lambda gt11ファグを使用したBJAB細胞からの補完的なDNA発現ライブラリのスクリーニング.
- オクターマー配列によるプラークスクリーニングによる陽性ファグ再結合体の識別.
主要な成果:
- 陽性ファグ再結合体からの融合タンパク質が,オクターマー探査機に結合する.
- cDNA挿入は,主にBリンパ球で見られるメッセンジャーRNAにハイブリッド化しました.
- この遺伝子 (oct-2) は,オクターマー結合タンパク質をB型リンパ球で好ましく発現させる.
結論:
- A型Bリンパ球特異のオクターマー結合タンパク質 (Oct-2) が特定されました.
- この発見は,細胞特異の転写因子の存在の証拠を提供します.
- 伝達 RNA の存在は,この転写因子の量を制御する.
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