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Evaluation of Mammary Gland Development and Function in Mouse Models
Published on: July 21, 2011
概括
研究人员探索了使用大肠杆菌 (Escherichia coli) 乳液操作者-抑制器系统来控制哺乳动物细胞中的基因表达. 该系统作为转染基因的开/关开关,证明了其在基因转移应用中的潜力.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 基因规则 基因规则
- 哺乳动物细胞培养
背景情况:
- 埃舍里希亚大肠杆菌的乳液操作者-抑制器系统是基因调节的一个很好的特征模型.
- 控制哺乳动物细胞中的基因表达对于各种研究和治疗应用至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究LAC操作者-抑制器系统在调节哺乳动物细胞内的转染基因表达中的有效性.
- 为了确定压缩剂介导的基因沉默,对lac运算子序列的最佳放置.
主要方法:
- 将小鼠L细胞感染到lacl表达载体以产生lac抑制剂.
- 构建一个MSV-CAT融合基因,在不同的促进物位点插入了lac操作者.
- 分析在存在或缺少乳酸抑制剂和诱导剂IPTG时的CAT基因表达水平.
主要成果:
- 当LAC操作员位于TATA盒的上游,在转录开始和TATA盒之间,或在启动编码和转录开始之间时,LAC抑制器成功地阻止了MSV-CAT融合基因的转录.
- 诱导剂IPTG显著缓解了抑制,导致CAT表达的增加.
- 镇压器在上游TATA盒子部位的有效性表明干扰转录激活复合体的形成.
结论:
- 拉克抑制器-操作器系统为哺乳动物细胞中诱导基因表达控制提供了一个强大的机制.
- 该系统作为调节基因转移实验的多功能开关/关开关.
- 这种调节系统对基因疗法和分子生物学研究的应用具有前景.
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