797 results about "Expression cassette" patented technology

The invention discloses an aspergillus niger recombinant bacterium AnCT-XynB-K-agdA and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of microbiology and bioengineering. According to the invention, Aspergillus niger AnCat is taken as an expression host, firstly, an acid protease regulatory factor prtT is knocked out to obtain a defective strain, and then different chaperonins are subjected to fusion expression by optimizing integration sites of a laccase lcc9 expression cassette, so that the high-expression laccase chaperonin is obtained. According to the method, an expression vector pC3-5 'agdA-PcitA-XynB-L-lcc9-hph-3' agdA is constructed, a recombinant bacterium AnCT-XynB-K-agdA is further obtained, the enzyme activity of the extracellular laccase subjected to shake flask fermentation reaches 1821.2 U / L, and finally, the recombinant efficient expression of the laccase Lcc9 in aspergillus niger is realized.

The present invention provides an ATP phosphoribosyltransferase mutant and its application in histidine production. The mutant is obtained by performing point mutations at positions 84 and / or 205 on the amino acid sequence of the wild-type ATP phosphoribosyltransferase derived from Acinetobacter baumannii. The mutant, the nucleic acid molecule encoding the mutant, the expression cassette containing the nucleic acid molecule, the recombinant vector or the recombinant microorganism are used for the production of L-histidine, and the yield of L-histidine is significantly increased, laying a good foundation for the large-scale industrial production of L-histidine.

The invention relates to the field of plant genetic engineering, and discloses application of a ZmWOX5b gene in improvement of corn genetic transformation efficiency. By separating the ZmWOX5b gene and constructing a recombinant vector, an expression cassette or a recombinant bacterium containing the gene, genetic transformation is carried out on corn inbred lines B73, B104, Zheng 58, FSJ115 and Xiang 249 by utilizing an agrobacterium-mediated method, and a research result shows that the gene can remarkably improve the transformation efficiency. Compared with a traditional method, the method has the advantages that the efficiency of easily-transformed genotypes is effectively improved, meanwhile, the transformation effect of difficultly-transformed maize inbred lines is greatly improved, and the limitation of receptor genotypes in maize genetic transformation is effectively broken through. The achievement obviously widens the application range of corn genetic transformation, and provides a new tool for efficiently developing gene function research and application of high yield, high quality, disease and pest resistance, stress resistance and the like of corn.

Reported herein is, inter alia, a method for producing a trivalent bispecific antibody, the method comprising the steps of culturing a mammalian cell comprising a deoxyribonucleic acid encoding the trivalent bispecific antibody, and recovering the trivalent bispecific antibody from the cell or culture medium, wherein the deoxyribonucleic acid encoding the trivalent bispecific antibody is stably integrated into the genome of the mammalian cell and comprises in the 5' to 3' direction a first expression cassette encoding a first heavy chain, a second expression cassette encoding the first heavy chain, a third expression cassette encoding a first light chain, a fourth expression cassette encoding the first light chain, a fifth expression cassette encoding the second heavy chain, a sixth expression cassette encoding the first light chain or the second heavy chain or the second light chain, and a seventh expression cassette encoding the second light chain, wherein the first heavy chain The chain comprises, from N-terminus to C-terminus, a first heavy chain variable domain, a CH1 domain, a hinge region, a CH2 domain, a CH3 domain, a peptide linker, a second heavy chain variable domain and a CL domain, the second heavy chain comprises, from N-terminus to C-terminus, a first heavy chain variable domain, a CH1 domain, a hinge region, a CH2 domain and a CH3 domain, the first light chain comprises, from N-terminus to C-terminus, a first light chain variable domain and a CH1 domain, and the second light chain comprises, from N-terminus to C-terminus, a second light chain variable domain and a CL domain, wherein the second heavy chain variable domain and the first light chain variable domain form a first binding site, and the first heavy chain variable domain and the second light chain variable domain form a second binding site.

The invention provides a structure, a sequence and a construction method of a plant virus gene editing vector and application of the plant virus gene editing vector in plant gene editing. The method is characterized in that a TRV2 genome of a tobacco embrittlement virus (TRV) is used for carrying and expressing a small Cas gene AsCas12f and gRNA of the small Cas gene AsCas12f. Preferably, the AsCas12f and the gRNA of the AsCas12f are subjected to tandem expression by utilizing the TRV2 to form an expression cassette structure of the AsCas12f-tRNA-gRNA, the expression cassette substitutes a part of 2b gene sequence of the TRV2 on a TRV2 genome to form a plant gene editing vector pTRV2-Cas12f-gRNA based on the TRV virus, and long-time stable expression and gene editing can be performed after wild type nicotiana benthamiana is inoculated. The invention also provides a method for carrying out gene editing in a wild type plant by utilizing the plant virus.

The invention provides a system and a method for screening Cas protein mutants capable of identifying different PAM sequences, and belongs to the technical field of bioengineering. The system comprises a Cas protein mutant screening vector and an sgRNA expression vector, the Cas protein mutant screening vector comprises the following expression elements: a Cas protein coding gene, a plasmid replicon and a first resistance screening tag expression cassette; the sgRNA expression vector comprises the following expression elements: a plasmid replicon, a second resistance screening tag expression cassette, a third resistance screening tag expression cassette and an sgRNA expression cassette. According to the system and the method, aiming at the problem that the efficiency of identifying PAM sequences except NGG by wild type spCas9 protein is low, an active Cas9 mutant capable of identifying PAM sites except NGG is screened out, and the application field and the editing efficiency of a CRISPR gene editing system can be greatly expanded.

The present invention provides a novel therapeutic drug for treating a Prom1-associated retinal disease. Specifically, the present invention provides an optimized Prom1 gene expression cassette, an rAAV viral vector, and a gene therapy drug. The drug of the present invention can specifically express the PROM1 protein in the retinal photoreceptor layer, and is suitable for the clinical treatment of a retinal disease associated with Prom1 gene mutation.

The present invention relates to an exogenous target gene expression cassette for delivering an exogenous target gene to the retina, in particular AIPL1 to retinal pigment epithelial cells and photoreceptor cells, comprising an IRBP enhancer sequence, a rhodopsin kinase (RK) promoter sequence and a CAG intron sequence, which are operatively linked, and an exogenous target gene. The present invention also relates to a recombinant adeno-associated viral vector comprising a viral capsid comprising a capsid protein or a capsid protein variant and a viral vector genome comprising an expression cassette encoding for specifically expressing an exogenous target gene in retinal pigment epithelial cells and photoreceptor cells. The recombinant adeno-associated virus vector can be used for relieving or treating retinal degenerative eye diseases by intravitreal administration or subretinal administration.

The invention relates to the field of plant breeding, and particularly provides a method for fixing rice heterosis by using an OsZFPP gene. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, constructing an OsZFPP1 gene or OsZFPP2 gene expression cassette driven by an OsECA1 promoter; then, an expression box of rice with three target points of OsPAIR1, OsREC8 and OsOSD1 being knocked out of CRISPR / Cas9 is constructed; integrating the expression cassette into the same vector to transform hybrid rice; screening three-gene homozygous mutation and OsZFPP positive plants, and identifying diploid cloned offspring through flow cytometry and genome sequencing. According to the method, the rice OsZFPP gene is combined with MiMe to provide a novel method for fixing the heterosis of the rice through apomixis, the heterosis of the rice can be successfully fixed through the method, an apomixis system with the high maturing rate can be obtained, and a novel solution is provided for fixing the heterosis of the rice through the apomixis.

The invention provides a salt-tolerant gene, namely a PrABC1 gene and application thereof, and also provides a vector containing the gene, an expression cassette, a recombinant cell, a transgenic plant and a method for producing the transgenic plant. Specifically, the gene has a nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 2. The plant growth regulator can be used for improving the tolerance of plants to a salt stress environment, relieving the adverse effects of a high-salt environment on the germination rate and root length of the plants, reducing the water loss rate of the plants under the high-salt stress condition and reducing the reduction of the chlorophyll content.

The invention provides a preparation method, application and the like of large intestine expression recombinant A-type botulinum toxin (BONT / A). The recombinant BONT / A nucleic acid expression cassette comprises a tag, a restriction enzyme cutting site and a BONT / A nucleic acid sequence, and an exogenous protease recognition site is not introduced between a BONT / A light chain and a BONT / A heavy chain. The invention also provides a recombinant vector containing the nucleic acid expression cassette, a recombinant bacterium, a coded and expressed protein and the like, the prepared recombinant BONT / A does not introduce exogenous amino acid or only introduces two amino acids at one position, and the consistency of the recombinant BONT / A with the natural A-type botulinum toxin is ensured to the greatest extent. Through novel molecular design and preparation process, the recombinant reBONT / A with higher toxicity and low immunogenicity is efficiently obtained, and wide industrial application is facilitated.

The present subject matter relates to recombinant lentiviral transfer plasmids for producing lentiviral vectors with increased vector titer and performance. These transfer plasmids are constructed so that a central polypurine tract (cPPT) is centered between the lentiviral LTRs and include a 6x stop codon sequence block downstream of the 3' LTR. When the transfer plasmids comprise a globin expression cassette, the lentiviral vectors produced therefrom are useful for treating hemoglobinopathies by gene therapy. Transduced cells, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating or ameliorating hemoglobinopathies with these lentiviral vectors are also provided. Additional transfer plasmids, cells, and compositions are provided that are useful for delivering any gene of interest to a cell, as well as plasmids for production of lentiviral vectors for treating other erythroid-specific diseases or disorders such as anemia and cancer.

The invention relates to a photoreceptor cell specific bidirectional promoter and application thereof. Specifically, the invention relates to a novel photoreceptor cell specific bidirectional promoter, an expression cassette containing the bidirectional promoter, a vector, a viral particle, a cell and a pharmaceutical composition, and application of the bidirectional promoter to treatment of eye diseases, such as retinal diseases.

This invention provides vectors (e.g., lentiviral vectors) and expression cassettes for incorporation into vectors for expressing an alpha-globin (α-globin) gene. In certain embodiments method of treatment using such vectors are provided.

96 New PCT-Patent Application based on EP 24 186 635.9 Insempra GmbH Vossius Ref.: AG4141 PCT S3 Abstract The present invention relates to a linear double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (dsDNA) molecule comprising one or more Tus protein (Tus) binding site(s) at the 5'-terminus, one or more Lac repressor protein (LacI) binding site(s) at the 3'-terminus, and a segment comprising a DNA sequence of interest (DOI) between said Tus binding site(s) and said LacI binding site(s). The present invention further relates to a non-naturally or naturally occurring RNA molecule as encoded by or transcribable / transcribed from the linear dsDNA molecule of the invention, and to an expression DNA cassette comprising a promoter, an RBS, a GOI encoding a POI, and one or more LacI binding site(s), wherein said expression cassette does not comprise a terminator sequence between the 3´ end of said GOI and said one or more LacI binding site(s). The present invention also relates to a non-naturally or naturally occurring RNA molecule as encoded by or transcribable / transcribed from said expression cassette. The present invention further relates to method of protecting a linear deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecule from exonuclease degradation by adding one or more Tus binding site(s) at the first terminus of the DNA molecule and adding one or more LacI binding site(s) at the other terminus of the DNA molecule. The present invention further relates to a method of synthesizing a protein of interest (POI) in a cell- free protein synthesis (CFPS) reaction mixture by using the (ds)DNA and / or RNA molecules of the invention, and also to a cell-free biological system or CFPS reaction mixture comprising the (ds)DNA, expression cassette and / or RNA molecules of the invention.

The invention discloses a method for improving the solubility and thermal stability of sweet protein, and belongs to the technical field of biosynthesis, the method comprises the following steps: constructing a gene tandem recombinant plasmid containing a monellin x-3C-sfGFP-3C-monellin y expression cassette, x is greater than or equal to 1, y is greater than or equal to 1, 5 is greater than or equal to x + y is greater than or equal to 3, a 3C protease recognition sequence is also inserted between adjacent copies of monellin, and each monellin is connected with a purification tag; the gene tandem recombinant plasmid is transformed into escherichia coli and inducible expression is carried out, thalli are split and purified to obtain fusion protein, 3C protease is used for enzyme digestion, and the target protein is obtained after re-purification. The total protein yield and the solubility proportion are remarkably improved by adopting a series construction mode of plasmids, meanwhile, the stability of monellin is effectively improved, the purification step is simpler and more convenient, and the method is suitable for industrial production.

The present invention relates to the field of in vitro transcription, and particularly to a plasmid backbone capable of improving the stability of polyadenylate tails. The present invention provides an expression cassette, which sequentially includes: the rop gene, the replicon ori, and the resistance gene; the rop gene, the replicon ori, and the resistance gene are connected by a linking fragment. The present invention has established a low-copy pmRVacSL and a medium-copy pmRVacM plasmid vector system through artificial modification. Since pmRVacSL is a low-copy vector, the yield of plasmid DNA is relatively low. The pmRVacM plasmid backbone solves the problem of relatively low plasmid DNA yield of pmRVacSL. This vector system can not only maintain the stable replication of polyA tail sequences of more than 150 bp, but also quickly add genes of interest and polyadenylate (polyA) sequences, and efficiently and rapidly obtain the DNA template for in vitro transcription of the target mRNA.

Herbicide-resistant rice plants, isolated polynucleotides that encode herbicide resistant and wild-type acetohydroxy-acid synthase large subunit 1 (AHASL1) polypeptides, and the amino acid sequences of these polypeptides, are described. Expression cassettes and transformation vectors comprising the polynucleotides of the invention, as well as plants and host cells transformed with the polynucleotides, are described. Methods of using the polynucleotides to enhance the resistance of plants to imidazolinone herbicides, and methods for controlling weeds in the vicinity of herbicide-resistant plants are also described.

The invention relates to recombinant pichia pastoris capable of efficiently expressing III-type human-like collagen and application of the recombinant pichia pastoris, and belongs to the technical field of microorganisms. According to the invention, an III-type human-like collagen expression cassette is constructed in pichia pastoris GS115 and co-expressed with a molecular chaperone, a transcription factor and a translation factor, so that the expression efficiency of the III-type human-like collagen is improved, and the shake-flask fermentation yield reaches 0.93 g / L. And then fermentation conditions, material supplementing conditions, methanol feeding induction conditions and the like are optimized, so that the yield of the III-type human-like collagen in a 5L fermentation tank by the constructed recombinant pichia pastoris reaches 10.3 g / L, the efficient production of target protein is realized, a favorable tool is provided for the application of the III-type human-like collagen in the fields of food, cosmetics, medicines and the like, and the engineering application prospect is broad. Good industrial application prospects are realized.

Provided herein are composition comprising a) a first recombinant adeno-associated viral (rAAV) vector genome comprising a first expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to nucleic acid sequence comprising a 5' portion of an otoferlin gene, wherein the first expression cassette is flanked by inverted terminal repeats (ITRs); and b) a second rAAV vector genome comprising a second expression cassette comprising a nucleic acid sequence comprising a 3' portion of an otoferlin gene, wherein the second expression cassette is flanked by ITRs, and wherein the composition can comprise about 4E10-9E13 vg / mL, optionally about about 4.1E10- 4.1E12 total vg or about 8.1E10-8.1E12 total vg and the use of these compositions to treat hearing loss in a subject.

The present disclosure relates to a CCL20 promoter derived from a regulatory region of the CCL20 gene, which stimulates gene expression in response to inflammation. These CCL20 promoters, which can be stimulated by endogenous or exogenous cytokines, can be used to control the timing of expression of heterologous genes. The disclosure also relates to expression cassettes or vectors comprising a CCL20 promoter of the disclosure operably linked to a nucleic acid sequence encoding, for example, a polypeptide of interest; and delivery systems (e.g., viral particles, lipid vesicles or nanoparticles) or cells comprising such expression cassettes or vectors. The disclosure also relates to the use of the promoter, expression cassette, vector, delivery system or cell in the treatment of inflammation-related diseases or for recombinant gene expression.

Compositions and methods for altering the flowering and / or maturing time of soybean plants are provided. Compositions include isolated and recombinant polynucleotides encoding polypeptides, expression cassettes, host cells, plants, plant parts that stabilize incorporation of these polynucleotides. Methods and kits for producing these plants via transgenic means, breeding, or genome editing methods and identifying plants with altered flowering and / or maturation times are provided.

The invention discloses an ILTV gD protein antigen epitope expression cassette, a recombinant virus and application, and relates to the field of gene and protein engineering. The ILTV gD protein antigen epitope expression cassette provided by the invention comprises T and B cell epitopes of gD protein derived from an infectious laryngotracheitis virus WG strain. The recombinant virus rH120-gD-T / B is obtained by replacing a 5ab gene of an infectious bronchitis virus H120 strain with a gene for coding an ILTV gD protein antigen epitope expression cassette. The recombinant virus has good genetic stability, can be used for developing a safe and effective IB-ILT bivalent live vector vaccine, and solves the problem of poor stability of the current recombinant IBV.

The invention discloses an efficient streptomyces mobaraensis CRISPR / Cas9 editing method, and belongs to the technical field of gene engineering. According to the method, a CRISPR / Cas9 system in streptomyces mobaraensis is successfully constructed and optimized, a related gene ssti of aerial hypha growth delay is selected as a reporter gene, a CRISPR / Cas9 editing system is optimized, an optimal promoter P19570 of Cas9 and the most appropriate sgRNA of a targeted ssti gene are obtained, and on the basis, a repair template with the length of 2kb is selected, so that the highest single gene editing efficiency reaches 90.8%. Furthermore, an array containing two gRNA expression cassettes is constructed, simultaneous knockout of ssti and sapB genes in smY2019 is realized, and the knockout efficiency is 6.25%.

In certain embodiments, a lentiviral vector for the treatment of sickle cell disease (SCD) is provided. In certain embodiments, the vector comprises an expression cassette that encodes that an anti-sickling β-globin gene and an shRNA that inhibits expression of a BCL11A gene (BCL11A shRNA) wherein said expression cassette is in reverse orientation in the vector; a β-globin locus control region (LCR) comprising a reduced length hypersensitive site 1 (HS1) sequence, a reduced length hypersensitive site 2 (HS2) sequence, a reduced length hypersensitive site 3 (HS3) sequence, and a reduced length hypersensitive site 4 (HS4) sequence, where said anti-sickling β-globin gene is operably linked to the human β-globin locus control region.

Provided herein are modified nucleic acids comprising modified MTM1 genes, modified muscle-specific promoters, e.g., MHCK7, or a combination thereof. Also provided herein are expression cassettes, AAV vector genomes, and AAV particles comprising the same. Further provided herein are methods of delivering MTM1 to a muscle cell and methods of treating XLMTM.

The invention provides a novel therapeutic drug for treating Prom1 related retinal diseases. Specifically, the invention provides an optimized Prom1 gene expression cassette, an rAAV virus vector and a gene therapy drug. The medicine provided by the invention can specifically express the PROM1 protein in a retina photoreceptor layer, and is suitable for clinical application to treatment of Prom1 gene mutation related retinal diseases.

The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for high throughput screening and characterization of one or more candidate plant pathogen effect genes and / or one or more candidate plant disease resistance genes in a single plant cell, the method comprises: (i) introducing into a plant protoplast one or more expression cassettes comprising at least one candidate plant pathogen effect gene and / or at least one candidate plant disease resistance gene; (ii) transiently expressing the one or more candidate plant pathogen effect genes and / or the one or more candidate plant disease resistance genes; (iii) measuring reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced by the protoplast; then (iv) separating the plant protoplast producing the ROS; and (v) identifying the introduced at least one candidate plant pathogen effect gene and / or at least one candidate plant disease resistance gene. Alternatively, the protoplast is capable of expressing the selectable marker, thereby allowing for the measurement of modulated selectable marker expression as an alternative indicator for HR activation.

The invention discloses pichia pastoris for efficiently synthesizing lactoferrin as well as a construction method and application of the pichia pastoris, and belongs to the technical field of biosynthesis. The pichia pastoris for efficiently synthesizing the lactoferrin expresses at least one of KAR2, PDI1 and ERO1 in molecular chaperones in a host in an enhanced manner and carries an optimized secretory signal peptide, and the secretory signal peptide is obtained by replacing a leading peptide of alpha-factor with any signal peptide in LacZ, PelB, FLO and alpha-factor. The yield of LF can be effectively increased by enhancing expression of at least one of KAR2, PDI1 and ERO1 molecular chaperones in molecular chaperones in a host; when the lactoferrin expression cassette is integrated into the recombinant pichia pastoris X-33 genome and the copy number is increased to 2-6, the LF yield can be further increased, and when the copy number is 4, the LF yield reaches a peak value.

Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a toxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated toxin nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed, and antibodies specifically binding to those amino acid sequences. In particular, the present invention provides for isolated nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in any of SEQ ID NO: 16 to 30, or the nucleotide sequence set forth in any of SEQ ID NO: 1 to 15, as well as variants and fragments thereof.