4321 results about "Nucleic acid molecule" patented technology

The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for using fixed biological samples in partition-based assays. In at least one embodiment, the disclosure provides a composition comprising a fixed biological sample and an un-fixing agent contained in a partition, such as a discrete droplet. In some embodiments, the disclosure provides un-fixing agent compounds capable of catalytically cleaving crosslinks in fixed biological samples, particularly crosslinked nucleic acids, such as RNA.

Localized detection of RNA in a tissue sample that includes cells is accomplished on an array. The array include a number of features on a substrate. Each feature includes a different capture probe immobilized such that the capture probe has a free 3′ end. Each feature occupies a distinct position on the array and has an area of less than about 1 mm2. Each capture probe is a nucleic acid molecule, which includes a positional domain including a nucleotide sequence unique to a particular feature, and a capture domain including a nucleotide sequence complementary to the RNA to be detected. The capture domain can be at a position 3′ of the positional domain.

Localized detection of RNA in a tissue sample that includes cells is accomplished on an array. The array include a number of features on a substrate. Each feature includes a different capture probe immobilized such that the capture probe has a free 3′ end. Each feature occupies a distinct position on the array and has an area of less than about 1 mm2. Each capture probe is a nucleic acid molecule, which includes a positional domain including a nucleotide sequence unique to a particular feature, and a capture domain including a nucleotide sequence complementary to the RNA to be detected. The capture domain can be at a position 3′ of the positional domain.

Provided herein are systems and methods for analyzing biomolecules (e.g., nucleic acid molecules, proteins). A method of nucleic acid analysis can comprise: (a) providing a sample comprising a cell comprising a target polynucleotide comprising a first exon segment and a second exon segment, wherein the first exon segment and the second exon segment flank opposite ends of a splice junction site of the target polynucleotide. The method can further comprise (b) contacting the cell with: (i) a first probe, wherein the first probe hybridizes to a first target sequence of the first exon segment, and (ii) a second probe, wherein the second probe hybridizes to a second target sequence of the second exon segment. The method can further comprise (c) linking the first probe and the second probe together, thereby generating a probe-linked nucleic acid molecule comprising the first probe and the second probe. The method can further comprise (d) identifying a sequence of the probe-linked nucleic acid molecule or derivative thereof, thereby locating the splice junction site of the target polynucleotide.

Embodiments of this invention provide methods, systems, and apparatus for determining whether a fetal chromosomal aneuploidy exists from a biological sample obtained from a pregnant female. Nucleic acid molecules of the biological sample are sequenced, such that a fraction of the genome is sequenced. Respective amounts of a clinically-relevant chromosome and of background chromosomes are determined from results of the sequencing. The determination of the relative amounts may count sequences of only certain length. A parameter derived from these amounts (e.g. a ratio) is compared to one or more cutoff values, thereby determining a classification of whether a fetal chromosomal aneuploidy exists. Prior to sequencing, the biological sample may be enriched for DNA fragments of a particular sizes.

The present disclosure provides humanized antibodies and antigen binding domains thereof that bind CD8α and other antibody formats comprising these antigen binding domains, their use as a targeting moiety on lipid nanoparticles (tLNP) to deliver a therapeutic payload (such as a nucleic acid molecule) or other types of payloads. The present disclosure further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the humanized anti-CD8α antibodies and CD8-targeted tLNP encapsulating a payload.

Disclosed herein are methods, compositions, and devices for use in the early detection of cancer. The methods include preparing cell-free nucleic acid molecules from a subject for sequencing, sequencing a panel of regions in the cell-free nucleic acid molecules, and detecting one or more markers that are indicative of a cancer.

The invention provides an artificial nucleic acid molecule which is used for improving the expression quantity of target amino acid, polypeptide or protein. The artificial nucleic acid molecule at least comprises a target 5'untranslated region (UTR), a target coding region (CDS) and a target 3 'untranslated region (UTR). Wherein the sequence of the target 5 'UTR is one of the following sequences: 5' UTR of a high-expression gene and a 5 'UTR variant of the high-expression gene. The sequence of the target 3 'UTR is one of the following sequences: 3' UTR of a high-expression gene and a 3 'UTR variant of the high-expression gene. Optionally, the artificial nucleic acid molecule may further comprise, for example, a 5 '-end cap structure (Cap), a PolyA tail. The 5 'UTR and the 3' UTR have regulating effects on translation and stability of nucleic acid molecules, so that the 5 'UTR, the 3' UTR and variants thereof are selected from high-expression genes, the nucleic acid molecules can be further stabilized and are not easy to degrade, and the amount of protein or polypeptide obtained by translation of the nucleic acid molecules can be increased. The invention also provides methods for making, delivering, and using such artificial nucleic acid molecules, as well as the use of the artificial nucleic acid molecules for the treatment and / or prevention of related diseases or disorders.

Disclosed are compositions of lipid nanoparticles (LNP) comprising an ionizable cationic lipid, a phospholipid, a sterol, and a PEG-lipid (non-functionalized and optionally functionalized). The functionalized PEG-lipid can be conjugated with a binding moiety to create a targeted LNP (tLNP). The disclosed tLNP preferentially deliver a nucleic acid molecule or other negatively charged payload to cells expressing a cell surface antigen recognized by the binding moiety of the tLNP, and are better tolerated, as compared to LNPs and tLNPs comprising ionizable cationic lipids found in marketed pharmaceuticals comprising LNPs.

The invention provides a porcine epidemic diarrhea virus S protein mutant, a nucleic acid molecule, a subunit vaccine and application. Compared with wild type porcine epidemic diarrhea virus S protein, the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus S protein mutant has the advantage that amino acid at the 1076th site, amino acid at the 1077th site, amino acid at the 1016th site and amino acid at the 1017th site are mutated into proline. The natural trimer which is stable and maintains the conformation of the S protein before fusion is constructed, the safe and efficient PEDV subunit vaccine is obtained, and the use effect and immunogenicity of the porcine epidemic diarrhea vaccine can be improved; moreover, compared with a wild type S protein, the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus S protein mutant disclosed by the invention has a higher expression quantity.

The invention relates to the technical field of biomedicine, in particular to an anti-influenza A virus NP protein antibody pair and application thereof. The antibody pair comprises two monoclonal antibodies; the monoclonal antibody comprises a heavy chain variable region and a light chain variable region; one monoclonal antibody in the monoclonal antibody pair is named as a 10G10 antibody, and the other monoclonal antibody is named as a 11F8 antibody. The invention also discloses a nucleic acid molecule for coding the monoclonal antibody and a hybridoma cell strain for secreting the monoclonal antibody. In addition, the invention also discloses a kit for detecting influenza virus protein, which comprises the monoclonal antibody pair, the 10G10 antibody is used as a capture antibody, and the 11F8 antibody is used as a labeled antibody. The antibody for resisting the influenza A virus NP protein provided by the invention has relatively good specificity on the influenza virus protein.

The invention belongs to the technical field of biology, and provides a nanometer antibody targeting Nectin-4, and a nucleic acid molecule and an expression vector for coding the nanometer antibody targeting Nectin-4. The invention also provides a chimeric antigen receptor which comprises an extracellular antigen binding domain, a transmembrane domain and an intracellular domain, and the extracellular antigen binding domain is a Nectin-4 nano antibody; the invention also provides a chimeric antigen receptor CAR which contains the nano antibody as scFv and co-expresses CXCR1, a CAR-T cell constructed by the chimeric antigen receptor CAR, and an enhanced CAR-T cell obtained by modifying the CAR-T cell with microbial short-chain fatty acid, so as to improve the infiltration and anti-tumor activity of the CAR-T cell targeting Nectin-4.

The invention discloses a tiny residual focus detection method and system based on ultra-high depth sequencing, and relates to the technical field of tiny residual focus intelligent detection.The tiny residual focus detection method comprises the following steps that on the basis of a sequencing library, splitting is conducted according to a sample index to obtain a to-be-detected sample, and a consensus sequence is obtained according to a molecular identifier of the to-be-detected sample; based on a consensus sequence, filtering out the consensus sequence of which the mass value is less than 25 or the failysize is less than 3, and combining a subtype type and a distance from a fragment edge as noise introduced into an original nucleic acid molecular chain; a context sequence (context) and a chain direction are used as noise for introducing the capture level of PCR amplification; based on the noise level, in combination with tumor priori knowledge, the ctDNA level is estimated, and the MRD state is determined by detecting the significance of a molecular signal source. According to the invention, the sensitivity and specificity of MRD detection are improved.

The invention relates to the field of nucleic acid editing, in particular to the technical field of regularly clustered interval short palindromic repeat (CRISPR). In particular, the present invention relates to Cas effector proteins, fusion proteins comprising such proteins, and nucleic acid molecules encoding them. The invention also relates to complexes and compositions for nucleic acid editing (e.g., gene or genome editing) comprising the proteins or fusion proteins of the invention, or nucleic acid molecules encoding them. The invention also relates to methods for nucleic acid editing (e.g., gene or genome editing) using the proteins or fusion proteins comprising the invention.

The present disclosure provides a recombinant yeast host cell having a plurality of native and / or heterologous enzymes that function in an engineered metabolic pathway to convert fructose-6-phosphate to acetyl-coenzyme A. The recombinant yeast host cell can be used, for example, in a process for making acetyl-coenzyme A, acetone and / or isopropanol. The plurality of native and / or heterologous enzymes is activated, upregulated, or overexpressed. The plurality of native and / or heterologous enzymes comprises a phosphoketolase; and optionally an acetate kinase; and / or a phosphotransacetylase. The recombinant yeast host cell comprises at least one of: at least two copies of a heterologous nucleic acid molecule encoding the phosphoketolase; a native and / or heterologous enzyme that functions in an engineered non-oxidative pentose phosphate pathway, wherein the native and / or heterologous enzyme is activated, upregulated, or overexpressed; and / or a native and / or heterologous protein that functions in an engineered metabolic pathway to convert pantothenate into acetyl-coenzyme A, wherein the native and / or heterologous protein is activated, upregulated or overexpressed and comprises at least one of: FEN2 or CAB1.

The invention relates to the technical field of biological medicine, and provides a targeting exosome capable of delivering nucleic acid drugs and a preparation method of the targeting exosome. The exosome comprises a fusion polypeptide, the fusion polypeptide comprises a targeting protein molecule, an exosome transmembrane protein and a nucleic acid binding domain, and the exosome can load a nucleic acid molecule through binding of the nucleic acid binding domain. According to the invention, engineering modification is carried out on the exosome, so that nucleic acid molecules can be efficiently loaded into the exosome, and meanwhile, the exosome is endowed with the capability of targeting to specific target cells, tissues and organs.

The present disclosure provides a nucleic acid molecule (e.g., a plasmid or vector) comprising: a nucleic acid sequence encoding a bicistronic or polycistronic LAMP construct comprising a specific fragment of an LAMP endodomain and an antigen domain heterologous to the LAMP protein to provide at least one antigen for eliciting an immune response, wherein the antigen expressed by the construct is optionally processed and presented to a class II MHC molecule; and a nucleic acid sequence encoding an immune response enhancing polypeptide, optionally secreted from a host cell. The nucleic acid molecules can be used, for example, for the treatment of diseases, in particular allergy, infectious diseases, diabetes, hyperproliferative disorders and / or cancer.

The present disclosure provides methods for reducing sequencing errors comprising one or any combination of: (i) removing deaminated bases in any nucleic acid molecule throughout a library preparation workflow which includes immobilised splints which bind to the library, the use of a compaction oligonucleotide, optionally with an intervening sequence, formation of closed circular nucleic acids, creating gaps using glycosylase and lyase activities at positions with deaminated bases. The library may be sequenced using pairwise sequencing, e.g. with dark sequencing and / or sequencing using a multivalent labelled probe for the formation of an avidity molecule and soluble primer and polymerase. Method for sequencing concatemers in which the concatermers are contacted with polymerases, soluble primers and a multivalent labelled molecule which forms a complex with the polymerase. Detecting polymerase position and nucleobase bound to the polymerase in the complex. These methods generate higher quality base calls during downstream sequencing workflows.

Disclosed herein are methods, compositions, and devices for use in diagnosis and treatment of cancer. The methods include sequencing a panel of regions in cell-free nucleic acid molecules and detecting one or more biomarkers that are indicative of a cancer.

The invention relates to a nucleic acid molecule of a rice transformation event RN85zN-eH and a detection method. The nucleic acid molecule of the rice RN85zN-eH comprises a sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or a reverse complementary sequence thereof, or a sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 or a reverse complementary sequence thereof. The rice transformation event RN85zN-eH disclosed by the invention has the characteristics of insect resistance and glufosinate-ammonium herbicide resistance, and the detection method can accurately and quickly identify whether a biological sample contains DNA molecules of the transgenic rice event RN85zN-eH or not.

The invention belongs to the field of gene engineering, and relates to a DNA binding protein based on TraC effect protein, a fusion protein with a cytosine / adenine base editing function, an editing system and nucleic acid molecules or constructs for encoding the DNA binding protein and the fusion protein. The invention also relates to complexes and kits for gene editing comprising the fusion proteins of the invention or the nucleic acid molecules encoding them. The base editing tool disclosed by the invention can realize efficient, accurate and safe base editing in cells of various eukaryotes such as animals and plants. The unique characteristics of the base editing tool enrich the types of existing base editing tools, and the base editing tool has wide application prospects.

The invention discloses a self-replicating RNA (Ribonucleic Acid) molecule, a porcine rotavirus RNA vaccine and application thereof, and relates to the technical field of vaccines. According to the present invention, the coding sequence of the porcine rotavirus G9P23 type VP4 protein is optimized, such that the fact that the saRNA prepared by using the nucleotide sequence represented by the SEQ ID NO: 10 can secrete the high porcine rotavirus G9P23 type VP4 protein antigen after the cell transfection is found; after the optimized porcine rotavirus G9P23 type VP4 protein is used for immunizing experimental animals, the level of neutralizing antibodies generated by the animals can be improved, and the challenge protection effect is enhanced. Therefore, the nucleic acid molecule provided by the invention can be used for developing drugs and vaccines for causing protective immune response in experimental animal bodies. Compared with a traditional vaccine, the vaccine provided by the invention has good immunogenicity and safety, and has a good application prospect.

A nucleic acid molecule comprising: i) a first nucleic acid comprising a double stranded inhibitory ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecule comprising a sense and an antisense strand designed with reference to a nucleotide sequence comprising a cardiovascular disease associated gene to be silenced and wherein said cardiovascular gene is proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin 9 (PCSK9) there is provided a single stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecule conjugated to the 5’ end of said sense strand; and ii) a second nucleic acid comprising a double stranded inhibitory ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecule comprising a sense and an antisense strand designed with reference to a different cardiovascular disease associated gene to be silenced wherein said cardiovascular gene is lipoprotein (a) (Lp(a)) and wherein there is provided a single stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecule conjugated to the 5’ end of said sense strand wherein the single stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecule is substantially complementary to the single stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecule set forth in i) above and anneals by complementary base pairing to form a double stranded DNA linker that links the first and second double stranded inhibitory ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules.

Nucleic acid molecules, compositions, recombinant AAV (rAAV) particles, kits, and methods are described herein for delivering a base editor (or “nucleobase editor”) to cells, e.g., via AAV vectors. In particular, the disclosure provides compositions, methods, and uses for delivery of adenine base editors and cytosine base editors in a single AAV vector (or genome). Further described herein are improved AAV vectors containing size-minimized regulatory components that enable, e.g., the packaging of base editors. Provided herein are methods and compositions for delivering base editor proteins to a cell or tissue in a single recombinant AAV (rAAV) vector. Contemplated herein are improved methods and compositions for delivering these base editors in vivo, in a single rAAV particle. Further provided herein are base editors and compositions and cells comprising these base editors.

The invention relates to the technical field of biological medicine, in particular to a T cell receptor targeting AFP peptide, a preparation method of the T cell receptor and a companion diagnostic kit. A T cell receptor targeting an AFP peptide is provided, the sequence of the AFP peptide is FMNKFIYEI, and the T cell receptor comprises a TCR [alpha] chain variable domain and a TCR [beta] chain variable domain. Corresponding nucleic acid molecules, vectors and host cells, and methods of making T cell receptors are provided. Further provided is a companion diagnostic kit containing the cell receptor. The invention provides a better choice for concomitant diagnosis and treatment products of cells of alpha fetoprotein (AFP).

The present invention relates to a nucleic acid molecule inhibiting factor 11 (FXI) gene expression in a cell by means of RNAi, comprising a sense sequence and an antisense sequence complementary to each other, or consisting of a sense sequence and an antisense sequence complementary to each other. The FXI inhibition rate of the nucleic acid molecule is significantly superior to that of other small nucleic acid molecules which inhibit the expression of FXI by means of RNAi.

Provided by the present invention are a bispecific T-cell engager, recombinant oncolytic virus thereof, and use thereof. The present invention provides an αCD47 and αCD3 bispecific T-cell engager. The present invention also provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule that encodes said bispecific T-cell engager. The present invention also provides an expression framework of said bispecific T-cell engager BiTE. The present invention also provides a recombinant oncolytic virus, and said oncolytic virus is operably inserted with or contains the expression framework of said bispecific T-cell engager BiTE. In the present invention, the bispecific T-cell engager is combined with the oncolytic virus, and in comparison with pure gene therapy or virotherapy, the oncolytic virus significantly enhances the inhibition capability on malignant tumors.

The invention belongs to the technical field of vaccines and biology, and particularly relates to a broad-spectrum influenza A vaccine immunogen composition and application. The invention provides a nucleic acid molecule for coding an immunogenic peptide, wherein the immunogenic peptide comprises: M2 protein extracellular region (M2e) peptide fragments which are connected in series; a hemagglutinin protein stem region extracellular domain (HA2) peptide fragment derived from an H7N9 influenza virus subtype; multimerization of the motif peptide fragment; and optionally, one or more linker peptide fragments independently located between the peptide fragments, wherein the polynucleotide molecule comprises a coding nucleic acid of each peptide fragment. The broad-spectrum influenza A vaccine can induce an organism to generate antigen-specific immune response, a high-titer antibody can be generated 14 days after last inoculation, the broad-spectrum influenza A vaccine can completely protect and resist attack of various subtype influenza A viruses, and the broad-spectrum influenza A vaccine has a wide application prospect.

Disclosed herein are compositions, methods, kits, and systems relating to efficient delivery of cargos (e.g., therapeutic cargos) into cells, for instance, for in vivo delivery. The present disclosure provides lipid-containing particles (e.g., virus-like particles) for delivering therapeutic cargos. The present disclosure also provides polynucleotides encoding the lipid-containing particles provided herein, which may be useful for producing said lipid-containing particles. Also provided are methods for editing nucleic acid molecules in cells using the lipid-containing particles provided herein, as well as cells and kits comprising the lipid-containing particles.