854 results about "Nucleic acid sequence" patented technology

The invention discloses an oil palm U6 promoter gene and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of biology. The nucleotide sequence of the promoter gene is shown as SEQ ID NO.1. The oil palm RNA polymerase III type promoter gene, namely the oil palm endogenous U6 promoter gene EgU6, is obtained by cloning in an oil palm genome for the first time, and the promoter gene has high transcriptional activity and can drive downstream fluorescent protein mNeonGreen expression. The candidate oil palm endogenous U6 promoter gene can be provided for subsequently establishing a high-efficiency oil palm gene editing technology system based on a CRISPR / cas9 (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats / Cas9) system.

A chimeric autoantibody receptor (CAAR) that enables targeting of an immune cell to autoantibody producing B cells. The CAAR includes an autoantigen or fragment thereof that is bound by autoantibodies associated with neurological autoimmune disease primarily targeting the central nervous system. Also disclosed is a nucleic acid molecule encoding a chimeric autoantibody receptor (CAAR), the nucleic acid sequence encoding an autoantigen or fragment thereof that is bound by autoantibodies associated with a neurological autoimmune disease primarily targeting the central nervous system, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular signaling domain, a vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding a chimeric autoantibody receptor (CAAR), a genetically modified immune cell comprising the nucleic acid molecule encoding the CAAR and use of the immune cell in the treatment or prevention of a neurological autoimmune disease primarily targeting the central nervous system, such as an autoimmune encephalopathy or encephalomyelopathy, preferably anti-NMDAR encephalitis.

Provided are techniques for generating expression products using one or more nucleic acid concatemers that include tandem repeats of a nucleic acid sequence encoding the expression product or products. In one embodiment, different expression products may be co-expressed using a concatemer mixture of a first nucleic acid concatemer and a second nucleic acid concatemer having a predefined ratio to one another.

The present invention includes a mutant Dnase1LS having at least about a 95% identity with a nucleic acid sequence encoding the protein of SEQ ID NO: 2-8 for a mutant Dnase1LS comprising at least one mutation for post-translational modification or attachment of a molecule to the mutant Dnase1LS to increase the serum half-life of the mutant Dnase1LS, nucleic acids encoding the same, host cells, and methods of making the mutant Dnase1LS.

Disclosed herein are compositions that include antigen-encoding nucleic acid sequences and / or antigen peptides. Also disclosed are nucleotides, cells, and methods associated with the compositions including their use as vaccines, including vectors and methods for a heterologous prime / boost vaccination strategy.

The present invention provides a bacteriophage having a bacteriolytic activity against Mycobacterium avium and / or Mycobacterium intracellularis, the bacteriophage having a genome containing a nucleic acid sequence represented by the genome of the bacteriophage specified by the preservation number NITE BP-03513 or NITE BP-03514 or the preservation number NITE BP-03918, the bacteriophage having a bacteriolytic activity against Mycobacterium avium and / or Mycobacterium intracellularis, and the bacteriophage having a bacteriolytic activity against Mycobacterium avium and / or Mycobacterium intracellularis. The capsid of the phage is connected with the cell-penetrating peptide through a tag.

The present invention describes mRNA usage improving and / or translation-enhancing nucleic acid sequences, nucleic acid constructs comprising such sequences, and host cells comprising such nucleic acid constructs. The invention further pertains to a method for expressing a protein of interest in a cell or organism using such nucleic acid sequences, as well as their uses for increasing integration of such nucleic acid construct into a genome, for enhancing mRNA usage and / or translation of a recombinantly expressed polypeptide, and for increasing the number of transformants upon transformation of a cell with such nucleic acid construct.

Agricultural compositions are disclosed which comprise at least one isolated bacteriophage capable of infecting the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato, the at least one bacteriophage having a genomic nucleic acid sequence at least 85% identical to one of the nucleic acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 1-23. The composition comprises no more than 10 different strains of bacteriophage. Uses thereof for treating bacterial speck disease are also disclosed.

The present invention involves an engineered probiotic bacterium comprising a heterologous nucleic acid, where the heterologous nucleic acid comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding an anti-spike glycoprotein nanobody of a coronavirus. In one embodiment, the bacterium is Escherichia coli Nissle 1917. In another embodiment, the anti-spike glycoprotein nanobody appears on the surface of the probiotic bacteria.

The application discloses a KASP molecular marker of a Nicotiana benthamiana NbSAG101a gene and application thereof. The KASP molecular marker is an InDel insertion and deletion marker of the Nicotiana benthamiana NbSAG101a gene, is located at 256-262 bp of a second exon of the Nicotiana benthamiana NbSAG101a gene, and the nucleic acid sequence of the KASP molecular marker is shown as SEQ ID NO: 4. A wild-type allele of the Nicotiana benthamiana NbSAG101a gene is C, contains a 7 bp sequence shown as SEQ ID NO: 4, and a mutant-type allele is A, and the 7 bp sequence shown as SEQ ID NO: 4 is deleted. The KASP marker provided by the application can accurately and quickly distinguish wild-type homozygotes, heterozygotes and mutant-type homozygotes of the NbSAG101a gene, has high specificity, high accuracy, fast detection speed, low cost and high flux.

The invention discloses antisense oligonucleotides for reducing XDH gene expression in a targeted manner and application of the antisense oligonucleotides, and belongs to the technical field of biological medicines. The antisense oligonucleotide mediates the degradation of the target mRNA through an RNase H (RNase H) dependent cleavage mechanism, and the mRNA expression of the XDH gene is horizontally knocked down after transcription; the antisense oligonucleotide molecule has a specific nucleic acid sequence, is combined with chemical modification design, can specifically bind XDH mRNA molecules in a targeting manner, promote XDH mRNA degradation and inhibit XDH protein synthesis, so that the expression level of XDH in cells is reduced, uric acid synthesis is reduced, the purpose of reducing uric acid is finally achieved, and cell experiments and animal model tests show that the antisense oligonucleotide molecule has a good application prospect. The antisense oligonucleotide molecule disclosed by the invention has a good uric acid reducing effect, and is long in drug effect duration and high in drug safety.

The embodiment of the specification provides a modification identification method of a thio-phosphorylated nucleic acid sequence, which comprises: performing enzymolysis on a to-be-identified nucleic acid sequence by using a nucleic acid mixed enzyme to obtain an enzymolysis product; performing secondary mass spectrum analysis on the enzymolysis product based on first mass spectrum information; and determining whether a target sequence fragment exists in the to-be-identified nucleic acid sequence based on the first mass spectrum information and the second mass spectrum information. At least the to-be-identified nucleic acid sequence modified by thio-phosphorylation is actually obtained based on a preset modification rule. The first mass spectrum information comprises a theoretical analysis result generated by analyzing a theoretical sequence fragment, and the theoretical sequence fragment is determined based on the preset modification rule, the to-be-identified nucleic acid sequence and the nucleic acid mixed enzyme. The modification identification method can accurately and efficiently identify the chemical modification of the thio-phosphorylated nucleic acid sequence.

A combination of lipid-binding molecules and / or lipid-binding proteins with lipid components (i.e., mispids) is provided for use in modifying the interaction between target molecules and lipid membranes. This includes, for example, the use of lipid-binding molecules and / or mispids to improve the sequencing efficiency and throughput of nanopore-based sequencing systems. To sequence target molecules such as nucleic acid sequences or nucleic acid substitute polymers derived therefrom, lipid-binding molecules and / or their mispids are combined with the target molecules. The mixture is then applied to a nanopore-based sequencing chip. The target molecules are then sequenced in the presence of lipid-binding molecules and / or nanodiscs, thereby improving the capture, arrival time, and effective concentration of the target molecules across the chip membrane. Such improved efficiency is particularly beneficial, for example, when the concentration of the target molecule is low.

Disclosed herein are engineered LSR sequences, compositions, and uses including in genome-editing systems and therapeutic compositions. The LSRs can facilitate nucleic acid recombination at particular attachment sites, using suitable donor sequences. The disclosed LSRs may be used to site-specifically recombine or integrate nucleic acid sequences for a variety of purposes, including treatment of human diseases.

A bioengineering method which comprises introducing an inert nucleic acid cassette into a biological entity without introducing or modifying characteristics or traits in the biological entity. The method comprises receiving or providing a sample comprising the biological entity having a nucleic acid sequence; selecting an integration site in the nucleic acid sequence for inserting the inert nucleic acid cassette; designing the inert cassette with optimized primer sequences, optimized probe sequences, optimized stop codons and disrupted start codons, and inserting the inert nucleic acid cassette into the biological entity at the integration site; and validating that no characteristics have been added or modified in the biological entity.

The invention provides a primer for detecting a novel bunyavirus by an RPA-lateral flow nucleic acid chromatography technology, which comprises a specific SFTSV primer pair marked by a nucleic acid sequence, namely SFTSV-F and SFTSV-R. The invention further provides a kit for detecting the novel bunyavirus by the RPA-lateral flow nucleic acid chromatography technology. The invention also provides a probe which comprises a gold nanoparticle capture probe, an SFTSV capture probe and a quality control capture probe. Meanwhile, the invention further provides application of the primer and the probe in preparation of SFTSV detection products, a specific detection kit and a specific detection method. The specific primer and the functional differentiation probe are designed aiming at a novel bunyavirus highly-conserved sequence, and an RPA isothermal amplification technology and a lateral flow nucleic acid chromatography visual detection technology are integrated, so that the rapid, sensitive and specific detection of the SFTSV is realized, the dependence on a large instrument is not needed, the detection cost and the operation threshold are reduced, and the detection efficiency is improved. And the application requirements of on-site rapid detection, large-scale screening and resource-limited regions are met.

A modified sporulating bacteria may comprise a nucleic acid cassette having a silent promotor that inhibits transcription by the modified sporulating bacteria. The nucleic acid cassette may include a nucleic acid sequence including a gene of interest that encodes a protein of interest. The nucleic acid cassette may include a nucleic acid sequence encoding a loading peptide that incorporates into a coat of a spore. The modified sporulating bacteria may comprise a pre-spore having the nucleic acid sequence having the gene of interest that encodes the protein of interest. A modified spore may be formed comprising a spore body containing the nucleic acid cassette, a spore coat, and a protein of interest derived from the gene of interest inserted into the spore coat made by exogenous cell-free biosynthesis components.

The present disclosure discloses a method for nucleic acid sequence detection and a sequencing method. The method for nucleic acid sequence detection includes: providing a nucleic acid with a preset sequence; and detecting sequence information of the nucleic acid through a hybridization signal between a probe and the nucleic acid.

The present invention relates to an adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector comprising in the 5' to 3' direction: a first AAV2 ITR sequence; a CMV enhancer sequence; a chicken β-actin promoter sequence; a nucleic acid sequence encoding an apolipoprotein 2 (APOE2) polypeptide comprising a Christchurch mutation; a polyA sequence; and a second AAV2 ITR sequence.

The invention discloses an application of mRNA (messenger Ribonucleic Acid) for coding p16 protein in preparation of a medicine for treating pancreatic cancer. The mRNA for coding the p16 protein comprises a nucleic acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO.1-3. The invention also provides an application of the mRNA for coding the p16 protein and a universal RAS inhibitor daraxonrasib in the preparation of a medicine for treating pancreatic cancer in combination with the mRNA for coding the p16 protein and the universal RAS inhibitor daraxonrasib. Further, the mRNA encoding the p16 protein can be entrapped in a lipid nanoparticle. Experiments show that the function of CDKN2A is recovered by delivering p16 mRNA, the sensitivity of pancreatic cancer cells to the daraxonrasib can be enhanced, the drug resistance of the daraxonrasib can be reversed, and a remarkable synergistic anti-tumor effect is shown in various pancreatic cancer mouse models. The invention provides a new combined treatment strategy for the treatment of pancreatic cancer, especially pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for delivering a gene of interest to a subject. Aspects of the application relate to nucleic acids encoding modified retroelement-derived polypeptides and gene delivery constructs that can direct integration of a nucleic acid sequence into a target nucleic acid (e.g., a genome of a subject).

The present disclosure encompasses a lipid nanoparticle (LNP) comprising a polypeptide comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding an engineered meganuclease that binds and cleaves a recognition sequence within a Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome. Further, the disclosure encompasses pharmaceutical compositions comprising the LNPs, and the use of such compositions for inactivating a pol gene of an HBV genome or an HBV genome fragment in a cell and treating HBV infections or diseases associated with HBV infections.

The present application provides a nanobody targeting Claudin18.2 and a nucleic acid sequence encoding the same. The present application also provides a multispecific antibody, a chimeric antigen receptor, an antibody conjugate comprising the Claudin18.2 nanobody, a pharmaceutical composition and a kit comprising the same, and the use of the same in the diagnosis / treatment / prevention of diseases associated with Claudin18.2 expression.

Disclosed are methods of identifying a regulatory factor that regulates the abundance of a target RNA comprising introducing to a population of cells a plurality of single guide RNAs (sgRNAs), wherein the sgRNAs are specific for one or more nucleic acid sequences capable of encoding the regulatory factor in the population of cells; performing fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) on the population cells, using a probe specific to a target RNA in the population of cells; identifying cells in the population of cells that have altered abundance of the target RNA; sequencing DNA from the population of cells that have altered abundance of the target RNA; and identifying, based on the sequencing, sgRNAs that are specific to a nucleic acid sequence capable of encoding the regulatory factor that regulates abundance of the target RNA; thereby identifying a regulatory factor that regulates abundance of the target RNA.

This invention provides a method for constructing and applying MDCK cells stably integrated with disialotyltransferase, relating to the field of biotechnology. The construction method includes: infecting MDCK cells with lentiviral particles, followed by culture and screening to obtain MDCK cells stably expressing porcine ST3GAL1 and porcine ST6GAL1 genes; the lentiviral particles carry porcine ST3GAL1 and porcine ST6GAL1 genes; the nucleic acid sequence of the porcine ST3GAL1 gene is shown in SEQ ID NO.1; the nucleic acid sequence of the porcine ST6GAL1 gene is shown in SEQ ID NO.2. This construction method is simple and convenient, and the constructed MDCK cells can stably express porcine ST3GAL1 and porcine ST6GAL1 genes, effectively improving the culture efficiency of swine influenza virus, and thus can be used in the preparation of swine influenza virus.

The present invention provides a method for screening for a candidate peptide capable of binding to a target molecule, the method including the steps of: (1) preparing a plurality of nucleic acid display libraries containing a barcoded peptide-nucleic acid complex, wherein the barcoded peptide-nucleic acid complex contains a nucleic acid moiety and a peptide moiety, the nucleic acid moiety contains a barcode sequence and a nucleic acid sequence encoding the peptide, and the plurality of nucleic acid display libraries are nucleic acid display libraries, each of which is independently produced by translation using a cell-free translation system; (2) mixing the plurality of nucleic acid display libraries to prepare a mixed nucleic acid display library; (3) bringing the mixed nucleic acid display library into contact with the target molecule; and (4) amplifying a nucleic acid corresponding to the nucleic acid moiety of the barcoded peptide-nucleic acid complex bound to the target molecule, using a barcode primer.

The present invention provides gene therapies for the treatment of Friedreich's ataxia. Specifically, the present invention provides a nucleic acid, cloning vector and transfer vector for the production of an adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector. The nucleic acid comprises (i) a nucleic acid sequence encoding frataxin, (ii) a phospho-glycerate-kinase (PGK) promoter, and (iii) a woodchuck hepatitis virus posttranscriptional regulatory element (WPRE). The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition which comprises the AAV vector or nucleic acid. Also, the AAV vector, nucleic acid or pharmaceutical composition can be used as a medicament, specifically as a medicament for the treatment of Friedreich's ataxia.

The present invention provides a method for detecting fungal DNA in a turf grass sample with a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay which contains primers for fungal DNA of at least one turf pathogenic fungi selected from Sclerotinia homoeocarpa, Rhizoctonia solani spp., Pythium aphanidermatum, Gaeumannomyces graminis spp., Microdochium nivale spp., Magnaporthe poae, Colletotrichum graminicola, Colletotrichum cereale and Pythium ultimum var. ultimum, comprising: subjecting the turf sample to a LAMP reaction wherein the LAMP reaction uses a primer set of four or more nucleic acid sequences with each primer in the set having from 15 to 50 nucleic acids The primers useful in the present method are selected from specifically selected internal transcribed spacer regions or genes of the target fungi to provide improved assay results.