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The present application relates to a kind of deletion mutant nucleic acid and its application in anti-herbicide.The deletion mutation occurs in the promoter of rice OsHPPD Gene, the length of deletion sequence is at least 10 bp, and the A in the start codon ATG of gene is 0, at least the bases located in the upstream of start codon ATG from 2041 to 2032 are deleted. OsHPPD The present application finds that by deleting part of the sequence in the promoter of rice OsHPPD Gene, rice can obtain resistance to HPPD inhibitor herbicides, which is of great application value for ensuring agricultural production safety and improving the efficiency of herbicide use.

The invention relates to a deleted mutant nucleic acid and application thereof in herbicide resistance. The deletion mutation occurs in a promoter of a rice OsHPPD gene, the length of a sequence of a deleted nucleic acid is at least 25 bp, A in an initiation codon ATG of the OsHPPD gene is taken as a 0 site, and at least bases at 2299 to 2275 sites on the upstream of the initiation codon ATG are deleted. According to the application disclosed by the invention, the rice can obtain resistance to HPPD inhibitor herbicides by deleting part of sequences in the promoter of the rice OsHPPD gene, so that the application has great application values in guaranteeing agricultural production safety and improving the use efficiency of the herbicides.

The invention relates to a deleted mutant nucleic acid and application thereof in herbicide resistance. The deletion mutation occurs in a promoter of the rice OsHPPD gene, the length of a deletion sequence is at least 10 bp, A in an initiation codon ATG of the OsHPPD gene is taken as a 0 site, and at least 2041-2032 sites of basic groups located on the upstream of the initiation codon ATG are deleted. According to the application disclosed by the invention, the rice can obtain resistance to HPPD inhibitor herbicides by deleting part of sequences in the promoter of the rice OsHPPD gene, so that the application has great application values in guaranteeing agricultural production safety and improving the use efficiency of the herbicides.

The invention relates to the field of gene therapy, in particular to an RBM25 gene epigenetics activation technology based on a CRISPR / dCas9-SunTag system and application of the RBM25 gene epigenetics activation technology in ischemic heart failure treatment, the RBM25 gene epigenetics activation technology comprises the following steps: (a) protein containing inactivated Cas9 (dCas9) fused with a plurality of GCN4 peptide repetitive sequences, the number of the GCN4 peptide repetitive sequences is 8-12, and the dCas9 contains D10A and H840A double mutations; (b) a protein containing fusion of an anti-GCN4 single-chain antibody fragment (scFv) and a TET1 catalytic structural domain; (c) at least one gRNA of a target RBM25 gene promoter region, wherein a target sequence of the gRNA is selected from a sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1-3; and (d) a lipid nanoparticle (LNP) system for delivery of said (a), (b), and (c).

The invention provides a grass carp sourced U6 promoter. The sequence of the grass carp sourced U6 promoter is shown as one of SEQ ID NO: 1-3. Three grass carp-derived U6 promoters are cloned, the transcriptional activity and cross-species adaptability of the three promoters are analyzed, results show that the three promoters can show transcriptional activity in fish cells and human cells, the transcriptional activity of ciU6-1 is remarkably higher than that of the other two promoters, heterologous DNA can be transcribed in various cells, and the expression of the ciU6-1 in the fish cells and the human cells is improved. And the method can be used for gene editing means based on Cas9.

The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for reducing expression of MYC gene in a cell. In some embodiments, an expression repressor comprises a targeting moiety that binds a MYC promoter, anchor sequence, or super-enhancer. In some embodiments, the expression repressor comprises an effector moiety that represses transcription or methylates DNA. Systems comprising two expression repressors are also disclosed. The compositions can be used, for example, to treat cancers such as HCC.

The invention discloses a soybean bidirectional promoter and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of separation and application of bidirectional promoters. The nucleotide sequence of the soybean bidirectional promoter disclosed by the invention is as shown in SEQ ID NO. 2. Experiments prove that the soybean bidirectional promoter can bidirectionally and simultaneously drive the expression of a target gene, and by applying the soybean bidirectional promoter, plant traits can be improved, transgenic plants or new plant varieties can be cultivated, and the biological breeding process can be promoted.

The invention relates to a gene editing vector of agrobacterium, a gene editing method of the gene editing vector and an agrobacterium editing strain. The agrobacterium gene editing vector comprises the following gene elements: a plasmid skeleton, a Pvan promoter, a spCas9 gene, a green fluorescent protein gene GFP, gRNA, and an upstream homologous arm and a downstream homologous arm of a target gene. According to the agrobacterium gene editing vector, a CRISPR / spCas9-GFP gene editing system is adopted, an efficient, simple, convenient and traceless genome editing system is constructed in agrobacterium, and gene knockout and insertion can be achieved.

The invention relates to the technical field of plant genetic engineering, in particular to a promoter and application thereof in orchid plants. The invention provides an orchid endogenous promoter which is a powerful constitutive promoter and can drive a target gene to be powerfully expressed in various tissues such as roots, stems, leaves and flowers of an orchid. Compared with a CaMV 35S promoter, the promoter has the advantages that the driving efficiency of the gene in orchid plants is greatly improved, an important tool is provided for molecular breeding of plants, and the promoter has a relatively good application prospect.

The invention discloses a tomato LACS2 gene promoter and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of biology. On one hand, the invention provides the tomato LACS2 gene promoter, and on the other hand, the invention provides application of the tomato LACS2 gene promoter in promoting target gene expression in plants. According to the invention, a tomato LACS2 gene promoter fragment (788bp) is constructed to drive an EGFP-GUS (Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein-Glucuronidase) gene fusion expression vector. GUS histochemical staining and laser confocal microscopy observation prove that the promoter fragment can guide normal expression of the reporter gene in the tomato epidermis. Therefore, the LACS2 promoter can be used for researching development, quality improvement and postharvest preservation of tomato peels and specific expression of exogenous genes in the tomato peels.

The invention discloses a SbWRKY51 gene, a promoter and application of the SbWRKY51 gene and the promoter in improvement of salt tolerance of sorghum, and belongs to the technical field of plant genetic engineering. The SbWRKY51 gene is screened from sorghum, and the expression level of the SbWRKY51 gene is up-regulated after salt stress treatment. The protein coded by the gene belongs to a WRKY transcription factor family, has transcriptional activation activity, and can start the expression of a reporter gene. Sorghum overexpression strains and complementary strains of the gene are obtained, salt tolerance related physiological indexes are measured, overexpression of the gene can improve the seed germination rate, increase the seed root length, regulate ion balance and enhance the free radical scavenging capacity of plants, and the effect of the gene in the aspect of improving the salt tolerance is embodied. A further research finds that the SbWRKY51 gene can enhance the plant salt tolerance by regulating a lignin synthesis pathway. The technical scheme provides a basis for cultivating resistant plants, and has important guiding significance for enhancing the production potential of sorghum under a high-salt condition and promoting agricultural development.

The invention discloses a receptor-like protein kinase gene containing a Malectin-like structural domain and associated with the heat resistance character of cotton, and belongs to the field of biotechnology application. The invention provides a cDNA (complementary deoxyribonucleic acid) sequence (SEQ ID NO.1) and a genomic sequence (SEQ ID NO.2) of the gene in allotetraploid upland cotton, 456 upland cotton varieties can be divided into two haplotype promoters according to a heat-resistant character GWAS associated site A11: 20036111, the sequence of a CC heat-labile haplotype promoter is shown as SEQ ID NO.3, and the sequence of a TT heat-resistant haplotype promoter is shown as SEQ ID NO.4. The invention also provides a method for preparing the promoter. The gene provided by the invention is obtained by cotton variety re-sequencing and whole genome association analysis, and is significantly associated with the heat-resistant character of cotton, and two promoter haplotypes of the gene are utilized to distinguish heat-resistant and non-heat-resistant haplotypes. The gene has important research value and application prospect in improvement of the heat-resistant character of cotton and cultivation of new heat-resistant varieties of cotton.

The invention discloses construction and application of an escherichia coli L-tryptophan biosensor, and belongs to the technical field of bioengineering. The L-tryptophan biosensor provided by the invention comprises a mutated leader peptide fragment tnaC-tnaA, a promoter of the mutated leader peptide fragment tnaC-tnaA, a green fluorescent protein coding gene eGFP and a pTrc99a plasmid skeleton, a recombinant strain containing the L-tryptophan biosensor is cultured, the expression of green fluorescent protein in a culture solution is gradually enhanced along with the increase of the concentration of the L-tryptophan, and the fluorescence value of a unit cell shows better correlation when the concentration of the L-tryptophan is 0-1.5 g / L; therefore, when the biosensor is used for detecting the L-tryptophan in the fermentation liquor, the biosensor has the characteristics of simplicity in operation, sensitive response and high threshold value.

The invention relates to the technical field of cancer risk prediction, in particular to a deep learning cancer risk prediction method and system based on a methylation sequence. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring DNA methylation sequencing data and reference genome annotation data in a blood sample of a cancer patient; performing functional region classification processing on the DNA methylation sequencing data according to the reference genome annotation data to obtain promoter subregion methylation data, enhancement subregion methylation data and transcription factor binding site methylation data; performing dynamic sequence similarity calculation processing on the methylation data of the promoter region to obtain a first feature vector containing importance weight of the promoter region of the cancer-related gene; the methylation sites are classified according to the functions of the methylation sites in the transcriptional regulation pathway, so that the biological interpretation of the characteristics is improved, and the synergistic effect among different functional regions can be captured.

The disclosure provides, for example, double stranded DNA (dsDNA) molecules comprising one or more chemically modified nucleobases. In some embodiments, the dsDNA molecule is circular and comprises a first strand and a second strand, wherein the first strand comprises one or more chemically modified nucleobases, and the second strand is free of chemically modified nucleobases. In some embodiments, the dsDNA molecule comprises a promoter sequence and an effector sequence that encodes an effector.

The present disclosure relates to T cells engineered to comprise a heterologous nucleic acid sequence encoding a dual mutant transforming growth factor beta 1 (dmTGFB1) under control of a promoter sequence and a modification, e.g., knockdown, of an endogenous nucleic acid sequence encoding a TGFBR2. In certain embodiments, the cells further comprise a modification, e.g., knockdown, of an endogenous nucleic acid sequence encoding a TNFA; a modification, e.g., knockdown, of an endogenous nucleic acid sequence encoding an IFNG; and insertion of sequence(s) encoding a regulatory T cell promoting molecule, and compositions and uses thereof.

The invention belongs to the technical field of biological diagnosis, and particularly relates to application of a reagent for detecting DNA methylation of an RPL10 promoter region in preparation of a sow pregnancy diagnosis product. Through methylation high-throughput sequencing of blood DNA of pregnant sows and non-pregnant sows, it is found that the methylation level of a gene promoter region of the ribosomal protein L10 in the early pregnancy stage of the sows is remarkably reduced. The methylation level of the pregnant sow RPL10 is analyzed by using MSP, BSP and qMSP methods, and meanwhile, the ROC curve analysis result also shows that the RPL10 has diagnostic value. The results show that the method for detecting the RPL10 gene in the pig blood sample can be an effective method for diagnosing the early pregnancy of pigs. According to the invention, a pregnancy diagnosis technology based on RPL10 promoter region DNA methylation is preliminarily established, pig pregnancy detection methods are enriched, and a reference is provided for further exploring the DNA methylation level and the regulation mechanism of the pig pregnancy early stage.

The invention discloses an oilseed rape BnaA09.SCL28 gene and a promoter and application thereof. The sequence of the oilseed rape BnaA09.SCL28 gene is shown as SEQ ID No.6, and the sequence of the promoter of the oilseed rape BnaA09.SCL28 gene is shown as SEQ ID No.5. Overexpression of the oilseed rape BnaA09.SCL28 gene can increase the size of oilseed rape seeds, increase the seed yield of an oilseed rape single plant, increase the number of effective siliques of oilseed rape, increase the number of seeds per silique of oilseed rape, and increase the height and branching number of oilseed rape plants. The BnaA09.SCL28 gene promoter can drive a target gene to be specifically expressed in buds, siliques or seeds in the early stage of a plant, which indicates that BnaA09.SCL28 can positively regulate longitudinal growth, branch development and reproductive organ formation of the plant, and provides theoretical support for increasing the yield of a single rape plant.

The invention relates to a universal adapter sensor detection platform and application thereof. The detection platform comprises an aptamer sensor module, the aptamer sensor module comprises at least one of a first aptamer sensor and a second aptamer sensor, and the first aptamer sensor comprises a first signal output sequence, a first promoter sequence, a first target aptamer sequence and an Assistor sequence from the 5'end to the 3 'end; the second aptamer sensor comprises a second signal output sequence, a second promoter sequence, a second target aptamer sequence and a Locker sequence from the 5'end to the 3 'end; and the reaction regulation and control module comprises a polymerization reaction unit and a transcription reaction unit. The platform has good sensitivity (subnanomole level) and fast response time (lt, 40 min), and has universality, programmability and portability at the same time.

The present invention discloses a yeast engineering bacterium containing a (-)-α-bisabolol synthase mutant and its application. By designing (-)-α-bisabolol synthase, the present invention obtains a mutant with high expression level, co-expresses the mutant with ERG20, highly expresses the key rate-limiting enzymes in the metabolic pathway, deletes the promoter to reduce the side reaction pathway, and adopts a multi-copy strategy to improve the metabolic flux in the (-)-α-bisabolol biosynthesis pathway. The shake-flask fermentation yield of the yeast engineering bacterium constructed by the present invention is close to 70 mg / L, which is about 35 times higher than that of the starting strain, and has broad application prospects in the biological fermentation production of (-)-α-bisabolol.

The invention provides an hpRNA interference vector for laver and application of the hpRNA interference vector, and belongs to the technical field of genetic engineering and algae biology. According to the hpRNA interference vector, a binary vector pBI121 is used as a skeleton vector, a laver endogenous Actin promoter and a multiple cloning site segment are inserted, the multiple cloning sites allow target gene segments to be cloned in a forward and reverse repetition mode, the target gene segments are spaced by introns, and therefore an efficient hpRNA structure is formed after transcription, and the efficient hpRNA interference vector is obtained. The gene can be directly used for silencing important genes related to growth and development, metabolic regulation, stress response and the like in the laver. The invention further provides a construction method of the hpRNA interference vector and application of the hpRNA interference vector in silencing laver genes and provides a method for silencing laver gene expression, the gene silencing effect is remarkable, experimental results can be repeated, and a powerful tool is provided for molecular breeding and genetic improvement of laver.

The invention relates to the technical field of gene editing, and particularly provides a method for creating herbicide-resistant rice through gene editing of an OsEPSPS gene promoter region, and the method is characterized in that WT / 29bp single allelic deletion mutation is introduced into the OsEPSPS gene promoter region, i.e., A in an OsEPSPS gene initiation codon ATG is 0 site, A in the OsEPSPS gene initiation codon ATG is 0 site, A in the OsEPSPS gene initiation codon ATG is 0 site, and A in the OsEPSPS gene initiation codon ATG is 0 site; 29bp is deleted from the 112nd site to the 1150th site at the upstream of the initiation codon ATG on one allele, and the other allele is kept unchanged. By introducing the single allelic deletion mutation, the rice can obtain resistance to EPSPS inhibitor herbicides, the resistance is identified in T0-generation plants carrying the mutation and can be stably inherited to offspring plants, and the application value is high for guaranteeing agricultural production safety and improving the use efficiency of the herbicides.

The invention relates to the technical field of biology, in particular to a molecular switch system with a signal cascade amplification function and application of the molecular switch system. The invention provides a molecular switch of a signal cascade method and a gene expression or regulation system. The molecular switch comprises an activator protein araC gene, a bidirectional pTet promoter, a repressor protein tetR gene, a pBad promoter and a tetO operon which are connected from upstream to downstream. When the molecular switch is used for expression or silencing of a target gene, lower background leakage, higher response rate, larger expression range and higher expression intensity are achieved, and expression is more homogeneous; and the inhibition efficiency is obviously improved.

The invention discloses a grain specific promoter in the early stage of rice filling and application thereof, the promoter is named as proASP1, and the nucleotide sequence of the promoter is shown as SEQ ID NO: 1. The promoter has highly strict spatio-temporal expression specificity, the activation expression of the promoter is only limited in grains in the early stage of rice filling (4-12 days after flowering), especially the expression of genes is efficiently driven in endosperm and aleurone layers, and the expression is not leaked in other tissues such as roots, stems, leaves, leaf sheaths and glumes and grains in the middle and later stages of filling. The invention provides a basic and precious molecular tool for gene function research, quality improvement (such as protein and starch synthesis regulation) and bioreactor development in a key window period of rice grain development, and has important scientific research and application values.

The invention belongs to the field of molecular biology, and particularly relates to application of OsDOF3 protein or a coding gene thereof to improvement of rice broad-spectrum disease resistance and regulation of agronomic traits. According to the application, an OsDOF3 knockout mutant and an overexpression transgenic line are constructed under the background of susceptible rice, resistance phenotype analysis is performed by inoculating various pathogenic bacteria (including pyricularia oryzae, rhizoctonia solani and bacterial blight), and it is proved that OsDOF3 participates in regulation and control of an immunoreaction pathway of rice to fungal diseases (rice blast and sheath blight) and bacterial diseases (bacterial blight). Meanwhile, the application also finds that after a strong promoter ubi is adopted for driving, an overexpression material of the OsDOF3 is shorter than that of a wild plant, and the OsDOF3 influences normal growth and development of rice while stimulating plant immune response. The invention provides important gene resources and molecular theoretical basis for developing a new variety of broad-spectrum disease-resistant rice.

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.

The present invention relates to means for recombinant manufacture. In particular, it relates to a recombinant bacterial cell comprising in its genome at least one essential gene the endogenous promoter of which has been replaced by a heterologous expression control sequence being inducible by an inducer molecule, such that the expression of said essential gene in the recombinant bacterial cell is dependent on the presence of said inducer molecule. Further contemplated are methods for generating the recombinant bacterial cell of the invention as well as a method for recombinant manufacture of a compound of interest. The present invention also provides for use the recombinant bacterial cell of the invention for recombinant manufacture of a compound of interest and a kit for manufacture of a compound of interest.

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 systems, methods, reagents, apparatuses, vectors, and host cells for the continuous evolution of nucleic acids. For example, a lagoon is provided in which a population of viral vectors comprising a gene of interest replicates in a stream of host cells, wherein the viral vectors lack a gene encoding a protein required for the generation of infectious viral particles, and wherein that gene is expressed in the host cells under the control of a conditional promoter, the activity of which depends on a function of the gene of interest to be evolved. Some aspects of this invention provide evolved products obtained from continuous evolution procedures described herein. Kits containing materials for continuous evolution are also provided.