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The invention discloses a method for constructing gene site-directed mutation. The method comprises the following steps: determining a target sequence which is in a rat target genome sequence and can be identified by an artificial modified CRISPR-Cas (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats-associated protein) system; constructing a gRNA (guide ribonucleic acid) which can identify a CAS protein and guide the CAS protein to a target gene target sequence; introducing the gRNA sequence and a CAS protein coded deoxyribonucleic acid sequence or the gRNA sequence and an in-vitro expressed CAS protein mixture into a rat embryonic cell. According to the method, a homologous recombined targeting vector does not need to be constructed, ES (embryonic stem) targeting cell screening is not needed, a mutant has a high proportion, the operation is convenient, simultaneous multi-site knockout can be realized, the experiment cost can be greatly reduced, and the experiment cycle can be shortened.

The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute fragments of the genome of a plant, and polypeptides encoded thereby. The DNA molecules are useful for specifying a gene product in cells, either as a promoter or as a protein coding sequence or as an UTR or as a 3′ termination sequence, and are also useful in controlling the behavior of a gene in the chromosome, in controlling the expression of a gene or as tools for genetic mapping, recognizing or isolating identical or related DNA fragments, or identification of a particular individual organism, or for clustering of a group of organisms with a common trait. One of ordinary skill in the art, having this data, can obtain cloned DNA fragments, synthetic DNA fragments or polypeptides constituting desired sequences by recombinant methodology known in the art or described herein

Systems and methods are provided for predicting patient response to a therapy regimen for a liver disease or a disease that is treatable with an immunomodulatory disease therapy using gene expression classifiers. Systems and methods for screening for modulators of target gene expression are also provided. Systems and methods for developing therapeutics against one or more of the proteins coded for by genes of the present invention are also provided. Systems and methods for predicting a patient response to a regimen of pegylated interferon alpha and ribavirin in a therapy for hepatitis C viral infection are also provided.

An isolated linear nucleic acid molecule comprising in this order: a first adeno-associated virus (AAV) inverted terminal repeat (ITR), a nucleotide sequence of interest and a second AAV ITR, wherein said nucleic acid molecule is devoid of AAV capsid protein coding sequences. The said nucleic acid molecule can be applied to a host at repetition without eliciting an immune response. Methods for producing and purifying this nucleic acid molecule, and use of the same for therapeutic purposes are also provided.

The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute fragments of the genome of a plant, and polypeptides encoded thereby. The DNA molecules are useful for specifying a gene product in cells, either as a promoter or as a protein coding sequence or as an UTR or as a 3′ termination sequence, and are also useful in controlling the behavior of a gene in the chromosome, in controlling the expression of a gene or as tools for genetic mapping, recognizing or isolating identical or related DNA fragments, or identification of a particular individual organism, or for clustering of a group of organisms with a common trait. One of ordinary skill in the art, having this data, can obtain cloned DNA fragments, synthetic DNA fragments or polypeptides constituting desired sequences by recombinant methodology known in the art or described herein.

The present invention is concerned with non-soluble proteins and soluble or insoluble fragments thereof, which bind TNF, in homogeneous form, as well as their physiologically compatible salts, especially those proteins having a molecular weight of about 55 or 75 kD (non-reducing SDS-PAGE conditions), a process for the isolation of such proteins, antibodies against such proteins, DNA sequences which code for non-soluble proteins and soluble or non-soluble fragments thereof, which bind TNF, as well as those which code for proteins comprising partly of a soluble fragment, which binds TNF, and partly of all domains except the first of the constant region of the heavy chain of human immunoglobulins and the recombinant proteins coded thereby as well as a process for their manufacture using transformed pro- and eukaryotic host cells.

The present invention provides modified hepatitis C virus genomic RNA, comprising nucleotide sequences of genomic RNA portions of two or more types of hepatitis C viruses, which comprises a 5′ untranslated region, a core protein coding sequence, an E1 protein coding sequence, a p7 protein coding sequence, an E2 protein coding sequence, an NS2 protein coding sequence, an NS3 protein coding sequence, an NS4A protein coding sequence, an NS4B protein coding sequence, an NS5A protein coding sequence, an NS5B protein coding sequence, and a 3′ untranslated region, and which can be autonomously replicated. In particular, the present invention relates to modified hepatitis C virus genomic RNA, which can be autonomously replicated by substitution of the RNA sequence portion encoding NS3, NS4, NS5A, and NS5B proteins of hepatitis C virus genomic RNA with a partial RNA sequence encoding NS3, NS4, NS5A, and NS5B proteins of a JFH1 strain shown in SEQ ID NO: 1.

The invention belongs to the field of genetic engineering, discloses a streptococcus thermophilus derived target sequence recognizable by a CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat)-Cas9 (CRISPR associated 9) system and further discloses a sgRNA (single guide ribonucleic acid) and a coding DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) molecule thereof. The target sequence is shown as n-20th of any one of SEQ ID NO:1-63, wherein n=1-5. A sequence of the sgRNA is 5'-recognition sequence- Cas9 protein recruitment sequence-3', and a DNA sequence corresponding to the recognition sequence is identical to the target sequence. The invention also discloses the CRISPR-Cas9 system, and the CRISPR-Cas9 system comprises Cas9 proteins and sgRNA and/or comprises carriers carrying a Cas9 protein coding sequence and a sgRNA coding sequence. The invention further discloses application of the CRISPR-Cas9 system to CXCR4 gene editing and preparation of medicines for treating HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infection. CXCR4 gene editing can be realized to protect cells from HIV infection.

Proteins having activity that promotes STAT6 activation, which are used for diagnosing, treating or preventing diseases associated with the excessive activation or inhibition of STAT6 are provided. Using a STAT6 response reporter plasmid, cDNA encoding a protein capable of promoting STAT6 activation was cloned from the cDNA library constructed from human lung fibroblasts, and the DNA sequence and the deduced amino acid sequence are determined. The protein, the DNA encoding the protein, a recombinant vector containing the DNA, and a transformant containing the recombinant vector are useful for screening a substance inhibiting or promoting STAT6 activation.

The invention discloses a thermo-sensitive male fertility gene and an application thereof and also discloses a genetic marker of the thermo-sensitive male fertility gene, and provides a protein coded by the thermo-sensitive male fertility gene and a carrier containing the thermo-sensitive male fertility gene and a recombinant microorganism. The invention also discloses the application of the thermo-sensitive male fertility gene in cultivating a thermo-sensitive male sterile line and an application of the genetic marker in rice breeding. The thermo-sensitive fertility gene TSSNR is acquired through the map-based cloning technique of Annong S-1 thermo-sensitive sterility gene locus tms5, functions of the gene are validated through transgene experiments, and the transgene technique of RNAi or antisense RNA or the over-expression dominant negative principle is provided, functions of the TSSRZ gene in normal rice varieties are incapable, so as to cultivate the thermo-sensitive male sterile line, and the application value is significant.

The invention is directed to seed and seed extract compositions containing levels of a human milk protein between 3-40% or higher of the total protein weight of the soluble protein extractable from the seed. Also disclosed is a method of producing the seed with high levels of extractable human milk protein. The method includes transforming a monocotyledonous plant with a chimeric gene having a protein-coding sequence encoding a protein normally present in human milk under the control of a seed maturation-specific promoter. The method may further includes a leader DNA sequence encoding a monocot seed-specific transit sequence capable to target a linked milk protein to a storage body.

The present invention relates to a therapeutic method using RNAi directed at BRAF, of which the point mutation, especially V599E, occurs frequently in melanomas. RNAi specific for the mutated BRAF will provide a specific therapeutic intervention for cancers such as malignant melanoma. Several target sequences for RNAi were selected in the protein coding region of the BRAF mRNA. The short hairpin RNA expression cassette was constructed on the lentiviral vector. One recombinant viral vector for the mutated BRAF V599E and two other vectors sites for wild type BRAF were constructed to infect various malignant melanoma cell lines, and the effects on the growth inhibition and the signaling of MAPK pathway were examined. The inhibitory effect on the invasion ability of malignant melanoma cell line and in vivo growth of a malignant melanoma cell line were examined.

The invention discloses a bacterial laccase mutant protein, which is characterized in that the mutant protein amino acid sequence is obtained by deletion mutation of the 323rd glycine residue to the 332rd glycine residue in the bacterial laccase amino acid sequence shown as SEQ ID No.1. Through a genetic engineering reconstruction method, a stability improved bacterial laccase protein coding gene, its expression plasmid and engineered bacteria can be obtained, and after large-scale fermentation and induced expression of the engineered bacteria, the stability improved bacterial laccase protein can be obtained. According to the invention, the marine uncultured microorganism source bacterial laccase Lac15 is taken as the foundation, and by means of genetic engineering reconstruction, mutant gene can be obtained. At the same time, a recombinant escherichia coli is employed to conduct high-density culture for high-efficiency expression of the bacterial laccase mutant protein. According to the invention, the stability and yield of the bacterial laccase are greatly improved.

The invention discloses a cry1Ia gene and application thereof, a Cry1Ia protein coded by cry1Ia gene, and a preparation method and application thereof. The nucleotide sequence of the cry1Ia gene is disclosed as SEQ ID NO.1. The preparation method of the Cry1Ia protein coded by the cry1Ia gene comprises the following steps: carrying out PCR (polymerase chain reaction) amplification by using primers disclosed as SEQ ID NO.3 and SEQ ID NO.4, connecting with a vector to obtain a recombinant, transforming into Escherichia coli to obtain a transformant, culturing, collecting the thallus, crushing and taking the Cry1Ia protein. The cry1Ia gen and Cry1Ia protein can be used for controlling parasitic nematodes, have the advantages of high efficiency, low toxicity, environment friendliness and the like, and can effectively reduce pesticide residues.

The invention discloses a recombinant human collagen and an application thereof. An amino acid sequence of the protein is shown as SEQ ID NO. 3, the nucleotide sequence of the protein-coding gene is shown as SEQ ID NO. 1. The recombinant human collagen of the invention has very good hydrophilicity and stability, and the amino acid composition thereof is 100% identical to the corresponding amino acid sequence of the natural collagen, and the amount of expressed protein can account for about 25% of the total protein of the thalline, per milliliter of the bacteria liquid precipitate contains 0.25mg of the target protein, and the production cost is very low and the cycle is short. The prepared collagen is applied to the human body without immunological rejection and allergic reaction, and canbe widely applied to the biomedicine and cosmetics industries.

The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute fragments of the genome of a plant, and polypeptides encoded thereby. The DNA molecules are useful for specifying a gene product in cells, either as a promoter or as a protein coding sequence or as an UTR or as a 3′ termination sequence, and are also useful in controlling the behavior of a gene in the chromosome, in controlling the expression of a gene or as tools for genetic mapping, recognizing or isolating identical or related DNA fragments, or identification of a particular individual organism, or for clustering of a group of organisms with a common trait. One of ordinary skill in the art, having this data, can obtain cloned DNA fragments, synthetic DNA fragments or polypeptides constituting desired sequences by recombinant methodology known in the art or described herein.

The present invention relates to a versatile method of identifying protein coding DNA sequences (genes) useful as drug targets in a genome using specially developed software GeneDecipher, said method comprising steps of generating peptide libraries from the known genomes with peptide of length ‘N’ computationally arranged in an alphabetical order, artificially translating the test genome to obtain a polypeptide corresponding to each reading frame, converting each polypeptide sequence into an alphanumeric sequence one corresponding to each reading frame on the basis of overlappings with the peptide libraries, training Artificial Neural Network (ANN) with sigmoidal learning function to the alphanumeric sequence, deciphering the protein coding regions in the test genome, thus, identifying longer streches of peptides mapping to large number of known genes and their corresponding proteins and lastly, a method of the management of the diseases caused by the pathogenic organisms comprising a step of evaluation of the proposed drug candidate by inhibiting the functioning of one or more proteins identified by the steps of the invention.

Recombinant negative-strand viral RNA templates are described which may be used with purified RNA-directed RNA polymerase complex to express heterologous gene products in appropriate host cells and/or to rescue the heterologous gene in virus particles. The RNA templates are prepared by transcription of appropriate DNA sequences with a DNA-directed RNA polymerase. The resulting RNA templates are of the negative-polarity and contain appropriate terminal sequences which enable the viral RNA-synthesizing apparatus to recognize the template. Bicistronic mRNAs can be constructed to permit internal initiation of translation of viral sequences and allow for the expression of foreign protein coding sequences from the regular terminal initiation site, or vice versa.