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A M Borodin

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PubMed1990

[Use of the polymerase chain reaction for analysis of rotaviruses. Nucleotide sequence of a gene, coding for the basic neutralizing antigen VR7 of a human rotavirus with a new G-serotype].

A procedure based on polymerase chain reaction use for the detection of rotavirus has been developed. Full length cDNA copy of the VP7 gene coding for the major neutralization glycoprotein of the human rotavirus RK9 with an unusual "wide" electrophoretype is cloned and sequenced. Glycoprotein VP7 of RK9 has a unique amino acid composition in A and C antigenic regions. It shows that strain RK9 represents a new (12) rotavirus serotype.

Amino Acid Sequence↗
PubMed1990

[Rare initiation codons are regulators of expression of the rpoC gene].

Translation of the rpoC genes in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium is known to start from the GUG codon. Now, using toeprint analysis we have shown UUG to be the initiation codon of the Pseudomonas putida rpoC gene. IF3 does not seem to proofread initiation at the UUG codon. The rpoC genes of P. putida, E. coli, and S. typhimurium, which use rare start codons, have strong SD-domains AGGAGG (P. p.) and GGGAG (E. c., S. t.), optimal seven-nucleotide spacing between SD and start codons, and good second codon AAA. We suggest that rpoC presents an infrequent case of the regulation of translation initiation by selecting the start codon.

Base Sequence↗
PubMed1989

Effective method for obtaining long nucleotide chains on partially complementary templates. Processed bovine gamma-interferon gene obtained from human gamma-interferon gene.

The method of obtaining the bovine gamma-interferon gene by means of simultaneous multidirected mutagenesis of the human gamma-interferon gene is presented. The first strand of the bovine gamma-interferon gene was obtained by ligation of synthetic oligonucleotides, using the cDNA of human gamma-interferon, cloned in the single-stranded phage M13mp19 as a template. The second strand was synthesized using a large fragment of E. coli DNA-polymerase I. The double-stranded gene was then treated by restriction nucleases and cloned in a pUC-18 derived vector. The primary structure was confirmed by sequencing.

Animals↗
PubMed1989

[Isolation of the porcine alpha-interferon gene using simultaneous directed multipoint mutagenesis].

A method of obtaining the pig alpha-interferon gene by means of simultaneous multidirected mutagenesis of the human alpha 2-interferon gene is presented. Nucleotide homology between these genes is 80.4%. Fourteen synthetic oligonucleotides forming a pig alpha-interferon gene's strand were ligated on a single-stranded template, carrying cDNA of the human alpha 2-interferon gene. The obtained DNA fragment was cloned in the single-stranded or double-stranded form. It was found that the method does not affect the cloning efficiency. The primary structure of the gene was confirmed by sequencing.

Amino Acid Sequence↗
PubMed1988

[Amino acid substitutions in the beta-subunit of RNA-polymerase from E. coli compensating for mutation-induced damage of the rho termination factors].

Ts-phenotype of the E. coli rho-factor mutant rho 15 is suppressed by two rifampicin-resistance mutations, rhoB1019 resulting in a single amino acid substitution Val146----Phe and rhoB268 resulting in a single substitution Gln513----Leu in beta-subunit of the E. coli RNA polymerase. Rifampicin-resistance mutations rhoB255 (Asp516----Val), rhoB1016 (Asp516----Asn), rhoB1001 (His526----Tyr), rhoB1004 (Ser531----Phe), rhoB1005 (Pro564----Leu), and streptolydigin-resistance' mutation rhoB1018 (double substitution Gly544----Asp and Phe545----Ser) do not suppress the rho15 mutation.

DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases↗
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[An analysis of the gene coding for the basic neutralizing antigen VP7 of human rotavirus isolate 1407].

A procedure based on polymerase chain reaction was developed for the study of rotaviruses. A full-length cDNA copy of the gene coding for major neutralizing glycoprotein VP7 of a human rotavirus isolate 1407 with the "long" electrophoretype (classified as the first electrophoretype) was cloned and sequenced. The primary structure of glycoprotein VP7 of isolate 1407 in A and C antigenic regions was found to be similar to that of serotype 1 virus.

Amino Acid Sequence↗
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[Naphthalene oxidation by a Pseudomonas putida strain carrying a mutant plasmid].

Naphthalene oxidation by a parent and a mutant strain of Pseudomonas putida was studied. The parent strain contained a plasmid NPL-1 which controlled oxidation of naphthalene to salicylic acid and was capable of oxidizing salicylate. The mutant strain did not oxidize salicylate because of a mutation in salicylate hydroxylase; it contained also a mutant plasmid NPL-41 which determined constitutive synthesis of naphthalene oxygenase. Salicylic acid which accumulated as a product of naphthalene catabolism in the cultural broth of the wild strain was found to undergo further oxidation by the population of growing cells. The content of salicylic acid in the cultural broth of the mutant strain reached maximum and then remained constant. An anion-exchange resin was tested in order to prevent the inhibition of naphthalene oxygenase by salicylate and to increase the yield of salicylic acid. The transmissible character of the mutant plasmid NPL-41 makes it possible, with the aid of conjugation, to construct Pseudomonas strains which would oxidize naphthalene to salicylic acid without further degradation of this compound.

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