亲代印迹

亲代印迹是指来自于父母双方的同源染色体或等位基因 ,在功能上存在差异 ,当其传给子代时 ,基因表达活性不同。研究表明 ,亲代印迹是一种特殊的“后成修饰”机制 ,甲基化是“印迹”修饰最可能的机制。亲代印迹不仅与人类疾病、哺乳类发育有关系 ,而且它对“中心法则”的发展及进化论的研究均具有重大意义     

HCV阴性者外周血单核细胞的染色体外环状DNA中与HCV同源的DNA序列（英文）

目的:研究与丙型肝炎病毒(HCV)基因RNA序列同源的人染色体外环状DNA(eccDNA)序列.创新点:首次从HCV阴性者eccDNA中检测到HCV 5’-非编码区(5’-NCR)基因组RNA序列,验证了我们的假设: HCV同源DNA序列存在于人的外周血单核细胞的eccDNA组分中.方法:用分离的eccDNA进行HCV特异的聚合酶链反应(PCR),采用核苷酸序列同源性搜索分析软件(BLASTn)对测序结果进行比对分析,并检测其甲基化模式.结论:实验结果证实了我们的假设:即部分HCV 5’-NCR基因组RNA序列存在于外周血单核细胞的eccDNA组分.同时,甲基化分析结果显示了个体间的甲基化模式所代表的受遗传调控的表观遗传特征.     

Molecular modeling study of the effect of base methylation on internal interactions and motions in DNA and implication to B-Z conformation change

1. Introduction Experimental studies have shown that a DNA molecule with alternating pyrimidine-purine sequence can adopt a left-handed, double-helical Z-DNA conformation [1,2]. Such structural changes of DNA occur as a consequence of environmental conditions such as at salt concentration above 4 mol/L NaCl [1,2] or through certain chemical modification such as methylation [1] or bromination [2,3] of bases at physiological conditions. These structural changes and chemical modifications …     

Epigenetic regulation of adipocyte differentiation and adipogenesis

It is generally agreed that adipocytes originate from mesenchymal stem cells in what can be divided into two processes: determination and differentiation. In the past decade, many factors associated with epigenetic signals have been proved to be pivotal for the appropriate timing of adipogenesis progression. A large number of coregulators at critical gene promoters set up specific patterns of DNA methylation, histone acetylation and methylation, and nucleosome rearrangement, that act as an epigenetic code to modulate the correct progress of adipocyte differentiation and adipogenesis during adipogenesis. In this review, we focus on the functions and roles of epigenetic processes in preadipocyte differentiation and adipogenesis.