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Variant antigens at the infected red cell surface in Plasmodium falciparum malaria /Fernandez, Victor, January 2001 (has links)
Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karolinska institutet, 2001. / Härtill 6 uppsatser.
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Plants as bioreactors: expression of toxoplasma gondii surface antigen P30 in transgenic tobacco plants.January 2001 (has links)
by Yu Wing Sze. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 119-126). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Thesis Committee --- p.ii / Statement --- p.iii / Acknowledgements --- p.iv / Abstract --- p.vi / 摘要 --- p.viii / Table of Contents --- p.x / List of Tables --- p.xvi / List of Figures --- p.xvii / List of Abbreviations --- p.xx / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- General Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- Literature Review --- p.3 / Chapter 2.1 --- Toxoplasma gondii --- p.3 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Morphology and Life Cycle of T. gondii --- p.3 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Routes of Transmission --- p.7 / Chapter 2.2 --- Toxoplasmosis --- p.8 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Influences and Symptoms --- p.8 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Treatment of Toxoplasmosis --- p.10 / Chapter 2.2.2.1 --- Antitoxoplasma Drugs --- p.10 / Chapter 2.2.2.2 --- Toxoplasma Vaccines --- p.12 / Chapter 2.3 --- Major T. gondii Surface Antigen - P30 --- p.16 / Chapter 2.4 --- Plants as Bioreactors --- p.19 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- Advantages of Plant Bioreactors --- p.19 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- Plant-based Vaccines --- p.20 / Chapter 2.4.2.1 --- VP2 Capsid Protein of Mink Enteritis Virus --- p.21 / Chapter 2.4.2.2 --- Hepatitis B Surface Antigen --- p.21 / Chapter 2.4.2.3 --- Norwalk Virus Capsid Protein --- p.22 / Chapter 2.5 --- Tobacco Expression System --- p.23 / Chapter 2.5.1 --- Transformation Methods --- p.23 / Chapter 2.5.1.1 --- Agrobacterium-mediated Transformation --- p.23 / Chapter 2.5.1.2 --- Direct DNA Uptake --- p.24 / Chapter 2.6 --- Phaseolin and Its Regulatory Sequences --- p.26 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- Expression of P30 in Transgenic Tobacco --- p.28 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.28 / Chapter 3.2 --- Materials and Methods --- p.29 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Chemicals --- p.29 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Oligos: Primers and Adapters --- p.29 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Plant Materials --- p.31 / Chapter 3.2.4 --- Bacterial Strains --- p.31 / Chapter 3.2.5 --- Construction of Chimeric Genes --- p.31 / Chapter 3.2.5.1 --- Modification of pET-ASP30ΔPI --- p.32 / Chapter 3.2.5.2 --- Cloning of P30 into Vectors with Different Promoters --- p.38 / Chapter 3.2.5.2.1 --- Cloning ofP30 into Vector with CaMV 35S Promoter --- p.38 / Chapter 3.2.5.2.2 --- Cloning of P30 into Vector with Maize Ubiquitin 1 Promoter --- p.38 / Chapter 3.2.5.2.3 --- Cloning of P30 into Vector with Phaseolin Promoter --- p.38 / Chapter 3.2.5.2.4 --- Cloning of P30 into Vector with Phaseolin Promoter and Phaseolin SP --- p.39 / Chapter 3.2.5.3 --- Cloning of P30 into Agrobacterium Binary Vector pBI121 --- p.44 / Chapter 3.2.6 --- Transformation of Agrobacterium by Electroporation --- p.49 / Chapter 3.2.7 --- "Transformation, Selection and Regeneration of Tobacco " --- p.50 / Chapter 3.2.8 --- GUS Assay --- p.51 / Chapter 3.2.9 --- Synthesis of Single-stranded DIG-labeled DNA Probe --- p.51 / Chapter 3.2.10 --- Extraction of Genomic DNA from Leaves --- p.52 / Chapter 3.2.11 --- PCR of Genomic DNA with P30 Specific Primers --- p.53 / Chapter 3.2.12 --- Southern Blot Analysis of Genomic DNA --- p.53 / Chapter 3.2.13 --- Extraction of Total RNA from Leaves or Developing Seeds --- p.54 / Chapter 3.2.14 --- Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction of Total RNA --- p.55 / Chapter 3.2.15 --- Sequencing of RT-PCR Product --- p.56 / Chapter 3.2.16 --- Northern Blot Analysis of Total RNA --- p.56 / Chapter 3.2.17 --- Extraction of Total Protein from Leaves or Mature Seeds --- p.57 / Chapter 3.2.18 --- Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate-Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) --- p.58 / Chapter 3.2.19 --- Purification of 6xHis-tagged Proteins --- p.58 / Chapter 3.2.20 --- Western Blot Analysis of Total Protein --- p.59 / Chapter 3.2.21 --- In vitro Transcription and Translation --- p.60 / Chapter 3.2.21.1 --- Construction of Transcription Vector Containing Chimeric P30 Gene --- p.60 / Chapter 3.2.21.2 --- In vitro Transcription --- p.60 / Chapter 3.2.21.3 --- In vitro Translation --- p.60 / Chapter 3.3 --- Results --- p.65 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Construction of Chimeric P30 Genes --- p.65 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- "Tobacco Transformation, Selection and Regeneration " --- p.65 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Detection of GUS Activity --- p.67 / Chapter 3.3.4 --- Detection of P30 Gene in Transgenic Plants --- p.69 / Chapter 3.3.4.1 --- PCR of Genomic DNA --- p.69 / Chapter 3.3.4.2 --- Southern Blot Analysis --- p.72 / Chapter 3.3.5 --- Detection of P30 Transcript in Transgenic Plants --- p.75 / Chapter 3.3.5.1 --- RT-PCR --- p.75 / Chapter 3.3.5.2 --- Sequencing of RT-PCR Product --- p.79 / Chapter 3.3.5.3 --- Northern Blot Analysis --- p.79 / Chapter 3.3.6 --- Detection of P30 Protein in Transgenic Plants --- p.83 / Chapter 3.3.6.1 --- Western Blot Analysis of Total Protein and Ni-NTA Purified Proteins --- p.83 / Chapter 3.3.7 --- In vitro Transcription and Translation --- p.92 / Chapter 3.3.7.1 --- In vitro Transcription --- p.92 / Chapter 3.3.7.2 --- In vitro Translation --- p.92 / Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- Discussion --- p.97 / Chapter 4.1 --- General Conclusion --- p.97 / Chapter 4.2 --- Further Speculations and Investigations --- p.100 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Other Protein Detection Procedures --- p.100 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- In vitro Transcription and Translation --- p.100 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Gene Silencing at Transcription and/or Post-transcription Levels --- p.101 / Chapter 4.2.4 --- Gene Silencing at Translation and/or Post-translation Levels --- p.102 / Chapter (A) --- AUG Context Sequence --- p.102 / Chapter (B) --- Codon Usage --- p.103 / Chapter (C) --- N-end Rule --- p.107 / Chapter (D) --- Phaseolin Sorting Signal --- p.107 / Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- Future Perspectives --- p.109 / Chapter 5.1 --- Codon Modification of the P30 Gene --- p.110 / Chapter 5.2 --- Fusion of the P30 Gene with the LRP Gene --- p.117 / Chapter CHAPTER 6 --- Conclusion --- p.118 / References --- p.119
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Plant as bioreactor: transgenic expression of malaria surface antigen in plants.January 2001 (has links)
by Ng Wang Kit. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 131-139). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgements --- p.iii / Abstract --- p.v / List of Tables --- p.ix / List of Figures --- p.x / List of Abbreviations --- p.xiii / Table of Contents --- p.xv / Chapter Chapter 1: --- General Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2: --- Literature Review --- p.3 / Chapter 2.1 --- Malaria --- p.3 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Global picture --- p.3 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Malaria mechanics --- p.4 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Life cycle of malaria parasite --- p.4 / Chapter 2.2 --- Treatment of malaria ´ؤ malaria drugs --- p.5 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Antimalarial drugs --- p.5 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Drug resistance --- p.6 / Chapter 2.3 --- Treatment of malaria - malarial vaccines --- p.7 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Malarial vaccine developments --- p.7 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Transmission blocking vaccines --- p.7 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Pre-erythrocytic vaccines --- p.9 / Chapter 2.3.4 --- Blood stage vaccines --- p.10 / Chapter 2.4 --- The major merozoite protein - gpl95 --- p.11 / Chapter 2.5 --- Plants as bioreactors --- p.12 / Chapter 2.5.1 --- Products of transgenic plants --- p.13 / Chapter 2.6 --- Transgenic plants for production of subunit vaccines --- p.14 / Chapter 2.6.1 --- Norwalk virus capsid protein production --- p.15 / Chapter 2.6.2 --- Hepatitis B surface antigen production --- p.15 / Chapter 2.7 --- Tobacco and Arabidopsis as model plants --- p.16 / Chapter 2.7.1 --- Arabidopsis --- p.16 / Chapter 2.7.2 --- Tobacco --- p.17 / Chapter 2.8 --- Transformation methods --- p.17 / Chapter 2.8.1 --- Direct DNA uptake --- p.17 / Chapter 2.8.1.1 --- Plant protoplast transformation --- p.17 / Chapter 2.8.1.2 --- Biolistic transformation --- p.18 / Chapter 2.8.2 --- Agrobacterium-mediated transformation --- p.18 / Chapter 2.8.2.1 --- Leaf-disc technique --- p.18 / Chapter 2.8.2.2 --- In planta transformation --- p.19 / Chapter 2.9 --- Phaseolin --- p.20 / Chapter 2.10 --- Detection and purification of recombinant products - Histidine tag --- p.21 / Chapter 2.11 --- Aims of study and hypotheses --- p.22 / Chapter Chapter 3: --- Materials and Methods --- p.24 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.24 / Chapter 3.2 --- Chemicals --- p.24 / Chapter 3.3 --- Expression in tobacco system --- p.24 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Plant materials --- p.24 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Bacterial strains --- p.25 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Chimeric gene construction for tobacco transformation --- p.25 / Chapter 3.3.3.1 --- The cloning of pTZPhasp/flgp42-His/Phast (F1) --- p.26 / Chapter 3.3.3.2 --- The cloning of pBKPhasp-sp/flgp42-His/Phast (P9) --- p.30 / Chapter 3.3.3.3 --- The cloning of pHM2Ubip/flgp42-His/Nost (C2) --- p.30 / Chapter 3.3.4 --- Confirmation of sequence fidelity of chimeric gene by DNA sequencing --- p.33 / Chapter 3.3.5 --- Cloning of chimeric gene into binary vector --- p.34 / Chapter 3.3.6 --- Triparental mating of Agrobacterium tumefaciens LBA4404/pAL4404 --- p.35 / Chapter 3.3.7 --- Tobacco transformation and regeneration --- p.36 / Chapter 3.3.8 --- GUS assay --- p.37 / Chapter 3.3.9 --- Genomic DNA isolation --- p.37 / Chapter 3.3.10 --- PCR amplification and detection of transgene --- p.38 / Chapter 3.3.11 --- Southern blot analysis --- p.38 / Chapter 3.3.12 --- Total seeds RNA isolation --- p.39 / Chapter 3.3.13 --- RT-PCR --- p.39 / Chapter 3.3.14 --- Northern blot analysis --- p.40 / Chapter 3.3.15 --- Protein extraction and SDS-PAGE --- p.40 / Chapter 3.3.16 --- Western blot analysis --- p.41 / Chapter 3.4 --- Expression in Arabidopsis system --- p.42 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Plant materials --- p.42 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Bacterial strains --- p.42 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Chimeric gene construction --- p.42 / Chapter 3.4.3.1 --- The cloning of pBKPhasp-sp/His/EK/p42/Phast (DH) --- p.43 / Chapter 3.4.3.2 --- The cloning of pTZPhaSp/His/EK/p42/Phast (EH) --- p.45 / Chapter 3.4.3.3 --- The cloning of pBKPhasp-sp/His/EK/flgp42/Phast (DHF) and pTZPhasp/His/EK/flgp42/Phast (EHF) --- p.45 / Chapter 3.4.4 --- Confirmation of sequence fidelity of chimeric genes --- p.45 / Chapter 3.4.5 --- Cloning of chimeric gene into Agrobacterium binary vector --- p.49 / Chapter 3.4.6 --- Transformation of Agrobacterium tumefaciens GV3101/pMP90 with chimeric gene constructs --- p.49 / Chapter 3.4.7 --- Arabidopsis Transformation --- p.49 / Chapter 3.4.8 --- Vacuum infiltration transformation --- p.50 / Chapter 3.4.9 --- Selection of successful transformants --- p.51 / Chapter 3.4.10 --- Selection for homozygous plants with single gene insertion --- p.51 / Chapter 3.4.11 --- GUS assay --- p.52 / Chapter 3.4.12 --- Genomic DNA isolation --- p.52 / Chapter 3.4.13 --- PCR amplification and detection of transgenes --- p.52 / Chapter 3.4.14 --- Southern Blot analysis --- p.52 / Chapter 3.4.15 --- Total siliques RNA isolation --- p.53 / Chapter 3.4.16 --- RT-PCR --- p.53 / Chapter 3.4.17 --- Northern blot analysis --- p.53 / Chapter 3.4.17 --- Protein extraction and SDS-PAGE --- p.54 / Chapter 3.4.18 --- Western blot analysis --- p.54 / Chapter 3.5 --- In vitro transcription and translation --- p.54 / Chapter 3.5.1 --- In vitro transcription --- p.54 / Chapter 3.5.2 --- In vitro translation --- p.55 / Chapter 3.6 --- Particle bombardment of GUS fusion gene --- p.56 / Chapter 3.6.1 --- Chimeric gene constructs --- p.56 / Chapter 3.6.2 --- Particle bombardment using snow bean cotyledon --- p.61 / Chapter Chapter 4: --- Results --- p.63 / Chapter 4.1 --- Tobacco system --- p.63 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Chimeric gene constructs --- p.63 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Tobacco transformation and regeneration --- p.65 / Chapter 4.1.3 --- GUS activity assay --- p.67 / Chapter 4.1.4 --- Molecular analysis of transgene integration --- p.68 / Chapter 4.1.4.1 --- Genomic DNA extraction and PCR --- p.68 / Chapter 4.1.4.2 --- Southern blot analysis --- p.70 / Chapter 4.1.5 --- Molecular analysis of transgene expression --- p.72 / Chapter 4.1.5.1 --- Total RNA isolation and RT-PCR --- p.72 / Chapter 4.1.5.2 --- Northern blot analysis --- p.75 / Chapter 4.1.6 --- Genomic PCR to confirm whole gene transfer --- p.76 / Chapter 4.1.7 --- Biochemical analysis of transgene expression --- p.78 / Chapter 4.1.7.1 --- Protein extraction and SDS-PAGE --- p.78 / Chapter 4.1.7.2 --- Western blot analysis --- p.78 / Chapter 4.2 --- Arabidopsis system --- p.83 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Chimeric gene constructs --- p.83 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Arabidopsis transformation and selection --- p.85 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Selection of transgenic plants --- p.87 / Chapter 4.2.4 --- Assay of GUS activity --- p.91 / Chapter 4.2.5 --- Molecular analysis of transgene integration --- p.92 / Chapter 4.2.5.1 --- Genomic DNA extraction and PCR --- p.92 / Chapter 4.2.5.2 --- Southern blot analysis --- p.96 / Chapter 4.2.6 --- Molecular analysis of transgene expression --- p.99 / Chapter 4.2.6.1 --- Total RNA isolation and RT-PCR --- p.99 / Chapter 4.2.6.2 --- Northern blot analysis --- p.106 / Chapter 4.2.7 --- Genomic PCR for confirmation of whole gene transfer --- p.107 / Chapter 4.2.8 --- Biochemical analysis of transgene expression --- p.108 / Chapter 4.2.8.1 --- Protein extraction and SDS-PAGE --- p.108 / Chapter 4.2.8.2 --- Western blot analysis --- p.108 / Chapter 4.3 --- In vitro transcription and translation --- p.112 / Chapter 4.4 --- Particle bombardment of p42/ GUS fusion gene --- p.115 / Chapter Chapter 5: --- Discussion and Future perspectives --- p.117 / Chapter 5.1 --- Failure in detecting transgene expression --- p.117 / Chapter 5.2 --- Poor transgene expression --- p.120 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Bacillus thuringiensis toxin and green fluorescent protein --- p.120 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- AT-richness --- p.121 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Deleterious sequence - AUUUA --- p.123 / Chapter 5.2.4 --- Presence of AAUAAA or AAUAAA-like motifs --- p.125 / Chapter 5.2.5 --- Codon usage --- p.126 / Chapter 5.3 --- Future perspectives --- p.127 / Chapter Chapter 6: --- Conclusion --- p.129 / References --- p.131
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