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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Caracterização molecular de UsnRNAs em trypanosoma cruzi /

Ambrósio, Daniela Luz. January 2005 (has links)
Orientador: Regina Maria Barretto Cicarelli / Banca: Marcia Aparecida Silva Graminha / Banca: Lucile Maria Floeter-Winter / Resumo: Alguns fatores importantes no funcionamento das células eucarióticas correspondem à pequenos complexos de RNA e proteínas; essas partículas de ribonucleoproteínas (UsnRNPs) têm um papel essencial no processamento do pré-mRNA, principalmente durante o splicing (corte de íntrons e união de éxons). Embora as snRNPs estejam definidas em mamíferos, ainda não estão bem caracterizadas em certos tripanosomatídeos como o Trypanosoma cruzi. Assim, este trabalho propôs a caracterização molecular dos snRNAs (U2, U4, U5 e U6), por PCR e RT-PCR de formas epimastigotas de T. cruzi (cepa Y). Essas seqüências amplificadas foram clonadas, seqüenciadas e comparadas entre os tripanosomatídeos e o alinhamento múltiplo apresentou mais de 70% de identidade, exceto da U5 snRNA, que se mostrou menos conservada. Árvores filogenéticas mostraram a proximidade evolutiva dos snRNAs analisados em Trypanosoma brucei e Trypanosoma cruzi. As respectivas estruturas secundárias foram preditas, confirmando-se também as semelhanças com aquelas de T. brucei. O alinhamento das snRNAs de T. cruzi com as seqüências de Homo sapiens mostrou regiões únicas em U2, U4 e U5 snRNAs, nessa espécie, enquanto U6 mostrou-se fortemente conservada. Até o momento, ainda não foi possível a obtenção da seqüência completa de U1 snRNA de T. cruzi. / Abstract: Some important factors in functioning of the eucariotic cells are the small complexes of RNA and proteins; these particles of ribonucleoproteins (UsnRNPs) have an essential role in the pre-mRNA processing, mainly during splicing (cut of introns and union of exons). Even though they are well defined in mammals, snRNPs are still not characterized in certain Trypanosomatids, as well, Trypanosoma cruzi. So, this work proposed the molecular characterization of the snRNAs (U2, U4, U5 and U6), by PCR and RT-PCR with T. cruzi epimastigote forms (Y strain). These amplified sequences were cloned, sequenced and compared among the Trypanosomatids and the multiple alignment presented more than 70% of identity, except for U5 snRNA, which showed less conserved. Phylogenetic trees showed the evolutionary proximity between the Trypanosoma brucei and Trypanosoma cruzi snRNAs analysed. The respective secondary structures were predicted and also confirmed similarity with T. brucei. The alignment of T. cruzi snRNAs with Homo sapiens sequences showed unique regions in U2, U4 and U5 snRNAs in this species, while U6 was strongly conserved. Until this moment, it was not still possible to obtain U1 snRNA of T. cruzi complete sequence. / Mestre

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