DNA damage induced by laser-hematoporphyrin derivative

Irradiation caused DNA single-strand breaks in S180 cells in the presence oflaser-hematoporphyrin derivative(HPD).The number of single strand breaks was 3.69 ×10~(10)break dolton~(-1).The analysis of base composition of DNA showed that the effect of laser-HPDirradiation on guanine was the highest,being 5-12 times as high as those of the three others(adenine,cytosine and thymine).It was different from the nature of DNA damage caused by γ-ray irradiation.     

四种D-氨基葡萄糖甘氨酸混配金属配合物与DNA作用的SERS光谱研究

研究了四种Ｄ－氨基葡萄糖甘氨酸混配金属配合物的表面增强喇曼光谱（ＳＥＲＳ），发现它们在银胶上的吸附方式基本相同，因而ＳＥＲＳ光谱也基本相似，并用ＳＥＲＳ光谱研究了它们与ＤＮＡ的相互作用，发现这四种化合物与ＤＮＡ的作用能力有很大不同，Ｃｏ（Ⅲ）ＧｌｕＧ是值得进一步研究的可能抗癌药物。     

无胶毛细管电泳分离碱基对范围宽的DNA片段

提出一种无胶毛细管电泳分离碱基对范围宽的ＤＮＡ片段的方法．用ＤＢ－１气相色谱毛细管柱，以羟乙基纤维素为筛分介质，研究了λＤＮＡ／ＥｃｏＲⅠ＋ＨｉｎｄⅢ限制性片段的分离，分离效率达１．２×１０６板／ｍ，检测限为２．１×１０－１７ｍｏｌ．应用于一种鲤鱼种族鉴别基因的聚合酶链反应（ＰＣＲ）扩增产物的分离鉴定，结果与实际相符，分离速度比传统电泳方法提高２０倍．     

An efficient method for recovery of target ssDNA based on amino-modified silica-coated magnetic nanoparticles

In this paper, an improved recovery method for target ssDNA using amino-modified silica-coated magnetic nanoparticles (ASMNPs) is reported. This method takes advantages of the amino-modified silica-coated magnetic nanoparticles prepared using water-in-oil microemulsion technique, which employs amino-modified silica as the shell and iron oxide as the core of the magnetic nanoparticles. The nanoparticles have a silica surface with amino groups and can be conjugated with any desired bio-molecules through many existing amino group chemistry. In this research, a linear DNA probe was immobilized onto nanoparticles through streptavidin conjugation using covalent bonds. A target ssDNA(I) (5′-TMR-CGCATAGGGCCTCGTGATAC-3′) has been successfully recovered from a crude sample under a magnet field through their special recognition and hybridization. A designed ssDNA fragment of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) virus at a much lower concentration than the target ssDNA(I) was also recovered with high efficiency and good selectivity.     

Novel electrophoresis mechanism based on synchronous alternating drag perturbation

We present a novel means of transporting molecules in solution by applying a zero-time-average alternating motive force to the molecules, and perturbing the molecular drag coefficient synchronously with the applied force, thus causing a net drift in a direction determined by the phase of the alternating drag perturbation relative to the alternating force. We apply an electrophoretic form of the method to transport and concentrate DNA in a gel, such that all molecules migrate on average away from the nearest electrode and toward a central region. Since an electrode does not occupy this central region, this method presents the possibility of transporting and focusing DNA and other charged molecules in regions free from electrodes and the associated electrochemistry.     

Force field validation for nucleic acid simulations: comparing energies and dynamics of a DNA dodecamer

Important questions exist regarding the quality of force fields used in molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and their interoperable use with other available MD implementations. NAMD is one of the most efficient and scalable parallel molecular dynamics codes for large-scale biomolecular simulations in the open source domain. It is the aim of this article to analyze and compare the dynamics of a benchmark DNA dodecamer d(CTTTTGCAAAAG)2 system, including its binding to a specific drug molecule arising from the use of various simulation protocols in NAMD using Amber98, with the dynamics arising from simulations of the same dodecamer using Amber98 in the AMBER package, one of the most well-established simulation codes for nucleic acids. Based upon a set of validation benchmarks, the details of which are discussed, we find that nucleic acid simulations using NAMD give meaningful results and that the essential features of the resulting dynamics are similar to those arising from the AMBER package. This sets the stage for reliable large-scale simulations of nucleic acids using NAMD.     

Immobilisation of a repressor protein for binding of plasmid DNA

The use of plasmid DNA in gene therapy and genetic vaccination has increased the need for scalable and sustainable production processes. One key challenge for bioprocess engineering is the separation of plasmid DNA from structurally related impurities. Affinity purification procedures allow a highly selective capturing of the target molecule. In this paper, we present the isolation of a his-tagged lac repressor, its non-covalent immobilisation to different matrices and binding of DNA, thus enabling us to screen for combinations of ligands and stationary phases by using a building block principle.