[ Objective ] The study aimed to establish an efficient method to extract RNA from cassava, and clone the core sequence d SSS II gene. [ Method ] The cassava RNA was obtained using the modified CTAB method, which was ...[ Objective ] The study aimed to establish an efficient method to extract RNA from cassava, and clone the core sequence d SSS II gene. [ Method ] The cassava RNA was obtained using the modified CTAB method, which was then reversely transefiptod into eDNA. Degenerate primers were designed based on the ho- mology property of known SSS II sequences in other plant species. A fragment was amplified with the previously mentioned eDNA as template and the degenerate primers through Polymerase Chain Reaction （PCR）. [Result] After online blasting in NCBI, the sequence was identified as the core fragment of cassava SSS I1 gene. [ Conclusion] Our research would lay the original basis for the cloning of the cassava SSS II full length cDNA sequence and construction of its anti - sense vector, which could further provide proper candidate genes for the development of starch metah）lic en^necring.展开更多
基金Supported by Special Fund for Agricultural Comprehensive Development of Ministry of Agriculture(Agricultural Reclamation[2010]No.23)
文摘[ Objective ] The study aimed to establish an efficient method to extract RNA from cassava, and clone the core sequence d SSS II gene. [ Method ] The cassava RNA was obtained using the modified CTAB method, which was then reversely transefiptod into eDNA. Degenerate primers were designed based on the ho- mology property of known SSS II sequences in other plant species. A fragment was amplified with the previously mentioned eDNA as template and the degenerate primers through Polymerase Chain Reaction （PCR）. [Result] After online blasting in NCBI, the sequence was identified as the core fragment of cassava SSS I1 gene. [ Conclusion] Our research would lay the original basis for the cloning of the cassava SSS II full length cDNA sequence and construction of its anti - sense vector, which could further provide proper candidate genes for the development of starch metah）lic en^necring.
