The molecular basis of color polymorphism in the shells of the pearl oyster Pinctada fucata is largely unknown. We developed a red-shelled family line and used suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) to screen for...The molecular basis of color polymorphism in the shells of the pearl oyster Pinctada fucata is largely unknown. We developed a red-shelled family line and used suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) to screen for differentially expressed genes in red- and non-red-shelled pearl oysters. We constructed forward and reverse cDNA subtractive libraries consisting of 2 506 and 797 clones, respectively. Among 343 randomly selected clones in the forward library, 304 sequences were identified in GenBank using BLASTx and BLASTn. Of the 304 sequences, 13 showed no similarity to known sequences and 291 were matched with known genes of the pearl oyster, including shematrin-1, shematrin-2, shematrin-6, shematrin-7, nacrein, nacrein-like protein, aspein for shell matrix protein, glycine-rich protein, mantle gene 5, 28S, EST00031, EST00036, 16S, and COΙ. In the reverse library, 7 clones were sequenced and analyzed by BLAST. Two sequences shared similarity with EST00036 from the P. fucata subtraction cDNA library, four with the P. fucata mitochondrial gene for 16S rRNA and 1 with P. fucata shematrin-2. We evaluated the expression of 12 genes from the forward library using RT PCR. Two sequences matched with 16S and COΙ so were considered to be false positives. The remaining 10 sequences were differentially expression in the red-shelled pearl oysters. Our results suggest that differential expression of these genes may be related to color variation in the red-shelled family line of the pearl oyster.展开更多
In this article we explored the crystal structure of a few pearls and shellfish's shell of fresh water and sea water, and found that pearls and nacreous layer (perhaps and prismatic layer) of shells are all the sa...In this article we explored the crystal structure of a few pearls and shellfish's shell of fresh water and sea water, and found that pearls and nacreous layer (perhaps and prismatic layer) of shells are all the same: CaCO3, orthorhombic system, aragonite structure and the value of lattice spacings are almost identical. This shows that the pearls of fresh water and sea water are all the same in nature.展开更多
基金Supported by National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program) (No. 2006AA10A409)the Knowledge Innovation Program of the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. SQ200906)+2 种基金the Science and Technology Program of Guangdong Province (No. 2008A020100004)the National Key Technology Research and Development Program (No. 2007BAD29B01-8)the Key Plan for Marine Development of Guangdong Province (No. A200708C01)
文摘The molecular basis of color polymorphism in the shells of the pearl oyster Pinctada fucata is largely unknown. We developed a red-shelled family line and used suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) to screen for differentially expressed genes in red- and non-red-shelled pearl oysters. We constructed forward and reverse cDNA subtractive libraries consisting of 2 506 and 797 clones, respectively. Among 343 randomly selected clones in the forward library, 304 sequences were identified in GenBank using BLASTx and BLASTn. Of the 304 sequences, 13 showed no similarity to known sequences and 291 were matched with known genes of the pearl oyster, including shematrin-1, shematrin-2, shematrin-6, shematrin-7, nacrein, nacrein-like protein, aspein for shell matrix protein, glycine-rich protein, mantle gene 5, 28S, EST00031, EST00036, 16S, and COΙ. In the reverse library, 7 clones were sequenced and analyzed by BLAST. Two sequences shared similarity with EST00036 from the P. fucata subtraction cDNA library, four with the P. fucata mitochondrial gene for 16S rRNA and 1 with P. fucata shematrin-2. We evaluated the expression of 12 genes from the forward library using RT PCR. Two sequences matched with 16S and COΙ so were considered to be false positives. The remaining 10 sequences were differentially expression in the red-shelled pearl oysters. Our results suggest that differential expression of these genes may be related to color variation in the red-shelled family line of the pearl oyster.
基金The project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)
文摘In this article we explored the crystal structure of a few pearls and shellfish's shell of fresh water and sea water, and found that pearls and nacreous layer (perhaps and prismatic layer) of shells are all the same: CaCO3, orthorhombic system, aragonite structure and the value of lattice spacings are almost identical. This shows that the pearls of fresh water and sea water are all the same in nature.
基金supported by the Public Projects of China State Oceanic Administration(200905021-4)the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(863 Program,2006AA06Z362)the National Science & Technology Pillar Program(2006BAB03A12)~~
