Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine
Western blot is the most important method on studying and analyzing protein. Because it contains many steps, high background, unspecific bands, streaking and so on are the common problems in Western blot, which will influence the subsequent detection and quantitation of protein. To establish the best experiment condition for detection of protein expression in rabbit artery, VCAM-1(vascular cell adhension molecule-1) was detected. A rapid, specific and sensitive procedure has been successfully established, through optimizing several conditions which include SDS-PAGE, antibody dilution, temperature and time for antibody incubation, detection methods and so on. Also, three kinds of detection methods were used which contain DAB, enhanced chemilluminescence (ECL) with exposure captured on X-ray film or with cooled charged-coupled device (CCD) cameras. The sensitivity of three methods was compared. The results indicated that ECL has sensitivity 2-10 times that of DAB, and CCD cameras have 4 times sensitivity of X-ray and a more precise procedure. So, ECL-CCD cameras is a promising detection method of Western blot.
Objective to study the isolation and characterization of the nitrite-oxidizing bacteria and identification by 16S rDNA. Methods one pure culture N3, which was enriched and isolated based on the procedures for nitrite oxidizer from sludge of a lake in Huzhou. Total DNA of pure culture was extracted and specific primers for the 16S rDNA of nitrite oxidizer were used for polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The amplified product was analyzed by agarose gel e1ectrophoresis and Sanger sequencing. Homology analysis was made by searching in Genbank with NCBI-Blast. Results the amplified fragment was 1441 bp for N3. 100% of N3 nucleotides were identica1 with the conserved fragment of Cellulosimicrobium cellulans (AY665978.1). Conclusion N3 phy1ogenetica1ly belonged to Cellulosimicrobium cellulans.