|
|
Influence of makroelements from food on DNA and epigenetic profile
Veselý, Zdeněk ; Kouřilová, Xenie (referee) ; Brázda, Václav (advisor)
The macroelements contained in food have an important function for the human body. They are involved in several of biochemical reactions in the body and their abundance can prevent serious diseases. The theoretical part of the bachelor thesis describes the function of minerals in the human body, the function of DNA and epigenetic mechanisms such as DNA methylation or histone modification. The influence of nutrition and function of selected macroelements – sodium, magnesium, calcium, potassium on epigenetic modifications and on the stability of G-quadruplexes was described. The aim of the experimental part of this work was to study the effect of these substances on DNA structures in vitro and to prepare them experimentally for in vivo studies.
|
|
|
Use of molecular techniques to characterize yeasts of the genus Metschnikowia
Schneiderwindová, Nicole ; Brázda, Václav (referee) ; Němcová, Andrea (advisor)
This diploma thesis deals with the possibilities of implementation and use of molecular methods for the characterization of yeasts of the genus Metschnikowia and the application of methods in biotechnology or the food industry. The theoretical part focuses on a brief description of yeast, specially selected species that were used during the practical part of the work, the possibilities of their use, and especially on a detailed description of all molecular techniques used. The practical part focuses on the optimization of the molecular methods, namely the method of pulsed gel electrophoresis and the method of denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis. Initially, yeast was cultured under optimal conditions that are specific to this genus. Furthermore, their DNA was isolated using isolation techniques, which were subsequently processed using PFGE and PCR–DGGE methods. The DNA isolation procedure needed to be optimized the most. Several optimizations of the concentration of lysis enzymes, especially the lyticase enzyme, were performed. It was also necessary to determine the correct ratio of low-melting agarose and isolated DNA, which was essential for the correct consistency of the isolated DNA blocks and their further application in PFGE analysis. Finally, the PFGE method was optimized, which brought the correct distribution of chromosomes, and it was possible to describe the individual chromosomes according to their size according to the standard used CHEF of the yeast Hansenula wingei. To properly optimize the DGGE analysis process itself, it was first necessary to isolate the yeast DNA using a kit, then it was used as a template for the PCR reaction. The annealing temperature was also optimized for the individual groups of primers. The amplicons obtained by this reaction were separated by the DGGE method. This technique mainly required the optimization of basic parameters such as the range of the denaturation gradient or the total separation time. According to the measurement results, it can be determined that the process of yeast DNA isolation and their subsequent analysis using molecular methods of pulsed gel electrophoresis and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis was successful. We were able to describe the genome and determine the number of chromosomes in all used yeast species of the genus Metschnikowia at least partially.
|
|
|
Biochemical analyses of the DNA interaction partners
Valchová, Michaela ; Coufal,, Jan (referee) ; Brázda, Václav (advisor)
This thesis was focused on DNA analysis. The fluorescently labelled oligonucleotides were at first hybridised and subsequently analysed by HRM analysis to determine the melting temperatures of the oligonucleotides depending on the environment. This thesis describes the change of melting temperature of oligonucleotides in environments containing mono and bivalent ions and the influence of protein binding on the stability of these DNA structures. From determined melting points, it was specified whether the ion/protein stabilised or destabilised the oligonucleotide. Furthermore, plasmids were isolated and analyzed by atomic force microscopy.
|
|
|
Fourier transformation for exon prediction
Rusina, Michal ; Škutková, Helena (referee) ; Maděránková, Denisa (advisor)
In this bachelor thesis there are described the methods of the prediction of exon. The first part is aimed at the difference between the prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms, the description of the DNA structure and the explanation of the terms exon and intron. The second section of the theoretic part includes four methods of the prediction of exons namely dynamic programming, neural networks, hidden Markov models and discrete Fourier transform. In the practical part there was created the program called Predikce_exonu that searches exons in nucleotide sequences and works on the principle of the Fourier transform. This algorithm together with 3 freely available programs was tested on 25 sequences and the success of their prediction was described by sensitivity and specificity.
|
|
|
Analysis of Genomic Data with the Assistance of Algorithm BLAST
Křížová, Martina ; Burgetová, Ivana (referee) ; Jaša, Petr (advisor)
This Bachelor Thesis describes analysis of genomic data with assistance of algorithm BLAST. In theoretic part, it describes genomes, their importance and structure. In this thesis, you can find a description of algorithm BLAST, Smith-Waterman and Needleman-Wunsch and with algorithm BLAST connected Karlin-Altschul statistics. This thesis is discussing types of databases such as spatial, deductive and relational which store genomic data. Second part is concerned with design and implementation of application which use mentioned algorithm and database Oracle 10g R2. Testing and confrontation output of algorithm is also a part of this work.
|
|
|
DNA Sequence Classification
Heczková, Petra ; Burgetová, Ivana (referee) ; Martínek, Tomáš (advisor)
The work deals with DNA sequence classification. The first part summarizes information about existing methods a their characteristics. In the second part there are description of implementation and experiments. Average sensitivity of method was 65% and specificity 92%.
|
|
|
Analysis of local DNA structures
Kratochvíl, Jaromír ; Trenz, Oldřich (referee) ; Šťastný, Jiří (advisor)
This diploma thesis is focused on the description and implementation of the user interface for the analysis of local DNA structures as a web application in the Vue.js framework. The local structure can be described as an alternative DNA structure which arises in a specific DNA sequence that occurs in important regions of the genome. The first part of the thesis is theoretical and examines the field of DNA research and a description of selected technologies. The second part deals with the implementation and testing of the user interface on specific DNA sequences.
|
|
|
Bioinformatics of human genome
Kupková, Karolína ; Provazník, Ivo (referee) ; Maděránková, Denisa (advisor)
Bachelor thesis deals with DNA segments containing only adenine and guanine. The theoretical part describes the structure and composition of deoxyribonucleic acid, chromosomes and genes. There are basic informations about chimpanzees and the human genome and conformations of the chains containing adenine with guanine. The practical part consists of a program that searches for the required sections in sequence, it displays and saves it. The thesis includes analysis of genes which are common for humans and chimpanzees, which were analyzed to determine randomness, functionality a preserving of these sections.
|
|
| |
|
|
Polyphenols in nutritions and their effect on DNA
Osorio, Juan ; Černayová, Diana (referee) ; Brázda, Václav (advisor)
Epidemiologické studie prokázaly vliv konzumace rostlinných potravin v prevenci široké škály nemocí. Přírodní antioxidanty přítomné v těchto potravinách, mezi nimiž jsou velmi důležité polyfenoly, mohou být zodpovědné za tuto činnost podporující zdraví. Cílem bakalářské práce je ukázat interakci určitých polyfenolů s genetickým materiálem prostřednictvím různých signálních mechanismů, zejména pokud jde o stabilizaci nekanonické struktury DNA G-kvadruplex a poukázat tak na nejselektivnější látku pro inhibici biochemických procesy. Dále práce obsahuje podrobné informace, které mohou pomoci pochopit, jak mohou polyfenolové sloučeniny interagovat s DNA prostřednictvím epigenetických mechanismů a G4 struktur, a které faktory mohou ovlivnit jejich účinnost. Různé experimenty, biologickým a experimentálním opakováním, byly použity k potvrzení interakce mezi sloučeninami a DNA.
|
guest ::
