中国生物工程杂志

The Telomeric Repeat Amplification Protocol (TRAP) and its modified versions change the size and/or the ratio of the telomerase products in the amplification stage of the assay. Based on TRAP, we developed a useful method for detecting telomerase activity in rice. In this report we designed a special precursor primer and a special reverse primer and conducted two steps of PCR cycles. GENE Genius? Bio-imaging System was applied for this quantitative analysis for exploring telomerase activity and its optimal reaction conditions. The method ensured that the optimal reaction conditions for the telomerase was 19℃,13minutes, at a concentration of 0.28 u g/μ l. A quantitative analysis method was established for detecting telomerase activity in rice. With this method, we detected telomerase activity in roots, young leaves and young panicles of six parental lines of hybrid rice. The results show that young panicles have the highest telomerase activity, demonstrating that telomerase activity is closely related to the cell vitality in plants.