Project description:CaGAL102 is a sequence homolog of Rmlb. In Candida knock out of this gene causes abnormal hyphal morphogenesis and increased sensitivity to cell wall damaging agents. The knock out strain is also avirulent in mouse model of systemic infection. To get a larger insight into the function of the protein product of this gene we carried out global transcription analysis through micro array experiment. The gene is expressed under normal growth conditions and the knock out causes the cells to become hyphal under these conditions. Many of the cell wall proteins were upregulated recapitulating the cell morphology. Keywords: Candida albicans, Gene knockout, genome wide transcription profiling study
Project description:To determine if STAGA complex dysfunction affects chromatin remodeling in SCA7 cerebellar degeneration, we pursued unbiased ChIP-Seq analysis of histone 3 lysine 9 acetylation (H3K9ac), as this histone mark is an established indicator of open chromatin in the transcription regulatory regions of most genes. We studied SCA7 266Q knock-in mice which faithfully recapitulate a severe, rapidly progressive neurodegenerative phenotype involving the cerebellum. We detected altered H3K9ac in the promoter regions of 777 genes in the cerebellum of SCA7 266Q knock-in mice and wild-type littermate control mice, and noted that the vast majority of these chromatin alterations corresponded to markedly increased H3K9 promoter acetylation in genes expressed in the cerebellum of SCA7 model mice.
Project description:The objective of this project is to study the proteome in different tissues of huntingtin knock-in allelic series in mice. In the current part of the study, cerebellum samples from the complete remaining allelic series collected at 2, 6, and 10 months were analyzed. To this end, comprehensive quantitative, label-free proteome analysis was performed using Evotec’s quantitative Deep Proteome Profiling technology.
Project description:Expression profiling of pancreatic islets in Tcf1 knock out mice. Experiment Overall Design: two biological replicates per condition; two conditions are WT and Tcf1 KO mice; platforms are Affy MG-U74A and B array