Project description:ChIP-seq of mycobacterium tuberculosis expressing a 3xFLAG-tagged N-terminal WhiB2 compared with a strain carrying an empty FLAG (not attached to a protein)
Project description:ChIP-seq of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain with a C-terminal FLAG-tagged WhiA allele compared to a strain carrying a FLAG attached to no protein (empty)
Project description:This experiment was done to look at the transcriptional profile of bacteria upon whiB2 transcriptional depletion. RNA-seq of an inducible whiB2 CRISPRi strain grown with 0 or 500 ng/mL anhydrotetracycline, which turns on the CRISPRi machinery. Samples were collected after 2 days of treatment.
Project description:This experiment was performed to transriptioally profile bacteria with a whiA conditional knockdown using CRISPR interference (CRISPRi). A conditional knockdown strain was treated with 0 or 500 ng/mL anhydrotetracycline (ATC) for 4 days, which turns on the CRISPRi machinery. RNA extraction was performed using Zymo RNA miniprep kit. Libraries were constructed using NEBNext Ultra II Directional RNA Library Prep Kit for Illumina (New England Biolabs) using 150 ng of input RNA. Libraries were amplified using 8 cycles on the thermocycler. Post amplification libraries were size selected ay 250-450 bp in length using SparQ beads. Libraries were validated using Bioanalyzer high sensitivity DNA analysis.
Project description:Polycomb repressive complexes (PRC) are frequently implicated in human cancer acting either as oncogenes or tumor suppressors. Here we show that PRC2 is a critical regulator of Kras-driven non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) progression. Modulation of PRC2 by either Ezh2 overexpression or Eed deletion enhances Kras-driven adenomagenesis and inflammation, respectively. Eed-loss-driven inflammation leads to massive macrophage recruitment and marked decline in tissue function. Additional Trp53 inactivation activates a cell autonomous epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) program leading to an invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma. A switch between methylated/acetylated chromatin underlies the tumor phenotypic evolution, prominently involving genes controlled by Hippo/Wnt-signaling. Our observations in the mouse models were conserved in human cells. Importantly, PRC2 inactivation results in context-dependent phenotypic alterations, with implications for its therapeutic application. We generated ChIP-seq from primary Kras;p53 (KP) cells in culture with and without Eed (KPE) and from KP primary tumors generated by injection of NSCLC into the tail vein. Mice were sacrificed on the onset of shortness of breath. We generated genome-wide expression profiles (RNA-seq) and Nuclease Accessibility (NA)-seq in primary KP and KPE tumor cells. NA-seq was also performed in A549 cells.
Project description:We developed a method to identify chromatin-associated proteins by mass spectrometry. In addition to many known DNA and chromatin-binders, we identified several RNA-binding proteins in the chromatin composition of mouse embryonic stem cells (mESC). Interestingly, we found Dazl as a RBP that specifically binds to chromatin in mESC grown in 2iL condition. So far, Dazl was reported as a RBP that regulates the stability of transcripts in cytoplasm. To identify the binding sites of Dazl on the genome, we carried out a ChIP-seq experiment. As a result, we detected about 1300 reproducible Dazl ChIP-seq peaks. Interestingly, most of the peaks are located close to the transcription start sites of developmental and pluripotency-related genes.
Project description:The goal of this study was to identify functional variants that play a role in exfoliation syndrome (XFS) pathogenesis. We sequenced the entire LOXL1 locus in 50 South African XFS cases and 50 matched controls. The most strongly associated variants in this dataset were found in a ~7kb region spanning the LOXL1 exon 1/intron 1 boundary. DNase hypersensitivity analysis was used to demonstrate that this region, which lies upstream of the LOXL1 antisense RNA (LOXL1-AS1), contains regulatory activity. determining of chromatin structural changes in 3 cell types.
Project description:These experiments measure genome-wide RNA Pol II binding in precisely staged wild-type embryos at five time points spanning the maternal to zygotic transition (nuclear cycles 12 through 14) of Drosophila melanogaster. In addition, RNA Pol II binding at nuclear cycle 13 is measured in embryos mutant for either mei-41/ATR or zelda. To correlate RNA Pol II binding with replication stress, genome-wide profiles of Replication protein A (70kDa subunit, RpA-70 EGFP) were generated in parallel with RNA Pol II for both wild-type and zelda at nuclear cycle 13. Two replicates each for 5 time points for wild type RNA Pol II. Two replicates for mei-41 RNA Pol II, nuclear cycle 13. Two replicates for zelda RNA Pol II, nuclear cycle 13. Two replicates each for Rpa70-EGFP in wild-type or zelda, nuclear cycle 13, matched to the corresponding RNA Pol II sample.
Project description:Use DNase-seq to assess genome-wide chromation remodeling which occurred in CRISPR/Cas9 and TALE genome engineering systems Determining chromatin structural changes in transfected cells vs. the parent HEK293T cells