ABSTRACT: The identification of promoter and upstream regulatory sequences is an key step towards understanding gene regulation; to this aim, primer extension techniques, which can be performed transcriptome-wide, are the first step, as they allow the location of experimental transcription start sites and other features (such as
Project description:The SHAPE-Seq experiment was used to determine accessible nucleotides in the 5' UTR of the topAI gene in the presence and absence of 0.2 ug/ml of tetracycline.
Project description:We report dynamics of X-chromosome upregulation (XCU) along X-chromosome inactivation (XCI) in mESCs as they differentiate into EpiSCs. F1 hybrid C57BL6/J × CAST/EiJ male and female mESCs were grown in serum/LIF conditions were differentiated using Fgf2 and Activin A for 1, 2, 4 and 7 days to induce random XCI in female cells. Multi-modal single-cell sequencing was performed using scATAC on nuclei and Smart-seq3 to assay chromatin accessibility and poly-A+ RNA expression, respectively. Allelic resolution is achieved using strain-specific SNPs in the data. We reveal dynamic balancing of X alleles as cells undergo XCI to compensate dosage imbalances between sexes as well as between X and autosomes. Furthermore, we reveal that female naïve mESCs with two active X chromosomes lack XCU on both alleles which has major implications for reprogramming studies. Finally, we estimate allelic transcriptional burst kinetics from the data and find that progressively increased burst frequencies underlies the XCU process.
Project description:Multicellular Tumor Spheroids (MCTS) were pre-formed for 3 days with 786-O cell line to better mimic the tumor microenviroenment. These spheroids were treated with either vehicle (DMSO), drugs alone (KU-60019 10 μM; CX-4945 5 μM) or in combination (KU + CX) for 48h before RNA extraction.
Project description:We report dynamics of X-chromosome upregulation (XCU) along X-chromosome inactivation (XCI) in mESCs as they differentiate into EpiSCs. F1 hybrid C57BL6/J × CAST/EiJ male and female mESCs were adapted to 2i/LIF and female cells grown in serum/LIF conditions were differentiated using Fgf2 and Activin A for 1, 2, 4 and 7 days to induce random XCI. scRNA-seq was performed using the Smart-seq3 protocol, providing full-length coverage together with molecular counting using UMIs. Allelic resolution is achieved using strain-specific SNPs in the data. We reveal dynamic balancing of X alleles as cells undergo XCI to compensate dosage imbalances between sexes as well as between X and autosomes. Furthermore, we reveal that female naïve mESCs with two active X chromosomes lack XCU on both alleles which has major implications for reprogramming studies. Finally, we estimate allelic transcriptional burst kinetics from the data and find that progressively increased burst frequencies underlies the XCU process.
Project description:Controlled dataset covering multiple passage conditions, from the genome-reduced bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae, to test and validate two new software tools: FASTQINS and ANUBIS. These computational tools allow the generation of insertion profile datasets from raw transposon sequencing data, detection of artifacts and to test different methodologies for essentiality estimation.
Project description:Transposon random mutagenesis to randomly insert the intrinsic terminator associated to the gene mpn625 from Mycoplasma pneumoniae M129. Different passage conditions (each passage equivalent to 10 cell division) are collected including 1,2,3,4,6,8, and 10 passages. This dataset is complementary to E-MTAB-8918 where the same transposon is used but carrying promoter P438 instead.
Project description:We have demonstrated that a newly evolved TRS within the Nucleocapsid gene of SARS-CoV-2 (termed N.iORF3) leads to the expression of a novel subgenomic mRNA encoding a truncated C-terminal portion of Nucleocapsid, which is an antagonist of type I interferon production. Using reverse genetics-derived viruses we show N.iORF3 contributes to viral fitness during infection and observe distinct phenotypes when the Nucleocapsid coding sequence is mutated compared to when the TRS alone is ablated. Competition assays were performed to determine the relative fitness of different virus mutants and amplicons were analysed to quantify the proportions of different viruses in tissue culture.
Project description:Three different experimental approaches were evaluated for discrimination of genomic variance in and between duplicated sequences using 48 markers in duplicon regions and 17 SNPs in unique sequences previously characterized in another study. We found only the method high-throughput single sperm typing could conclusively resolve the alleles of all markers. Resulting data from single sperm analysis were also used to examine the genetic structure of duplicon markers in the human population. Single sperm typing can be a rapid, efficient and accurate method for initial screening and assessment of genetic variation and for detailed genetic analysis of duplicon markers. Keywords: Genotyping Sixty-five markers including 17 MSVs, 12 PSVs, 19 SIDs and 17 SNPs in unique sequences described in Fredman et al. were selected for study. The samples include 40 genomic DNA samples from four ethnic groups, semen samples from 11 donors, and 10 to 20 sperm from each donor except one, AB012, for whom 65 sperm were analyzed. Both genomic and sperm DNA samples were subject to multiplex amplification followed by microarray analysis. Genotypes were determined by using the Accutyping software. Semen samples were genotyped on both strands. Allele status in these samples were compared and analyzed. The single sperm typing method allowed us to identify markers residing in non-unique sequence, to analyze the detailed genetic structure of the duplicons and to learn whether different alleles are present for the duplicon sequences in the human population.
Project description:5'RACE sequencing of B-cell receptors from spleen samples of Atlantic cod. Both IgH and all isotypes of IgL were sequenced with C gene specific primers.
Project description:Hybridization of ligation probes to a zipcode (tag) microarray. The purpose of the experiment was to establish functionality and target specificity of the ligation probes by using pools of synthetic templates with all of the probes. The templates are 80-mer synthetic dsDNA molecules, each specific for a single probe. Each probe is a ssDNA molecule containing target recognition sequences, PCR primer binding sequences and a unique tag sequence. If a matching target sequence is present in the mixture, the probes is ligated into a circular molecule, which can be PCR amplified and hybrized on a microarray harbouring complementary tag sequences.