Project description:Whole Exome sequencing of two patients with Cardiac angiosarcoma in Li-Fraumeni-like families discovers that a mutation in the pot1 gene is responsible for cardiac angiosarcoma in tp53-negative li-fraumeni-like families
Project description:RIL-seq experiment of EPEC hfq-flag mutant, in activating- conditions:growth on DMEM at 37°C to mid exponential growth phase (e.g., OD600=0.3). In these conditions EPEC strongly expresses its major virulence components, T3SS and BFP, mimicking infection. Non-activating conditions: overnight growth of static culture on LB medium at 37°C where virulence factors are not expressed. RIL-seq experiments are designed to reveal the interactions of sRNA and their targets.
Project description:Compared the transcriptome of wild type EPEC with that of an isogenic Δhfq mutant. Comparing activating- conditions:growth on DMEM at 37°C to mid exponential growth phase (e.g., OD600=0.3). In these conditions EPEC strongly expresses its major virulence components, T3SS and BFP, mimicking infection. Non-activating conditions: overnight growth of static culture on LB medium at 37°C where virulence factors are not expressed.
Project description:The evolutionarily conserved POT1 protein binds the single stranded G-rich telomeric DNA and has been implicated in telomeric DNA maintenance and the suppression of DNA damage checkpoint signaling. Here, we explore human POT1 function through genetics and proteomics discovering that the complete absence of POT1 leads to severe telomere maintenance defects that had not been anticipated from previous depletion studies. We determine the telomeric proteome upon POT1-loss by implementing an improved telomeric chromatin isolation protocol. Using quantitative proteomics by tandem mass tags (TMT) we identified a large set of proteins involved in nucleic acid metabolism that engage with telomeres upon loss of POT1. Inactivation of the homology directed repair machinery suppresses POT1-loss mediated telomeric DNA defects. Our results unravel as major function of human POT1 the suppression of telomere instability induced by homology directed repair.