Project description:Using whole genome bisulfite sequencing to provide single-base resulution of DNA methylation status in 35S-SUC WT, hdp1-1 and hdp2-1, mbd7, idm1, and hdp2mbd7 double mutants
Project description:Using whole genome bisulfite sequencing to provide single-base resulution of DNA methylation status in 35S-SUC WT, hdp1-1 and hdp2-1, mbd7, idm1, and hdp2mbd7 double mutants
Project description:In this study, we identify HDP1, a previously uncharacterized DNA-binding protein first expressed during early sexual differentiation. The development of HDP1-deficient gametocytes arrests at the Stage I to Stage II transition and ends in loss of viability. Analysis of gene expression and HDP1-binding shows that this protein functions as a positive transcriptional regulator of genes essential for gametocyte development, including genes that are critical for the expansion of the inner membrane complex (IMC) that gives P. falciparum gametocytes their characteristic shape.
Project description:In this study, we identify HDP1, a previously uncharacterized DNA-binding protein first expressed during early sexual differentiation. The development of HDP1-deficient gametocytes arrests at the Stage I to Stage II transition and ends in loss of viability. Analysis of gene expression and HDP1-binding shows that this protein functions as a positive transcriptional regulator of genes essential for gametocyte development, including genes that are critical for the expansion of the inner membrane complex (IMC) that gives P. falciparum gametocytes their characteristic shape.
Project description:In eukaryotes, heterochromatin is characterized by numerous epigenetic marks, including DNA methylation. Spreading of these marks into nearby active genes must be avoided in order to maintain appropriate gene expression. Here, we uncover Arabidopsis Methyl-CpG-Binding Domain 7 (MBD7) and Increased DNA Methylation 3 (IDM3) as anti-silencing factors that prevent transgene repression and genome-wide DNA hypermethylation. MBD7 preferentially binds to highly methylated, CG-dense regions associated with non-CG methylation and physically associates with other anti-silencing factors, including the histone acetyltransferase IDM1, IDM2, and IDM3. IDM1 and IDM2 were previously shown to facilitate active DNA demethylation by the 5-methylcytosine DNA glycosylase/lyase ROS1. Thus, MBD7 tethers the IDM proteins to methylated DNA, which enables the function of DNA demethylases that in turn establish chromatin boundaries and limit DNA methylation Using MethylC-Seq to provide single-base resolution of DNA methylation status in WT and idm3-1, mbd7-1 mutants Whole genome methylation maps of mbd7-1, idm3-1 and WT (all three are from 35S-SUC transgene background) were generated using BS-seq
Project description:To investigate the DNA-binding property of homeodomain-like domain of Plasmodium berghei HDP1, DNA immunoprecipitation followed by high-throughput sequencing (DIP-seq) analysis were performed. Recombinant homeodomain-like domain fused with glutathione S-transferase were mixed with the P. berghei genomic DNA fragmented via sonication, and protein-DNA complex was harvested using glutathione-sepharose resin. The obtained DNA fragments were sequenced via the next generation sequencing.
Project description:Comparison between transcriptomes of dash mutants vs WT plants and ectopic expression of 35S::DASH in hairy roots versus empty vector