Project description:In plants, apical meristems allow continuous growth along the body axis. Within the root apical meristem (RAM), a group of slowly dividing quiescent center (QC) cells is thought to limit stem cell activity to directly neighboring cells (Cowels, 1956; van den Berg et al., 1997), thus endowing them with unique properties, distinct from displaced daughters. This binary identity of the stem cells stands in apparent contradiction with the more gradual changes in cell division potential (Bennett and Scheres, 2010) and differentiation (Yamaguchi et al., 2008; 2010; Furuta et al, 2014; Geldner, 2013; Masucci et al., 1996; Dolan and Costa, 2001) that occur as cells move further away from the QC. To address this paradox and to infer molecular organization of the root meristem, we used a whole-genome approach to determine dominant transcriptional patterns along root ontogeny zones. We found that the prevalent patterns are expressed in two opposing gradients. One is characterized by genes associated with development, the other enriched in differentiation genes. We confirmed these transcript gradients, and demonstrate that these translate to gradients in protein accumulation and gradual changes in cellular properties. We also show that gradients are genetically controlled through multiple pathways. Based on these findings, we propose that cells in the Arabidopsis root meristem gradually transition from ‘stemness’ towards differentiation.
2017-10-03 | GSE98097 | GEO
Project description:Dynamics of the virgin temperate forests soil microbiome along the altitudinal gradients in Northern Iran
Project description:Local breeds retained unique genetic variability important for adaptive potential especially in light of challenges related to climate change. Our objective was to perform, for the first time, a genome-wide diversity characterization using Illumina GoatSNP50 BeadChip of autochthonous Drežnica goat breed from Slovenia. Genetic diversity analyses revealed that the Slovenian Drežnica goat has a distinct genetic identity and is closely related to the neighboring Austrian and Italian alpine breeds. These results expand our knowledge on phylogeny of goat breeds from easternmost part of the European Alps.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of populations in the clam Ruditapes decussatus determined differentiation in gene-expression along parallel temperature gradients and between races of the Atlantic Ocean and West Mediterranean sea.
Project description:Mitochondrial I+III2 supercomplex was purified from Arabidopsis thaliana cells using differential centrifugation including Percoll step gradients and continuous sucrose gradients. Supercomplex fractions were digested with trypsin using the SP3 approach. Peptides were further purified with SepPak cartridges and measured by HPLC-ESI-TIMS-TOF-MS. Database search was performed with MaxQuant (Version 2.0.3.0.) Over 1,300 proteins were identified using this highly sensitive approach, including all known subunits of the I+III2 supercomplex. This MS analysis is part of a publication on the structure of the I+III2 supercomplex from Arabidopsis by Klusch et al., 2022.
