Project description:We set out to determine a) if histone in Halobacterium salinarum regulates transcription and b) whether the magnitude and extent of these changes matches those observed in organisms which use histone protein as their primary DNA packaging agent. To this end, gene expression data for a histone knock-out (Δura3ΔhpyA) strain versus parent (Δura3) were collected.
Project description:Halobacterium salinarum NRC-1 was grown in CM media, at 37oC in a waterbath with agitation of 125 rpm under constant light. Analysis of transcriptional changes during growth, in addition to mapping of transcriptome structure under the same conditions, provided interesting insights about regulatory logic within prokaryotic coding regions.
Project description:Total RNA hybridizations of Halobacterium salinarum NRC-1 total RNA versus a strain overexpressing TFBd were compared to verify the transcriptome landscape changes. Comparison with TFBd binding sites localized using ChIP-chip data and MeDiChI algorithm (Reiss et al, 2008) allowed observation that TF-binding in the middle of coding sequences can also result in transcription initiation or termination internal to a single annotated protein-coding gene.
