Project description:DNA binding profiles of three maternal factors (Tcf7, Gata.a and Zic-r.a) in chordate 16-cell stage embryo. 16-cell stage ciona intestinalis embryos were collected from multiple batches and the extracted chromatin was immunoprecipitated by the antibodies which specifically recognize ciona Gata.a, Tcf7 and Zic-r.a, respectively.
Project description:We applied single cell RNA seq with 10x genomics platform to study the cell identity change in Ciona late tailbud embryos. By comparing single cell data from Pax3/7>Foxc amd control embryos, we found ectopic expression of FoxC in BTN cells transformed into PSC cells, which suggest common shared origin of BTNs and PSCs.
Project description:This dataset provides gene expression levels of single cell and pooled embryos as part of a study on zygotic genome activation in Ciona embryogenesis. The single cell RNA-seq data suggested that Cyclin B3 was a key mediator of this process. This was confirmed by performing RNA-seq on pooled RNA isolated from embryos where Cyclin B3 was knocked down (using morpholinos) or overexpressed (using mRNA injections).