Project description:Plant species amplified from faecal samples from Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur, Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto, Woodpigeon Columba palumbus and Stock Dove Columba oenas Other
Project description:Domestic rock pigeons (Columba livia) homozygous for either of two “recessive red” mutations, which are partially-overlapping deletions causing downregulation of Sox10, display brilliant red colors instead of blue/black feathers. Sox10 encodes a transcription factor important for melanocyte differentiation and function, but the precise role that it plays in promoting eumelanin over pheomelanin pigment production in pigeons are unknown. In this study, we perform ChIPseq for SOX10, H3K27ac, and H3K27me3 to better understand the genome occupancy of SOX10 in avian melanocytes.
Project description:Wild-type and isogenic H3K37R yeast cultures were grown in medium containing 2% raffinose as carbone source. Cells were synchronized in G1 with alpha factor. To half culture (100ml), glucose (2% final concentration) and 1.3ml BrdU (50mg/ml stock) and 1.3ml BrdU (50mg/ml stock) was added. To the other half, galactose (2% final concentration) and 1.3ml BrdU (50mg/ml stock). Both flasks were incubated for further 30min at 30C, then cell were collected by centrifugation and resuspended into 100ml of 30C warmed YPA-2%Glucose or YPA-2%Galactose medium containing 25ml HU (2M stock) plus 1.2 ml BrdU (50mg/ml stock) and incubated for 1 hour and 10minutes. YPA-Glucose and YPA-Galactose cultures were immediately transferred to ice/water bath and replication was stopped by addition of NaN3 and cells were processed for DNA immunoprecipitation with anti BrdU antibody.
