Project description:Proof-of-concept for Mnase-SSP: a variant of Mnase-seq. Mnase-SSP dramatically increases the representation of short fragments of nucleolytically-digested DNA, enabling simultaneous analysis of transcription factor binding and nucleosome occupancy using the same assay. We used MNase-SSP to demarcate chromatin architecture at murine promoters and at transcription factor binding sites in murine embryonic stem cells. Are results reveal heterogeneity in the binding mode of C2H2 zinc fingers like Ctcf and Rest, demonstrating that Mnase-SSP, and SSP in general, as a flexible platform for profiling nucleolytically digested DNA for MNase-seq, MNase-ChIP, or CUT&RUN with reduced bias.
Project description:NILs containing five parental lines, three wild barley genotypes ssp. spontaneum: HID 4 (A), Iraq; HID 64 (B), Turkey; and HID 369 (C), Israel, one ssp. agriocrithon: HID 382(D)) and cv. Morex (ssp. vulgare, USA). Purpose: Variant calling to identifie markers associated with a awn length QTL on the distal part of chromosome 7HL
Project description:Comparative genomic analysis of a temporally and locally diverse set of S. enterica ssp I sv Paratyphi A isolates Keywords: ordered
Project description:In phytopathogenic fungi, the expression of hundreds of small secreted protein (SSP)-encoding genes is induced upon primary infection of plants while no or a low level of expression is observed during vegetative growth. In some species such as Leptosphaeria maculans, this coordinated in-planta upregulation of SSP-encoding genes expression relies on an epigenetic control but the signals triggering gene expression in-planta are unknown. In the present study, biotic and abiotic factors that may relieve suppression of SSP-encoding gene expression during axenic growth of L. maculans were investigated. Some abiotic factors (temperature, pH) could have a limited effect on SSP gene expression. In contrast, two types of cellular stresses induced by antibiotics (cycloheximide, phleomycin) activated strongly the transcription of SSP genes. A transcriptomic analysis to cycloheximide exposure revealed that biological processes such as ribosome biosynthesis and rRNA processing were induced whereas important metabolic pathways such as glycogen and nitrogen metabolism, glycolysis and tricarboxylic acid cycle activity were down-regulated. A quantitatively different expression of SSP-encoding genes compared to plant infection was also detected. Interestingly, the same physico-chemical parameters as those identified here for L. maculans effectors were identified to regulate positively or negatively the expression of bacterial effectors. This suggests that apoplastic phytopathogens may react to similar physiological parameters for regulation of their effector genes.
Project description:One day cold (14 and 19 °C) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) treatment of wheat (Triticum aestivum ssp. aestivum L.) variety Chinese Spring and two chromosome 5A substitution lines of Chinese Spring, Chinese Spring(T. ae. ssp. aestivum L. Cheyenne 5A) and Chinese Spring(T. ae. ssp. spelta L. 5A).