Project description:We report the application of single-molecule-based sequencing technology for high-throughput profiling of histone modifications in kidney. By obtaining over four billion bases of sequence from chromatin immunoprecipitated DNA, we generated genome-wide chromatin-state maps of mouse kidney. This study provides a framework for the application of comprehensive chromatin profiling towards characterization of kidney of wild type (WT) and pod-SAHH-/- mice and ADA-treated mice.
Project description:Objective: the next generation sequencing (NGS) has revolutionized the system-based analysis of cellular pathways. The purpose of this study was to explore the mechanism of methylation changes caused by SAHH knockout and dietary betaine addition in atherosclerosis.
Project description:Objective: the next generation sequencing (NGS) has revolutionized the system-based analysis of cellular pathways. The purpose of this study was to explore the mechanism of methylation changes caused by SAHH knockout and dietary betaine addition in atherosclerosis.
Project description:Pod size varies among soybean cultivars, but the mechanism is largely unknown. We investigated pod size differences between two cultivars. The larger pod of ‘Tachinagaha’ was due to longer cell proliferation activity than in the shorter pod of ‘Iyodaizu’. Pod size of soybean 9 (GmPSS9), a member of the heat shock protein 70 family, was detected in a major QTL (qPSS on Chr. 2) as a candidate gene for determining pod length by QTL and expression QTL analysis. Expression of GmPSS9 in pods was higher in ‘Tachinagaha’ than in ‘Iyodaizu’ and was highest in early pod development. The difference in expression resulted from an indel polymorphism, Tachinagaha-specific-1, which has a 5′-UTR Py-rich stretch motif that boosts transcription. Treatment with an HSP70 inhibitor reduced plant height, pod length, and pod cell number. Our results identify GmPSS9 as a target gene for pod length which regulates cell number during early pod development.
Project description:The goal of this study was to detemine the genes responsible of the pod indehiscence in Phaseolus vulgaris by comparing 4 accesions with total, middle and null dehiscence transcriptomes of three stages of pod develoment of Phaseolus vulgaris