Project description:To determine the distribution of centromere units in the genome of holocentric Chionographis japonica, we performed CENH3-ChIPseq using the customized species-specific CENH3 antibody. We mixed the chromatins of C. japonica and Secale cereal (inbred line Lo7) to dilute the highly abundant centromeric Chio satellite repeats (16%) in the C. japonica genome before immunoprecipitation. In addition, to determine the large-scale genome organization, we performed ChIPseq by targeting the evolutionarily conserved eu- and heterochromatin-specific histone marks H3K4me2 and H33K9me2
Project description:We applied Illumina sequencing to identify microRNAs (miRNAs) and piwi-interacting small RNAs (piRNAs) in Dugesia japonica. Dugesia were cut up after seven day’s starvation. DJ1 is the whole Dugesia body, DJ2 is the head part, DJ3 is the tail part, DJ4 is the left part and DJ5 is the right part. Total RNA was extracted by Trizol, and preserved in ethanol, stored at -80°C until further use.
Project description:Skeletal elements from the feather star Anneissia japonica were isolated and stripped of organic material. The skeleton was then demineralized and the occluded proteins isolated. The proteins were separated by SDS-PAGE and fractions were analyzed by LC-MS/MS. The results were compared to predicted proteins encoded by the genome. The proteins found in the organic matrix of the skeleton were compared to those found in other skeletons both within Echinodermata and to other taxa.
