RNA-sequencing based analysis of Listeria monocytogenes 10403S::ΔBCHL Prha-sigH and ΔBCHL Prha

ABSTRACT: In this study, RNA-seq was used to compare the transcriptomes of Listeria monocytogenes 10403S::ΔBCHL Prha-sigH and ΔBCHL Prha. RNA-seq was performed on ΔBCHL Prha-sigH and ΔBCHL Prha RNA samples representing three independent biological replicates at log phase in Brain Heart Infusion (BHI) broth under rhamnose induction. Indexed and purified cDNA libraries (6 libraries including 3 replicates for 2 strains) were loaded together onto an independent flow cell without any other samples; sequencing was carried out by running Hiseq 2500 (single-end, 150-bp per read). Reads alignment was carried out using the Burrows-Wheeler Aligner (BWA). Differential expression of genes in different strains was statistically assessed using the BaySeq method. To identify sigH-dependent promoters, a new method of moving sliding windows of 50 nt along the whole genome was used to compare the normalized RNA-seq coverage (NRC) between the two strains. Using the standard whole gene differential expression analysis, significant upregulation of 5 genes in 4 operons was found in the sigH overexpressing strain. While with the sliding windiow analysis, 2 additional σH-dependent promoters were identified. Our results show that three σH-dependent transcritption units that encode competence proteins, including the comEABC , comGABCDEFG and coiA. Transcriptome profiles of L. monocytogenes 10403S::ΔBCHL Prha-sigH and ΔBCHL Prha were generated by deep sequencing, in triplicate, using Illumina Hiseq 2500.

ORGANISM(S): Listeria monocytogenes 10403S

SUBMITTER: Martin Wiedmann 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-73008 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress