Project description:Candida albicans wild type SC5314 and the eed1 delta mutant were used to infect reconstituted human oral epithelium (RHE) for 24h at 37°C and 5% CO2. Samples were taken 1h, 12h and 24h after infection. Total RNA was isolated, labeled with Cy5 and hybridised with a Cy3- labeled common reference.
Project description:C. albicans wild type strain SC5314, the eed1 deletion mutant and an eed1 delta mutant overexpressing UME6 (eed1 + pTET-UME6) were grown on plastic (37°C, RPMI1640 medium, plastic surface, 5% CO2) for 12h. Total RNA was isolated using a phenol-chloroform protocol and labeled with Cy5. Cy5- labeled sample RNA was hybridised with Cy3- labeled common reference (SC5314, 37°C, exponential culture).
Project description:The screen for genes involved in the spontaneous loss of heterozygosity mutagenesis (SLM) in diploid cells was done on the collections of deletion strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae created by the Saccharomyces Genome Deletion Project (http://www-sequence.stanford.edu/group/yeast_deletion_project/). Screens were performed on the pools of clones. Barcode microarrays were used to detect the increased SLM frequency leading to relative increase in abundance of deletion clone in a pool. Collections used were: Homozygous Diploid (HD) and Essential (E) mixed to create single HDE pool. Three mutagenesis markers were used: (1) naturally existing mating type locus, and two newly introduced markers, (2) CAN1/can1delta, (3) URA3/ura3delta. <br>1. To detect the increased SLM frequency at the mating type locus HDE pool was crossed to MATa or MATalpha strain. Deletion clones that gained mating competence due to loss of heterozygosity (LOH) at the mating type locus gave rise to clones with the ability to grow on minimal medium. The relative abundance of these clones was compared to the abundance in the original HDE pool.<br>2. To detect the increased SLM frequency at the CAN1/can1delta locus the derivative HDE pool was created. Every cell of this pool had one of two copies of CAN1 gene deleted. The increased SLM frequency led to increased relative abundance of respective deletion clone under canavanine selection and could be estimated by comparing it to the abundance when pool was grown without selection.<br>3. To detect the increased SLM frequency at the URA3/ura3delta locus the derivative HDE pool was created. Every cell of this pool had one of two copies of URA3 gene deleted. The increased SLM frequency led to increased relative abundance of respective deletion clone under 5M-^R-fluoroorotic acid selection and could be estimated by comparing it to the abundance when pool was grown without selection.<br>4. For screens of SLM at CAN1 and URA3 markers the resistance control experiments were performed to detect genes whose deletion is sufficient to enable yeast cells with functional CAN1 or URA3 to grow in the presence of canavanine or 5M-^R- fluoroorotic acid respectively.<br>5. To include in the analysis slow-growing deletion clones control hybridizations were performed to detect genes whose deletion extends the doubling time of yeast cells.<br>
Project description:Effect of mild metal ion - stress (500µM AlCl3, 500µM VCl3, 1.5mM ZnCl2) on cellular metabolism, resp. on transcription - 30min incubation in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae (JSwt - is a FY derivate; MATaleu2ura3trp1HIS3)
Project description:In this study the transcriptional behavior of the natural solvent producing bacterium Clostridium acetobutylicum was investigated following n-butanol stress using DNA microarray analysis. Therefore, a phosphate-limited chemostat culture was established and n-butanol stress (0.9%) was added to acidogenic cells at pH 5.7.
Project description:In this study the transcriptional behavior of the natural solvent producing bacterium Clostridium acetobutylicum was investigated following n butanol stress using DNA microarray analysis. Therefore, a phosphate-limited chemostat culture was established and n-butanol stress (0.9%) was added to acidogenic cells at pH 5.7.