ABSTRACT: GRO-seq of lymphoblastoid cells from a family of individuals (one of which has Trisomy 21) was used to determine the molecular origin of dosage compensation in Trisomy 21.
Project description:RNA-seq of lymphoblastoid cells from a family of individuals (one of which has Trisomy 21) was used to determine the molecular origin of dosage compensation in Trisomy 21.
Project description:Molecular consequences of trisomy in lymphoblastoid cell lines from patients with Down syndrome. This project analyses differentially expressed genes between humans with trisomy 21 and humans without trisomy 21.
Project description:Molecular consequences of trisomy in lymphoblastoid cell lines from patients with Down syndrome. This project analyses differentially expressed genes between humans with trisomy 21 and humans without trisomy 21. Total RNA obtained from human lymphoblastoid cell lines without trisomy 21 compared to cell lines from human with trisomy 21.
Project description:Gene expression was measured in trisomy 21 and trisomy 13 human fetal samples. For TS21, regions assayed were cerebrum, cerebellum, heart, and cerebrum-derived astrocyte cell lines. Keywords = trisomy 21 Keywords = Down syndrome Keywords = aneuploidy Keywords = brain Keywords = heart Keywords = trisomy 13 Keywords: other
Project description:Dosage Compensation is required to correct for uneven gene dose between the sexes. We utilized global run-on sequencing (GRO-seq) to examine how Caenorhabditis elegans dosage compensation reduces transcription of X-linked genes. To facilitate these experiments, we required accurate 5M-bM-^@M-^Y-ends of genes that have been missing due to a co-transcriptional trans-splicing event common in nematodes. We developed a modified GRO-seq protocol to identify TSSs that are supported by transcription, and determined that TSSs lie more than 1 kb upstream of the previously annotated TSS for nearly one-quarter of all genes. We then investigated the changes that occur in transcriptionally engaged RNA Polymerase when dosage compensation is disrupted, and find that dosage compensation controls recruitment of RNA Polymerase to X-linked genes. GRO-cap reactions were performed with TAP, and without TAP as a control.