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Project description:We report the identification of stable intronic sequence RNAs (sisRNAs) in Drosophila.
2015-10-12 | GSE69212 | GEO
Project description:We report the identification of Rnase R resistent stable intronic sequence RNAs (sisRNAs) in Drosophila.
2017-03-30 | GSE89496 | GEO
Project description:Four separate biological collections of unfertilized eggs laid by wildtype females mated with sterile males, eggs dechorionated and snap-forzen in liquid nitrogen 0-1 hour after egg lay. Set of arrays organized by shared biological context, such as organism, tumors types, processes, etc. Keywords: Logical Set
2005-09-10 | GSE3287 | GEO
Project description:LongSAGE library was constructed by standard methods with several modifications. Additional amplification step was not performed. Keywords: other
2005-12-12 | GSE2070 | GEO
Project description:Four separate biological collections of unfertilized eggs laid by wildtype females mated with sterile males, eggs dechorionated and snap-forzen in liquid nitrogen 0-1 hour after egg lay. Set of arrays organized by shared biological context, such as organism, tumors types, processes, etc. Computed
2005-09-10 | E-GEOD-3287 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:LongSAGE library was constructed by standard methods with several modifications. Additional amplification step was not performed. Keywords: other
2005-12-11 | E-GEOD-2070 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Heterochromatin, representing the silenced state of transcription, largely consists of transposon-enriched and highly repetitive sequences. Implicated in heterochromatin formation and transcriptional silencing in Drosophila are PIWI and repeat-associated small interfering RNAs (rasiRNAs). Despite this, the role of PIWI in rasiRNA expression and heterochromatic silencing remains unknown. Here we report the identification and characterization of 12,903 PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) in Drosophila, demonstrating that rasiRNAs represent a subset of piRNAs. Keywords: PIWI, piRNA, epigenetic regulation, heterochromatin
2007-10-25 | GSE9138 | GEO
Project description:BackgroundA characteristic feature of frog reproduction is external fertilization accomplished outside the female's body. Mature fertilization-competent frog eggs are arrested at the meiotic metaphase II with high activity of the key meiotic regulators, maturation promoting factor (MPF) and cytostatic factor (CSF), awaiting fertilization. If the eggs are not fertilized within several hours of ovulation, they deteriorate and ultimately die by as yet unknown mechanism.ResultsHere, we report that the vast majority of naturally laid unfertilized eggs of the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis spontaneously exit metaphase arrest under various environmental conditions and degrade by a well-defined apoptotic process within 48 hours after ovulation. The main features of this process include cytochrome c release, caspase activation, ATP depletion, increase of ADP/ATP ratio, apoptotic nuclear morphology, progressive intracellular acidification, and egg swelling. Meiotic exit seems to be a prerequisite for execution of the apoptotic program, since (i) it precedes apoptosis, (ii) apoptotic events cannot be observed in the eggs maintaining high activity of MPF and CSF, and (iii) apoptosis in unfertilized frog eggs is accelerated upon early meiotic exit. The apoptotic features cannot be observed in the immature prophase-arrested oocytes, however, the maturation-inducing hormone progesterone renders oocytes susceptible to apoptosis.ConclusionsThe study reveals that naturally laid intact frog eggs die by apoptosis if they are not fertilized. A maternal apoptotic program is evoked in frog oocytes upon maturation and executed after meiotic exit in unfertilized eggs. The meiotic exit is required for execution of the apoptotic program in eggs. The emerging anti-apoptotic role of meiotic metaphase arrest needs further investigation.
| S-EPMC3268744 | biostudies-literature
Project description:Using a tiled whole-genome microarray, we found that 58.2% of Tribolium castaneum genes are maternally loaded into eggs. Comparison of known Drosophila melanogaster maternal genes to our results showed widespread conservation of maternal function with T. castaneum. We also found many T. castaneum genes with previously identified gender or tissue specific expression were also maternally loaded into eggs. The microarray design also allowed the detection of 2315 and 4060 novel transcriptionally active regions greater in length than 100 bp in unfertilized and fertilized T. castaneum eggs, respectively. The primary objective of this study was to identify expressed regions of the Tribolium castaneum genome in unfertilized and fertilized eggs using a whole-genome tiled microarray.
2013-05-06 | GSE38245 | GEO
Project description:Heterochromatin, representing the silenced state of transcription, largely consists of transposon-enriched and highly repetitive sequences. Implicated in heterochromatin formation and transcriptional silencing in Drosophila are PIWI and repeat-associated small interfering RNAs (rasiRNAs). Despite this, the role of PIWI in rasiRNA expression and heterochromatic silencing remains unknown. Here we report the identification and characterization of 12,903 PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) in Drosophila, demonstrating that rasiRNAs represent a subset of piRNAs. Keywords: PIWI, piRNA, epigenetic regulation, heterochromatin PIWI-associated small RNA cDNA library was sequenced for one time by high-throughput 454 pyrosequencing. Putative small RNA sequences were extracted and BLAST against the Drosophila melanogaster genome release 5. Presented here is a list of non-redundant PIWI-associated small RNAs, which have at least one genome match determined by BLASTn.
2007-10-24 | E-GEOD-9138 | biostudies-arrayexpress