Project description:Single-cell RNA sequencing analysis of RUNX1-RUNX1T1(9a) transformed c-kit positive cells with (Kat2a WT) and without Kat2a (Kat2a NULL). Lineage negative bone marrow cells were collected from Kat2a fl/fl Mx1-Cre-/- and Kat2a fl/fl Mx1-Cre +/- animals after pIpC treatment and transduced with RUNX1-RUNX1T1(9a) expressing retrovirus (reported by GFP expression). Cells were injected into irradiated C57BL6 mice and GFP positive c-Kit positive bone marrow cells collected 2 and 4 months after transplantation. Cells were processed for single-cell RNA sequencing library preparation (10X chromium single cell) and next gene sequencing following 10X genomics v2 protocol.
Project description:Whole-genome sequencing is an important way to understand the genetic information, gene function, biological characteristics, and living mechanisms of organisms. There is no difficulty to have mega-level genomes sequenced at present. However, we encountered a hard-to-sequence genome of Pseudomonas aeruginosa phage PaP1. The shotgun sequencing method failed to dissect this genome. After insisting for 10 years and going over 3 generations of sequencing techniques, we successfully dissected the PaP1 genome with 91,715 bp in length. Single-molecule sequencing revealed that this genome contains lots of modified bases, including 51 N6-methyladenines (m6A) and 152 N4-methylcytosines (m4C). At the same time, further investigations revealed a novel immune mechanism of bacteria, by which the host bacteria can recognize and repel the modified bases containing inserts in large scale, and this led to the failure of the shotgun method in PaP1 genome sequencing. Strategy of resolving this problem is use of non-library dependent sequencing techniques or use of the nfi- mutant of E. coli DH5M-NM-1 as the host bacteria to construct the shotgun library. In conclusion, we unlock the mystery of phage PaP1 genome hard to be sequenced, and discover a new mechanism of bacterial immunity in present study. Methylation profiling of Pseudomonas aeruginosa phage PaP1 using kinetic data generated by single-molecule, real-time (SMRT) sequencing on the PacBio RS.