Project description:Asian salamander Hynobiidae is commonly observed in the Far East Asia regions, including Korea, Japan, China, and the eastern region of Russia. In Korea, there are four Hynobiidae species known to be lived: Hynobius leechii, Hynobius quelpaertensis, Hynobius yangi, and recently reported Hynobius unisacculus. However, even H. leechii which is broadly colonized in Korea peninsula seems to have a new species candidate, which has distinctive genetic and phenotypic characteristics. Genomic resources are essential to understand the current status of these species, but due to the large size of their genomes (about 16 to 20 Gb), it is not easy to analyze. To reveal the genomic characteristics of these species, we constructed more than ten thousands of protein-coding gene sequences from multiple samples of each species, using the de novo transcriptome assembly approach from RNA-Seq data, confirming their taxonomic relationship which was reported based on mitochondrial DNA and marker genes. Also, by comparing previously reported transcriptome of Hynobius chinensis and Hynobius retardatus, lived in China and Japan, respectively, we found that Korean species have unique genetic signatures. By comparing vertebrate model organism genes, we reported Hynobidaii specific proteins. These data would be a useful resource to study other Caudata species in the future. This research was supported by the National Institute of Biological Resources, Republic of Korea, under the project "Genetic diversity of animal resources” (NIBR201703203 and NIBR201803101).
2019-12-24 | GSE137677 | GEO
Project description:Complete chloroplast genome of Paraphlomis koreana (Lamiaceae), an endemic species from South Korea
Project description:The goal of this study was to produce a reference transcriptome for the nickel hyperaccumulator Leucocroton havanensis endemic from Cuba and use this transcriptome as a reference to identify genes responding to the presence or the absence of nickel in both roots and shoots of this species
Project description:Venom proteome investigation of Bungarus sindanus (Sind krait), an endemic krait species distributed mainly in the Sindh Province of Pakistan.
Project description:The purpose of this study is to elucidate the proteorhodopsin function based on the genome of strain IMCC1322 which was cultivated species of SAR116 from East Sea of Korea. Light-enhanced photoheterotrophy of strain IMCC1322 is interrogated by the transcriptomics of IMCC1322 once the appropriate phenotypic characteristics are revealed by cultivation and polyphasic studies. Transcriptome revealed that green light (max. wavelength =522nm) drives metabolism and cessation of bacterial aging of IMCC1322. Here we report the mRNA profiling of IMCC1322 which is the first effort to the biogeochemistry of light-utilizing SAR116 group in the ocean.
Project description:Research on the effects of contaminants on fishes is often conducted on well-studied model test species, whose responses may be different than those of species of conservation concern. We used an oligonucleotide microarray to examine the effects of permethrin, a widely used pyrethroid pesticide, on a critically endangered fish species endemic to Northern California, the delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus). These results demonstrate the effects of a widely used pesticide on a sensitive fish species at concentrations below those that affect model test species.
Project description:microRNA-150 (miR-150) is mainly expressed in the lymph nodes and spleen and is highly up-regulated during the development of mature T and B cells. To understand the signal-transduction network for 'effector or memory T cells' and 'mir-150' in naïve, effector, or memory CD8 T cells of mir-150 knockout and wild-type mice, we analyzed gene expression profiles by microarray. The genetic background of the cells used in this study is CD8 T cells from spleen of the 8 week-old male C57BL/6J mice (for female: WT-memory_2 & KO-memory_2). Corresponding authors: Inpyo Choi, PhD, Immunotherapy Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, 125 Gwahak-ro,Yuseong, Daejeon 305-806, Republic of Korea. E-mail: ipchoi@kribb.re.kr. Or: Tae-Don Kim, PhD, Immunotherapy Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, 125 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong, Daejeon 305-806, Republic of Korea. E-mail: tdkim@kribb.re.kr.
Project description:microRNA-150 (miR-150) is mainly expressed in the lymph nodes and spleen and is highly up-regulated during the development of mature T and B cells. To understand the signal-transduction network for 'effector or memory T cells' and 'mir-150' in naM-CM-/ve, effector, or memory CD8 T cells of mir-150 knockout and wild-type mice, we analyzed gene expression profiles by microarray. The genetic background of the cells used in this study is CD8 T cells from spleen of the 8 week-old male C57BL/6J mice (for female: WT-memory_2 & KO-memory_2). Corresponding authors: Inpyo Choi, PhD, Immunotherapy Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, 125 Gwahak-ro,Yuseong, Daejeon 305-806, Republic of Korea. E-mail: ipchoi@kribb.re.kr. Or: Tae-Don Kim, PhD, Immunotherapy Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, 125 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong, Daejeon 305-806, Republic of Korea. E-mail: tdkim@kribb.re.kr. wild-type[WT] vs. mir-150 knockout[KO]; naM-CM-/ve, effector, and memory CD8 T cells.