Project description:The publicly available genome sequence information of two rice strains, japonica cultivar Nipponbare and indica cultivar 93-11, opens a great opportunity for investigation of performances DNA genotyping by high-density oligonucleotide arrays. Here, we compare single feature polymorphism (SFP) detection performances between whole genome hybridization and transcript hybridization using Affymetrix Rice Expression Array and the two rice cultivars.
Project description:This experiment was designed to identify transcribed regions of indica rice genome. A series of high-density oligonucleotide tiling arrays that represent sense and antisense strands of the entire nonrepetitive sequence of the chromosome were used to measure transcriptional activities. A total of 838,816 36mer oligonucleotide probes, positioned every 46 nt on average, were designed to interrogate the indica genome, respectively. The probes were synthesized via maskless photolithography at a feature density of approximately 389,000 probes per slide. The arrays were hybridized with fluorescence-labeled cDNA reverse-transcribed from equal amounts of four selected poly(A)+ RNA populations, namely, seedling roots, seedling shoots, panicles, and suspension cultured cells of the respective rice subspecies. Keywords: genome tiling experiments
Project description:Rice has developed several morphological and physiological strategies to adapt to phosphate starvation stress. In order to elucidate the molecular bases of response due to phosphate stress particularly the transcriptional profile of genotypes with variation in tolerance to phosphate starvation, we analyzed the gene expression profiles of 3 japonica rice cultivars and an indica cultivar with different levels of tolerance to phosphate starvation using the RNA-Seq method. We constructed a total of 48 libraries corresponding to root and shoot of the 4 cultivars for control (0 d) and âP treatment (22 d) with three biological replicates for root and shoot samples in each cultivar. Approximately 254 million sequenced tags were mapped onto the reference rice genome sequence (IRGSP1.0) and an average of about 5,000 transcripts in each genotype were found to be responsive to Pi-starvation. Comparative analysis of the responsive transcripts revealed an overall similarity in the transcriptome signatures resulting from phosphate starvation as well as distinct differences that distinguish the degree of tolerance among the 4 cultivars. We elucidated a set of core responsive transcripts commonly expressed in both root and shoot with different levels of expression reflecting variation as well genotype specificity in tolerance to Pi-starvation. De novo assembly of unmapped reads generated a large set of sequence assemblies that represent potential new transcripts that may be involved in tolerance to phosphate deficiency. Characterization of 88 assemblies unaligned in the reference genome revealed several dozen transcripts which correspond to plant ESTs. This study provides an overview of the diversity in response to P-starvation stress that can be used to identify the major genes for improving Pi acquisition and utilization in rice and other cereal crops. Note: Samples in DRA were assigned the same sample accession. This is incorrect as there are different samples, hence âSource Nameâ was replaced with new values. Comment[ENA_SAMPLE] contains the original DRA sample accessions.
Project description:Copy number variations (CNVs) can create new genes, change gene dosage, reshape gene structures, and modify elements regulating gene expression. As with all types of genetic variation, CNVs may influence phenotypic variation and gene expression. CNVs are thus considered major sources of genetic variation. Little is known, however, about their contribution to genetic variation in rice. To detect CNVs, we used a set of NimbleGen whole-genome comparative genomic hybridization arrays containing 715,851 oligonucleotide probes with a median probe spacing of 500 bp. We compiled a high-resolution map of CNVs in the rice genome, showing 641 CNVs between the genomes of the rice cultivars ‘Nipponbare’ (from O. sativa ssp. japonica) and ‘Guang-lu-ai 4’ (from O. sativa ssp. indica). These CNVs contain some known genes. They are linked to variation among rice varieties, and are likely to contribute to subspecific characteristics.
Project description:Towards understanding gene expression variation among related rice lineages on a genome-wide scale, we sought to assess global gene expression in the heading-stage panicle using a whole genome oligonucleotide microarray designed to represent 36,926 annotated indica genes. Using a loop-design, we interrogated gene expression patterns in six related rice lineages, including O. sativa (two Asian cultivars indica and japonica), O. nivara (Asian annual wild rice), O. rufipogon (Asian perennial wild rice) and O. glaberrima (African cultivated rice). Series_sample_order: Sample 1-12 Slide A; Sample 13-24 Slide B
Project description:[Oryza sativa Genome Oligo Set Version 1.0 was designed by Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) and contain 60,727 70mer oligos representing both indica and japonica genomes. All oligos were designed from cDNAs, expreseed sequence tag (EST) sequences, predicted genes of BGI rice genome build and other public resources. Mapping to TIGR rice genome pseudommolecues release 2 is based on the BLAST results, if a oligo has greater than 97% identity to a gene sequence from TIGR pseudomolecules, the oligo represents that gene. Rice 30K Operon Version 1.0 -70 mer oligos. The array is in 48 pin conformation. It has 25 columns and 25 rows in each of 4 x 12 subarrays. This is the slideA of the two slide sets. Platform_catalog_number: XDEN-A Platform_coating: poly L lysine Platform_manufacture_protocol: Omnigrid 100 contact printer; TeleChem Stealth SMP3 split pins; See http://keck.med.yale.edu/dnaarrays/printing Platform_manufacturer: Keck Biotechnology Resource Lab at Yale Platform_support: glass slide Platform_technology: spotted oligonucleotide ] Series_sample_order: Sample 1-15 Slide A; Sample 16-30 Slide B Keywords: other