Project description:Bacteria isolated from potato scab lesions in Finland or northern Sweden were analyzed using microarrays, PCR, and sequencing. Data indicate wide genetic variability in pathogenicity islands among S.turgidiscabies and S.scabies strains.
Project description:Bacteria isolated from potato scab lesions in Finland or northern Sweden were analyzed using microarrays, PCR, and sequencing. Data indicate wide genetic variability in pathogenicity islands among S.turgidiscabies and S.scabies strains. Thirteen Streptomyces scabies and turgidiscabies strains from two different growings, Streptomyces reticulisabiei reference strain DSM41804 and Streptomyces scabies reference strain ATCC49173 were hybridized. Data were analyzed in single channel mode.
Project description:We mapped the genomic binding sites of the tumor suppressor protein p53 in the human colorectal cancer cell line HCT116 and report here that the binding patterns of endogenous wild type p53 differed significantly between the genomes of the cancer cell line HCT116 and the normal human IMR90 fibroblasts (GSE31558) under the same experimental conditions (6 hr treatment with 5-fluorouracil). p53 binding differences affect promoter regions, CpG islands and major families of human repeat elements such as LTR, LINE and SINE. While p53 genomic binding sites residing in repeats have been reported before, we show here that the fraction of the p53 genomic binding sites residing in different repeat families differs between the normal and cancer human cell lines. We confirm that the p53 genomic binding sites in HCT116 cells are excluded from CpG islands, an observation we made previously based on analysis of data reported by others. While the p53 ability to elicit stress-specific and cell-type-specific responses is well documented, how this specificity is established, at the level of binding to the genome and/or during post-binding events, represents an open question. Our data indicate that p53 binding to the human genome is cell line-specific and highly selective. The differences in the p53 genome-wide binding patterns between the cancer cell line HCT116 and the normal cell line IMR90, namely exclusion from CpG islands and enrichment at repeats in HCT116, likely reflect cancer-associated epigenetic changes in the chromatin. Identification of genomic p53 binding sites in HCT116 cells by ChIP-seq.
Project description:We mapped the genomic binding sites of the tumor suppressor protein p53 in the human colorectal cancer cell line HCT116 and report here that the binding patterns of endogenous wild type p53 differed significantly between the genomes of the cancer cell line HCT116 and the normal human IMR90 fibroblasts (GSE31558) under the same experimental conditions (6 hr treatment with 5-fluorouracil). p53 binding differences affect promoter regions, CpG islands and major families of human repeat elements such as LTR, LINE and SINE. While p53 genomic binding sites residing in repeats have been reported before, we show here that the fraction of the p53 genomic binding sites residing in different repeat families differs between the normal and cancer human cell lines. We confirm that the p53 genomic binding sites in HCT116 cells are excluded from CpG islands, an observation we made previously based on analysis of data reported by others. While the p53 ability to elicit stress-specific and cell-type-specific responses is well documented, how this specificity is established, at the level of binding to the genome and/or during post-binding events, represents an open question. Our data indicate that p53 binding to the human genome is cell line-specific and highly selective. The differences in the p53 genome-wide binding patterns between the cancer cell line HCT116 and the normal cell line IMR90, namely exclusion from CpG islands and enrichment at repeats in HCT116, likely reflect cancer-associated epigenetic changes in the chromatin.
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE38560: CpG islands and GC content dictate nucleosome depletion in a transcription independent manner at mammalian promoters (RNA-seq) GSE38561: CpG islands and GC content dictate nucleosome depletion in a transcription independent manner at mammalian promoters (ChIP-seq) GSE38562: CpG islands and GC content dictate nucleosome depletion in a transcription independent manner at mammalian promoters (genomic SEQ) GSE38563: CpG islands and GC content dictate nucleosome depletion in a transcription independent manner at mammalian promoters (MNase-seq) GSE38564: CpG islands and GC content dictate nucleosome depletion in a transcription independent manner at mammalian promoters (5) Refer to individual Series
Project description:RNA-interference (RNAi) refers to a growing class of gene silencing phenomena defined by a requirement for small RNAs of 20-32 nt and the action of the Argonaute (Ago) family of ribonucleases. We have previously identified developmentally regulated small RNAs, using Northern blot analysis, that are expressed during X-chromosome inactivation in differentiating female mouse ES cels. We sought to identify these small RNAs using deep sequencing. We identified small RNAs that align to retrotransposon sequences and are enriched on the X-chromosome. LINE elements have been proposed to act as way stations during X-inactivation for the spreading of silencing along the entire chromosome, and our findings suggest that LINE elements found on the X-chromosome may be enriched for small RNAs relative to the genome. These results suggest that RNAi pathways are involved in regulating LINE elements during X-inactivation and ES cell differentiation.
Project description:CpG island elements are associated with most mammalian gene promoters, yet how they contribute to gene regulation remains poorly understood. Recently it has become clear that a subset of CpG islands in embryonic stem cells can act as polycomb response elements and are recognized by the polycomb silencing systems to regulate the expression of genes involved in pluripotency and early developmental transcription programs. How CpG islands function mechanistically as nucleation sites for polycomb repressive complexes remains unknown. Here we discover that the KDM2B protein, by virtue of its ZF-CxxC DNA binding domain, specifically recognizes non-methylated DNA in CpG islands elements genome-wide. Through a physical interaction with the polycomb repressive complex 1 (PRC1), KDM2B targets PRC1 to CpG islands where it contributes to H2AK119ub1 and gene repression at a subset of polycomb targets. Unexpectedly, we also find that CpG islands are occupied by low levels of PRC1 throughout the genome, suggesting that the KDM2B-PRC1 complex may sample CpG island associated genes for susceptibility to polycomb mediated silencing. These observations demonstrate an unexpected and direct link between recognition of CpG islands by KDM2B and targeting of the polycomb repressive system. This provides the basis for a new model describing the functionality of CpG islands as mammalian PREs. ChIP-Seq to compare KDM2A vs. KDM2B genome-wide binding profiles and to understand the contribution of KDM2B to RING1B nucleation. Binding of Kdm2a and Kdm2b to the genome was examined in wildtype mESC, and Kdm2b and Ring1b in mESC where Kdm2b has been stably knocked down by shRNA.