Project description:A comparison of microarray and MPSS technologies can help to establish the metrics for data comparisons across these technology platforms and determine some of the factors affecting the measurement of mRNA abundances using different platforms. Here, different Treatments/Conditions based on different Arabidopsis tissues were used for three different platforms include MPSS, Affymetrix and Agilent. Keywords: MPSS, Affymetrix, Agilent
Project description:A comparison of microarray and MPSS technologies can help to establish the metrics for data comparisons across these technology platforms and determine some of the factors affecting the measurement of mRNA abundances using different platforms. Here, different Treatments/Conditions based on different Arabidopsis tissues were used for three different platforms include MPSS, Affymetrix and Agilent. Keywords: MPSS, Affymetrix, Agilent For the comparison, 11 different samples were used: Callus, Inforescence, Leaf, Root, Silique, Afamous Inflorescence, Ap1-10 Inflorescence, Ap3-6 Inflorescence, Sup/Ap1 Inflorescence, Leaves SA 4 hr and Leaves SA 52 hr. For details about samples, see Meyers Lab (http://mpss.udel.edu/at). All RNA samples were created in Meyers Lab. MPSS experiments were performed in Meyers Lab. Affymetrix experiments were performed in St. Clair Lab (http://stclairlab.ucdavis.edu/). Agilent experiments were performed by Sean J Coughlan from Agilent (http://www.agilent.com/). Two replicates for each samples were used in Affymetrix platform except Silique sample. Two replicates for each samples were used in Agilent platform.
Project description:To comprehensively investigate the effects of glutathione on the gene expression, the microarray analysis was performed in the glutathione-fed wild-type Arabidopsis thaliana. Wild-type Arabidopsis (ecotype Columbia-0) were fed with 1 mM oxidized glutathione (GSSG) and 2 mM reduced glutathione (GSH) for comparison at equal nitrogen equivalents. To examine the effects of glutathione other than nitrogen at equal nitrogen equivalents, plants were fed with 3 mM NH4NO3. Plants grown by water were used as a control.
