Project description:Tomato flowering and fruit set require an optimal temperature of 25/22 ± 2˚C (day/night). When the air temperature reaches to above the optimal range (higher than 30/26˚C; day/night), only a small number of flower buds would develop into mature flowers and produce a reduced number of pollen. This project used the iodoTMT proteomics analysis method to identify heat-induced proteomes in these tomato flower buds.
Project description:Our goal was to investigate the transcriptomes changes on rats liver, brain, thymus, and spleen after exposure to an indoor school air mixture (SAM+) of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Female Sprague-Dawley rats were exposed to SAM+ at a concentration of 45.5±5.9 µg/m^3 Σ209PCB or filtered air (sham group) 4 h/day, 6 days/week for 13 weeks using nose-only exposure systems. Twenty-four hours after the final exposure, rats were euthanized by carbon dioxide inhalation followed by cervical dislocation. Cardiac blood was collected and organs were excised and stored at -80 °C until analysis.
Project description:This a model from the article:
Data assimilation constrains new connections and components in a complex, eukaryotic circadian clock model.
Pokhilko A, Hodge SK, Stratford K, Knox K, Edwards KD, Thomson AW, Mizuno T, Millar AJ.
Mol Syst Biol.2010 Sep 21;6:416.
20865009,
Abstract:
Circadian clocks generate 24-h rhythms that are entrained by the day/night cycle. Clock circuits include several light inputs and interlocked feedback loops, with complex dynamics. Multiple biological components can contribute to each part of the circuit in higher organisms. Mechanistic models with morning, evening and central feedback loops have provided a heuristic framework for the clock in plants, but were based on transcriptional control. Here, we model observed, post-transcriptional and post-translational regulation and constrain many parameter values based on experimental data. The model's feedback circuit is revised and now includes PSEUDO-RESPONSE REGULATOR 7 (PRR7) and ZEITLUPE. The revised model matches data in varying environments and mutants, and gains robustness to parameter variation. Our results suggest that the activation of important morning-expressed genes follows their release from a night inhibitor (NI). Experiments inspired by the new model support the predicted NI function and show that the PRR5 gene contributes to the NI. The multiple PRR genes of Arabidopsis uncouple events in the late night from light-driven responses in the day, increasing the flexibility of rhythmic regulation.