Project description:The aim of this study was to identify candidate genes responsible for grain number per panicle between a pair of rice varieties (Pusa 1266 and Pusa Basmati 1) by combining QTL analysis with expression analysis. Microarray analysis of RNA extracted from the panicle primordia showed 2741 differentially expressed genes. The differentially expressed genes were shortened to 18 on the basis of their occurance in the QTL region (responsible for grain number regulation) detected in RIL population derived from Pusa 1266 and Pusa Basmati 1. RNA from the stage '0' panicle primordia of Pusa 1266 and Pusa Basmati 1 were analysed in two different biological replications (A and B) making total four samples
Project description:The aim of this study was to identify candidate genes responsible for grain number per panicle between a pair of rice varieties (Pusa 1266 and Pusa Basmati 1) by combining QTL analysis with expression analysis. Microarray analysis of RNA extracted from the panicle primordia showed 2741 differentially expressed genes. The differentially expressed genes were shortened to 18 on the basis of their occurance in the QTL region (responsible for grain number regulation) detected in RIL population derived from Pusa 1266 and Pusa Basmati 1.
Project description:The human MHC is a paradigm for genomics, showing striking association with disease but functional variants remain largely unresolved. Using an original hybrid microarray (containing tiling and junction probes) for the MHC and accounting for known sequence diversity, we have drawn the first high-resolution, strand-specific transcriptional map of the MHC, defining differences in gene expression for three common haplotypes associated with autoimmune disease. In total, 6% of the MHC is transcribed with one transcript per 1.4kb, including previously unrecognized intergenic transcription. The distributions of differentially expressed probes and polymorphisms between haplotypes are significantly correlated, arguing for cis effects. Haplotype-specific transcription involved 96 differentially expressed genes, including ZFP57, which was validated in a cohort of healthy volunteers, while 526 exons show haplotypic differences. We also find splicing events are significantly more extensive in the MHC than in the rest of the genome. This study marks a new step in immunogenetics. The results files (.wig and .gff) contain tiling data for both the shared-path and the alternate paths (shared and haplotype-specific) , defining transcriptional activity across the entire MHC region in each sample. Lymphoblastoid cell lines carrying three common autoimmunity haplotypes (COX, PGF, QBL) were analysed in triplicate using the custom MHC array, under both unstimulated and stimulated (200nM PMA and 125nM ionomycin for 6 hours) conditions.
Project description:Whole genome transcriptome profiling of bulked RILs with high and low grain number per panicle derived from 2 cultivars at panicle primordia stage The aim of this study was to identify candidate genes responsible for grain number per panicle by combining QTLs analysis with expression analysis. Microarray analysis of RNA extracted from the panicle primordia showed 20 differentially expressed genes, respectively. The differentially expressed genes were shorted to 4 on the basis of their occurance in the QTL region (responcible for grain number regulation) detected in RIL population derived from Pusa 1266 and Pusa Basmati 1. RNA from the stage '0' panicle primordia of 10 RILs with high grain number and 10 with low grain number were bulked and analysed in two different biological replications (A and B) making total four samples
Project description:A great diversity of small, non-coding RNA (ncRNA) molecules with roles in gene regulation and RNA processing have been intensely studied in eukaryotic and bacterial model organisms, yet our knowledge of possible parallel roles for small RNAs (sRNA) in archaea is limited. We employed RNA-seq to identify novel sRNA across multiple species of the hyperthermophilic genus Pyrobaculum, known for unusual RNA gene characteristics. By comparing transcriptional data collected in parallel among five species, we were able to identify conserved RNA genes fitting into known and novel families and found a large increase in the number of conserved C/D box sRNA genes over what had been previously recognized; many of these genes are encoded antisense to protein coding genes. We also used the genome of Pyrobaculum neutrophilum for comparative genomics. The conserved opposition to orthologous genes across the Pyrobaculum genus suggests similarities to other cis-antisense regulatory systems. We used the improved C/D box sRNA annotations to conduct a deep study of the evolution of archaeal C/D box sRNAs by organizing them into 110 families within the Pyrobaculum based on synteny and conservation of guide sequences. We examined gene duplications and rearrangements, including one family that has expanded in a pattern similar to retrotransposed repetitive elements in eukaryotes. New training data provided by this set of C/D box sRNAs enabled creation of an improved search model. Our analyses provide the most comprehensive, dynamic view of C/D box sRNA evolutionary history within a genus, in terms of modification function, feature plasticity, and gene mobility.
Project description:Whole genome transcriptome profiling of bulked RILs with high and low grain number per panicle derived from 2 cultivars at panicle primordia stage The aim of this study was to identify candidate genes responsible for grain number per panicle by combining QTLs analysis with expression analysis. Microarray analysis of RNA extracted from the panicle primordia showed 20 differentially expressed genes, respectively. The differentially expressed genes were shorted to 4 on the basis of their occurance in the QTL region (responcible for grain number regulation) detected in RIL population derived from Pusa 1266 and Pusa Basmati 1.