Project description:Mononucleosomal DNA analysis of atf1D and pcr1D mutants of Schizosaccharomyces pombe and transcription analysis of exponential wild type 972 h-, atf1D, pcr1D and mitotic diploid pat1.114, and synchronous diploid pat1.114 at 0h, 3h and 5h into meiosis
Project description:To identify differently expressed proteins in tuber tissue of potato cultivars and diploid interspecific hybrids of Solanum, differing in resistance to Dickeya solani, comparative analysis was performed. Two highly resistant (Bea and Humalda) and three susceptible (Irys, Katahdin, Ulster Supreme) potato cultivars, as well as the highly resistant (DG 00-270) and the susceptible (DG 08-305) diploid clones, were studied. DG 00-270 exhibited higher resistance to D. solani than the cultivars Bea and Humalda. Proteins were extracted from wounded potato tubers inoculated with bacteria at an early symptomatic phase and from controls, i.e., intact tubers and wounded mock-inoculated tubers. Protein profiles were analyzed using nano-liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS-MS/MS).
Project description:Reciprocal crosses of a diploid Arabidopsis with different ploidies results in different endosperm development patterns and phenotype. Typically if the ploidy is higher on the maternal side, there are fewer endosperm cells which cellularize early, and conversely, if the paternal ploidy is higher, there is more number of endosperm cells which cellularize late. Crosses involving diploid and tetraploid Arabidopsis (C24) are viable, whereas crosses involving the diploid and hexaploid, even though exhibit the above mentioned directional trend in endosperm development, abort (Scott et al 1998). The 'maternalised' and 'paternalised' development of endosperm is also observed in crosses involving some Arabidopsis mutants. Mutants in the fis class of genes, e.g. fis1-medea, when crossed with a diploid Arabidopsis (pollen parent) show endosperm development-seed development similar to a diploid (seed parent) crossed with hexaploid pollen parent. Reciprocal crosses of homozygous met1 and diploid Arabidopsis also exhibit reciprocal trends in endosperm development, where a homozygous met1 mutant (seed parent) crossed with diploid is similar in phenotype to a diploid (seed parent) - tetraploid cross. Endosperm development in the reciprocal cross has phenotypic similarity to the tetraploid (seed parent)-diploid cross (Adams et al 2000). We are interested in understanding gene profiles and trends in expression underlying the endosperm development in the interploidy crosses as well as the fis and met1 mutant.
Project description:Comparative genomic hybridization was performed to compare levels of gDNA in third instar salivary glands of Drosophila mutants/nulls in the SuUR and orc proteins, compared with 0-2hr diploid embryo gDNA. This illustrates regions of differential replication in the genome.
Project description:The goal of this study was to identify yeast mutants with arsenite hypersensitivity. Keywords: dose response Matched pools of yeast knockout (YKO) mutants were grown in paired growth media lacking or containing arsenite at various concentrations. The relative abundances of the YKO mutants were profiled using microarrays. Three types of pools were used in this study: (1) heterozygous diploid mutants; (2) haploid mutants obtained as progeny from the heterozygous diploid pool; and (3) haploid mutants also containing a null mutation of the prefoldin gene PFD1.
Project description:Mononucleosomal DNA analysis of atf1D and pcr1D mutants of Schizosaccharomyces pombe and transcription analysis of exponential wild type 972 h-, atf1D, pcr1D and mitotic diploid pat1.114, and synchronous diploid pat1.114 at 0h, 3h and 5h into meiosis Mononucleosomal DNA vs. genomic input DNA in wildtype 972 h-, atf1D and pcr1D mutants of S. pombe was hybridized to Affymetrix GeneChip 1.0FR tiling microarrays (GPL7715). Total RNA for genome-wide transcription analysis from exponential wild type 972 h-, atf1D, pcr1D and mitotic diploid pat1.114 cells, and from synchronous diploid pat1.114 at 0h, 3h and 5h into meiosis was hybridized to the same microarrays.
Project description:Tetraploid cells are more resistant against genotoxic stress (irradiation, platinum compounds, topoisomerase inhibitors) than their diploid precursors. Here, we studied the effect of cisplatin and/or Chk1 inhibition on the transcriptome of diploid and tetraploid HCT116 cells
