Project description:We measured transcriptional profiles of individuals of Andropogon gerardii, a C4 grass native to North American grasslands, in a field experiment in which both temperature and precipitation have been manipulated to simulate key aspects of forecasted climate change. By using microarrays developed for a closely related model species, Zea mays, we were able to compare the relative influence of warming versus altered soil moisture availability on expression levels of over 7,000 genes. The plants were located in 12 experimental plots under rainout shelters on the Konza Prairie Biological Station in Manhattan, Kansas.
Project description:Nr5a2 (also known as liver receptor homolog-1, Lrh-1) has been shown to bind both the proximal enhancer and proximal promoter regions of Pou5f1 and regulate Pou5f1 in the epiblast stage of mouse embryonic development (Gu et al., 2005). Nr5a2-null embryos display a loss of Oct4 expression in the epiblasts (Gu et al., 2005) and die between E6.5 and E7.5 (Gu et al., 2005; Pare et al., 2004). To identify the targets of Nr5a2, we generated a stable ES cell-line that expresses HA-tagged Nr5a2. Anti-HA antibody was used to immunoprecipitate HA-Nr5a2 for ChIP-seq analysis. Keywords: Transcription factor binding sites
Project description:We measured transcriptional profiles of individuals of Andropogon gerardii and Sorghastrum nutans, two C4 grass species native to North American grasslands, in a field experiment in which both temperature and precipitation have been manipulated to simulate key aspects of forecasted climate change.
Project description:Study purpose: to explore the entire spectrum of proteomic and genomic changes (amongst others) involved in diseases and in healthy/control populations. The Study is designed to discover biomarkers, develop and validate diagnostic assays, instruments and therapeutics as well as other medical research. Specifically, researchers may analyze proteins, RNA, DNA copy number changes, including large and small (1,000-100,000 kb) scale rearrangements, transcription profiles, epigenetic modifications, sequence variation, and sequence in both diseased tissue and case-matched germline DNA from Subjects.