Project description:RNA-seq of Mycobacteriophage Island3 infection of Mycolicibacterium smegmatis mc2155, Mycolicibacterium smegmatis mc2155(Butters), and Mycolicibacterium smegmatis mc2155(Buttersgp57r) to assess the impact of Butters lysogen and specifically Buttersgp57r on transcript levels of island3 during infection.
Project description:Comparing transciptional profile of a M. smegmatis mc2155 ΔsigF strain and wild type (control) in in vitro culture at two time points (exponential phase and stationary phase) for identification of SigF-dependent genes.
Project description:To identify the AmtR regulon of Mycobacterium smegmatis, we created a markerless deletion of the amtR gene in the background of strain M. smegmatis mc2155 (wild-type) and compared the transcription profile of both strains grown in batch culture under aerobic conditions on Hartmans de Bont medium supplemented with glycerol (carbon source) and lysine (sole nitrogen source) using microarray. Cells were harvested in early exponential growth stage.
Project description:Comparing transciptional profile of a M. smegmatis mc2155 ÎsigF strain and wild type (control) in in vitro culture at two time points (exponential phase and stationary phase) for identification of SigF-dependent genes. Analysis of 2 time points: exponential and stationary phase. 4 biological replicates comparing expression of wild type (control) and ÎsigF strain incl. dye swaps for each time point. 3 technical replicates per array
Project description:The non-pathogenic bacterium Mycobacterium smegmatis mc2155 has been widely used as a model organism in mycobacterial research, yet a detailed study about its transcription landscape remains to be established. Here we report the transcriptome, expression profiles and transcriptional structures through growth-phase-dependent RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) as well as other related experiments. We found: (1) 2,139 transcriptional start sites (TSSs) in the genome-wide scale, of which eight samples were randomly selected and further verified by 5'-RACE; (2) 2,233 independent monocistronic or polycistronic mRNAs in the transcriptome within the operon/sub-operon structures which are classified into five groups; (3) 47.50% (1016/2139) genes were transcribed into leaderless mRNAs, with the TSSs of 41.3% (883/2139) mRNAs overlapping with the first base of the annotated start codon. Initial amino acids of MSMEG_4921 and MSMEG_6422 proteins were identified by Edman degradation, indicating the presence of distinctive widespread leaderless features in M. smegmatis mc2155. (4) 150 genes with potentially wrong structural annotation, of which 124 proposed genes have been corrected; (5) eight highly active promoters, with their activities further determined by β-galactosidase assays. These data integrated the transcriptional landscape to genome information of model organism mc2155 and lay a solid foundation for further works in Mycobacterium.
