Project description:Coprinopsis cinerea vegetative dikaryotic mycelia compared to vegetative monokaryotic mycelia Vegetative dikaryon cDNA was comparitively hybridized with monokaryotic vegetative cDNA. Labelled cDNA was hybridized to arrays in a 2 channel reaction.
Project description:Sexual reproduction is an ancient trait that evolved shortly after the appearance of the first eukaryotic cell. In order to identify the set of genes differentially expressed in monokaryotic and dikaryotic mycelia, the poly(A)-positive transcriptomes of C. cinerea Okayama7 and C. cinerea A43mutB43mut were sequenced.
Project description:Sexual reproduction is an ancient trait that evolved shortly after the appearance of the first eukaryotic cell. In order to study the transcriptional circuitries driving sexual reproduction in basidiomycota, we sequenced the poly(A)-positive transcriptome of stage 1 primordia and vegetative mycelia from the self-compatible dikaryotic basidiomycete Coprinopsis cinerea A43mutB43mut. Please note Okayama7 samples not included in this submission.
Project description:Mating compatibility in C. cinerea is controlled by two loci, A and B. Following fusion of undifferentiated hyphal cells, a complex program is initiated which results in the maintenance of one nucleus from each parent in every cell (the dikaryon). We identified downstream targets of the A locus (A on), the B locus (B on), and both loci (Aon Bon) using strains in which the two pathways are activated separately, and a dikaryotic strain. keywords: Cell type comparison Four biological replicate samples of each experimental strain were taken. Labelled cDNA was hybridized to arrays in a 2 channel reaction. The reference sample was an unmated monokaryotic strain.
Project description:Mating compatibility in C. cinerea is controlled by two loci, A and B. Following fusion of undifferentiated hyphal cells, a complex program is initiated which results in the maintenance of one nucleus from each parent in every cell (the dikaryon). We identified downstream targets of the A locus (A on), the B locus (B on), and both loci (Aon Bon) using strains in which the two pathways are activated separately, and a dikaryotic strain. keywords: Cell type comparison
Project description:During growth in their ecological niche fungi encounter many (micro)organisms that compete for nutrients and /or have antagonistic activity. However, little is known about responses of fungi upon exposure to other microbes. In this project we want to gain insight in induced responses of C. cinerea towards bacteria through comparison of the transcriptome of vegetative C. cinerea mycelium either grown alone or exposed to the bacterial species Escherichia coli or Bacillus subtilis
Project description:We have recently shown that the coprophilous model mushroom Coprinopsis cinerea transcribes a broad array of genes encoding defense proteins in the vegetative mycelium and fruiting bodies that target bacterial competitors and animal predators challenging the respective tissues of this fungus. In addition, we have demonstrated in previous work that two nematotoxic defense proteins from Coprinopsis, CGL1 and CGL2, were induced in vegetative mycelium challenged with the predatory nematode Aphelenchus avenae; however, the specificity and broadness of this response remained unclear. In order to resolve these issues, we sequenced the poly(A)-positive transcriptome of vegetative mycelium of C. cinerea confronted with nematode predation, hyphal mechanical damage or bacterial co-culture.
Project description:Large scale assessment of the transcriptomes of the vegetative mycelium and primordium will facilitate the generation of a more comprehensive picture of the fruiting process in basidiomycetes. We coupled 5'-Serial Analysis of Gene Expression (5'-SAGE) to high-throughput pyrosequencing from 454 Life Sciences to analyze the transcriptomes and identify up-regulated genes (URGs) among vegetative mycelium (Myc) and stage 1 primordium (S1-Pri) of Coprinopsis cinerea during fruiting body development. We evaluated the expression of >3,000 genes in the two respective growth stages and demonstrated that almost one-third of these genes were preferentially expressed in either stage, which implicated a significant transcriptomic switch during fruiting body initiation. We annotated >34,000 and >45,000 transcription start sites (TSSs) in the transcriptomes of Myc and S1-Pri respectively. We identified a wealth of potential URGs related to early fruiting events, although their functions and roles are not exactly known. This study serves to advance our understanding of the molecular mechanisms of fruiting body development in the model mushroom C. cinerea. 5'-SAGE analysis of the transcriptomes of vegetative mycelium and primordium of C. cinerea by 454 GS20 high-throughput pyrosequencer
