Project description:Experimentally mapped transcriptome structure of Methanococcus maripaludis S2 by hybridizing total RNA (including RNA species <200 nt) to genome-wide high-density tiling arrays (60 mer probes tiled every 14 nt). Methanococcus maripaludis MM901, a wild type Methanococcus maripaludis S2 with an in frame deletion of the uracil phosphoribosyltransferase gene (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A 107: 11050-11055) growth curve experiments were conducted in batch culture. Reference samples were cultured at mid-log phase (OD660 = 0.804). Eight samples were collected that spanned the key phases of the growth curve. Total RNA from samples of growth curve and reference were directly labeled with Cy3 or Cy5, and were hybridized to the tiling array. Dye-flip experiments were done for each sample. Log ratios were calculated for each probe (growth curve sample/reference). Transcriptome browser is available at http://baliga.systemsbiology.net/enigma/.
Project description:Experimentally mapped transcriptome structure of Methanococcus maripaludis S2 by hybridizing total RNA (including RNA species <200 nt) to genome-wide high-density tiling arrays (60 mer probes tiled every 14 nt).
Project description:Genome reorganization by large scale indels, gene displacements, and horizontal gene transfers allow an organism to re-organize genes into operons (“operonization”) and explore novel strategies for adapting to its changing environment. We have characterized the process of operonization by mapping and comparing transcriptome structures (TSs) of four phylogenetically diverse exptremophilic archaea: a hydrogenotrophic methanogen (Methanococcus maripaludis S2), an anaerobic thermophile (Pyrococcus furiosis DSM 3638), an acidophilic and aerobic thermophile (Sulfolobus solfataricus P2), and a photoheterotrophic halophile (Halobacterium salinarum NRC-1). We demonstrate how the evolution of new transcriptional elements (promoters and terminators) is utilized as a mechanism to incorporate translocated, inverted, and newly acquired genes into existing gene regulatory programs. This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE26777: Methanococcus maripaludis S2 growth curve, tiling arrays GSE26778: Pyrococcus furiosus DSM 3638 growth curve, tiling arrays GSE26779: Sulfolobus solfataricus P2 growth curve, tiling arrays Refer to individual Series
