Project description:The Drosophila transcription factor Tinman (Tin) is involved in embryonic heart development. We have analyzed genomic binding sites for Tin using a ChIP-chip strategy, making use of our high-quality antibody and Affymetrix Drosophila Tiling Arrays. We sampled to time points (early: 3-5.5h AEL and late: 5-8h AEL) that see distinct Tin expression in the embryo. Our data analysis yielded 2548 binding events in early and 988 binding events in late embryos. Our results are described in Jin et al. "Genome-wide screens for in vivo Tinman binding sites identify cardiac enhancers with diverse functional architectures"; submitted to PLoS Genetics
Project description:The Drosophila transcription factor Tinman (Tin) is involved in embryonic heart development. We have analyzed genomic binding sites for Tin using a ChIP-chip strategy, making use of our high-quality antibody and Affymetrix Drosophila Tiling Arrays. We sampled to time points (early: 3-5.5h AEL and late: 5-8h AEL) that see distinct Tin expression in the embryo. Our data analysis yielded 2548 binding events in early and 988 binding events in late embryos. Our results are described in Jin et al. "Genome-wide screens for in vivo Tinman binding sites identify cardiac enhancers with diverse functional architectures"; submitted to PLoS Genetics Drosophila whole embryos, ChIPed with anti-Tin antibody or IgG control, hybridised to Affymetrix Drosophila tiling arrays, data analysed using MAT
Project description:The maternal-to-zygotic transition (MZT) is a process that occurs in animal embryos at the earliest developmental stages, during which maternally deposited mRNAs and other molecules are degraded and replaced by products of the zygotic genome. The zygotic genome is not activated immediately upon fertilization, therefore post-transcriptional mechanisms control the first steps of development in the early, pre-MZT embryo. To perform unbiased organism-wide identification of Drosophila RNA binding proteins (RPBs), crucial players of post-transcriptional control, we applied the recently developed RNA interactome capture method, which involves cross-linking of RNAs and their direct protein partners by UV light, purification of RNA under stringent conditions and identification of proteins by mass spectrometry. Our analysis yielded 523 high confidence RBP hits, half of which were not previously reported to bind RNA. Our comparison of the RNA interactomes of pre- and post-MZT embryos reveals a highly dynamic behavior of the RNA-bound proteome during early development, and suggests active regulation of RNA binding of some RBPs. This resource provides the first evidence of RNA binding for hundreds of Drosophila proteins, and opens new avenues for study of molecular mechanisms of early development.