Project description:Retinoid X receptor (RXR) plays an important role in the development of vertebrates, and the agonists of RXR are well-known to induce featured malformations in vertebrate embryos. However, there is no information about the teratogenicity of antagonists of RXR in vertebrate embryos. We exposed embryos of amphibian (Xenopus tropicalis) at stages 10/11 to a highly selective antagonist of RXR (UVI3003).
Project description:Retinoid X receptor (RXR) plays an important role in the development of vertebrates, and the agonists of RXR are well-known to induce featured malformations in vertebrate embryos. However, there is no information about the teratogenicity of antagonists of RXR in vertebrate embryos. We exposed embryos of amphibian (Xenopus tropicalis) at stages 10/11 to a highly selective antagonist of RXR (UVI3003). The experiments were initiated when embryos reached stage 10/11, the embryos were exposed to 250, 500, 750 M-BM-5g/L UVI3003 for 0-24 and 24-48 for microarray analysis (n=24).
Project description:Determine the adenylation state of maternal mRNAs during oocyte maturation and early cleavage stages of the xenopus tropicalis embryos
Project description:To correlate 5fC clusters with RNA polymerase III occupancy genome-wide, we carried out Pol III ChIP-seq profiling in Xenopus tropicalis blastula embryos.
Project description:Transposable elements comprise a large proportion of animal genomes. Transcripts of transposable elements are a source for the synthesis of endogenous siRNAs and piRNAs. In order to determine if small RNAs mapped to expressed Tc1-like elements are present during early Xenopus tropicalis development, we used Illumina (Solexa) to sequence small RNAs from gastrula-stage embryos. We obtained about 17 million reads that mapped perfectly to the genome. Small RNAs mapped to selected transposable elements were characterized and the expression of selected small RNAs was experimentally verified during development. This is the first deep sequencing experiment for small RNAs in the Xenopus tropicalis gastrula. Analysis of small RNAs expressed in the Xenopus tropicalis gastrula.