Project description:The aim of this analysis was to analyze gene expression in young fruiting bodies of the filamentous ascomycete Pyronema confluens. Young fruiting bodies were isolated by laser microdissection, RNA was extracted, amplified and used for RNA-sequencing. The resulting data were compared to data from total vegetative and sexual mycelium from a previous analysis.
Project description:This transcriptome analysis accompanies the genome sequencing of Pyronema confluens for purposes of annotation and gene expression quantification. P. confluens is a basal filamentous ascomycete that forms primitive fruiting bodies (apothecia) to generate its sexual spores. We have performed RNA-seq for two growth conditions allowing only vegetative growth and one condition allowing sexual development to identify genes that are differentially regulated during fruiting body formation.
Project description:The aim of this analysis was the identification of candidate genes that might be regulated in a circadian manner in the filamentous ascomycete Pyronema confluens. The fungus was grown in submerged culture to promote vegetative growth, and after a period in constant light, the samples were shifted to darkness (DD). Cultures were sampled after 24 and 36 hours in DD. The samples were used for RNA-seq analysis, and candidate genes with significantly higher expression after 24 vs. 36 hours or the reverse were further analyzed with RT-qPCR.
Project description:This transcriptome analysis accompanies the genome sequencing of Pyronema confluens for purposes of annotation and gene expression quantification. P. confluens is a basal filamentous ascomycete that forms primitive fruiting bodies (apothecia) to generate its sexual spores. We have performed RNA-seq for two growth conditions allowing only vegetative growth and one condition allowing sexual development to identify genes that are differentially regulated during fruiting body formation. The samples sex (sexual development), DD (growth in darkness, no sexual development), and vegmix (pool of several conditions, no sexual development) were sequenced as paired-end reads on an Illumina HiSeq 2000, two independent biological replicates for each sample, two technical replicates for each biological replicate (each library was sequenced twice in two independent flow cells).