Project description:The purpose of this study is to determine whether the presence of pathogenic Escherichia coli in colon is associated with psychiatric disorders.
Project description:Despite the characterization of many aetiologic genetic changes. The specific causative factors in the development of sporadic colorectal cancer remain unclear. This study was performed to detect the possible role of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) in developing colorectal carcinoma.
Project description:Transcriptome profiles were analyzed using the samples taken at the exponential and stationary phases during the cultivation of REL606 and MG1655 in LB medium. At the exponential growth phase, most highly expressed genes of B were those for replication, translation, or nucleotide transport and metabolism, while many of the K-12 genes were involved in cell motility, transcription, carbohydrate transport, or energy production. At the stationary phase, many of the genes highly expressed in B were for transport and metabolism of various amino acids and carbohydrates, whereas those in K-12 had functions related to cell motility, ribosomal subunit protein production, or energy generation. Many genes in REL606 and MG1655 showed highly distinct expression levels irrespective of growth conditions. Highly expressed genes in REL606 included those encoding enzymes for biosynthesis of L-arginine (argAGDECBHI) and branched-chain amino acid (ilvGMEDA), and those encoding a subunit of the L-arginine transporter (artJ), cytochrome b562 (cybC), subunits of the histidine ABC transporter (hisPJ), cytotoxins (hokED), outer membrane porin (ompF), L-arginine decarboxylase (speA), and cell division inhibitor (sulA). Highly expressed genes in MG1655 included those for chemotaxis (cheZYRWA, tap, trg, tsr), Lon protease (lon), C4-dicarboxylate-sensing histidine kinase (dcuS), chaperones (clpB, dnaK, groES, htpG, ibpA), the major subunit of type 1 fimbriae (fimA), a regulator of flagellar biosynthesis (flhC), glycerol-3-phosphate-dehydrogenase (glpABCD), glycerophosphoryl diester phosphodiesterase (glpQ), glycerol-3-phosphate transporter (glpT), hydrogenase 2 (hybCBO), outer membrane porins (nmpC, ompA, ompC), and galactitol transport and metabolism (gatYZC).
Project description:we designed a CRISPR-based chromosome-doubling technique to construct an artificial diploid Escherichia coli cell. The stable diploid E. coli was confirmed by quantitative PCR and third-generation genome sequencing.
Project description:Counting DNA reads using whole genome sequencing is providing new insight into DNA double-strand break repair (DSBR) in the model organism Escherichia coli. We describe the application of RecA chromatin immunoprecipitation coupled to genomic DNA sequencing (RecA-ChIP-seq) and marker frequency analysis (MFA) to analyse the genomic consequences of DSBR.
