Project description:The C. elegans homolog of the Evi1 proto-oncogene, egl-43, coordinates G1 cell cycle arrest with pro-invasive gene expression during anchor cell invasion by regulating the expression of fos-1, and lin-12.
Project description:To identify genes whose expression in Caenorhabditis elegans is regulated by unc-43/CamKII or egl-8/PLCbeta during adulthood, we performed an exploratory whole transcriptome RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) study on unc-43(gf), unc-43(-), egl-8(-) and corresponding unc-43(+)/egl-8(+) control worms. To further account for potential influences of genetic background on unc-43/egl-8 function, these experiments were conducted in long-lived insulin-receptor defective [daf-2(-)], as well as in otherwise wildtype [i.e daf-2(+)] strains.
Project description:modENCODE_submission_3159 This submission comes from a modENCODE project of Michael Snyder. For full list of modENCODE projects, see http://www.genome.gov/26524648 Project Goal: We are identifying the DNA binding sites for 300 transcription factors in C. elegans. Each transcription factor gene is tagged with the same GFP fusion protein, permitting validation of the gene's correct spatio-temporal expression pattern in transgenic animals. Chromatin immunoprecipitation on each strain is peformed using an anti-GFP antibody, and any bound DNA is deep-sequenced using Solexa GA2 technology. For data usage terms and conditions, please refer to http://www.genome.gov/27528022 and http://www.genome.gov/Pages/Research/ENCODE/ENCODEDataReleasePolicyFinal2008.pdf EXPERIMENT TYPE: CHIP-seq. BIOLOGICAL SOURCE: Strain: OP54 (official name : OP54 genotype : unc-119(ed3) III; wgIs54 [unc-119(+) egl-5::TY1::EGFP::3xFLAG] outcross : 3 mutagen : Bombard tags : GFP::3xFlag description : This strain's transgene was constructed by Mihail Sarov at the Max Planck Institute for Cell Biology in Tubiginen using Tony Hyman's recombineering pipeline. The resulting plasmid was used for biolistic transformation of an unc-119(ed3) strain. The EGL-5::EGFP fusion protein is expressed in the correct egl-5 spatio-temporal expression pattern. This strain was used for ChIP-seq experiments to map the in vivo binding sites for the EGL-5 transcription factor. made_by : R. Waterston and S. Kim ); Developmental Stage: L3; Genotype: unc-119(ed3) III; wgIs54 [unc-119(+) egl-5::TY1::EGFP::3xFLAG]; Sex: Hermaphrodite; EXPERIMENTAL FACTORS: Developmental Stage L3; Target gene egl-5; Strain OP54 (official name : OP54 genotype : unc-119(ed3) III; wgIs54 [unc-119(+) egl-5::TY1::EGFP::3xFLAG] outcross : 3 mutagen : Bombard tags : GFP::3xFlag description : This strain's transgene was constructed by Mihail Sarov at the Max Planck Institute for Cell Biology in Tubiginen using Tony Hyman's recombineering pipeline. The resulting plasmid was used for biolistic transformation of an unc-119(ed3) strain. The EGL-5::EGFP fusion protein is expressed in the correct egl-5 spatio-temporal expression pattern. This strain was used for ChIP-seq experiments to map the in vivo binding sites for the EGL-5 transcription factor. made_by : R. Waterston and S. Kim ); temp (temperature) 20 degree celsius
Project description:Depending on the cellular context, TF expression can vary dramatically both spatially and temporally. These differences in expression patterns can result in tissue-specific differences in TF binding to downstream targets. To identify targets on a tissue-specific basis, Targeted DamID (TaDa) has been recently introduced to generate TF binding profiles in various models including C. elegans. However, TaDa suffers from portability such that a new promoter-TF fusion transgene must be constructed for every new experimental condition of interest. Here, we adapt NanoDam for usage in C. elegans, which relies on the use of endogenous TF-GFP knock-ins, a plethora of which have already been generated by the community. We report that NanoDam single copy transgenes consisting of lowly expressed, tissue-specific GFP nanobody-Dam fusions, when combined with endogenous GFP-tagged alleles of TFs, results in robust, tissue-specific profiling. Using an endogenous GFP-tagged allele of EGL-43/EVI1, we performed NanoDam profiling of two disparate tissue types, the anchor cell (AC) and dopaminergic neurons, and identify targets unique to each and shared by both cell types. We also identify two GATA TFs, ELT-6 and EGL-18, as novel regulators of AC invasion. Taken together, we demonstrate that NanoDam is capable of profiling endogenous GFP-tagged TFs to identify novel downstream targets in specific cell types of C. elegans.
Project description:Expression profiling of C. elegans mid-L3 larvae to identify high-expressed and low-expressed subsets of genes in C. elegans L3 larvae.
Project description:We performed RNA-seq analysis of WT and blmp-1(tm548) mutant L3 larvae to identify genes regulated by the zing-finger transcription factor BLMP-1.