Project description:Endozoicomonas are prevalent, abundant bacterial associates of marine animal hosts, including corals. Their role in holobiont health and functioning, however, remains poorly understood. To identify putative interactions within the coral holobiont, we characterized a novel Endozoicomonas isolate and assessed its transcriptomic and proteomic responses to tissue extracts of its native host, the Red Sea coral Acropora humilis, at control and elevated temperatures. We show that host cues stimulated differential expression of genes assumed to be involved in the modulation of the host immune response by Endozoicomonas, such as flagellar assembly genes, ankyrins, ephrins, and serpins. Proteome analysis revealed the upregulation of vitamin B1 and B6 biosynthetic as well as glycolytic processes by Endozoicomonas in response to host cues. We further demonstrate that the inoculation of A. humilis with its native Endozoicomonas strain resulted in enhanced holobiont health metrics, such as host tissue protein content and algal symbiont photosynthetic efficiency. Behavioral, physiological, and metabolic changes in Endozoicomonas may be key to the onset and function of mutualistic interactions within the coral holobiont, and our results suggest that the priming of Endozoicomonas to a symbiotic lifestyle may involve modulation of host immunity and the exchange of essential metabolites with other holobiont members. Consequently, Endozoicomonas presumably plays an important role in holobiont nutrient cycling and may therefore be implicated in its health, acclimatization, and ecological adaptation.
Project description:We have completed the high quality reference genome for domestic sheep (Oar v3.1). Early-stage Illumina GA sequence platform sequenced less reads in high GC content regions than in other regions. To read through higher GC content regions, we generated 2 Gb MeDIP-seq data for filling gaps in sheep reference genome assembly.
Project description:High-throughput sequencing of Drosophila melanogaster small RNAs. total RNA, ~18-26nt RNAs isolated using PAGE, ligation to adapters requires 5' monophosphate and 3' OH Keywords: High-throughput solexa sequencing Small RNAs were sequenced from D. melanogaster female head. Raw sequences were clipped by 3' linker sequences recognition, and select clipped sequences longer than 18 nt Quality scores in the supplementary file for GSM240749 are undefined. Quality of the bases assessed by (1) identifying for the sequenced linker, which is a known sequence, and (2) mapping the clipped sequence to the genome and taking only perfect hits.
Project description:Purpose: The goals of this study are to obtain the lncRNA landscape in 6 distinct germ cell types during mouse spermatogenesis. Methods: RNA-seq data of lncRNAs from 6 distinct cell types were generated by deep sequencing using Illumina HiSeq 2500. The sequence reads that passed quality filters were analyzed at the transcript isoform level with TopHat followed by Cufflinks. qRT-PCR validation was performed using SYBR Green assays. Results: Using the rRNA minus strategy, we generated a total of 1100.65 Gb paired and sequence reads with a length of 150 bp. Next, we trimmed the adaptor sequence and filtered the sequence data for low-quality reads at a high stringency with an average Phred quality score less than 20, which resulted in a total of 745.67 Gb high-quality sequence reads. After filtering the reads, almost all sequence reads had a Phred quality score higher than 20, and the percentage of Ns in the reads was nearly zero. By using unique whole-genome alignment (mouse genome (mm10)), a total of 14587 mRNA genes and 6921 lncRNA genes were expressed as fragments per kilobase of exon per million reads mapped (FPKM)>0.1 in at least one sample. In addition, to obtain fingerprint lncRNAs during spermatogenesis, we first identified 2327 differentially expressed lncRNAs between every two adjacent stages. Furthermore, we identified 437 fingerprint lncRNAs that were expressed at a FPKM > 10 of its highly expressed stage. Conclusions: Our RNA-seq dataset comprehensively dissects the dynamic expression mode of lncRNAs during mouse spermatogenesis and generated 28 relatively robust potential lncRNA candidates in spermatogenesis.
Project description:Hong2004 - Genome-scale metabolic network of
Mannheimia succiniciproducens (iSH335)
This model is described in the article:
The genome sequence of the
capnophilic rumen bacterium Mannheimia succiniciproducens.
Hong SH, Kim JS, Lee SY, In YH, Choi
SS, Rih JK, Kim CH, Jeong H, Hur CG, Kim JJ.
Nat. Biotechnol. 2004 Oct; 22(10):
1275-1281
Abstract:
The rumen represents the first section of a ruminant
animal's stomach, where feed is collected and mixed with
microorganisms for initial digestion. The major gas produced in
the rumen is CO(2) (65.5 mol%), yet the metabolic
characteristics of capnophilic (CO(2)-loving) microorganisms
are not well understood. Here we report the 2,314,078 base pair
genome sequence of Mannheimia succiniciproducens MBEL55E, a
recently isolated capnophilic Gram-negative bacterium from
bovine rumen, and analyze its genome contents and metabolic
characteristics. The metabolism of M. succiniciproducens was
found to be well adapted to the oxygen-free rumen by using
fumarate as a major electron acceptor. Genome-scale metabolic
flux analysis indicated that CO(2) is important for the
carboxylation of phosphoenolpyruvate to oxaloacetate, which is
converted to succinic acid by the reductive tricarboxylic acid
cycle and menaquinone systems. This characteristic metabolism
allows highly efficient production of succinic acid, an
important four-carbon industrial chemical.
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Project description:We obtained the high-quality genome sequence of S. clavuligerus ATCC 27064, and determined genome-wide TSSs. Then, RNA-Seq and ribosome profiling were additionally exploited to reveal fundamental regulatory elements for transcription and translation.
Project description:Two fiber tissues harvested 10 days post anthesis from upland cotton trees grown under the same green house conditions except for different seasons of the year were used for RNA extraction. Small RNA molecules under 30 bases were amplified and isolated from an agarose gel. The purified DNA was used directly for cluster generation and sequencing analysis using the Illumina Genome Analyzer according to the manufacturer's instructions. The 35nt sequence tags from sequencing went through data cleaning first, which included getting rid of the low-quality tags and several kinds of contaminants from the 35nt tags. All clean tag sequences with copy numbers were then summarized into a fasta format file.