In plants, many gene transcripts are very unstable, which is important for the tight control of their temporal and spatial expression patterns. To identify cellular factors controlling the stability of unstable mRNAs in plants, we used luciferase imaging in Arabidopsis to isolate a recessive mutant, stabilized 1 (sta1), with enhanced stability of the normally unstable luciferase transcript. The sta1 mutation also causes the stabilization of some endogenous gene transcripts and has a range of developmental and stress response phenotypes. STA1 encodes a nuclear protein similar to the human U5 snRNP-associated 102-kDa protein and to the yeast pre-mRNA splicing factor Prp1p and Prp6p. STA1 expression is up-regulated by cold stress, and the sta1 mutant is defective in the splicing of the cold-induced COR15A gene. Our results show that STA1 is a pre-mRNA splicing factor required for not only splicing but also the turnover of unstable transcripts and that it has an important role in plant responses to abiotic stresses.
STABILIZED1, a stress-upregulated nuclear protein, is required for pre-mRNA splicing, mRNA turnover, and stress tolerance in Arabidopsis.
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View SamplesRNAi mediated suppression of MADS29 severely affects seed set; the surviving seeds are smaller in size with reduced grain filling, abnormal starch grains and aberrant embryo development. To identify the affected pathways due to suppression of this transcription factor in the transgenic seeds, transcriptome analysis using microarray was carried out.
Functional delineation of rice MADS29 reveals its role in embryo and endosperm development by affecting hormone homeostasis.
Specimen part
View SamplesOverexpression of MADS29 results in severely dwarfed phenotype, resulting from a shift in auxin-cytokinin ratio in favor of cytokinins. To see the extent of change in gene expression in the leaves of the transgenic plants, whole genome transcript analysis was carried out using microarray.
Functional delineation of rice MADS29 reveals its role in embryo and endosperm development by affecting hormone homeostasis.
Specimen part
View SamplesFor most multigenic disorders, clinical manifestation (penetrance) and presentation (expressivity) are likely to be an outcome of genetic interaction between multiple susceptibility genes. Here, using gene knockouts in mice we evaluated genetic interaction between loss of Ret and loss of Sema3d, two Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) susceptibility genes. We intercrossed Ret and Sema3d double null heterozygotes to generate mice with the nine possible genotypes and assessed survival by counting various genotypes, myenteric plexus development by acetylcholinesterase (AchE) staining and embryonic day 12.5 (E12.5) gut transcriptome by RNA-sequencing. Survival rates of Ret wildtype, null heterozygote and null homozygote mice at E12.5, birth and weaning were not influenced by the genotypes at Sema3d locus and vice-versa. Loss of myenteric plexus was observed only in all Ret null homozygotes, irrespective of the genotypes at Sema3d locus, and Sema3d null heterozygote and homozygote mice had normal gut innervation. As compared to wildtype mice gut gene expression, loss of Ret in null homozygotes led to differential expression of ~300 genes, whereas loss of Sema3d in null homozygotes had no major consequence and there was no evidence supporting major interaction between the two genes influencing gut transcriptome. Overall, given the null alleles and phenotypic assays used, we did not find evidence for genetic interaction between Ret and Sema3d affecting survival, myenteric plexus formation or gut transcriptome. Overall design: poly-A RNA-seq in embryonic day 12.5 mouse gut from 3 wildtype males, 3 wildtype females, 3 Ret null homozyogote males, 3 Ret null homozyogote females, 3 Sema3d null homozyogote males, 3 Sema3d null homozyogote females, 3 Ret-Sema3d double null homozyogote males, 3 Ret-Sema3d double null homozyogote females
Testing the Ret and Sema3d genetic interaction in mouse enteric nervous system development.
Sex, Specimen part, Cell line, Subject
View SamplesBackground In flowering plants, the anther is the site of male gametophyte development. Two major events in the development of the male germline are meiosis and the asymmetric division in the male gametophyte that gives rise to the vegetative and generative cells, and the following mitotic division in the generative cell that produces two sperm cells. Anther transcriptomes have been analyzed at progressive stages of development by using microarray and sequence by synthesis technologies to identify genes that regulate anther development. Here we have carried out a comprehensive analysis of rice anther transcriptomes at four distinct stages of development with a focus to identify regulatory components contributing to male meiosis and germline development. Further, these transcriptomes have been compared with transcriptomes of 10 stages of rice vegetative and seed development to identify genes that express specifically during anther development. Results - To understand the molecular processes that lead to male gametophyte development, transcriptome profiling of four stages of anther development in rice [pre-meiotic (PMA), meiotic (MA), anthers at single-celled (SCP) and tri-nucleate pollen (TPA)] was conducted. Around 22,000 genes were found to be expressed in at least one of the anther developmental stages, with the highest number in MA (18,090) and lowest (15,465) in TPA. Comparison of these transcriptome profiles to an in-house generated microarray-based transcriptomics database comprising of 10 stages/tissues of vegetative as well as reproductive development in rice resulted in the identification of1,000 genes that are specifically expressed in anther stages. Of them the expression of 453 genes was found to be specific to TPA, whereas 78 and 184 genes were expressed specifically in MA and SCP. Gene ontology and pathway analysis of specifically expressed genes revealed that transcription factors and protein folding, sorting and degradation pathway genes dominated in MA, whereas in TPA, those coding for cell structure and signal transduction components were in abundance. Interestingly, about 50% of the genes with anther-specific expression have not been annotated so far. Conclusions - These data not only provide the transcriptome constituents of four landmark stages of anther development but also identify genes that express exclusively in these stages and therefore may contribute to specific aspects of anther and/or male gametophyte development in rice. Moreover, these gene sets assist in building a deeper understanding of underlying regulatory networks and in selecting candidates for gene function validation.
Analysis of anther transcriptomes to identify genes contributing to meiosis and male gametophyte development in rice.
Specimen part
View SamplesWe carried out a microarray experiment by using Affymetrix Arabidopsis ATH1 Genechips in order to identify genes that show reduced expression in ros1-1 plants.
The DNA glycosylase/lyase ROS1 functions in pruning DNA methylation patterns in Arabidopsis.
Specimen part
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Differential gene expression and clonal selection during cellular transformation induced by adhesion deprivation.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesCell substrate adhesion plays an important role in cellular transformation of rat fibroblast cell lines, however a few viable non-adherent fibroblast cells when placed in suspension for a time period of 16 h (NA16) showed varied phenotypic characteristics like colony and tumor formation
Differential gene expression and clonal selection during cellular transformation induced by adhesion deprivation.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesCell substrate adhesion plays an important role in cellular transformation of rat fibroblast cell lines, however a few viable non-adherent fibroblast cells when placed in suspension for a time period of 16 h (NA16) showed varied phenotypic characteristics like colony and tumor formation
Differential gene expression and clonal selection during cellular transformation induced by adhesion deprivation.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesCell substrate adhesion plays an important role in cellular transformation of rat fibroblast cell lines, however a few viable non-adherent fibroblast cells when placed in suspension for a time period of 16 h (NA16) showed varied phenotypic characteristics like colony and tumor formation
Differential gene expression and clonal selection during cellular transformation induced by adhesion deprivation.
Specimen part, Cell line
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