C. elegans gene expression in response to Y. pestis KIM5 infection

The response of the nematode C. elegans to Y. pestis infection was evaluated by gene expression profiling. A synchronized population of nematodes were exposed to Y. pestis KIM5 for 24h. Transcript levels from Y. pestis-treated animals were compared with animals maintained on relatively nonpathogenic E. coli OP50 for 24h.

Expression analysis of C. elegans wild-type N2 and rsks-1, daf-2, daf-2 rsks-1 and daf-16; daf-2 rsks-1 mutants

Investigation of whole genome gene expression level changes in C. elegans rsks-1, daf-2, daf-2 rsks-1 and daf-16; daf-2 rsks-1 mutant compared to the wild-type N2 strain. The mutants have altered longevity phenotypes. The mutants analyzed in this study are further described in Di Chen, Patrick Wai-Lun Li, Benjamin A. Goldstein, Waijiao Cai, Emma Lynn Thomas, Fen Chen, Alan E. Hubbard, Simon Melov and Pankaj Kapahi, Germline Signaling Mediates the Synergistically Prolonged Longevity by Double Mutations in daf-2 and rsks-1 in C. elegans, Cell Reports (CELL-REPORTS-D-13-00388).

PHA-4 organogenesis

The pha-4 locus encodes a forkhead box A (FoxA/HNF3) transcription factor homolog that specifies organ identity for Caenorhabditis elegans pharyngeal cells. We used microarrays to identify pharyngeal genes and analyzed those genes to determine which were direct PHA-4 targets. Our data suggest that PHA-4 directly activates most or all pharyngeal genes. Furthermore, the relative affinity of PHA-4 for different TRTTKRY (R = A/G, K = T/G, Y = T/C) elements modulates the onset of gene expression, providing a mechanism to activate pharyngeal genes at different developmental stages. We suggest that direct transcriptional regulation of entire gene networks may be a common feature of organ identity genes. A genotyping experiment design type classifies an individual or group of individuals on the basis of alleles, haplotypes, SNP's. Keywords: genotyping_design