Coordinated regulation of gene expression by E ... - Jacobs University
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RESULTS<br />
Set A<br />
Set B<br />
CSH50 CSH50mut Exp.1 Exp.2<br />
ME ME ME ME ME ME<br />
TS TS LZ41 LZ54<br />
LZ41 LZ41mut<br />
LS LS LZ41mut LZ54mut<br />
LZ54<br />
LZ54mut<br />
(compared to mutant LZ54) are those that are associated with DNA relaxation.<br />
Similarly <strong>gene</strong>s upregulated in LZ54 and mutant LZ54 background are those that are<br />
associated with hypernegatively supercoiled DNA. In the experiment 2 <strong>of</strong> set B, the<br />
wild-type transcript pr<strong>of</strong>ile <strong>of</strong> LZ41 and LZ54 was compared to their respective mutant<br />
(either fis or hns). In this comparison the upregulated <strong>gene</strong>s in wild-type LZ41<br />
background are those that are activated <strong>by</strong> DNA relaxation in the presence <strong>of</strong> FIS/H-<br />
NS. And the upregulated <strong>gene</strong>s in LZ41 mutant are those that are otherwise repressed<br />
<strong>by</strong> FIS/H-NS under relaxed DNA conditions. Similarly, comparisons <strong>of</strong> LZ54 with<br />
mutants identified <strong>gene</strong>s that are activated and repressed under hypernegative DNA<br />
supercoiling conditions. The differentially expressed <strong>gene</strong>s derived from the microarray<br />
experiments are those that appear consistently in at least two biological replicates and<br />
three technical replicates <strong>of</strong> the microarray experiment (see section 2.2.12 for details <strong>of</strong><br />
biological & technical replicates).<br />
Growth<br />
phaseregulated<br />
<strong>gene</strong>s<br />
Rel<br />
Hyp<br />
Act<br />
Rep<br />
Figure 11: Design <strong>of</strong> DNA microarray experiments.<br />
Set A defines the regulated <strong>gene</strong>s during three phases <strong>of</strong> growth. ME, TS and LS stand for midexponential,<br />
transition to stationary and late stationary phase <strong>of</strong> growth respectively. From experiment 1<br />
<strong>of</strong> set B, the <strong>gene</strong>s associated with relaxation (Rel) and hypernegative (Hyp) supercoiling were derived,<br />
while experiment 2 was used to derive <strong>gene</strong>s either activated (Act) or repressed (Rep) <strong>by</strong> FIS & H-NS<br />
under both relaxation (LZ41) and hypernegative superhelicities (LZ54).<br />
The novelty <strong>of</strong> this experimental design is in the identification <strong>of</strong> growth phase<br />
regulated <strong>gene</strong>s (from set A) and simultaneous derivation <strong>of</strong> supercoiling sensitivity <strong>of</strong><br />
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