Molecular Epigenetics Biol 456/656 Molecular Epigenetics Lecture #4 Mon, Aug 31st, 2014
Drosophila Development https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsK9R-yfgF4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePBghFrPb7Y
Drosophila Embryonic Development https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE0WRBYh_NM
In situ hybridization (ISH) Antisense RNA probe or DNA probe Probe is labeled for detection (color or radioactivity) Embryo (or any tissue) is prepared (fixed) Hybridization (probe binds RNA in situ) Image captured with microscope
Figure 3 In situ hybridization: detects RNA in space and time
http://insitu.fruitfly.org/cgi-bin/ex/insitu.pl BDGP In situ database http://insitu.fruitfly.org/insitu_image_storage/img_dir_172/insitu172550.jpe
http://insitu. fruitfly. org/cgi-bin/ex/report. pl http://insitu.fruitfly.org/cgi-bin/ex/report.pl?ftype=1&ftext=CG18408
In situ databases available for different species Mouse brain: http://developingmouse.brain-map.org/gene/show/48621 http://www.eurexpress.org/ee/databases/assay.jsp?assayID=euxassay_019787&image=01
http://developingmouse.brain-map.org/gene/show/48621
Eurexpress.com
ISH Spatial information of gene expression Not quantitative Assayed on gene-by-gene basis Amenable to high-throughput study (time consuming)
to all TRANSCRIPT ISOFORMS This is a very small purple slice (equivalent to 47 genes) But accounts for half of all transcript isoforms # of transcript isoforms The pie is equivalent to all GENES (~15,000) The pie is equivalent to all TRANSCRIPT ISOFORMS TIP: try to “narrate” what the figure is trying to say. For clues, see the “results” text or the figure legend “79% of genes in the genome make 5 or less transcript isoforms.” “0.2% of genes in the genome (47 genes) make > 1000 transcript isoforms”
If you are having trouble understanding a figure- BLOW IT UP!
DSCAM Thousands of predicted spliced isoforms
Try to identify the trends in the data without knowing all the variables and technical details.
575 AS events Z scores of psi: measurement of splicing Cluster analysis How to read this? Identify the trends.
Seeing the entire genome: what changes with Cd treatment
Reading Papers A picture is worth a thousand words… only if you can see it (zoom in!) Be able to present a paper you have read to another person in 5-10 minutes, just referring to figures Try different strategies to read a paper Know the purpose of your reading “big picture/integrating information” reading “technical” reading “critical” reading