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Western University

2017

Epigenetics

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Chromatin Accessibility Dynamics In The Arabidopsis Root Epidermis And Endodermis During Cold Acclimation, Shawn Hoogstra Nov 2017

Chromatin Accessibility Dynamics In The Arabidopsis Root Epidermis And Endodermis During Cold Acclimation, Shawn Hoogstra

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Understanding cell-type specific transcriptional responses to environmental conditions is limited by a lack of knowledge of transcriptional control due to epigenetic dynamics. Additionally, cell-type analyses are limited by difficulties in applying current technologies to single cell-types. A novel DNase-seq protocol and analysis procedure, deemed DNase-DTS, was developed to identify DHSs in the Arabidopsis epidermis and endodermis under control and cold acclimation conditions. Results identified thousands of DHSs within each cell-type and experimental condition. DHSs showed strong association to gene expression, DNA methylation, and histone modifications. A priori mapping of existing DNA binding motifs within accessible genes and the cold C-repeat/dehydration …


Regulation Of Learning And Memory By The Drosophila Melanogaster Swi/Snf Complex, Max H. Stone Jul 2017

Regulation Of Learning And Memory By The Drosophila Melanogaster Swi/Snf Complex, Max H. Stone

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The SWI/SNF complex is a highly-conserved ATP-dependent chromatin remodelling complex that is important in the etiology of intellectual disability (ID). I systematically investigated the overall and adult-specific roles of each of the 15 Drosophila melanogaster SWI/SNF complex components in memory. Flies with RNAi-mediated knockdown of individual SWI/SNF genes in the mushroom body (MB) were tested for short- and long-term memory impairment using courtship conditioning. Knockdown of several SWI/SNF genes through development, including brahma, Bap60, Snr1, and e(y)3, caused loss of memory. Adult-specific knockdown of SWI/SNF genes caused some loss of memory phenotypes, indicating an acute role in adult MB activity. …