scholarly journals Reference Genes for High-Throughput Quantitative Reverse Transcription–PCR Analysis of Gene Expression in Organs and Tissues of Eucalyptus Grown in Various Environmental Conditions

2012 ◽  
Vol 53 (12) ◽  
pp. 2101-2116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua Cassan-Wang ◽  
Marçal Soler ◽  
Hong Yu ◽  
Eduardo Leal O. Camargo ◽  
Victor Carocha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
High Throughput ◽  
Reverse Transcription ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Reference Genes ◽  
Pcr Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Reverse Transcription Pcr ◽  
Reverse Transcription Pcr

High-Throughput Real-Time Quantitative Reverse Transcription PCR

2006 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 15.8.1-15.8.28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angie L. Bookout ◽  
Carolyn L. Cummins ◽  
David J. Mangelsdorf ◽  
Jean M. Pesola ◽  
Martha F. Kramer
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
High Throughput ◽  
Reverse Transcription ◽  
Quantitative Reverse Transcription Pcr ◽  
Reverse Transcription Pcr

scholarly journals Dissolved Oxygen Levels Alter Gene Expression and Antigen Profiles in Borrelia burgdorferi

2004 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 1580-1586 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Seshu ◽  
Julie A. Boylan ◽  
Frank C. Gherardini ◽  
Jonathan T. Skare
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Borrelia Burgdorferi ◽  
Dissolved Oxygen ◽  
Reverse Transcription ◽  
Host Factors ◽  
Pcr Analysis ◽  
Transcriptional Level ◽  
Environmental Signals ◽  
Reverse Transcription Pcr ◽  
Genes Encoding

ABSTRACT The Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, encounters many environmental signals as it cycles between the arthropod vector and mammalian hosts, including temperature, pH, and other host factors. To test the possibility that dissolved oxygen modulates gene expression in B. burgdorferi, spirochetes were exposed to differential levels of dissolved oxygen, and distinct alterations were observed at both the transcriptional and translational levels. Specifically NapA, a Dps/Dpr homologue involved in the oxidative stress response in other bacteria, was reduced when B. burgdorferi was grown under oxygen-limiting conditions. In contrast, several immunoreactive proteins were altered when tested with infection-derived sera from different hosts. Specifically, OspC, DbpA, and VlsE were synthesized at greater levels when cells were grown in limiting oxygen, whereas VraA was reduced. The levels of oxygen in the medium did not affect OspA production. Real-time reverse transcription-PCR analysis of RNA isolated from infectious isolates of strains B31 and cN40 indicated that the expression of ospC, dbpA, and vlsE increased while napA expression decreased under dissolved-oxygen-limiting conditions, whereas flaB was not affected. The reverse transcription-PCR results corroborated the immunoblot analyses and indicated that the increase in OspC, DbpA, and VlsE was due to regulation at the transcriptional level of the genes encoding these antigens. These results indicate that dissolved oxygen modulates gene expression in B. burgdorferi and imply that the redox environment may be an additional regulatory cue that spirochetes exploit to adapt to the disparate niches that they occupy in nature.

scholarly journals Reverse Transcription-PCR Analysis of the Regulation of the Manganese Peroxidase Gene Family

1998 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 569-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica M. Gettemy ◽  
Biao Ma ◽  
Margaret Alic ◽  
Michael H. Gold
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Reverse Transcription ◽  
Manganese Peroxidase ◽  
Transcript Level ◽  
Pcr Analysis ◽  
Rt Pcr ◽  
Total Rna ◽  
Nitrogen Levels ◽  
Reverse Transcription Pcr ◽  
Low Levels

ABSTRACT Manganese peroxidase (MnP) gene expression in the lignin-degrading fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium is regulated by nutrient nitrogen levels and by Mn(II), the substrate for the enzyme, as well as by heat shock and other factors. Reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) of total RNA can distinguish the mRNAs of each of the three sequencedP. chrysosporium mnp genes, i.e., mnp1,mnp2, and mnp3. Quantitative RT-PCR demonstrates that each of the three transcripts is present at a similar low basal level in nitrogen-sufficient cultures, with or without Mn, and in nitrogen-limited cultures lacking Mn. However, in 5-day-old, nitrogen-limited, stationary cultures supplemented with 180 μM Mn, the levels of the mnp1 and mnp2 transcripts increased approximately 100- and 1,700-fold, respectively, over basal levels. In contrast, under these conditions, the level of themnp3 transcript did not increase significantly over the basal level. Quantitative RT-PCR of total RNA extracted from nitrogen-deficient, Mn-supplemented cultures on days 2 through 7 demonstrates that whereas the mnp1 transcript was present at relatively low levels on days 3 through 7, the mnp2transcript level peaked on day 5 and the mnp3 transcript level peaked on day 3. Comparison of total RNA extracted on day 5 from nitrogen-deficient, Mn-supplemented stationary and agitated cultures indicates that in stationary cultures, mnp2 was the major expressed mnp gene, whereas in large agitated cultures,mnp1 was the major expressed mnp gene.

scholarly journals In Vivo Analysis of Aspergillus fumigatus Developmental Gene Expression Determined by Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR

2008 ◽  
Vol 76 (8) ◽  
pp. 3632-3639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabrice N. Gravelat ◽  
Thomas Doedt ◽  
Lisa Y. Chiang ◽  
Hong Liu ◽  
Scott G. Filler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Aspergillus Fumigatus ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Reverse Transcription ◽  
Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis ◽  
Pcr Analysis ◽  
Invasive Infection ◽  
Reverse Transcription Pcr

ABSTRACT Very little is known about the developmental stages of Aspergillus fumigatus during invasive aspergillosis. We performed real-time reverse transcription-PCR analysis on lung samples from mice with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis to determine the expression of A. fumigatus genes that are expressed at specific stages of development. In established infection, A. fumigatus exhibited mRNA expression of genes specific to developmentally competent hyphae, such as stuA. In contrast, mRNA of genes expressed by conidia and precompetent hyphae was not detected. Many genes required for mycotoxin synthesis, including aspHS, gliP, mitF, and metAP, are known to be expressed by developmentally competent hyphae in vitro. Interestingly, each of these genes was expressed at significantly higher levels during invasive infection than in vitro. The expression of gliP mRNA in vitro was found to be highly dependent on culture conditions. Furthermore, gliP expression was found to be dependent on the transcription factor StuA both in vitro and in vivo. Therefore, developmentally competent hyphae predominate during established invasive infection, and many mycotoxin genes are expressed at high levels in vivo. These results highlight the importance of the evaluation of putative virulence factors expressed by competent hyphae and analysis of gene expression levels during invasive infection rather than in vitro alone.

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