Development of Sinorhizobium meliloti Pilot Macroarrays for Transcriptome Analysis

AUTOR(ES)

Bergès, Hélène

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

In order to prepare for whole-genome expression analysis in Sinorhizobium meliloti, pilot DNA macroarrays were designed for 34 genes of known regulation. The experimental parameters assessed were the length of the PCR products, the influence of a tag at the 5′ end of the primers, and the method of RNA labeling. Variance and principal-component analysis showed that the most important nonbiological parameter was the labeling method. The sizes of PCR products were also found to be important, whereas the influence of 5′ tags was minimal. The variability between replicated spots on a membrane was found to be low. These experimental procedures were validated by analyzing the effects of microaerobic conditions on gene expression.

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