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Comparing genomic expression patterns across species identifies shared transcriptional profile in aging
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We developed a method for systematically comparing gene expression patterns across organisms using genome-wide comparative analysis of DNA microarray experiments. We identified analogous gene expression programs comprising shared patterns of regulation across orthologous genes. Biological features of these patterns could be identified as highly conserved subpatterns that correspond to Gene Ontology categories. Here, we demonstrate these methods by analyzing a specific biological process, aging, and show that similar analysis can be applied to a range of biological processes. We found that two highly diverged animals, the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, implement a shared adult-onset expression program of genes involved in mitochondrial metabolism, DNA repair, catabolism, peptidolysis and cellular transport. Most of these changes were implemented early in adulthood. Using this approach to search databases of gene expression data, we found conserved transcriptional signatures in larval development, embryogenesis, gametogenesis and mRNA degradation.
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Metadata
- Authors
- McCarroll, S. A., Murphy, C. T., Zou, S., Pletcher, S. D., Chin, C.-S., Jan, Y. N., Kenyon, C., Bargmann, C. I., & Li, H.
- Affiliations
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University College London (GB)
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
- Corresponding author
- Li, Hao
- ORCID
- Venue
- Nature Genetics
- Published
- 2004-01-18
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 197-204
- ISSN
- 1061-4036 (ISSN-L)
- 1546-1718
- OpenAlex
- W2118852675
- Cited by
- 454
- References
- 51
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 14.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature Genetics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Consorzio Interuniversitario Biotecnologie
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Aging › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gene expression and cancer classification
- Keywords
- gene expression comparison, orthologs, aging, gene expression signatures, Gene Ontology, Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila melanogaster, mitochondrial metabolism, DNA repair, larval development, embryonic development, gametogenesis, mRNA degradation
- MeSH terms
- Age Factors, Aging, Animals, Drosophila melanogaster, Gene Expression Regulation, Humans, Phylogeny, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Time Factors, Caenorhabditis elegans, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Gene Expression Profiling, Databases, Genetic
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