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Public on May 19, 2009 |
| Title |
Intra- and inter-individual genetic differences in gene expression (BXD Kidney) |
| Organism |
Mus musculus |
| Experiment type |
Expression profiling by array
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| Summary |
Genetic variation is known to influence the amount of mRNA produced by a gene. Because molecular machines control mRNA levels of multiple genes, we expect genetic variation in components of these machines would influence multiple genes in a similar fashion. We show that this assumption is correct by using correlation of mRNA levels measured from multiple tissues in mouse strain panels to detect shared genetic influences. These correlating groups of genes (CGGs) have collective properties that on average account for 52–79% of the variability of their constituent genes and can contain genes that encode functionally related proteins. We show that the genetic influences are essentially tissue-specific and, consequently, the same genetic variations in one animal may upregulate a CGG in one tissue but downregulate the CGG in a second tissue. We further show similarly paradoxical behaviour of CGGs within the same tissues of different individuals. Thus, this class of genetic variation can result in complex inter- and intra-individual differences. This will create substantial challenges in humans, where multiple tissues are not readily available.
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| Overall design |
Common reference design where each hybridisation compares a single BxD strain to a common reference of C57BL/6J in the green channel. Two-colour, spotted glass arrays were used. No dye swaps were employed.
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| Contributor(s) |
Cowley MJ, Cotsapas CJ, Williams RB, Chan EK, Pulvers JN, Liu MY, Luo OJ, Nott DJ, Little PF |
| Citation(s) |
19424753 |
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| Submission date |
Jul 03, 2007 |
| Last update date |
Aug 24, 2012 |
| Contact name |
Mark Cowley |
| E-mail(s) |
mark.cowley@student.unsw.edu.au
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| Phone |
+61 2 9385 3857
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| Organization name |
University of New South Wales
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| Department |
Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences
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| Lab |
Systems Biology
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| Street address |
School of BABS, Building D26
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| City |
University of New South Wales |
| State/province |
NSW |
| ZIP/Postal code |
2054 |
| Country |
Australia |
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| Platforms (1) |
| GPL1832 |
Ramaciotti Centre for Gene Function Analysis Mouse Compugen 22k |
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| Samples (31)
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| Relations |
| BioProject |
PRJNA101373 |
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