Project Title
Identifying putative Piwi homologs in tardigrade species Hypsibius exemplaris
Document Type
Event
Start Date
10-5-2019 3:30 PM
End Date
10-5-2019 6:30 PM
Description
Piwi proteins are a subfamily of the Argonaute family and function in germline maintenance. This makes Piwi highly conserved in animals, but it has not been identified in tardigrades. I plan to present phylogenetic trees identifying putative Piwi homologs in Hypsibius exemplaris as well as PCR results that confirm their presence in the tardigrade genome. I will also present predicted structures of putative Piwi homologs based on known Piwi crystal structures.
Discipline
Biology
Research Mentor(s)
Dr. Jenny Tenlen
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Identifying putative Piwi homologs in tardigrade species Hypsibius exemplaris
Piwi proteins are a subfamily of the Argonaute family and function in germline maintenance. This makes Piwi highly conserved in animals, but it has not been identified in tardigrades. I plan to present phylogenetic trees identifying putative Piwi homologs in Hypsibius exemplaris as well as PCR results that confirm their presence in the tardigrade genome. I will also present predicted structures of putative Piwi homologs based on known Piwi crystal structures.
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