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RNA sequencing analysis of the developing chicken retina
Scientific Data (2016)
  • Christophe Langouet-Astrie*, James Madison University
  • Annamarie Meinsen*, James Madison University
  • Emily R Grunwald*, James Madison University
  • Stephen Turner
  • Raymond A Enke
Abstract
RNA sequencing transcriptome analysis using massively parallel next generation sequencing technology provides the capability to understand global changes in gene expression throughout a range of tissue samples. Development of the vertebrate retina requires complex temporal orchestration of transcriptional activation and repression. The chicken embryo (Gallus gallus) is a classic model system for studying developmental biology and retinogenesis. Existing retinal transcriptome projects have been critical to the vision research community for studying aspects of murine and human retinogenesis, however, there are currently no publicly available data sets describing the developing chicken retinal transcriptome. Here we used Illumina RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) analysis to characterize the mRNA transcriptome of the developing chicken retina in an effort to identify genes critical for retinal development in this important model organism. These data will be valuable to the vision research community for characterizing global changes in gene expression between ocular tissues and critical developmental time points during retinogenesis in the chicken retina.
Keywords
  • RNA-seq,
  • transcriptome,
  • retina,
  • development,
  • chicken embryo
Publication Date
December, 2016
Citation Information
Christophe Langouet-Astrie*, Annamarie Meinsen*, Emily R Grunwald*, Stephen Turner, et al.. "RNA sequencing analysis of the developing chicken retina" Scientific Data (2016)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/raymond_enke/81/