Global gene expression profile of cortices from Aifm1 KI and Hq mutant and control mouse

In this study, global transcriptome profiling was performed for Aifm1-KI and Hq mutant (as model of mitochondial defect) and control samples from mouse cortices, More than 20 million high-quality reads were obtained from each sample using Illumina platform. A consensus reference-guided assembly was generated for the transcriptome data from all samples and gene expression was analysed. Total RNA was extracted from mutant and control samples and cDNA libraries were prepared. Sequencing was performed on Illumina HiSeq 4000 platform to generate 51 bp single-end reads. Pre-processing was performed to remove adapters and low-quality reads. Filtered high-quality reads were mapped on the mouse genome (mm10) using STAR aligner. To analyze gene expression, Htseq-count were used to quantify genes expression and EdgeR were used for differential expression.