Impact of Nonsense-mediated mRNA Decay on the Global Expression Profile of Budding Yeast

Isogenic UPF1+ or upf1- yeast strains were treated with 10 ug/ml thiolutin to inhibit global transcription. Targets were obtained from 16 time points: 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 60 minutes after transcription inhibition. Three biological replicates of each were generated and the expression profiles were determined using Affymetrix YG-S98 arrays. Comparisons between the sample groups allow the identification of genes with differential expression over time between UPF1+ and upf1-. Keywords: time course Sample from 2 genotypes, 16 time points, 3 biological replicates were analyzed