Arabidopsis Microarray Experiments 

 

From AFGC (David Finkelstein). http://afgc.stanford.edu/afgc-array-info-forms.html

 

MIAME concept: MAML element or attribute = AFGC value

Issues:

         Treatment/Protocol sufficient to describe Growth?

         Genotype sufficient to describe Mutant?

         Genetic variation/Treatment/Protocol sufficient to describe Transgenic?

 

Organism: organism_ncbi = “Arabidopsis thaliana”

Cell source: cell_source = “ABRC” [should be contact info]

Cell type: not applicable

Sex: sex = “male”

Age:  age = “1 day post-imbition” [should make an element with measurement and start point]

Developmental stage: developmental_stage = “embryo, AFGC”

Organism part: tissue = “leaf, AFGC”

Strain or line: strain = “Columbia-0”

Individual:  individual = “plant #9“

Individual genetic characteristics: genotype = “wild type, AFGC”

Disease state: disease = “normal,  MGED”

Target cell type: not applicable

Cell line: not applicable

Sample: qualifier, value, source

“genetic variation”,  “stable transgenic”,  “AFGC”

“vivo_vitro”, “in vivo”, “MGED”

“physiologic age”, “number of true leaves and macroscopic primordia =1”, “AFGC”

Treatment: treatment

measurement

            action = “seed dormancy”

            order = “1”

            object

            protocol_id = 1

Treatment: treatment

measurement

            action = “growth”

            order = “2”

            object

            protocol_id = 2

Treatment: treatment

measurement

            action = “environmental treatment”

            order = “3”

            object  = “light stress”

            protocol_id = 3

Sample treatment protocol: protocol

            Protocol_id = 1

type = “other”,

other_type = “sample_treatment”

name  = “seed dormancy”

standard_protocol

                        Days at 4C: 1

protocol_deviations

protocol_abstract

Sample treatment protocol: protocol

            Protocol_id = 2

type = “other”,

other_type = “sample_treatment”

name  = “growth”

standard_protocol

            Day

                                    Average temperature (C) 1

                                    Average relative humidity (%) 11

                                    Light regime:  “short day”

                        Night

                                    Temperature (C) 1

                                    Relative humidity (%) 1

                                    Duration (hours) 1

                        Light Conditions

                                    Light intensity at soil level (ueinsteins) 1

                                    Light sources: “natural”

                        Growth media: one_of list.  “soil”

                        “Mix commercial”

                        Fertilization type:  “complete”

                                    Application rate (units) 2

                                    Plants vernalized? “no”

protocol_deviations

protocol_abstract

hardware

Growth room:  “greenhouse”

Sample treatment protocol: protocol

            Protocol_id = 3

type = “other”,

other_type = “sample_treatment”

name  = “light stress”

standard_protocol

                        change in duration

                        UV-A

                        Increase or decrease relative to control: increase

protocol_deviations

protocol_abstract

Hybridization extract preparation: extract

type = “mrna”

protocol

type = “sample_preparation”

name = “TRIzol”

standard_protocol

protocol_deviations

            Hours after daybreak”

protocol_abstract

Labeling: labeled_extract

type = “cy5”

protocol

type = “extract_labeling”

name = “my favorite kit”

standard_protocol

protocol_deviations

protocol_abstract

 

Required fields and those related to MIAME concepts are shown using structure from RNA Classification example page. MIAME concepts are given in brackets.

Growth might be considered as a MIAME concept.

Parameter elements  (qualifier, value, source tuples) are not sufficient to fully describe genotype and genetic variation.

 

Taxonomy

            Genotype

                        Genus and Species [organism] Arabidopsis thaliana

                        Genotype: one_of wild type, mutant, transgenic, other [genetic variation] wild type

                        Common accession and alias: one_of list [strain] Columbia-0 (Col-0)

            Source

                        [contact]

                        [cell source]

Growth Conditions: [treatment <growth> with subcategories specified as a protocol].

            Growth room

Growth room: one_of list  “greenhouse”

            Day

                        Average temperature (C) 1

                        Average relative humidity (%) 11

                        Light regime: one_of list “short day”

            Night

                        Temperature (C) 1

                        Relative humidity (%) 1

                        Duration (hours) 1

            Light Conditions

                        Light intensity at soil level (ueinsteins) 1

                        Light sources: one or more of list “natural”

            Comments

Growth Media

            Media [protocol for <growth> treatment]

                        Growth media: one_of list. Determines use of soil or agar “soil”

            Soil [protocol for <growth> treatment]

                        If growth media = soil, then one or more of list “Mix commercial”

            Agar [protocol for <growth> treatment]

                        If growth media = agar, then one or more of list

                        Plus agar concentration, description

            Fertilizer [protocol for <growth> treatment]

                        Fertilization type: one_of list “complete”

                        Application rate (units) 2

            Vernalization treatments  [treatment]

                        Plants vernalized? Yes/no “no”

                        If yes, describe.

            Seed dormancy treatments [treatment]

                        Days at 4C: 1

Harvest Conditions

            Time

                        Hours after daybreak   [extraction protocol] 1

                  Circadian experiment      [experimental type] [serial] [serial type] no

                  Time course experiment [experimental factors] [ordered]  no

            Chronological age

                        Days after imbition [age] 1

            Physiologic age

                        Number of true leaves and macroscopic primordia [sample qualifier] 1

                        Developmental stage: one_of list [ developmental stage] “embryo”

            Anatomy of plant sample

                        Organ [organism part] “leaf”

            RNA sample [extraction protocol]

                        Sample type: one_of list “polyA RNA”

                        RNA extraction method  “TRIzol”

Treatment of plants

            Control of treatment sample

                        Treatment or reference [sample and arrays list] [primary or derived sample] “treated”

            Mutant [genotype]

                  Mutant line

                  Mutant type: one_of list

                  Mutagen: one_of list

                  Dominance of mutant: one_of list

                  Screening criteria and phenotype

                  Chromosome: one_of list

                  Genetic map position or genomic clone ID

         Transient or stable transgenic plant [genetic variation] “stable”

                  Stable or transient

                  Gene introduction method: one_of list

                  DNA type: one_of list

                  Orientation of inserted gene: one_of list

            Environmental treatment categories

                        Environmental treatment: each are [treatment]

                                    Light stress type: one_of list

                                    Light stress: choice of wavelengths, direction of change

                                    Temperature stress

                                    Mechanical stress

                                    Atmospheric stress

                                    Osmotic or salt stress

                                    Flooding stress

                        Nutrient treatments: each nutrient is a [treatment]

                                    Choice of nutrient, surplus or deficiency

                        Environmental subcategories: each is a [treatment]

                                    Choice of pathogen or microbe, microbe class

                                    Choice of toxic metal, concentration

                                    Choice of hormone treatment, concentration

                                    Chemical treatment: one_of list, concentration

                        Other treatments [treatment] “10”