Small RNA and degradome sequencing reveal complex miRNA regulation during cotton somatic embryogenesis.

ABSTRACT: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous non-coding ~21 nucleotide RNAs that regulate gene expression at the transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels in plants and animals. They play an important role in development, abiotic stress, and pathogen responses. miRNAs with their targets have been widely studied in model plants, but limited knowledge is available on the small RNA population of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)-an important economic crop, and global identification of related targets through degradome sequencing has not been developed previously. In this study, small RNAs and their targets were identified during cotton somatic embryogenesis (SE) through high-throughput small RNA and degradome sequencing, comparing seedling hypocotyl and embryogenic callus (EC) of G. hirsutum YZ1. A tota

SUBMITTER: Yang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3617824 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature