Identification and expression profiling of miRNAs in two color variants of carrot (Daucus carota L.) using deep sequencing.

ABSTRACT: microRNAs represent small endogenous RNAs which are known to play a crucial role in various plant metabolic processes. Carrot being an important vegetable crop, represents one of the richest sources of carotenoids and anthocyanins. Most of the studies on microRNAs have been conducted in the aerial parts of the plants. However, carrot has the rare distinction of storing these compounds in roots. Therefore, carrot represents a good model system to unveil the regulatory roles of miRNAs in the underground edible part of the plant. For the first time, we report the genome wide identification and expression profiling of miRNAs in two contrasting color variants of carrot namely Orange Red and Purple Black using RNA-seq. Illumina sequencing resulted in the generation of 25.5M and 18.9M reads in Or

SUBMITTER: Bhan B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6405255 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature