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The identification of small RNAs differentially expressed in apple buds reveals a potential role of the miR159-MYB regulatory module during dormancy

ABSTRACT: Winter dormancy is an adaptative mechanism that temperate and boreal trees have developed to protect their meristems against low temperatures. In apple trees (Malus domestica), cold temperatures induce bud dormancy at the end of summer/beginning of the fall. Apple buds stay dormant during winter until they are exposed to a period of cold, after which they can resume growth (budbreak) and initiate flowering in response to warm temperatures in spring. It is well-known that small RNAs modulate temperature responses in many plant species, but however, how small RNAs are involved in genetic networks of temperature-mediated dormancy control in fruit tree species remains unclear. Here, we have made use of a recently developed ARGONAUTE (AGO)-purification technique to isolate small RNAs from apple buds. A small RNA-seq experiment resulted in the identification of small RNAs that change their pattern of expression in apple buds during dormancy.

ORGANISM(S): Malus domestica

PROVIDER: GSE189658 | GEO | 2021/11/30

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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The identification of small RNAs differentially expressed in apple buds reveals a potential role of the miR159-MYB regulatory module during dormancy

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