Identification and characterization of coldresponsive microRNAs in tea plant (Camellia sinensis) and their targets using high-throughput sequencing and degradome analysis

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Yue ^a   Zhu, Xujun ^a   Chen, Xuan ^a   Song, Changnian ^a   Zou, Zhongwei ^b   Wang, Yuhua ^a   Wang, Mingle ^a   Fang, Wanping ^a   Li, Xinghui ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Camellia sinensis; Cold response; Microarray; MicroRNA; Target identification

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; PLANT RNA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; COLD; CROP; DNA MICROARRAY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HOMEOSTASIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UPREGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; COLD TEMPERATURE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HOMEOSTASIS; MICRORNAS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84988733204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12870-014-0271-x     Document Type: Article

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