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Salt-responsive miRNAs and target genes of Salix matsudana Koidz

ABSTRACT: In order to screening the responsive miRNAs and target genes of willow under salt stress, the 30-day-old plants were exposed to the salt solution (100 mmol L-1 NaCl) for 0 h and 2 d. then RNA isolated from root and stem tissues for the same time point were mixed respectively in equal amounts for small RNA (sRNA) sequencing. sRNAs with 16–30 nt were separated from 1 µg total RNA by size fractionation. Subsequently, the selected sRNA fragments were ligated with specialized adaptors to the 5’ and 3’ ends (Illumina) using T4 RNA ligase. Then, the ligated RNAs were reverse transcribed and amplified for sequencing using Illumina Hiseq2500 (LC Sciences, Hangzhou, China). Salt stress-responsive miRNAs were identified by comparing the expression levels of miRNAs between the two libraries. Equal amounts of all 2 RNA samples were mixed together to construct one degradome library, and then sent to Hangzhou LC-Bio Co., Ltd (Hangzhou, China) for sequencing by Illumina Genome Analyzer GA-I (Illumina, San Diego, CA, USA).

ORGANISM(S): Salix matsudana

PROVIDER: GSE116625 | GEO | 2018/07/06

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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