Project description:To identify potential miRNAs involved in fiber development and elucidate their expression differences between G. barbadense and G. hirsutum, we constructed two small RNA libraries, Gb10 and Gh10, prepared from fibers of 3-79 (G. barbadense) and TM-1 (G. hirsutum) collected at 10 days post-anthesis (DPA). We identified 28 conserved miRNA families, including 24 that exactly match known plant miRNA families in miRBase. With MIREAP and newly developed software miRsearcher, 7 candidate-novel miRNAs were found. 5 candidate-novel miRNAs were expressed in both species, 2 candidate-novel miRNAs were expressed only in one species. Moreover, 4 miRNA families showed significant expression differences between sea-island cotton and upland cotton in 10 DPA fibers.
Project description:To identify potential miRNAs involved in fiber development and elucidate their expression differences between G. barbadense and G. hirsutum, we constructed two small RNA libraries, Gb10 and Gh10, prepared from fibers of 3-79 (G. barbadense) and TM-1 (G. hirsutum) collected at 10 days post-anthesis (DPA). We identified 28 conserved miRNA families, including 24 that exactly match known plant miRNA families in miRBase. With MIREAP and newly developed software miRsearcher, 7 candidate-novel miRNAs were found. 5 candidate-novel miRNAs were expressed in both species, 2 candidate-novel miRNAs were expressed only in one species. Moreover, 4 miRNA families showed significant expression differences between sea-island cotton and upland cotton in 10 DPA fibers. two examples including 3-79 and TM-1 10 DPA fibers
Project description:Sea-island cotton (Gossypium barbadense L.) has superior fiber quality properties such as length, fineness and strength, while Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is characterized by high yield. To reveal features of Upland cotton and Sea-island cotton fiber cells, differential genes expression profiles during fiber cell elongation and in secondary wall deposits were established using cDNA microarray technology. This research provides a valuable genomic resource to deepen our understanding of the molecular mechanisms of cotton fiber development, and may ultimately lead to improvements in cotton fiber quality and yield.
Project description:Our study provides evidence for the mechanism of Glc regulation of cotton fiber elongation, indicating that Glc not only serves as a nutrient, but also serves as a signal to regulate cotton fiber elongation. We also provided evidence that there is crosstalk between Glc and BR, and that the BR signal is located downstream of the Glc signal in the regulation of cotton fiber elongation
Project description:Sea-island cotton (Gossypium barbadense L.) has superior fiber quality properties such as length, fineness and strength, while Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is characterized by high yield. To reveal features of Upland cotton and Sea-island cotton fiber cells, differential genes expression profiles during fiber cell elongation and in secondary wall deposits were established using cDNA microarray technology. This research provides a valuable genomic resource to deepen our understanding of the molecular mechanisms of cotton fiber development, and may ultimately lead to improvements in cotton fiber quality and yield. 15 samples were prepared for microarray slides hybridized with three biological replicate samples including a swap-dye experiment for each growth stage. Each spot had a repeat in the microarray slideM-oM-<M-^Ltherefore, data for six replicate experiments performed with biologically independent samples.
Project description:RNAs from the upland cotton 9-DPA fibers were compared to the 9-DPA fiber-detached ovule. RNAs from the upland cotton 9-DPA fibers were compared to the 9-DPA fiber-detached ovule.
Project description:ADC2 has a positive regulating effect on fiber elongation, which provides a basis for future cotton fiber development and research.
Project description:Two fiber tissues harvested 10 days post anthesis from upland cotton trees grown under the same green house conditions except for different seasons of the year were used for RNA extraction. Small RNA molecules under 30 bases were amplified and isolated from an agarose gel. The purified DNA was used directly for cluster generation and sequencing analysis using the Illumina Genome Analyzer according to the manufacturer's instructions. The 35nt sequence tags from sequencing went through data cleaning first, which included getting rid of the low-quality tags and several kinds of contaminants from the 35nt tags. All clean tag sequences with copy numbers were then summarized into a fasta format file. Fiber samples from different seasons were used for small RNA sequencing and data processing.
Project description:We constructed cDNA library from 0-10 day post anthesis cotton fibers when fiber cells begin to initiate and elongate throughout this peroid. We randomly sequenced over 95,000 ESTs from this library, and with request of upland cotton ESTs from other laboratories, we acquired a gene pool of more than 30,000 UniESTs. The cotton UniESTs were then PCR-amplified and printed onto microarray. This array is comprised of about 29,000 high-quality cotton cDNAs (each sequence length>400bp, average length > 600bp) and external controls. Keywords: repeat samples for transcriptome analysis
Project description:Histone methylation is one of the most significant epigenetic modifications in plants because it is responsible for regulating and controlling the expression of many important functional genes. Although there have been many studies concerning histone methylation, its specific functions and mechanisms in cotton fiber initiation remain unclear. To determine if the H3K27me3 modification had regulated cotton fiber initiation in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum), we performed a comparative analysis on the cleavage under targets and tagmentation (CUT&Tag) between the wild-type cultivar Xu142 and its fibreless mutant Xu142 fl. This research was carried out three time points during the initiation period of cotton fibers, which were -1, 0 and 1 days post-anthesis (DPA). We also used the H3K27me3 antibody in Xu142 and Xu142 fl to examine the differential deposition of H3K27me3. Combing these results with RNA-seq analysis, we discovered a negative correlation between transcription and H3K27me3. We identified 336 genes with opposing trends in H3K27me3 deposition and expression. These genes are involved in various metabolic pathways, including fatty acid biosynthesis, galactose metabolism, plant hormone signal transduction, plant-pathogen interaction, glycolysis-/-gluconeogenesis, phenylpropanoid biosynthesis, and cutin, suberin and wax biosynthesis. Further physiological research revealed that in vitro ovule culture with an RDS 3434 inhibitor could alters the level of H3K27me3 in ovules, thus influencing the process of cotton fiber development. Taken together, these results indicate that H3K27me3 plays an important role in the fiber initiation process of cotton, and demonstrates the H3K27me3 network involved in fiber initiation in cotton ovules. The study also provides a foundation for the future study of genes involved in fiber development.