High-resolution identification and abundance profiling of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) microRNAs
| Author(s) | Khatabi, Behnam | |
| Author(s) | Arikit, Siwaret | |
| Author(s) | Xia, Rui | |
| Author(s) | Winter, Stephan | |
| Author(s) | Oumar, Doungous | |
| Author(s) | Mongomake, Kone | |
| Author(s) | Meyers, Blake C. | |
| Author(s) | Fondong, Vincent N. | |
| Ordered Author | Behnam Khatabi, Siwaret Arikit, Rui Xia, Stephan Winter, Doungous Oumar, Kone Mongomake, Blake C. Meyers and Vincent N. Fondong | |
| UD Author | Arikit, Siwaret | en_US |
| UD Author | Xia, Rui | en_US |
| UD Author | Meyers, Blake C. | en_US |
| Date Accessioned | 2016-05-12T14:45:33Z | |
| Date Available | 2016-05-12T14:45:33Z | |
| Copyright Date | Copyright © 2016 Khatabi et al. | en_US |
| Publication Date | 2016-01-28 | |
| Description | Publisher's PDF. | en_US |
| Abstract | BACKGROUND: Small RNAs (sRNAs) are endogenous sRNAs that play regulatory roles in plant growth, development, and biotic and abiotic stress responses. In plants, one subset of sRNAs, microRNAs (miRNAs) exhibit tissue-differential expression and regulate gene expression mainly through direct cleavage of mRNA or indirectly via production of secondary phased siRNAs (phasiRNAs) that silence cognate target transcripts in trans. RESULTS: Here, we have identified cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) miRNAs using high resolution sequencing of sRNA libraries from leaf, stem, callus, male and female flower tissues. To analyze the data, we built a cassava genome database and, via sequence analysis and secondary structure prediction, 38 miRNAs not previously reported in cassava were identified. These new cassava miRNAs included two miRNAs not previously been reported in any plant species. The miRNAs exhibited tissue-differential accumulation as confirmed by quantitative RT-PCR and Northern blot analysis, largely reflecting levels observed in sequencing data. Some of the miRNAs identified were predicted to trigger production of secondary phased siRNAs (phasiRNAs) from 80 PHAS loci. CONCLUSIONS: Cassava is a woody perennial shrub, grown principally for its starch-rich storage roots, which are rich in calories. In this study, new miRNAs were identified and their expression was validated using qRT-PCR of RNA from five different tissues. The data obtained expand the list of annotated miRNAs and provide additional new resources for cassava improvement research. | en_US |
| Department | University of Delaware. Delaware Biotechnology Institute. | en_US |
| Citation | Khatabi, Behnam, et al. "High-resolution identification and abundance profiling of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) microRNAs." BMC genomics 17.1 (2016): 1. | en_US |
| DOI | 10.1186/s12864-016-2391-1 | en_US |
| ISSN | 1471-2164 | en_US |
| URL | http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/17707 | |
| Language | en_US | en_US |
| Publisher | BioMed Central | en_US |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode | en_US |
| dc.source | BMC Genomics | en_US |
| dc.source.uri | http://bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/ | en_US |
| Title | High-resolution identification and abundance profiling of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) microRNAs | en_US |
| Type | Article | en_US |
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