Cotton plants export microRNAs to inhibit virulence gene expression in a fungal pathogen

T Zhang, YL Zhao, JH Zhao, S Wang, Y Jin, ZQ Chen… - Nature plants, 2016 - nature.com
Plant pathogenic fungi represent the largest group of disease-causing agents on crop
plants, and are a constant and major threat to agriculture worldwide. Recent studies have …

Gossypium barbadense genome sequence provides insight into the evolution of extra-long staple fiber and specialized metabolites

X Liu, B Zhao, HJ Zheng, Y Hu, G Lu, CQ Yang… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Of the two cultivated species of allopolyploid cotton, Gossypium barbadense produces extra-
long fibers for the production of superior textiles. We sequenced its genome (AD) 2 and …

Deep sequencing reveals important roles of microRNAs in response to drought and salinity stress in cotton

F Xie, Q Wang, R Sun, B Zhang - Journal of experimental botany, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Drought and salinity are two major environmental factors adversely affecting plant growth
and productivity. However, the regulatory mechanism is unknown. In this study, the potential …

Long noncoding RNAs and their proposed functions in fibre development of cotton (Gossypium spp.)

M Wang, D Yuan, L Tu, W Gao, Y He, H Hu… - New …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Long noncoding RNA s (lnc RNA s) are transcripts of at least 200 bp in length, possess no
apparent coding capacity and are involved in various biological regulatory processes. Until …

Role of MicroRNAs and small RNAs in regulation of developmental processes and agronomic traits in Gossypium species

MS Ayubov, MH Mirzakhmedov, VR Sripathi, ZT Buriev… - Genomics, 2019 - Elsevier
Small RNAs (sRNAs) are short, non-coding, 17–24 nucleotides long RNA molecules that
play vital roles in regulating gene expression in every known organism investigated to date …

Insights into the ecology and evolution of polyploid plants through network analysis

JP Gallagher, CE Grover, G Hu, JF Wendel - Molecular ecology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Polyploidy is a widespread phenomenon throughout eukaryotes, with important ecological
and evolutionary consequences. Although genes operate as components of complex …

Small RNA sequencing identifies miRNA roles in ovule and fibre development

F Xie, DC Jones, Q Wang, R Sun… - Plant biotechnology …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Micro RNA s (mi RNA s) have been found to be differentially expressed during cotton fibre
development. However, which specific mi RNA s and how they are involved in fibre …

Genome-Wide Analysis of Long Noncoding RNAs and Their Responses to Drought Stress in Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

X Lu, X Chen, M Mu, J Wang, X Wang, D Wang, Z Yin… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Recent researches on long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have expanded our horizon of gene
regulation and the cellular complexity. However, the number, characteristics and expression …

Persistence of subgenomes in paleopolyploid cotton after 60 my of evolution

S Renny-Byfield, L Gong, JP Gallagher… - … biology and evolution, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The importance of whole-genome multiplication (WGM) in plant evolution has long been
recognized. In flowering plants, WGM is both ubiquitous and in many lineages cyclical, each …

ccNET: Database of co-expression networks with functional modules for diploid and polyploid Gossypium

Q You, W Xu, K Zhang, L Zhang, X Yi… - Nucleic acids …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Plant genera with both diploid and polyploid species are a common evolutionary
occurrence. Polyploids, especially allopolyploids such as cotton and wheat, are a great …