Upland cotton is an important global cash crop for its long seed fibers and high edible oil
and protein content. Progress in cotton genomics promotes the advancement of cotton …

Codon usage bias (CUB) is an important evolutionary feature in a genome which provides
important information for studying organism evolution, gene function and exogenous gene …

Trichomes originate from epidermal cells and can be classified as either glandular or non-
glandular. Gossypium species are characterized by the presence of small and darkly …

Abstract Background When developing CRISPR/Cas9 systems for crops, it is crucial to
invest time characterizing the genome editing efficiency of the CRISPR/Cas9 cassettes …

Abstract Background Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) represent a class of riboregulators
that either directly act in long form or are processed into shorter microRNAs (miRNAs) and …

Environmental factors are the major constraints in sustainable agriculture. WRKY proteins
are a large family of transcription factors (TFs) that regulate various developmental …

Abstract The Green Non-Coding Database (GreeNC) is one of the reference databases for
the study of plant long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs). Here we present our most recent …

Tea is one of the most popular nonalcoholic beverages due to its characteristic secondary
metabolites with numerous health benefits. Although two draft genomes of tea plant …

Drought stress negatively affects plant growth and limits plant productivity. Genes
functioning in plant responses to drought stress are essential for the development of drought …

In this study, we characterized the miR482 family in cotton using existing small RNA
datasets and the recently released draft genome sequence of Gossypium raimondii, a …