Identification of Freezing-Responsive microRNAs and Their Targets in Chinese Jujube by Small RNA and Degradome Sequencing
Luhe Zhang, Mei Liu, Xiaoqin Duan, Chengying Jiang, Tong Zhao, Junying Zhao · 2026
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Description
Luhe Zhang and co-authors hunted in 2026 for microRNAs that respond to freezing in Chinese jujube, a major fruit tree of northern China. Winter freezing limits where the tree can grow and how much fruit it bears. MicroRNAs are small regulators that help plants answer cold stress, but the ones at work in jujube were not well mapped.
The team sequenced small RNAs from branches held at mild cold and at deep freezing, minus thirty degrees. They found 342 microRNAs in all, most of them new, and 177 changed strongly under cold. Degradome sequencing then matched those regulators to the genes they cut or silence. Readers get a parts list for breeding or engineering a hardier jujube, starting from the switches the tree itself flips in a freeze.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Luhe Zhang, Mei Liu, Xiaoqin Duan, Chengying Jiang, Tong Zhao, Junying Zhao |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |