Transcriptome and Metabolome Analyses Reveal Sugar and Acid Accumulation during Apricot Fruit Development
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Soluble Sugar and Organic Acid Content during Three Apricot Cultivars’ Fruit Development
2.2. Transcriptome Sequencing and Gene Expression in Fruit Development of Three Apricot Cultivars
2.3. Identification of Sugar and Acid Metabolism Genes in Three Apricot Cultivars
2.4. Identification of DEGs Associated with Sugar and Acid Metabolism Pathways
2.5. Identification of Co-Expression Network and Hub Genes Related to Sugar and Acid Metabolism
2.6. Identification of DEmRNAs and Their Corresponding lncRNAs and miRNAs Involved in Sugar and Acid Metabolism Pathways
2.7. qRT−PCR Analysis
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Plant Material
4.2. Sugar and Organic Acid Measurements
4.3. Total RNA Extraction, lncRNA and Small RNA Library Construction, and Sequencing
4.4. Differentially Expressed Genes (DEGs) and Enrichment Analysis
4.5. Target Gene Prediction of lncRNAs and miRNAs
4.6. WGCNA and Gene Network Visualization
4.7. Real-Time Quantitative PCR
4.8. Statistical Analysis and Plotting
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Gou, N.; Chen, C.; Huang, M.; Zhang, Y.; Bai, H.; Li, H.; Wang, L.; Wuyun, T. Transcriptome and Metabolome Analyses Reveal Sugar and Acid Accumulation during Apricot Fruit Development. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 16992. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms242316992
Gou N, Chen C, Huang M, Zhang Y, Bai H, Li H, Wang L, Wuyun T. Transcriptome and Metabolome Analyses Reveal Sugar and Acid Accumulation during Apricot Fruit Development. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2023; 24(23):16992. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms242316992
Chicago/Turabian StyleGou, Ningning, Chen Chen, Mengzhen Huang, Yujing Zhang, Haikun Bai, Hui Li, Lin Wang, and Tana Wuyun. 2023. "Transcriptome and Metabolome Analyses Reveal Sugar and Acid Accumulation during Apricot Fruit Development" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24, no. 23: 16992. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms242316992