Abstract
AbstractIn order to discover sRNA that might function during iron deficiency stress, RNA was prepared from phloem exudates ofArabidopsis thaliana. Bioanalyzer results indicate that abundant RNA from phloem is small in size—less than 200 nt. Moreover, typical rRNA bands were not observed. Sequencing of eight independent phloem RNA samples indicated that that tRNA-derived fragments, specifically 5’ tRFs and 5’ tRNA halves, are highly abundant in phloem sap, comprising about 46% of all reads. In addition, a set of miRNAs that are present in phloem sap was defined, and several miRNA and sRNAs were identified that are differentially expressed during iron deficiency.HighlightPreparation of RNA from Arabidopsis phloem sap revealed thatmost of the RNA is small (less than 200 nt)tRNA fragments (tRFs) are highly abundanta set of miRNAs present in phloem sap can be defined
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory