Total RNA was extracted from each I. sinensis sample using the RNeasy Plus Mini Kit, and rRNA removal was performed using a RiBO-Zero Kit. Isolated RNA was used for cDNA library construction, using the dUTP method [74 (link)]. These libraries were sequenced on an Illumina HiSeq X Ten platform. The purity, concentration, and integrity of RNA were checked using the agarose gel electrophoresis, the Qubit 2.0 Fluorometer, and the Agilent 4150 TapeStation, respectively. After trimming adapters and filtering out low-quality reads, a total of 14.02 Gb clean reads were generated. The transcriptome was mapped to the reference genome using TopHat2 [75 (link)]. Transcripts greater than 200 bp in length and containing at least 2 exons were considered lncRNA candidates. Four computational approaches, including CPC [76 (link)], CNCI [77 (link)], Pfam (RRID:SCR_004726), and PhyloCSF [78 (link)], were combined to evaluate the protein-coding capability of the lncRNA candidates.
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