Advances in Genome Research of Sapindaceae


2023.11.15 By analyzing the PHAS gene triggered by microRNA482 / 2118 ( miR482 / 2118 ) in litchi, research group of South China Agricultural University found a species-specific regulatory pathway-Litchi miR482 / 2118 regulates the expression of GID1 by targeting the non-coding PHAS gene to produce phasiRNA to participate in gibberellin signal transduction.
2023.11.09 The longan breeding team of the South Subtropical Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences confirmed that DIMYB113 was a key gene for red-skin longan coloring and the sequence variation of the coding region of this gene was the cause of its functional characterization variation.
2023.10.13 Professor Chen Shilin 's team from Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences / Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, together with Professor Sun Xinxiao from Beijing University of Chemical Technology and Professor Xu Zhichao from Northeast Forestry University, constructed a high-quality reference genome at the chromosome level of Aesculus chinensis.
2023.05.26 The team from Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University drew the single cell transcription map of longan embryogenic callus, constructed the cell differentiation trajectory during somatic embryogenesis, and found that the transcription factor ERF6 negatively regulated longan SE under high temperature stress.
2023.03.17 The research team of Lai Zhongxiong and Professor Lin Yuling from Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University revealed the molecular mechanism of miR408 targeting a new target gene DlNUDT23 and activating riboflavin metabolism to mediate m6A modification to regulate longan somatic embryogenesis.
2023.03.16 Wang Huicong 's research group of South China Agricultural University published a paper on plant single cell sequencing.The construction of single cell map of litchi was completed for the first time, and the molecular regulation network of flowering transformation of litchi buds was analyzed at the single cell level.
2023.02.27 Huang Xuming / Wang Huicong 's team from School of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University revealed the common regulatory molecular mechanism of chlorophyll degradation and anthocyanin accumulation during litchi fruit ripening.
2022.04.11 The rambutan cultivar R-162 genome was successfully sequenced and assembled by researchers from University of Nebraska in order to study the genomic expansion of plant resistance genes.
2022.03.03 Researchers from Jilin Agricultural University published a chromosome-level genome assembly for Acer pseudosieboldianum in Frontiers in Plant Science, and revealed the mechanisms for leaf color and shape change.
2022.02.19 A high-quality chromosome-scale genome assembly for the longan cultivar JDB was reported by Institute of Pomology, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for six different fruit quality traits, which would facilitate the breeding of desirable longan cultivars in the future.
2022.02.17 The first chromosome-scale genome assembly of S. mukorossi was established by Prof. Baoyin Li’s group from Fujian Normal University and several candidate genes controlling six agronomic traits was identified for genomics-enabled improvements in molecular breeding.
2022.01.03 Researchers from South China Agricultural University resolved two divergent haplotypes from a highly heterozygous lychee genome and revealed two independent domestication events for early and late-maturing cultivars.
2021.12.29 Researchers from university of Connecticut achieved to the first two chromosome-scale genomes for North American species, Acer negundo and Acer saccharum, and conducted a differential genomic characteristics that may reflect their alternative tolerance strategies.
2021.11.22 Qiuyue Ma, et al., from Beijing Forestry University, accomplished a high-contiguity chromosome-level genome assembly for "Jinguanxiapei", and provided new insights into centromere-specific retrotransposons and very-long-chain fatty acid biosynthesis.
2021.09.13 A high-quality rambutan genome was successfully parsed through the collaboration of researchers from different organizations revealed gene networks for spine formation and aril development and provided genomic resources for rambutan improvement.
2021.07.05 Researchers from the Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew) revised infra-familial classification, based on the first near-comprehensive phylogenetic study of Sapindaceae.
2020.08.09 Researchers from Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences led the completion of high-quality genome assembly of the Acer truncatum, and mined three KCS genes contributing to regulating nervonic acid biosynthesis.
2019.07.15 Researchers from Kunming Institute of Botany reported a high-quality de novo genome assembly of A. yangbiense, the first genome for the genus Acer and the family Aceraceae, which was published in Gigascience.
2019.06.26 Researchers from Shandong Agricultural University were committed to completing a high-quality draft genome and functional annotation of yellowhorn, which were published in Gigascience.
2017.03.28 In Gigascience, the first draft genome sequence of longan was reported by researchers from Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University and revealed polyphenol-rich and pathogen resistance characteristics. It is also the first complete genome of Sapindaceae.


Sapbase News & Events


2022.03.20 sRNA target prediction is available, which supports the prediction of any sRNA target gene and the analysis of possible sRNA target sites on any gene.
2022.03.07 Multiple Experiment Comparisons are available, allowing users to explore the expression of a gene of interest in any published transcriptome dataset.
2022.02.22 The Gene Map Viewer is available, allowing users to visualize any gene on a chromosome.
2022.02.20 Genome data of Soapberry available.
2022.02.10 Data on transcription factors based on sapindaceae species are available.
2022.01.29 Primer Design available.
2022.01.07 Genome data of Litchi available.
2021.12.13 Meta Search, a powerful, user-friendly, comprehensive data retrieval tool launched!
2021.09.20 Genome data of Rambutan available.
2021.08.17 An enhanced version of BLAST based on Sequence Server is available.
2021.06.15 Genome data of Yellowhorn available.
2021.06.15 Genome data of Acer available.
2021.05.22 Search engines based on species genomic data are available!
2021.04.13 A series of online analysis tools were launched, including BLAST, Genome Browser, ID Mapping, etc.
2021.02.01 SapBase: a central portal for functional and comparative genomics of Sapindaceae species was online!