Eggplant Transcriptomic Landscapes of Color Transition in Fruit and Flower Tissues

4,126 long non-coding RNAs and 34,745 novel transcript isoforms were identified in a PacBio assembly of the 'Black Beauty' eggplant genome. Federica De Marchi published this dataset on figshare in 2026, providing an integrated analysis of mRNAs, lncRNAs, and alternative splicing events. The data quantifies anthocyanins in fruit peel and flower corolla to model tissue-specific transcriptional regulation.

Use Cases

• Identify candidate lncRNAs for functional validation based on their association with anthocyanin structural genes.
• Analyze tissue-specific regulatory networks based on co-expression patterns of lncRNAs and protein-coding genes.
• Investigate the role of alternative splicing events in post-transcriptional control of pigment accumulation.
• Compare transcriptomic landscapes between fruit peel and flower corolla tissues during color transition.
• Validate computational predictions of novel transcript isoforms against experimental expression data.

Strengths

• Dataset is derived from a PacBio long-read genome assembly, which likely provides high-quality transcript models.
• Includes quantification of anthocyanin pigments, enabling direct correlation with transcriptional data.
• The analysis integrates three data types: mRNAs, lncRNAs, and alternative splicing events.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is small at 212.1 KB, indicating a limited scope focused on specific regulatory elements.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Computational prediction and expression analysis from PacBio genome assembly of the eggplant cultivar 'Black Beauty'.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 06:26:24; freshness should be verified.