Transcriptome analysis of the nitric oxide responsive genes in upland cotton

Nitric oxide (NO) is an important signaling molecule with diverse physiological functions in plants. It is therefore important to characterize the downstream genes and signal transduction networks modulated by NO. In the present study, we used a high throughput tag-sequencing method to identify the DEGs in response to NO after treating cotton with NO donor, sodium nitroprusside (SNP). We yielded sets of up-regulated and down-regulated genes.