The high-resolution three-dimensional (3D) chromatin map of the tea plant (Camellia sinensis)

Acknowledgements

This study was funded by Shenzhen Science and Technology Program (Grant No. RCYX20210706092103024) and Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province (2020B020220004).

Author contributions

X.Z. and W.K. conceived the ideas for this paper. W.K. performed all of the experiments, analysed the data, prepared the figures and tables, and wrote the paper. J.Y. conducted part of the experiments. J.Y. completed the visualization of some results. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

Data availability

All sequencing datasets have been deposited in the National Genomics Data Center (NGDC) under accession number PRJCA017759 (Hi-C data, ATAC-seq, and H3K27ac Chip-seq) and PRJCA014523 (RNA-seq and WGBs-seq).

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Supplementary data

Supplementary data is available at Horticulture Research online.

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