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Letter to the Editor|06 Apr 2026|OPEN
Genome and machine learning analyses reveal 500-bp promoter chromatin accessibility as a key regulator of gene expression and catechin biosynthesis in Camellia sinensis
Yuan Gao
1 ,† , Wenmin Fan
2 ,† , Wenlong Lei
2 ,† , Yibing Chen
3 , Xueli Liao
1 , Yezi Xiao
2 , Lanying Li
1 , Xiaomei Lei
2 , Wanjun Gao
1 , Yingao Zhang
2 , Hongyan Deng
2 , Jiawei Yan
2 , Zongjie Wu
2 , Chen Liang
2 , Xinru Hou
2 , Youben Yu
2 , Fan Luo
1 ,
, Pengjie Wang
2 ,
and Dongna Liu,
1 ,
1Tea Research Institute, Tea Resources Utilization and Quality Testing Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu 610066, China
2College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712199, China
3College of Information Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
*Corresponding author. E-mail: luofan@scsaas.cn,wpjtea@nwafu.edu.cn,ldn4618@scsaas.cn
†Yuan Gao,Wenmin Fan and Wenlong Lei contributed equally to the study.
Horticulture Research 13,
Article number: uhag129 (2026)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhag129
Views: 100
Received: 02 Dec 2025
Accepted: 19 Mar 2026
Published online: 06 Apr 2026
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