De novo transcriptome sequencing of Momordica cochinchinensis to identify genes involved in the carotenoid biosynthesis

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 4-5, 2012, Pages 413-427

  Hyun, Tae Kyung ^a   Rim, Yeonggil ^a   Jang, Hui Jeong ^a   Kim, Cheol Hong ^c   Park, Jongsun ^c   Kumar, Ritesh ^a   Lee, Sunghoon ^c   Kim, Byung Chul ^c   Bhak, Jong ^c   Nguyen Quoc, Binh ^b   Kim, Seon Won ^a   Lee, Sang Yeol ^a   Kim, Jae Yean ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b Biotechnology Center of Hochiminh City   (Viet Nam)

^c Theragen BiO Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Digital gene expression; Momordica cochinchinensis Spreng; Next generation sequencing; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; ENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOMORDICA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE;

CAROTENOIDS; ENZYMES; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOMORDICA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; TRANSCRIPTOME;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; MOMORDICA COCHINCHINENSIS;

EID: 84862000006     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-012-9919-9     Document Type: Article

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