RNA-sequencing tag profiling of the placenta and pericarp of pungent pepper provides robust candidates contributing to capsaicinoid biosynthesis

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 111-121

  Liu, Shaoqun ^a   Chen, Changming ^a   Chen, Guoju ^a   Cao, Bihao ^a   Chen, Qinghua ^a   Lei, Jianjun ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Capsaicinoid biosynthesis; Molecular mechanism; Placenta; Pungent pepper; RNA sequencing

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICINOIDS; EXPRESSED GENES; EXPRESSION LEVELS; EXPRESSION PATTERNS; GENE ONTOLOGY; METABOLIC PROCESS; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; PLACENTA; PUNGENT PEPPER; QUANTITATIVE RT-PCR; RNA-SEQUENCING; SEMI-QUANTITATIVE RT-PCR; SYNTHASES; TRANSCRIPTIONAL PROFILING;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; FATTY ACIDS; METABOLISM; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SEED; TISSUE;

GENE EXPRESSION;

CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS;

EID: 84862787950     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-012-0135-8     Document Type: Article

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