De novo sequencing of Hypericum perforatum transcriptome to identify potential genes involved in the biosynthesis of active metabolites

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  He, Miao ^a   Wang, Ying ^b   Hua, Wenping ^c   Zhang, Yuan ^a   Wang, Zhezhi ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shaanxi Institute of Education   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPERFORIN; HYPERICIN; MELATONIN; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PLANT METABOLISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

GENES, PLANT; HYPERICUM; PLANT PROTEINS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARABIDOPSIS; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM;

EID: 84864449063     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042081     Document Type: Article

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