Associative transcriptomics of traits in the polyploid crop species Brassica napus

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 798-802

  Harper, Andrea L ^a   Trick, Martin ^a   Higgins, Janet ^a,c   Fraser, Fiona ^a   Clissold, Leah ^a,c   Wells, Rachel ^a   Hattori, Chie ^a   Werner, Peter ^b   Bancroft, Ian ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b 'KWS UK Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c EARLHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICA NAPUS; GENE SEQUENCES; GENOME SEQUENCES; GENOMIC DELETIONS; GLUCOSINOLATE CONTENTS; GLUCOSINOLATES; MARKER-ASSISTED SELECTION; MOLECULAR MARKER; ORTHOLOGS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; TRANSCRIPTOMES; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CROPS; GENES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

GLUCOSINOLATE; MOLECULAR MARKER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HAG1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CROP; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; MARKER GENE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PLANT GENOME; PLANT SEED; POLYPLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RAPESEED; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

BRASSICA NAPUS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYPLOIDY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84864883992     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt.2302     Document Type: Article

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