De Novo Transcriptome Assembly in Chili Pepper (Capsicum frutescens) to Identify Genes Involved in the Biosynthesis of Capsaicinoids

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Liu, Shaoqun ^a   Li, Wanshun ^a   Wu, Yimin ^a   Chen, Changming ^a   Lei, Jianjun ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICINOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMINOTRANSFERASE; CAPSAICIN; DIHYDROXYACID DEHYDRATASE; HYDROLYASE; PREPHENATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS; DHAD GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PAT GENE; PERICARP; PLANT GENE; PREDICTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRUCTURAL GENE; TD GENE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PEPPER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

CAPSAICIN; CAPSICUM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC MARKERS; HYDRO-LYASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRANSAMINASES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872766313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048156     Document Type: Article

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