Transcriptome analysis of Cymbidium sinense and its application to the identification of genes associated with floral development

BMC Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Jianxia ^a   Wu, Kunlin ^a   Zeng, Songjun ^a   Teixeira da Silva, Jaime A ^b   Zhao, Xiaolan ^c   Tian, Chang En ^d   Xia, Haoqiang ^e   Duan, Jun ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Guangzhou Genedenovo Biotechnology Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Cymbidium sinense; Digital gene expression; Floral development; Flowering time; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

PLANT RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL STRUCTURE; COL GENE; CYMBIDIUM SINENSE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RESOURCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MADS BOX GENE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORCHIDACEAE; PLANT CELL; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT REPRODUCTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; VEGETATIVE GROWTH; VEGETATIVE STAGE;

FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYLOGENY; TRANSCRIPTOME;

CYMBIDIUM SINENSE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 84876691731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-279     Document Type: Article

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