Transcript Assembly and Quantification by RNA-Seq Reveals Differentially Expressed Genes between Soft-Endocarp and Hard-Endocarp Hawthorns

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Dai, Hongyan ^a   Han, Guofen ^a   Yan, Yujiao ^a   Zhang, Feng ^a   Liu, Zhongchi ^b   Li, Xiaoming ^a   Li, Wenran ^a   Ma, Yue ^a   Li, He ^a   Liu, Yuexue ^a   Zhang, Zhihong ^a  

^a SHENYANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; LIGNIN; PROTEIN MYB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NAC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRATAEGUS PINNATIFIDA; DOWN REGULATION; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION; HARD ENDOCARP; NONHUMAN; PLANT STRUCTURES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SOFT ENDOCARP; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UPREGULATION;

CRATAEGUS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FLAVONOIDS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; LIGNIN; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84883526207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072910     Document Type: Article

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