Transcriptome Sequencing and Expression Analysis of Terpenoid Biosynthesis Genes in Litsea cubeba

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Han, Xiao Jiao ^a   Wang, Yang Dong ^a   Chen, Yi Cun ^a   Lin, Li Yuan ^a   Wu, Qing Ke ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHRITOL; ESSENTIAL OIL; MEVALONIC ACID; PLANT RNA; TERPENE; TERPENOID; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; LITSEA; LITSEA CUBEBA; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE DATABASE; SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOMICS; LITSEA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TERPENES;

EID: 84885092199     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076890     Document Type: Article

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