Triterpenoid saponin biosynthetic pathway profiling and candidate gene mining of the Ilex asprella root using RNA-Seq

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 5970-5987

  Zheng, Xiasheng ^a   Xu, Hui ^a   Ma, Xinye ^a   Zhan, Ruoting ^a   Chen, Weiwen ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Ilex asprella; RNA Seq; Triterpenoid saponins; amyrin

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; MESSENGER RNA; SAPONIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRITERPENOID; 2,3-OXIDOSQUALENE; AMYRIN; ERYTHRITOL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; METHYL-D-ERYTHRITOL 2,4-CYCLODIPHOSPHATE; MEVALONIC ACID; OLEANOLIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; SQUALENE; TRITERPENE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA LIBRARY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; ILEX; ILEX ASPRELLA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHEMISTRY; DATA MINING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; DATA MINING; DATABASES, GENETIC; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ERYTHRITOL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, PLANT; ILEX; MEVALONIC ACID; OLEANOLIC ACID; PHYLOGENY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; SAPONINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SQUALENE; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRITERPENES;

EID: 84898656979     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms15045970     Document Type: Article

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