Legume genomics: Understanding biology through DNA and RNA sequencing

Annals of Botany

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1107-1120

  O'Rourke, Jamie A ^a   Bolon, Yung Tsi ^a   Bucciarelli, Bruna ^a   Vance, Carroll P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

bioinformatics; genome re sequencing; Glycine max; Legume genomics; Lupinus albus; next generation sequencing; NGS; RNA seq; soybean; transcriptome; white lupin

Indexed keywords

DOMESTICATION; FODDER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; LEGUME; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NITROGEN FIXATION; PROTEIN; RHIZOBACTERIUM; RNA;

TRANSCRIPTOME;

DNA SEQUENCE; FABACEAE; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; LUPIN; PLANT GENOME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOYBEAN;

FABACEAE; GENOME, PLANT; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; LUPINUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SOYBEANS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84901472327     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcu072     Document Type: Review

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