De novo assembly and characterization of pericarp transcriptome and identification of candidate genes mediating fruit cracking in Litchi chinensis Sonn

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 17667-17685

  Li, Wei Cai ^a   Wu, Jian Yang ^b   Zhang, Hong Na ^a   Shi, Sheng You ^a   Liu, Li Qin ^a   Shu, Bo ^a   Liang, Qing Zhi ^a   Xie, Jiang Hui ^a   Wei, Yong Zan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b LINGNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cracking; Litchi chinensis Sonn; Pericarp; RNA Seq; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; CALCIUM; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GIBBERELLIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; AQUAPORIN; GIBBERELLIN 2-DIOXYGENASE; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL WALL; DOWN REGULATION; ELASTICITY; FRUIT CRACKING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ONTOLOGY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; LYCHEE; NONHUMAN; PERICARP; PLANT GENE; PLANT METABOLISM; RNA ISOLATION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TURGOR PRESSURE; WATER TRANSPORT; CHEMISTRY; FRUIT; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

LITCHI CHINENSIS;

AQUAPORINS; CELL WALL; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FRUIT; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; LITCHI; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84907822240     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms151017667     Document Type: Article

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