De novo assembly and transcriptome characterization: Novel insights into catechins biosynthesis in Camellia sinensis

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wu, Zhi Jun ^a   Li, Xing Hui ^a   Liu, Zhi Wei ^a   Xu, Zhi Sheng ^a   Zhuang, Jing ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Camellia sinensis; Catechins; Genetic diversity; High throughput sequencing; RP HPLC; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

CATECHIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BASE COMPOSITION; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CATECHIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84919448960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12870-014-0277-4     Document Type: Article

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