Next generation sequencing unravels the biosynthetic ability of Spearmint (Mentha spicata) peltate glandular trichomes through comparative transcriptomics

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Jin, Jingjing ^a,b   Panicker, Deepa ^a   Wang, Qian ^a   Kim, Mi Jung ^a   Liu, Jun ^b   Yin, Jun Lin ^a   Wong, Limsoon ^a   Jang, In Cheol ^a   Chua, Nam Hai ^b   Sarojam, Rajani ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carvone; Glandular trichomes; Next generation sequencing; Spearmint; Terpene synthases; Terpenes; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TERPENE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MENTHA SPICATA; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT LEAF; PROCEDURES; TRICHOME;

BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; MENTHA SPICATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PLANT LEAVES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TERPENES; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRICHOMES;

EID: 84920807143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12870-014-0292-5     Document Type: Article

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