Transcriptome analysis reveals in vitro cultured Withania somnifera leaf and root tissues as a promising source for targeted withanolide biosynthesis

BMC Genomics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Senthil, Kalaiselvi ^a   Jayakodi, Murukarthick ^b   Thirugnanasambantham, Pankajavalli ^a   Lee, Sang Choon ^b   Duraisamy, Pradeepa ^a   Purushotham, Preethi M ^a   Rajasekaran, Kalaiselvi ^a   Nancy Charles, Shobana ^a   Mariam Roy, Irene ^a   Nagappan, Arul Kumar ^c   Kim, Gon Sup ^c   Lee, Yun Sun ^b   Natesan, Senthil ^d   Min, Tae Sun ^e   Yang, Tae Jin ^b  

^a AVINASHILINGAM INSTITUTE FOR HOME SCIENCE AND HIGHER EDUCATION FOR WOMEN   (India)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^d TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e National Research Foundation of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hiseq; Illumina platform; in vitro adventitious roots; Transcriptome; Withanolides

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WITHAFERIN A; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT; WITHANOLIDE; WITHANOLIDE A; ANTIOXIDANT; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADVENTITIOUS ROOT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; G1 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; GASTRIC CANCER CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC50; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERNET; LEAF TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PLANT TISSUE CULTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; TUMOR CELL LINE; WITHANIA;

WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; WITHANIA; WITHANOLIDES;

EID: 84924331211     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1214-0     Document Type: Article

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