Transcriptome assembly, profiling and differential gene expression analysis of the halophyte Suaeda fruticosa provides insights into salt tolerance

BMC Genomics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Diray Arce, Joann ^a   Clement, Mark ^b   Gul, Bilquees ^c   Khan, M Ajmal ^d   Nielsen, Brent L ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 3361 TMCB   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^d Qatar University   (Qatar)

Author keywords

De novo assembly; Differential expression; Halophytes; RNA seq; Salt tolerance; Suaeda; Transcriptome; Transcriptome profiling

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; AQUAPORIN TIP2; CALCINEURIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2C; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM PROTON EXCHANGE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEAXANTHIN; ZEAXANTHIN EPOXIDASE; PLANT PROTEIN; PLANT RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ONTOLOGY; HALOPHYTE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; LEA GENE; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PLANT GENE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SALINITY; SALT TOLERANCE; SHOOT; SUAEDA FRUTICOSA; UPREGULATION; AMARANTHACEAE; DRUG EFFECTS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMARANTHACEAE; SUAEDA; SUAEDA FRUTICOSA;

CHENOPODIACEAE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE ONTOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, PLANT; SALINITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 84928798073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1553-x     Document Type: Article

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