De Novo assembly and characterization of the transcriptome of the Chinese medicinal herb, Gentiana rigescens

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 11550-11573

  Zhang, Xiaodong ^a   Allan, Andrew C ^b   Li, Caixia ^a   Wang, Yuanzhong ^c   Yao, Qiuyang ^d  

^a YUXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^c INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL PLANTS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Gentiana rigescens; Gentiopicroside; Regulation; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

GENTIOPICRIN; TERPENOID; TRANSCRIPTOME; IRIDOID; TERPENE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHINESE MEDICINE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENTIAN; GENTIANA RIGESCENS; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; UPREGULATION; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

GENTIANA; GENTIANACEAE;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENTIANA; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; IRIDOID GLUCOSIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TERPENES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84930619192     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms160511550     Document Type: Article

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