Global transcriptome and gene regulation network for secondary metabolite biosynthesis of tea plant (Camellia sinensis)

BMC Genomics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Li, Chun Fang ^a   Zhu, Yan ^b   Yu, Yao ^b   Zhao, Qiong Yi ^b,e   Wang, Sheng Jun ^c   Wang, Xin Chao ^a   Yao, Ming Zhe ^a   Luo, Da ^d   Li, Xuan ^b   Chen, Liang ^a   Yang, Ya Jun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^c Suzhou Genezym Biological Technology Co Ltd   (China)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Camellia sinensis; Regulation network; RNA seq; Secondary metabolite; Tea plant; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CAFFEINE; FLAVONOID; PROTEIN MYB; THEANINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NAC; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PLANT PROTEIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BUD; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENOME; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ORGANOGENESIS; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; PLANT TISSUE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CAFFEINE; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; FLAVONOIDS; FLOWERS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GLUTAMATES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84937903552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1773-0     Document Type: Article

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