Comprehensive transcriptome analysis of Crocus sativus for discovery and expression of genes involved in apocarotenoid biosynthesis

BMC Genomics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Baba, Shoib Ahmad ^a,b   Mohiuddin, Tabasum ^a,b   Basu, Swaraj ^c   Swarnkar, Mohit Kumar ^d   Malik, Aubid Hussain ^a,b   Wani, Zahoor Ahmed ^a,b   Abbas, Nazia ^a   Singh, Anil Kumar ^d   Ashraf, Nasheeman ^a,b  

^a CSIR Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine Plant Biotechnology Division ^*  (India)

^b ACADEMY OF SCIENTIFIC AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH ACSIR   (India)

^c STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^d CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Apocarotenoids; Crocus; De novo assembly; Illumina; Saffron

Indexed keywords

APOCAROTENOID; CAROTENOID; CAROTENOID CLEAVAGE DIOXYGENASE 2; CAROTENOID ISOMERASE; DIOXYGENASE; ISOMERASE; LYASE; LYCOPENE EPSILON CYCLASE; PHYTOENE DESATURASE; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN MYB; STARCH; SYNTHETASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZETA CAROTENE DESATURASE; ZETA CAROTENE ISOMERASE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROCUS SATIVUS; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ONTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STIGMA; SUCROSE METABOLISM; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; BIOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROCUS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CAROTENOIDS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CROCUS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84941561702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1894-5     Document Type: Article

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