Transcriptome analysis revealed highly expressed genes encoding secondary metabolite pathways and small cysteine-rich proteins in the sclerotium of lignosus rhinocerotis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Yap, Hui Yeng Y ^a   Chooi, Yit Heng ^b   Fung, Shin Yee ^a   Ng, Szu Ting ^c   Tan, Chon Seng ^d   Tan, Nget Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Taman Perindustrian Balakong Jaya 2   (Malaysia)

^d MALAYSIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE MARDI   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEINS AND BINDING PROTEINS; CYTOCHROME P450; GLUCAN; HYDROPHOBIN; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SCLEROTIUM; SMALL CYSTEINE RICH PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYSTEINE; FUNGAL POLYSACCHARIDE; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CERATO PLATANIN GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HYDROPHOBIN GENE; LECTIN GENE; LIGNOSUS RHINOCEROTIS; METABOLITE; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; NONRIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE SYNTHETASE GENE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE GENE; PREDICTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUGAR BINDING LECTIN GENE; TERPENE SYNTHASE GENE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; AGARICALES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASIDIOMYCETES; BIOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

AGARICALES; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASIDIOMYCOTA; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CYSTEINE; FUNGAL POLYSACCHARIDES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84956464995     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143549     Document Type: Article

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