Discovery of novel transcripts and gametophytic functions via RNA-seq analysis of maize gametophytic transcriptomes

Genome Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Chettoor, Antony M ^a   Givan, Scott A ^b   Cole, Rex A ^c   Coker, Clayton T ^a   Unger Wallace, Erica ^d   Vejlupkova, Zuzana ^c   Vollbrecht, Erik ^d   Fowler, John E ^c   Evans, Matthew M S ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT RNA; TRANSPOSON;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMETE; GAMETOPHYTE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MAIZE; MONOCOT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENOME; POLLEN; RNA SEQUENCE; SEEDLING; TRANSPOSON; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERM CELLS, PLANT; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84958055815     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-014-0414-2     Document Type: Article

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