Examining the transcriptional response of overexpressing anthranilate synthase in the hairy roots of an important medicinal plant Catharanthus roseus by RNA-seq

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Sun, Jiayi ^a   Manmathan, Harish ^b   Sun, Cheng ^b,c   Peebles, Christie A M ^a  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

High throughput sequencing; Madagascar periwinkle; Plant secondary metabolism; Plant stress response; Terpenoid indole alkaloid; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ANTHRANILATE SYNTHASE; PLANT PROTEIN;

CATHARANTHUS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANTHRANILATE SYNTHASE; CATHARANTHUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84965049907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12870-016-0794-4     Document Type: Article

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