The Tea Tree Genome Provides Insights into Tea Flavor and Independent Evolution of Caffeine Biosynthesis

Molecular Plant

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 866-877

  Xia, En Hua ^a,b,c   Zhang, Hai Bin ^a,b   Sheng, Jun ^d   Li, Kui ^a,b   Zhang, Qun Jie ^a,e   Kim, Changhoon ^f   Zhang, Yun ^a   Liu, Yuan ^a,b   Zhu, Ting ^a,g   Li, Wei ^a,b   Huang, Hui ^a,b   Tong, Yan ^a   Nan, Hong ^a,c   Shi, Cong ^a,c   Shi, Chao ^a,b   Jiang, Jian Jun ^a,b   Mao, Shu Yan ^a   Jiao, Jun Ying ^a   Zhang, Dan ^a,b   Zhao, Yuan ^d   Zhao, You Jie ^a   Zhang, Li Ping ^a   Liu, Yun Long ^a   Liu, Ben Ying ^h   Yu, Yue ^f   Shao, Sheng Fu ⁱ   Ni, De Jiang ^j   Eichler, Evan E ^k   Gao, Li Zhi ^a,b   more..

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (China)

^f Macrogen Inc   (South Korea)

^g LIAONING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL PLANTS   (China)

ⁱ Jinhua International Camellia Germplasm Bank ^*  (China)

^j HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Caffeine biosynthesis; Comparative genomics; Global adaptation; Tea flavor; Tea tree genome; Tea proccessing suitability

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; PLANT PROTEIN;

BEVERAGE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; PROCEDURES;

BEVERAGES; CAFFEINE; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; GENOMICS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS;

EID: 85018377989     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2017.04.002     Document Type: Article

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