RNA-Seq reveals differential expression patterns of genes associated with carotenoid accumulation in loquat

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Zheng, Ting ting ^a   Zhang, Zhi ke ^a   Shahid, Muhammad Qasim ^a   Wei, Wei ling ^a   Baloch, Faheem Shehzad ^b   Wu, Jin cheng ^c   Lin, Shun quan ^a   Yang, Xiang hui ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c PUTIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carotenoid accumulation; Eriobotrya japonica; Gene expression; RNA sequencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85024380557     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-017-2463-0     Document Type: Article

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