Comparative transcriptome analysis to identify putative genes involved in thymol biosynthesis pathway in medicinal plant Trachyspermum ammi L.

Scientific Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Soltani Howyzeh, Mehdi ^a   Sadat Noori, Seyed Ahmad ^a   Shariati, Vahid ^b   Amiripour, Mahboubeh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PLANT PROTEIN; THYMOL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME;

APIACEAE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INFLORESCENCE; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

APIACEAE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INFLORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; THYMOL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 85053017964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-31618-9     Document Type: Article

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