Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Two Species of Curcuma Contrasting in a High-Value Compound Curcumin: Insights into Genetic Basis and Regulation of Biosynthesis

• Published in: Plant molecular biology reporter Vol. 33; no. 6; pp. 1825 - 1836
• Main Authors: Sheeja, T. E, Deepa, K, Santhi, R, Sasikumar, B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.12.2015; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: bioactive properties; biochemical pathways; Bioinformatics; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biosynthesis; Biotechnology; breeding; Climatic conditions; Curcuma aromatica; Curcuma longa; curcumin; data collection; expressed sequence tags; gene expression; gene expression regulation; genes; Herbal medicine; herbal medicines; high-throughput nucleotide sequencing; in vitro studies; Life Sciences; Metabolomics; microRNA; microsatellite repeats; Musa; National Center for Biotechnology Information; Original Paper; Plant biology; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology; Plant Sciences; polyketide synthases; Proteomics; Public information; single nucleotide polymorphism; transcription factors; transcriptome; transcriptomics; turmeric; SSR; SNP; Transcriptome; miRNA; Curcumin; Curcuma; Gene expression

Turmeric (Curcuma longa L), one of the widely used spices and herbal medicines, is rich in biologically active compound curcumin. Efficacy of curcumin in treating various diseases has been established through over 1000 published in vivo and in vitro studies. Curcumin content is reported to vary betw...