Transciptome analysis reveals flavonoid biosynthesis regulation and simple sequence repeats in yam (Dioscorea alata L.) tubers

• Published in: BMC genomics Vol. 16; no. 1; p. 346
• Main Authors: Wu, Zhi-Gang, Jiang, Wu, Mantri, Nitin, Bao, Xiao-Qing, Chen, Song-Lin, Tao, Zheng-Ming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 30.04.2015; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Alcohol Oxidoreductases - genetics; Alcohol Oxidoreductases - metabolism; Analysis; Biotechnology industry; Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System - genetics; Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System - metabolism; Dioscorea - genetics; Flavonoids - genetics; Gene Expression Profiling; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Gene Library; Genes; Genes, Plant; Genetic aspects; Genomic libraries; Glucosyltransferases - genetics; Glucosyltransferases - metabolism; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing; Intramolecular Lyases - genetics; Intramolecular Lyases - metabolism; Microsatellite Repeats - genetics; Mixed Function Oxygenases - genetics; Mixed Function Oxygenases - metabolism; Oxygenases - genetics; Oxygenases - metabolism; Pigmentation - genetics; Plant Proteins - genetics; Plant Proteins - metabolism; Quantitative Trait Loci; Sequence Analysis, DNA; United States; China
• ISSN: 1471-2164; 1471-2164
• DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1547-8

Yam (Dioscorea alata L.) is an important tuber crop and purple pigmented elite cultivar has recently become popular because of associated health benefits. Identifying candidate genes responsible for flavonoid biosynthesis pathway (FBP) will facilitate understanding the molecular mechanism of control...