Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Climacteric Fruit of Chinese Pear (Pyrus ussuriensis) Reveals New Insights into Fruit Ripening

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 9; no. 9; p. e107562
• Main Authors: Huang, Guohui, Li, Tong, Li, Xinyue, Tan, Dongmei, Jiang, Zhongyu, Wei, Yun, Li, Juncai, Wang, Aide
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 12.09.2014; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Abscisic acid; Biological activity; Biology and Life Sciences; Biosynthesis; Cytoskeleton; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; DNA methylation; DNA methyltransferase; Enzymes; Ethylene; Ethylenes - metabolism; Firmness; Fruit - genetics; Fruit - growth & development; Fruit juices; Fruits; Gene expression; Gene Expression Profiling; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Gene Ontology; Genes; Heat shock proteins; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing; Hormones; Horticulture; Molecular chains; Plant Growth Regulators - metabolism; Plant hormones; Polymerase chain reaction; Proteins; Pyrus - genetics; Pyrus - growth & development; Pyrus pyrifolia; Pyrus ussuriensis; Ribonucleic acid; Ripening; RNA; Signal transduction; Transcription factors; Transcriptome - genetics; China

The fruit of Pyrus ussuriensis is typically climacteric. During ripening, the fruits produce a large amount of ethylene, and their firmness drops rapidly. Although the molecular basis of climacteric fruit ripening has been studied in depth, some aspects remain unclear. Here, we compared the transcri...