Mechanistic analysis of the hardening process of the thorns on stems of Bougainvillea glabra "Elizabeth Angus".

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Bougainvillea glabra "Elizabeth Angus" is a thorny woody vine or shrub. However, the hard thorns are considered a deficiency in its ornamental value. Methods: To find the genes and pathways related to the hardening process of the thorns on the stems of B. glabra, the eukaryotic unreferenced transcriptome sequencing analysis was conducted to explore the 3 stages of the thorn-hardening process. Total RNA was extracted from thorns and stems, and transcriptome libraries were constructed and sequenced using unreferenced Illumina sequencing. Results: Gene function annotation was performed using various databases, resulting in 8937 co-annotated genes. The density distribution of Fragments Per Kilobase of transcript per Million mapped reads (

SUBMITTER: Sun L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11254801 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature