Identification of differentially-expressed genes associated with pistil abortion in Japanese apricot by genome-wide transcriptional analysis.

ABSTRACT: The phenomenon of pistil abortion widely occurs in Japanese apricot, and imperfect flowers with pistil abortion seriously decrease the yield in production. Although transcriptome analyses have been extensively studied in the past, a systematic study of differential gene expression has not been performed in Japanese apricot. To investigate genes related to the pistil development of Japanese apricot, high-throughput sequencing technology (Illumina) was employed to survey gene expression profiles from perfect and imperfect Japanese apricot flower buds. 3,476,249 and 3,580,677 tags were sequenced from two libraries constructed from perfect and imperfect flower buds of Japanese apricot, respectively. There were 689 significant differentially-expressed genes between the two libraries. GO annotat

SUBMITTER: Shi T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3472986 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature