Proteomic identification of differentially expressed proteins between male and female plants in Pistacia chinensis.

ABSTRACT: Pistacia chinensis is a strict dioecious plant with male and female flowers in individuals. In China, P. chinensis is widely planted for biodiesel oil due to high oil content in seeds. In practice it requires to grow more female plants for biodiesel production. At present, there are still no reliable methods for sex determination during the long juvenile stage of this species. In order to develop protein molecular markers for sex determination in P. chinensis, proteomic approach was used to identify differentially expressed proteins between male and female plants. Vegetative organs (leaf and stem) rather than reproductive organs/tissues were used for protein extraction so as to develop protein markers which can be used in siblings before flowering. Protein was extracted using a phenol-base

SUBMITTER: Xiong E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3656840 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature