Dynamics of the chili pepper transcriptome during fruit development.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The set of all mRNA molecules present in a cell constitute the transcriptome. The transcriptome varies depending on cell type as well as in response to internal and external stimuli during development. Here we present a study of the changes that occur in the transcriptome of chili pepper fruit during development and ripening.

Results

RNA-Seq was used to obtain transcriptomes of whole Serrano-type chili pepper fruits (Capsicum annuum L.; 'Tampiqueño 74') collected at 10, 20, 40 and 60 days after anthesis (DAA). 15,550,468 Illumina MiSeq reads were assembled de novo into 34,066 chili genes. We classified the expression patterns of individual genes as well as genes grouped into Biological Process ontologies and Metabolic Pathway categories using statistical criteria.

SUBMITTER: Martinez-Lopez LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3936869 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature