De novo assembly and annotation of Salvia splendens transcriptome using the Illumina platform.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As an important perennial herbaceous flower, Salvia splendens possesses high ornamental value. Understanding its branching processes may help scientists select the best plant type. Although Salvia splendens is a frequently-used horticultural flower, only limited transcriptomic or genomic research is available in public databases. In the present study, we, for the first time, constructed a comprehensive dataset for Salvia splendens through de novo high-throughput transcriptome sequencing.

Methodology/principal findings

We performed de novo transcriptome sequencing on two different branching type plants (Strain 35 and Cailinghong) using the Illumina paired-end sequencing technology. For Strain 35, a total of 16,488,829 reads were generated and assembled into 38,498

SUBMITTER: Ge X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3951189 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature