De novo characterization of the Anthurium transcriptome and analysis of its digital gene expression under cold stress.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Anthurium andraeanum is one of the most popular tropical flowers. In temperate and cold zones, a much greater risk of cold stress occurs in the supply of Anthurium plants. Unlike the freeze-tolerant model plants, Anthurium plants are particularly sensitive to low temperatures. Improvement of chilling tolerance in Anthurium may significantly increase its production and extend its shelf-life. To date, no previous genomic information has been reported in Anthurium plants.

Results

Using Illumina sequencing technology, we generated over two billion base of high-quality sequence in Anthurium, and demonstrated de novo assembly and annotation of genes without prior genome information. These reads were assembled into 44,382 unigenes (mean length = 560 bp). Based on similar

SUBMITTER: Tian DQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4046746 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature