Comparative transcriptome analysis of the Asteraceae halophyte Karelinia caspica under salt stress.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Much attention has been given to the potential of halophytes as sources of tolerance traits for introduction into cereals. However, a great deal remains unknown about the diverse mechanisms employed by halophytes to cope with salinity. To characterize salt tolerance mechanisms underlying Karelinia caspica, an Asteraceae halophyte, we performed Large-scale transcriptomic analysis using a high-throughput Illumina sequencing platform. Comparative gene expression analysis was performed to correlate the effects of salt stress and ABA regulation at the molecular level.

Results

Total sequence reads generated by pyrosequencing were assembled into 287,185 non-redundant transcripts with an average length of 652 bp. Using the BLAST function in the Swiss-Prot, NCBI nr, GO, KE

SUBMITTER: Zhang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4320537 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature