Deep transcriptome sequencing provides new insights into the structural and functional organization of the wheat genome.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Because of its size, allohexaploid nature, and high repeat content, the bread wheat genome is a good model to study the impact of the genome structure on gene organization, function, and regulation. However, because of the lack of a reference genome sequence, such studies have long been hampered and our knowledge of the wheat gene space is still limited. The access to the reference sequence of the wheat chromosome 3B provided us with an opportunity to study the wheat transcriptome and its relationships to genome and gene structure at a level that has never been reached before.

Results

By combining this sequence with RNA-seq data, we construct a fine transcriptome map of the chromosome 3B. More than 8,800 transcription sites are identified, that are distributed thr

SUBMITTER: Pingault L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4355351 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature