Large-Scale Transcriptome Analysis of Two Sugarcane Genotypes Contrasting for Lignin Content.

ABSTRACT: Sugarcane is an important crop worldwide for sugar and first generation ethanol production. Recently, the residue of sugarcane mills, named bagasse, has been considered a promising lignocellulosic biomass to produce the second-generation ethanol. Lignin is a major factor limiting the use of bagasse and other plant lignocellulosic materials to produce second-generation ethanol. Lignin biosynthesis pathway is a complex network and changes in the expression of genes of this pathway have in general led to diverse and undesirable impacts on plant structure and physiology. Despite its economic importance, sugarcane genome was still not sequenced. In this study a high-throughput transcriptome evaluation of two sugarcane genotypes contrasting for lignin content was carried out. We generated a set

SUBMITTER: Vicentini R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4524650 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature