Transcriptome profiling of Brassica napus stem sections in relation to differences in lignin content.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Brassica crops are cultivated widely for human consumption and animal feed purposes, and oilseed rape/canola (Brassica napus and rapa) is the second most important oilseed worldwide. Because of its natural diversity and genetic complexity, genomics studies on oilseed rape will be a useful resource base to modify the quantity and quality of biomass in various crops, and therefore, should have a positive impact on lignocellulosic biofuel production. The objective of this study was to perform microarray analysis on two variable lignin containing oilseed rape cultivars to target novel genes and transcription factors of importance in Brassica lignin regulation for applied research.

Results

To gain insight into the molecular networks controlling cell wall biosynthetic a

SUBMITTER: Hossain Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5903004 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature