Transcriptome analysis of maca (Lepidium meyenii) root at different developmental stages.

ABSTRACT:

Premise of the study

Maca (Lepidium meyenii; Brassicaceae) has been cultivated by Andeans for thousands of years as a food source and has been used for medicinal purposes. However, little is known about the mechanism underlying material accumulation during plant growth.

Methods

RNA-Seq technology was used to compare the transcriptome of black maca root at three developmental stages. Gene Ontology term enrichment analysis and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analysis were applied for the identification of pathways in which differentially expressed genes were significantly enriched.

Results

Trinity was used to de novo assemble the reads, and 120,664 unigenes were assembled. Of these, 71.53% of the unigenes were annotated based on BLAST. A to

SUBMITTER: Shang RG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6303156 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature