Transcriptome analysis of Rafflesia cantleyi flower stages reveals insights into the regulation of senescence.

ABSTRACT: Rafflesia is a unique plant species existing as a single flower and produces the largest flower in the world. While Rafflesia buds take up to 21 months to develop, its flowers bloom and wither within about a week. In this study, transcriptome analysis was carried out to shed light on the molecular mechanism of senescence in Rafflesia. A total of 53.3 million high quality reads were obtained from two Rafflesia cantleyi flower developmental stages and assembled to generate 64,152 unigenes. Analysis of this dataset showed that 5,166 unigenes were differentially expressed, in which 1,073 unigenes were identified as genes involved in flower senescence. Results revealed that as the flowers progress to senescence, more genes related to flower senescence were significantly over-represented compare

SUBMITTER: Mohd-Elias NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8654902 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature