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ArticleBMC plant biology2010

Genome-wide characterization of the biggest grass, bamboo, based on 10,608 putative full-length cDNA sequences.

Zhenhua Peng, Tingting Lu, Lubin Li, Xiaohui Liu, Zhimin Gao, Tao Hu, Xuewen Yang, Qi Feng, Jianping Guan, Qijun Weng and 5 more

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Article in BMC plant biology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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15 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Zhenhua PengChinese Academy of Forestry, Wanshou Shan, Beijing, PR China.
Tingting Lu
Lubin Li
Xiaohui Liu
Zhimin Gao
Tao Hu
Xuewen Yang
Qi Feng
Jianping Guan
Qijun Weng
Danlin Fan
Chuanrang Zhu
Ying Lu
Bin Han
Zehui Jiang
Chinese Academy of Forestry · CNInternational Bamboo and Rattan Organization · CNCenter for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences · CNExperimental Center of Forestry in North China · CNShanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences · CNNational Center for Gene Research · CN

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Abstract

backgroundWith the availability of rice and sorghum genome sequences and ongoing efforts to sequence genomes of other cereal and energy crops, the grass family (Poaceae) has become a model system for comparative genomics and for better understanding gene and genome evolution that underlies phenotypic and ecological divergence of plants. While the genomic resources have accumulated rapidly for almost all major lineages of grasses, bamboo remains the only large subfamily of Poaceae with little genomic information available in databases, which seriously hampers our ability to take a full advantage of the wealth of grass genomic data for effective comparative studies.

resultsHere we report the cloning and sequencing of 10,608 putative full length cDNAs (FL-cDNAs) primarily from Moso bamboo, Phyllostachys heterocycla cv. pubescens, a large woody bamboo with the highest ecological and economic values of all bamboos. This represents the third largest FL-cDNA collection to date of all plant species, and provides the first insight into the gene and genome structures of bamboos. We developed a Moso bamboo genomic resource database that so far contained the sequences of 10,608 putative FL-cDNAs and nearly 38,000 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) generated in this study.

conclusionAnalysis of FL-cDNA sequences show that bamboo diverged from its close relatives such as rice, wheat, and barley through an adaptive radiation. A comparative analysis of the lignin biosynthesis pathway between bamboo and rice suggested that genes encoding caffeoyl-CoA O-methyltransferase may serve as targets for genetic manipulation of lignin content to reduce pollutants generated from bamboo pulping.

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Alternative SplicingBase CompositionBase SequenceDatabases, GeneticDNA, ComplementaryDNA Transposable ElementsExpressed Sequence TagsGenome, PlantLigninMinisatellite RepeatsMolecular Sequence DataPhylogenyPoaceaeDNA, ComplementaryDNA Transposable ElementsLignin

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