title: Analysis of expressed sequence tags from Musa acuminata ssp. burmannicoides, var. Calcutta 4 (AA) leaves submitted to temperature stresses.
abstract: In order to discover genes expressed in leaves of Musa acuminata ssp. burmannicoides var. Calcutta 4 (AA), from plants submitted to temperature stress, we produced and characterized two full-length enriched cDNA libraries. Total RNA from plants subjected to temperatures ranging from 5 degrees C to 25 degrees C and from 25 degrees C to 45 degrees C was used to produce a COLD and a HOT cDNA library, respectively. We sequenced 1,440 clones from each library. Following quality analysis and vector trimming, we assembled 2,286 sequences from both libraries into 1,019 putative transcripts, consisting of 217 clusters and 802 singletons, which we denoted Musa acuminata assembled expressed sequence tagged (EST) sequences (MaAES). Of these MaAES, 22.87% showed no matches with existing sequences in public databases. A global analysis of the MaAES data set indicated that 10% of the sequenced cDNAs are present in both cDNA libraries, while 42% and 48% are present only in the COLD or in the HOT libraries, respectively. Annotation of the MaAES data set categorized them into 22 functional classes. Of the 2,286 high-quality sequences, 715 (31.28%) originated from full-length cDNA clones and resulted in a set of 149 genes.
authors.affiliation: Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Caixa Postal 02372, Brasilia, CEP 70.770-900, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
authors.forename: C M R
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: N F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Hörberg
authors.forename: E R P
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: de Almeida
authors.forename: M C F
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Coelho
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Togawa
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Caetano
authors.forename: R N G
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Souza
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D020224:Expressed Sequence Tags; D015723:Gene Library; D017343:Genes, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D028521:Musa / Q000235:genetics*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013045:Species Specificity; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers