title: An introduction to the medicinal plant genome project.
abstract: In recent years, genomics has developed rapidly with the application of next-generation sequencing technology. However, very few studies have been carried out on genomics for medicinal plants. This paper introduces the genome research of medicinal plants, including genome sequencing, assembly, annotation, and functional genomics, to set up the foundation for the development of natural medicines and the selection of cultivars with good agricultural traits. This study places the study on traditional Chinese medicine into the frontier field of life science.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China. slchen@implad.ac.cn
authors.forename: Shilin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Qiushi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D018745:Genome, Plant; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods*