title: Whole-transcriptome sequence analysis of differentially expressed genes in Phormium tenax under drought stress.
abstract: Phormium tenax is a kind of drought resistant garden plant with its rich and colorful leaves. To clarify the molecular mechanism of drought resistance in Phormium tenax, transcriptome was sequenced by the Illumina sequencing technology under normal and drought stress, respectively. A large number of contigs, transcripts and unigenes were obtained. Among them, only 30,814 unigenes were annotated by comparing with the protein databases. A total of 4,380 genes were differentially expressed, 2,698 of which were finally annotated under drought stress. Differentially expression analysis was also performed upon drought treatment. In KEGG pathway, the mechanism of drought resistance in Phormium tenax was explained from three aspects of metabolism and signaling of hormones, osmotic adjustment and reactive oxygen species metabolism. These results are helpful to understand the drought tolerance mechanism of Phormium tenax and will provide a precious genetic resource for drought-resistant vegetation breeding and research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ornamental Horticulture, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Zhen-Yu
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.affiliation: Department of Ornamental Horticulture, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Tong
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Ornamental Horticulture, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Yin-Huan
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Ornamental Horticulture, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Ke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Ornamental Horticulture, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Qian-Yu
authors.initials: QY
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.affiliation: Department of Ornamental Horticulture, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Yuan-Zhi
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.affiliation: Department of Ornamental Horticulture, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Bei-Bei
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Department of Ornamental Horticulture, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Ornamental Horticulture, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Guang-Li
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Ornamental Horticulture, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Yin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.affiliation: Department of Ornamental Horticulture, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huimin Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Qing-Lin
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D055864:Droughts; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013312:Stress, Physiological; D059467:Transcriptome; D000070380:Asphodelaceae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins