PRJNA390566
Luffa cylindrica seed transcriptome
Luffa cylindrica (aka Luffa aegyptiaca) commonly called Vietnamese luffa, Egyptian cucumber or the sponge luffa may be eaten, has traditional medicine uses and its fruit may be dried and become the source for the loofah scrubbing sponge used in bathrooms and kitchens. Its seeds contains several bioactive peptides including one called Luffin P1, whose precursor in unknown. This sequence data will reveal the precursor of Luffin P1 and is a source for other gene information.