Title
Transcriptome analysis of smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora Loisel), a monocot halophyte, reveals candidate genes involved in its adaptation to salinity
Description
Abstract Background Soil salinity affects growth and yield of crop plants. Plants respond to salinity by physiological and biochemical adjustments through a coordinated regulation and expression of a cascade of genes. Recently, halophytes have attracted attention of the biologists to understand their salt adaptation mechanisms. Spartina alterniflora (smooth cordgrass) is a Louisiana native monocot halophyte that can withstand salinity up to double the strength of sea water. To dissect the molecular mechanisms underlying its salinity adaptation, leaf and root transcriptome of S. alterniflora was sequenced using 454/GS-FLX. Results Altogether, 770,690 high quality reads with an average length 324-bp were assembled de novo into 73,131 contigs (average 577-bp long) with 5.9X sequence coverage. Most unigenes (95 %) annotated to proteins with known functions, and had more than 90 % similarity to rice genes. About 28 % unigenes were considered specific to S. alterniflora. Digital expression profiles revealed significant enrichment (P
Publication Date
1-1-2016
Publisher
figshare Academic Research System
DOI
10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3612293.v1
Document Type
Data Set
Recommended Citation
Srivastava, Subodh; Sanchez, Luis Eduardo; Mangu, Venkata Ramanarao; Bedre, Renesh; Baisakh, Niranjan (2016), "Transcriptome analysis of smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora Loisel), a monocot halophyte, reveals candidate genes involved in its adaptation to salinity", figshare Academic Research System, doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3612293.v1
https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3612293.v1
Identifier
10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3612293.v1
Embargo Date
1-1-2016