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Deep sequencing of the Mexican avocado transcriptome, an ancient angiosperm with a high content of fatty acids.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Avocado (Persea americana) is an economically important tropical fruit considered to be a good source of fatty acids. Despite its importance, the molecular and cellular characterization of biochemical and developmental processes in avocado is limited due to the lack of transcriptome and genomic information.

Results

The transcriptomes of seeds, roots, stems, leaves, aerial buds and flowers were determined using different sequencing platforms. Additionally, the transcriptomes of three different stages of fruit ripening (pre-climacteric, climacteric and post-climacteric) were also analyzed. The analysis of the RNAseqatlas presented here reveals strong differences in gene expression patterns between different organs, especially between root and flower, but also reveals similarities among the gene expression patterns in other organs, such as stem, leaves and aerial buds (vegetative organs) or seed and fruit (storage organs). Important regulators, functional categories, and differentially expressed genes involved in avocado fruit ripening were identified. Additionally, to demonstrate the utility of the avocado gene expression atlas, we investigated the expression patterns of genes implicated in fatty acid metabolism and fruit ripening.

Conclusions

A description of transcriptomic changes occurring during fruit ripening was obtained in Mexican avocado, contributing to a dynamic view of the expression patterns of genes involved in fatty acid biosynthesis and the fruit ripening process.

SUBMITTER: Ibarra-Laclette E

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4533766 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Deep sequencing of the Mexican avocado transcriptome, an ancient angiosperm with a high content of fatty acids.

Ibarra-Laclette Enrique E Méndez-Bravo Alfonso A Pérez-Torres Claudia Anahí CA Albert Victor A VA Mockaitis Keithanne K Kilaru Aruna A López-Gómez Rodolfo R Cervantes-Luevano Jacob Israel JI Herrera-Estrella Luis L

BMC genomics 20150813

<h4>Background</h4>Avocado (Persea americana) is an economically important tropical fruit considered to be a good source of fatty acids. Despite its importance, the molecular and cellular characterization of biochemical and developmental processes in avocado is limited due to the lack of transcriptome and genomic information.<h4>Results</h4>The transcriptomes of seeds, roots, stems, leaves, aerial buds and flowers were determined using different sequencing platforms. Additionally, the transcript ...[more]

PMID: 26268848

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Deep sequencing of the Mexican avocado transcriptome, an ancient angiosperm with a high content of fatty acids.

Background

Results

Conclusions

Publications

Deep sequencing of the Mexican avocado transcriptome, an ancient angiosperm with a high content of fatty acids.

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