Transcriptome analysis of the oil-rich seed of the bioenergy crop <it>Jatropha curcas </it>L
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>To date, oil-rich plants are the main source of biodiesel products. Because concerns have been voiced about the impact of oil-crop cultivation on the price of food commodities, the interest in oil plants not used for food production...
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| author | Moreira Raquel C Papes Fábio Vicentini Renato de Campos-Leite Luciana Cunha Muciana AS Lima Aline C Del Bem Luís EV Cardoso Kiara C Costa Gustavo GL Yunes José A Campos Francisco AP Da Silva Márcio J |
| author_facet | Moreira Raquel C Papes Fábio Vicentini Renato de Campos-Leite Luciana Cunha Muciana AS Lima Aline C Del Bem Luís EV Cardoso Kiara C Costa Gustavo GL Yunes José A Campos Francisco AP Da Silva Márcio J |
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>To date, oil-rich plants are the main source of biodiesel products. Because concerns have been voiced about the impact of oil-crop cultivation on the price of food commodities, the interest in oil plants not used for food production and amenable to cultivation on non-agricultural land has soared. As a non-food, drought-resistant and oil-rich crop, <it>Jatropha curcas </it>L. fulfils many of the requirements for biofuel production.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>We have generated 13,249 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from developing and germinating <it>Jatropha </it>seeds. This strategy allowed us to detect most known genes related to lipid synthesis and degradation. We have also identified ESTs coding for proteins that may be involved in the toxicity of <it>Jatropha </it>seeds. Another unexpected finding is the high number of ESTs containing transposable element-related sequences in the developing seed library (800) when contrasted with those found in the germinating seed library (80).</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>The sequences generated in this work represent a considerable increase in the number of sequences deposited in public databases. These results can be used to produce genetically improved varieties of <it>Jatropha </it>with increased oil yields, different oil compositions and better agronomic characteristics.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1303ac3925c548f9a3dcc8c369eeb0b02022-12-22T01:25:11ZengBMCBMC Genomics1471-21642010-08-0111146210.1186/1471-2164-11-462Transcriptome analysis of the oil-rich seed of the bioenergy crop <it>Jatropha curcas </it>LMoreira Raquel CPapes FábioVicentini Renatode Campos-Leite LucianaCunha Muciana ASLima Aline CDel Bem Luís EVCardoso Kiara CCosta Gustavo GLYunes José ACampos Francisco APDa Silva Márcio J<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>To date, oil-rich plants are the main source of biodiesel products. Because concerns have been voiced about the impact of oil-crop cultivation on the price of food commodities, the interest in oil plants not used for food production and amenable to cultivation on non-agricultural land has soared. As a non-food, drought-resistant and oil-rich crop, <it>Jatropha curcas </it>L. fulfils many of the requirements for biofuel production.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>We have generated 13,249 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from developing and germinating <it>Jatropha </it>seeds. This strategy allowed us to detect most known genes related to lipid synthesis and degradation. We have also identified ESTs coding for proteins that may be involved in the toxicity of <it>Jatropha </it>seeds. Another unexpected finding is the high number of ESTs containing transposable element-related sequences in the developing seed library (800) when contrasted with those found in the germinating seed library (80).</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>The sequences generated in this work represent a considerable increase in the number of sequences deposited in public databases. These results can be used to produce genetically improved varieties of <it>Jatropha </it>with increased oil yields, different oil compositions and better agronomic characteristics.</p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/11/462 |
| spellingShingle | Moreira Raquel C Papes Fábio Vicentini Renato de Campos-Leite Luciana Cunha Muciana AS Lima Aline C Del Bem Luís EV Cardoso Kiara C Costa Gustavo GL Yunes José A Campos Francisco AP Da Silva Márcio J Transcriptome analysis of the oil-rich seed of the bioenergy crop <it>Jatropha curcas </it>L BMC Genomics |
| title | Transcriptome analysis of the oil-rich seed of the bioenergy crop <it>Jatropha curcas </it>L |
| title_full | Transcriptome analysis of the oil-rich seed of the bioenergy crop <it>Jatropha curcas </it>L |
| title_fullStr | Transcriptome analysis of the oil-rich seed of the bioenergy crop <it>Jatropha curcas </it>L |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transcriptome analysis of the oil-rich seed of the bioenergy crop <it>Jatropha curcas </it>L |
| title_short | Transcriptome analysis of the oil-rich seed of the bioenergy crop <it>Jatropha curcas </it>L |
| title_sort | transcriptome analysis of the oil rich seed of the bioenergy crop it jatropha curcas it l |
| url | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/11/462 |
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