Table 4.
Identification of genes associated with bayberry fruit ripening and senescence from “Biqi” fruit ESTs.
| Processes involved | Unigene code | Highest BLAST match based on deduced amino acid sequences | Numbers of ESTs obtained | ||||||
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| Deduced protein | Plant | Identity (%) | MG | PR | RR | FR | Total | ||
| Ethylene biosynthesis | MRU00059 | 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid oxidase (ACO) (AY211549.1) | Vitis vinifera | 89 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Ethylene signal transduction | MRU00110 | Ethylene response factor (ERF) (AJ606475.1) | Fagus sylvatica | 75 | 1 | 1 | |||
| MRU00129 | Ethylene-insensitive 3-like protein (EIL) (GU981740.1) | Citrus aurantium | 64 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| ABA biosynthesis | MRU00088 | 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase (NCED) (DQ309329.1) | Citrus clementina | 86 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Senescence and apoptosis | MRU00242 | Ascorbate peroxidase (HQ661034.1) | Dimocarpus longan | 94 | 1 | 1 | |||
| MRU00387 | Senescence-related protein (FJ014471.1) | Camellia sinensis | 77 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| MRU00062 | Senescence-associated protein (EU961590.1) | Zea mays | 71 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| MRU00050 | Cytochrome C reductase (8.0 KD subunit) (X79274.1) | Solanum tuberosum | 72 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||