Table 2. Comparison of the expression change of the 22 selected candidate genes with RNA-seq and qRT-PCR analysis.

Putative Function	IDs	Putative Function	Fold change
			RNA-seq	qRT-PCR
	Contig31917	taxane 2α-O-benzoyltransferase, TBT	17.1	6.9
	Contig32749	taxane 7β-hydroxylase, T7OH	48.5	4.7
	Contig30864	taxadien-5α-ol-O-acetyl transferase, TAT	34.3	19.2
Paclitaxel biosynthesis	Contig28471	3′-N-debenzoyl-2′-deoxytaxol N-benzoyltransferase, DBTNBT	52.0	14.2
	Contig19765	cytochrome P450 taxadiene 5α-hydroxylase, T5OH	29.9	3.3
	Contig20518	10-deacetylbaccatin III-10-O-acetyl transferase, DBAT	21.1	3.9
	247064	taxa-4(5),11(12)-diene synthase, TS	17.1	1.8
	240648	baccatin III 3-animo-3-phenylpropanoyltransferas, BAPT	14.9	1.5
	Contig30915	taxane 10β-hydroxylase, T10OH	5.7	3.6
HD2 type histone deacetylase	120154	HD2 type histone deacetylase, HD2	0.8	0.4
ACC oxidase	Contig16235	ACC oxidase, ACC-1	4.6	4.4
	235821	1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate oxidase, ACC-2	24.3	5.4
	Contig787#	cell cycle switch protein CCS52a, CCS52a	4.9	0.5
Cell cycle	Contig18564	cell cycle control protein cwf22, cwf22	0.4	0.6
	114663	cell cycle checkpoint protein RAD17-like, RAD17	0.5	0.4
Candidates in the	Contig24302	short chain alcohol dehydrogenase, ADH	14.9	14.8
unknown steps of	133463#	AMP dependent CoA ligase, 4CL	26.0	1.7*
paclitaxel biosynthesis	Contig24891	cytochrome P450 716B2, P450	12.1	17.0
Taxol degradation	Contig17145	alpha/beta hydrolase fold-containing protein, abH	0.1	0.1
	84500	carboxylesterase 17, CES17	0.1	0.2
Taxol transport	Contig20317	ABC transporter I family member 6, chloroplastic, ABC-I	2.8	2.3
	241293	ABC transporter G family member 3, ABC-G	n.d.	0.2

“^#” indicate different expression models in RNA-seq analysis and qRT-PCR assays. “n.d.” indicates that the expression ratio of the gene in elicited cells to that in nonelicited cells approaches to zero. “^*” indicates that the p-value is 0.447.