Chloroplast genomes: diversity, evolution, and applications in genetic engineering

H Daniell, CS Lin, M Yu, WJ Chang - Genome biology, 2016‏ - Springer
Chloroplasts play a crucial role in sustaining life on earth. The availability of over 800
sequenced chloroplast genomes from a variety of land plants has enhanced our …

Biofuels as a sustainable energy source: an update of the applications of proteomics in bioenergy crops and algae

BK Ndimba, RJ Ndimba, TS Johnson… - Journal of …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Sustainable energy is the need of the 21st century, not because of the numerous
environmental and political reasons but because it is necessary to human civilization's …

Phylogenomics and a posteriori data partitioning resolve the Cretaceous angiosperm radiation Malpighiales

Z **, BR Ruhfel, H Schaefer, AM Amorim… - Proceedings of the …, 2012‏ - pnas.org
The angiosperm order Malpighiales includes∼ 16,000 species and constitutes up to 40% of
the understory tree diversity in tropical rain forests. Despite remarkable progress in …

Comparative analysis of codon usage patterns in chloroplast genomes of six Euphorbiaceae species

Z Wang, B Xu, B Li, Q Zhou, G Wang, X Jiang, C Wang… - PeerJ, 2020‏ - peerj.com
Euphorbiaceae plants are important as suppliers of biodiesel. In the current study, the codon
usage patterns and sources of variance in chloroplast genome sequences of six different …

Plastome Evolution in the Hyperdiverse Genus Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) Using Phylogenomic and Comparative Analyses: Large-Scale Expansion and …

N Wei, OA Pérez-Escobar, PM Musili… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
With c. 2,000 species, Euphorbia is one of the largest angiosperm genera, yet a lack of
chloroplast genome (plastome) resources impedes a better understanding of its evolution. In …

The Chloroplast Genome of Passiflora edulis (Passifloraceae) Assembled from Long Sequence Reads: Structural Organization and Phylogenomic Studies in …

LA Cauz-Santos, CF Munhoz, N Rodde… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2017‏ - frontiersin.org
The family Passifloraceae consists of some 700 species classified in around 16 genera.
Almost all its members belong to the genus Passiflora. In Brazil, the yellow passion fruit …

Comparative chloroplast genomics and phylogenetics of nine Lindera species (Lauraceae)

ML Zhao, Y Song, J Ni, X Yao, YH Tan, ZF Xu - Scientific Reports, 2018‏ - nature.com
Lindera, a core genus of the Lauraceae family, has important economic uses in eastern Asia
and North America. However, its historical diversification has not been clarified. In this study …

Global Analysis of Transcriptome Responses and Gene Expression Profiles to Cold Stress of Jatropha curcas L.

H Wang, Z Zou, S Wang, M Gong - PloS one, 2013‏ - journals.plos.org
Background Jatropha curcas L., also called the Physic nut, is an oil-rich shrub with multiple
uses, including biodiesel production, and is currently exploited as a renewable energy …

The Linum usitatissimum L. plastome reveals atypical structural evolution, new editing sites, and the phylogenetic position of Linaceae within Malpighiales

A de Santana Lopes, TG Pacheco, KG Santos… - Plant cell reports, 2018‏ - Springer
Key message The plastome of Linum usitatissimum was completely sequenced allowing
analyses of evolution of genome structure, RNA editing sites, molecular markers, and …

Plastid genomes of five species of riverweeds (Podostemaceae): structural organization and comparative analysis in Malpighiales

AM Bedoya, BR Ruhfel, CT Philbrick… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
With the advent of next-generation sequencing technologies, whole-plastome data can be
obtained as a byproduct of low-coverage sequencing of the plant genomic DNA. This …