Figure 5

Transcript abundance of flax BGAL genes in various tissues, by qRT-PCR (Fluidigm platform). Expression levels (log₂), relative to the reference genes ETIF1 (eukaryotic translation initiation factor 1), GAPDH (glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase), and ETIF5A (eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A), were used to prepare a heat map, with blue indicating lower expression and red indicating high expression. Gray indicates no detectable expression. Tissue types analysed include: roots (R); leaves (L); senescing leaves (SL); stem apex (SA); cortical peels from vegetative stage stems (ECP) or green capsule stage stems (LCP); phloem fibres from vegetative stage stems (EF) or green capsule stage stems (LF); xylem from vegetative stage stems (X); budding flowers (FB); open flowers (F); and seed bolls from the green capsule stage (B).