RNA sequencing on Solanum lycopersicum trichomes identifies transcription factors that activate terpene synthase promoters

Table 5 Terpene synthases (TPS) found in S. lycopersicum stem trichomes

TPS	Transcript length (bases)	Expression values JA^*	Expression values C^*	Fold JA induction
3	2099	15.8	2.3	6.87
5	2186	103.18	46.7	2.2
7	1069	0.5	0.18	2.78
9	2011	3060.75	2359.03	1.3
12	407	4.08	2.66	1.53
16	1868	18.36	16.87	1.09
17	1190	4.25	3.55	1.2
19	776	44.7	37.46	1.19
20	1148	142.79	106.89	1.33
24	854	0.17	0.18	0.94
31	1991	0.68	0.18	3.78
39	1131	12.07	5.68	2.12
41	2368	71.57	66.58	1.07

*Expression values are in RPKM (reads per kilobase of transcript per million mapped reads).
For SlTPS8 no transcripts were identified in the stem trichome database although by Q-RT-PCR minimal expression has been observed [45].

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