The gene sequences of banana have been analysed from genomic DNA and from RNA.
A low-depth 454 sequencing of banana nuclear genome provided the largest amount of DNA sequence data available until now for Musa and permitted reconstruction of most of the major types of DNA repeats.
In GreenPhylDB, the SPS family appears as a cluster of 133 sequences (cluster GP016032 annotated as SPS subfamily) (Supplementary File 1 Figure S9), including four sequences of banana, distributed on three chromosomes (Supplementary Table S4).
The availability of the genome sequences of banana and different Foc races, as well as the transcriptomes and global gene expression profiles, are very useful in future studies toward understanding the molecular mechanism mediating resistance to fusarium wilt disease.
Indeed, integrated sequences of Banana streak virus (BSV), Tobacco vein clearing virus (TVCV) and Petunia vein clearing virus (PVCV) [ 2, 5, 6, 8] can be reactivated in response to abiotic or genomic stress.
We now know the genome sequences of the banana and the fungi that cause Fusarium wilt and Sigatoka.
DNA markers, the genetic maps based on them, and the recent sequencing of the banana genome offer means for gaining more insights in the genetics of the crops and to identifying genes that could lead to accelerating Musa betterment.
However, projects like the sequencing of the banana genome encouraged the synergistic integration of tools.
Database URL: http://banana-genome.cirad.fr/ We recently published a reference genome sequence for banana (1).
We sequenced two rounds (pair ends) of banana mRNA sequences and obtained a total of 26,666,670 reads and 2,400,000,300 nucleotides.
