Transcriptome Profiling of Khat (Catha edulis) and Ephedra sinica Reveals Gene Candidates Potentially Involved in Amphetamine-Type Alkaloid Biosynthesis

• Ryan A. Groves,

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Jillian M. Hagel,

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Ye Zhang,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Korey Kilpatrick,

  Affiliations Department of Biology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food, London, Ontario, Canada

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• Asaf Levy,

  Affiliations The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Science and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, 76100, Israel, Department of Aromatic, Medicinal and Spice Crops, Newe Ya’ar Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, P.O. Box 1021, Ramat Yishay, 30095, Israel

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• Frédéric Marsolais,

  Affiliations Department of Biology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food, London, Ontario, Canada

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• Efraim Lewinsohn,

  Affiliation Department of Aromatic, Medicinal and Spice Crops, Newe Ya’ar Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, P.O. Box 1021, Ramat Yishay, 30095, Israel

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• Christoph W. Sensen,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Peter J. Facchini

  * E-mail: pfacchin@ucalgary.ca

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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