Camellia sinensis var. sinensis Transcriptome or Gene expression. Camellia sinensis var. sinensis

We adopted Illumina RNA-Seq technology to survey the poly (A) transcriptome from six tissues cDNA libraries of the tea plant (Camellia sinensis)and identified the majority of genes associated with essential metabolic pathways and secondary metabolic pathways such as flavonoid,theanine biosynthesis, and some novel candidate genes for secondary metabolic pathways as well. The transcriptome dataset we obtained laid a solid foundation for future studies of gene expression and functional genomics in tea.