Cordyceps militaris CM-whu Transcriptome or Gene expression

Cordyceps militaris, an ascomycete caterpillar fungus, has been used as a traditional Chinese medicine for many years owing to its anticancer and immunomodulatory activity. Currently, artificial culturing of this beneficial fungus has been widely used and can meet the market, but systematic molecular studies on the developmental stages of cultured C. militaris at transcriptional and translational levels have not been determined. We utilized high-throughput Illumina sequencing to obtain the transcriptome of C. militaris mycelium and fruiting body.