De novo sequencing and analysis of the lily pollen transcriptome: an open access data source for an orphan plant species
Veronika Lang, Björn Usadel, Gerhard Obermeyer

Abstract:
Pollen grains of Lilium longiflorum are a long established model system for pollen germination and tube tip growth. Due to their size, protein content and almost synchronous germination in synthetic media, they provide a simple system for physiological measurements as well as sufficient material for biochemical studies, but sequence information in lily pollen is still scarce. Using a next generation sequencing strategy (RNAseq), the lily pollen transcriptome was investigated. All lily pollen sequence data are provided as open access files with suitable tools to search sequences of interest.

The open access article can be found  here

Reviewed by Hans Brandstetter