Lophophytum Parasitic Plant Mitochondrial Genomes and Expression Data

45.2 MB of genomic and transcriptomic data from the holoparasitic plant Lophophytum mirabile and its sister species L. pyramidale, along with their mimosoid hosts, assembled and analyzed by Maria Emilia Roulet. The dataset, last updated in April 2026, investigates the structural mechanisms enabling functional horizontal gene transfer in plant mitochondria. It includes files such as assembled mitochondrial genomes and expression data in formats like FASTA, BAM, CSV, and TSV.

Use Cases

• Analyzing chimeric gene structures based on the description of xenologs retaining native 5' regions.
• Studying RNA editing patterns based on the mention of host-specific editing sites processed by native machinery.
• Comparing mitochondrial genomes between parasitic plants and their hosts based on the assembled genomes mentioned.
• Investigating selective filters in gene replacement based on the described bias towards genes with low editing requirements and no introns.

Strengths

• Data is focused on a unique biological system (Lophophytum mirabile) for studying functional horizontal gene transfer.
• Includes multiple data types and formats (e.g., FASTA, BAM, CSV) totaling 45.2 MB.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for open reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Maria Emilia Roulet via figshare.

Collection Method

Likely contains assembled mitochondrial genomes and analyzed expression data from the described study.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-13 17:57:33.

Geography

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