The tea plant reference genome and improved gene annotation using long-read and paired-end sequencing data.

Tea is a globally consumed non-alcohol beverage with great economic importance. However, lack of the reference genome has largely hampered the utilization of precious tea plant genetic resources towards breeding. To address this issue, we previously generated a high-quality reference genome of tea plant using Illumina and PacBio sequencing technology, which produced a total of 2,124 Gb short and 125 Gb long read data, respectively.

Draft genome sequence of var. provides insights into the evolution of the tea genome and tea quality.

Tea, one of the world's most important beverage crops, provides numerous secondary metabolites that account for its rich taste and health benefits. Here we present a high-quality sequence of the genome of tea, var. (CSS), using both Illumina and PacBio sequencing technologies.

A NIR BODIPY dye bearing 3,4,4a-trihydroxanthene moieties.

A novel 3,4,4a-trihydroxanthene-fused pyrrole 2 was synthesized by the reaction of 2,3,4,4a-tetrahydro-1H-xanthen-1-one with 3-phenyl-2H-azirine in the presence of LDA. Utilizing this pyrrole 2, a NIR BODIPY 1 (λ(abs) = 732 nm, λ(em) = 747 nm) has been prepared. The new BODIPY 1 was stable, non-cytotoxic, and suited to labeling living cells for imaging assay in the NIR region.