*2.2. Identification of DNA Sequences*

In order to find the complete coding sequences of the genes, we searched the flax genome (Acc. No. AFSQ00000000.1) using fragments of DNA/cDNA obtained previously in our laboratory, via homology search and PCR, to obtain clones containing the genomic sequence of the GOI (gene of interest). Flax clones were scanned using FGENESH, SoftBerry (Mount Kisco, NY, USA). The resulting coding sequence was compared to the sequences from different plant species available in NCBI using BLAST software.
