• Identification and expression of the CCO family during development, ripening and stress response in banana

    22 days ago - By Springer

    Abstract
    Plant hormone abscisic acid plays an important role in plant growth, development and response to biotic / abiotic stressors. Thus, it is necessary to investigate the crucial genes associated with ABA synthesis. Currently, the carotenoid cleavage oxygenases family that function as the key step for ABA synthesis are not well understood in banana. In this study, 13 MaCCO genes and 12 MbCCO genes, divided into NCED subgroup and CCD subgroup, were identified from the banana genome, and their evolutionary relationship, protein motifs, and gene structures were also determined...
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  • Genome-wide investigation of the WRKY transcription factor gene family in weeping forsythia: expression profile and cold and drought stress responses

    22 days ago - By Springer

    Abstract
    Weeping forsythia is a wide-spread shrub in China with important ornamental, medicinal and ecological values. It is widely distributed in China's warm temperate zone. In plants, WRKY transcription factors play important regulatory roles in seed germination, flower development, fruit ripening and coloring, and biotic and abiotic stress response. To date, WRKY transcription factors have not been systematically studied in weeping forsythia. In this study, we identified 79 WRKY genes in weeping forsythia and classified them according to their naming rules in Arabidopsis thaliana...
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  • Genome wide identification and evolutionary analysis of vat like NBS-LRR genes potentially associated with resistance to aphids in cotton

    22 days ago - By Springer

    Abstract
    Nucleotide Binding Site - Leucine Rich Repeat genes play a significant role in plant defense against biotic stresses and are an integral part of signal transduction pathways. Vat gene has been well reported for their role in resistance to Aphis gossypii and viruses transmitted by them. Despite their importance, Vat like NBS-LRR resistance genes have not yet been identified and studied in cotton species. This study report hundreds of orthologous Vat like NBS-LRR genes from the genomes of 18 cotton species through homology searches and the distribution of those identified genes were...
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