Study of CaDreb2c and CaDreb2h Gene Sequences and Expression in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Cultivars Growing in Northern Kazakhstan under Drought.

ABSTRACT: Drought poses a significant challenge to plant growth and productivity, particularly in arid regions like northern Kazakhstan. Dehydration-responsive element-binding (DREB) transcription factors play an important role in plant response to drought and other abiotic stresses. In Arabidopsis thaliana, the DREB subfamily consists of six groups, designated DREB1 to DREB6. Among these, DREB2 is primarily associated with drought and salinity tolerance. In the chickpea genome, two DREB genes, CaDREB2c and CaDREB2h, have been identified, exhibiting high sequence similarity to Arabidopsis DREB2 genes. We investigated the nucleotide sequences of CaDREB2c and CaDREB2h genes in several chickpea cultivars commonly grown in northern Kazakhstan. Interesting

SUBMITTER: Kiselev KV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11314285 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature