Novel members of the AGAMOUS LIKE 6 subfamily of MIKCC-type MADS-box genes in soybean.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The classical (C) MIKC-type MADS-box transcription factors comprise one gene family that plays diverse roles in the flowering process ranging from floral initiation to the development of floral organs. Despite their importance in regulating developmental processes that impact crop yield, they remain largely unexplored in the major legume oilseed crop, soybean.

Results

We identified 57 MIKC(c)-type transcription factors from soybean and determined the in silico gene expression profiles of the soybean MIKC(c)-type genes across different tissues. Our study implicates three MIKC(c)-type transcription factors as novel members of the AGAMOUS LIKE 6 (AGL6) subfamily of the MIKC(C)-type MADS-box genes, and we named this sister clade PsMADS3. While similar genes were ident

SUBMITTER: Wong CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3765189 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature