Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the CaNAC family members in chickpea during development, dehydration and ABA treatments.

ABSTRACT: The plant-specific NAC transcription factors (TFs) play important roles in regulation of diverse biological processes, including development, growth, cell division and responses to environmental stimuli. In this study, we identified the members of the NAC TF family of chickpea (Cicer arietinum) and assess their expression profiles during plant development and under dehydration and abscisic acid (ABA) treatments in a systematic manner. Seventy-one CaNAC genes were detected from the chickpea genome, including 8 membrane-bound members of which many might be involved in dehydration responses as judged from published literature. Phylogenetic analysis of the chickpea and well-known stress-related Arabidopsis and rice NACs enabled us to predict several putative stress-related CaNACs. By exploring

SUBMITTER: Ha CV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4257607 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature