Genome-Wide Identification, Characterization and Expression Analysis of the TCP Gene Family in Prunus mume.

ABSTRACT: TCP proteins, belonging to a plant-specific transcription factors family, are known to have great functions in plant development, especially flower and leaf development. However, there is little information about this gene family in Prunus mume, which is widely cultivated in China as an ornamental and fruit tree. Here a genome-wide analysis of TCP genes was performed to explore their evolution in P. mume. Nineteen PmTCPs were identified and three of them contained putative miR319 target sites. Phylogenetic and comprehensive bioinformatics analyses of these genes revealed that different types of TCP genes had undergone different evolutionary processes and the genes in the same clade had similar chromosomal location, gene structure, and conserved domains. Expression analysis of these PmTCPs

SUBMITTER: Zhou Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5005400 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature