Identification and Characterization of TALE Homeobox Genes in the Endangered Fern Vandenboschia speciosa.

ABSTRACT: We report and discuss the results of a quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) analysis of the expression patterns of seven three amino acid loop extension (TALE) homeobox genes (four KNOTTED-like homeobox (KNOX) and three BEL1-like homeobox (BELL) genes) identified after next generation sequencing (NGS) and assembly of the sporophyte and gametophyte transcriptomes of the endangered fern species Vandenboschia speciosa. Among the four KNOX genes, two belonged to the KNOX1 class and the other two belonged to the KNOX2 class. Analysis of the deduced amino acid sequences supported the typical domain structure of both types of TALE proteins, and the homology to TALE proteins of mosses, lycophytes, and

SUBMITTER: Ruiz-Estevez M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5664125 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature