Identification and expression profiling analysis of TCP family genes involved in growth and development in maize.

ABSTRACT: The TCP family is a group of plant-specific transcription factors. TCP genes encode proteins harboring bHLH structure, which is implicated in DNA binding and protein-protein interactions and known as the TCP domain. TCP genes play important roles in plant development and have been evolutionarily and functionally elaborated in various plants, however, no overall phylogenetic analysis or expression profiling of TCP genes in Zea mays has been reported. In the present study, a systematic analysis of molecular evolution and functional prediction of TCP family genes in maize (Z. mays L.) has been conducted. We performed a genome-wide survey of TCP genes in maize, revealing the gene structure, chromosomal location and phylogenetic relationsh

SUBMITTER: Chai W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5671458 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature