Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of GRAS family transcription factors in tea plant (Camellia sinensis).

ABSTRACT: GRAS proteins are important transcription factors that play multifarious roles in regulating the growth and development as well as stress responses of plants. Tea plant is an economically important leaf -type beverage crop. Information concerning GRAS family transcription factors in tea plant is insufficient. In this study, 52 CsGRAS genes encoding GRAS proteins were identified from tea plant genome database. Phylogenetic analysis of the identified GRAS proteins from tea plant, Arabidopsis, and rice divided these proteins into at least 13 subgroups. Conserved motif analysis revealed that the gene structure and motif compositions of the proteins were considerably conserved among the same subgroup. Functional divergence analysis indicated that the shifted evolutionary rate might act as a maj

SUBMITTER: Wang YX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5834537 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature