Evolution of ALOG gene family suggests various roles in establishing plant architecture of Torenia fournieri.

ABSTRACT:

Background

ALOG (Arabidopsis LSH1 and Oryza G1) family with a conserved domain widely exists in plants. A handful of ALOG members have been functionally characterized, suggesting their roles as key developmental regulators. However, the evolutionary scenario of this gene family during the diversification of plant species remains largely unclear.

Methods

Here, we isolated seven ALOG genes from Torenia fournieri and phylogenetically analyzed them with different ALOG members from representative plants in major taxonomic clades. We further examined their gene expression patterns by RT-PCR, and regarding the protein subcellular localization, we co-expressed the candidates with a nuclear marker. Finally, we explored the functional diversification of two ALOG members, TfALOG1 in eu

SUBMITTER: Xiao W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6148777 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature