The Expanded SWEET Gene Family Following Whole Genome Triplication in Brassica rapa.

ABSTRACT: The SWEET family, which includes transcripts of a cohort of plant hexose and sucrose transporters, is considered key to improving crop stress tolerance and yield through its role in manipulating the carbohydrate partitioning process. The functions and regulatory roles of this gene family are variable among different species; thus, to determine these roles, more species-specific information is needed. Brassica rapa displays complicated regulation after a whole-genome triplication (WGT) event, which provides enormous advantages for use in genetic studies, thus it is an ideal model for exploring the functional and regulatory roles of SWEETs from a genetic perspective. In this study, the results of a homology search and phylogenetic relationship analysis revealed the evolutionary footpr

SUBMITTER: Wei Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6771021 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature