Genome-Wide Identification and Functional Characterization of the Heat Shock Factor Family in Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) under Abiotic Stress Conditions.

ABSTRACT: Plant heat shock factors (Hsfs) play crucial roles in various environmental stress responses. Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) is an agronomically important and thermophilic vegetable grown worldwide. Although the functions of Hsfs under environmental stress conditions have been characterized in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana and tomato, their roles in responding to various stresses remain unclear in eggplant. Therefore, we characterized the eggplant SmeHsf family and surveyed expression profiles mediated by the SmeHsfs under various stress conditions. Here, using reported Hsfs from other species as queries to search SmeHsfs in the eggplant genome and confirming the typical conserved domains, we identified 20 SmeHsf genes. The SmeHsfs were further classified into 14 subg

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7412109 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature