Systematic Annotation Reveals CEP Function in Tomato Root Development and Abiotic Stress Response.

ABSTRACT: Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is one of the most important vegetable crops worldwide; however, environmental stressors severely restrict tomato growth and yield. Therefore, it is of great interest to discover novel regulators to improve tomato growth and environmental stress adaptions. Here, we applied a comprehensive bioinformatics approach to identify putative tomato C-TERMINALLY ENCODED PEPTIDE (CEP) genes and to explore their potential physiological function in tomato root development and abiotic stress responses. A total of 17 tomato CEP genes were identified and grouped into two subgroups based on the similarity of CEP motifs. The public RNA-Seq data revealed that tomato CEP genes displayed a diverse expression pattern in tomato tissues. Additionall

SUBMITTER: Liu D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9562649 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature