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Identification and Analysis of MADS-Box Genes Expressed in the Mesocarp of Oil Palm Fruit (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.).
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Biochemical Genetics . Dec2023, Vol. 61 Issue 6, p2382-2400. 19p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) is the most important tropical oil-bearing crop species worldwide. MADS-box proteins, which play crucial roles in plant growth and development and are involved in various physiological and biochemical processes, compose one of the largest families of plant transcription factors. In this study, 42 MADS-box genes were screened from the mesocarp transcriptome database of oil palm fruit, and their phylogenetic relationships with Arabidopsis thaliana MADS-box genes were analyzed. Based on the results, MADS-box genes from oil palm mesocarp were classified into four groups: MIKCc-type, MIKC*-type, Mα-type, and Mγ-type MADS-box genes. Members of the subfamilies were classified according to the presence of three specific protein motifs. To explore the differential expression of the MADS-box genes, the dynamic expression of all selected MADS-box genes in oil palm was measured by RNA-seq. The high expression of specific MADS-box genes in the mesocarp of oil palm during different developmental stages indicates that those genes may play important roles in the cell division of and metabolite accumulation in the fruit and could become important targets for fruit development and oil accumulation research in oil palm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *OIL palm
*GENE expression
*GENES
*FRUIT development
*TROPICAL crops
*FRUIT
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00062928
- Volume :
- 61
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Biochemical Genetics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 173804266
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10528-023-10376-y