Genome-Based Identification of the Dof Gene Family in Three Cymbidium Species and Their Responses to Heat Stress in Cymbidium goeringii
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Identification and Protein Features of Dofs
2.2. Phylogeny and Classification of Dofs
2.3. Structure and Motif Analysis of Dofs
2.4. Chromosomal Localization and Collinearity of Dof Genes
2.5. Promoter Analysis of Dofs
2.6. Prediction of Dof Protein Structure
2.7. qRT-PCR Analysis of Dof Genes
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Data Source and Plant Materials
4.2. Identification and Physicochemical Properties of Dof Genes
4.3. Phylogenetic Analysis of Dofs
4.4. Gene Structures and Conserved Motif Analysis of Dofs
4.5. Collinearity and Chromosomal Localization of Dofs
4.6. Cis-Element Analysis of Dofs
4.7. Protein Structure Prediction
4.8. Analysis of Expression and RT-qPCR
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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He, X.; Zhang, M.-M.; Huang, Y.; Yu, J.; Zhao, X.; Zheng, Q.; Liu, Z.-J.; Lan, S. Genome-Based Identification of the Dof Gene Family in Three Cymbidium Species and Their Responses to Heat Stress in Cymbidium goeringii. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25, 7662. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25147662
He X, Zhang M-M, Huang Y, Yu J, Zhao X, Zheng Q, Liu Z-J, Lan S. Genome-Based Identification of the Dof Gene Family in Three Cymbidium Species and Their Responses to Heat Stress in Cymbidium goeringii. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2024; 25(14):7662. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25147662
Chicago/Turabian StyleHe, Xin, Meng-Meng Zhang, Ye Huang, Jiali Yu, Xuewei Zhao, Qinyao Zheng, Zhong-Jian Liu, and Siren Lan. 2024. "Genome-Based Identification of the Dof Gene Family in Three Cymbidium Species and Their Responses to Heat Stress in Cymbidium goeringii" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 25, no. 14: 7662. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25147662