Wide-Range Portrayal of AP2/ERF Transcription Factor Family in Maize (Zea mays L.) Development and Stress Responses
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Classification of ZmAP2/ERF Family Members
2.2. Sequence and Phylogenetic Analysis of ZmAP2/ERF Proteins
2.3. Chromosomal Localization, Duplication, and Conserved Motif Analysis of ZmAP2/ERFs
2.4. ZmAP2/ERFs Expression Profiling by RNA-seq Data
2.5. Experimental Material and Treatments
2.6. Expression Quantification by qRT-PCR
3. Results
3.1. Phylogenetic Classification of ZmAP2/ERFs Family Members
3.2. Conserved Motif Analysis and Intron-Exon Organization in ZmAP2/ERF TFs
3.3. Chromosomal Arrangement, Paralogous Gene Identification, and Synteny Analysis of the ZmAP2/ERF Transcription Factor Family
3.4. Promoter Region Analysis of Maize AP2/ERFs
3.5. Expression Analysis of ZmAP2/ERFs in Maize Tissues
3.6. Expression Profiling of ZmAP2/ERFs in Response to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses
3.7. Relative Expression of ZmAP2/ERFs by qRT-PCR
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Cheng, C.; An, L.; Li, F.; Ahmad, W.; Aslam, M.; Ul Haq, M.Z.; Yan, Y.; Ahmad, R.M. Wide-Range Portrayal of AP2/ERF Transcription Factor Family in Maize (Zea mays L.) Development and Stress Responses. Genes 2023, 14, 194. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14010194
Cheng C, An L, Li F, Ahmad W, Aslam M, Ul Haq MZ, Yan Y, Ahmad RM. Wide-Range Portrayal of AP2/ERF Transcription Factor Family in Maize (Zea mays L.) Development and Stress Responses. Genes. 2023; 14(1):194. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14010194
Chicago/Turabian StyleCheng, Cheng, Likun An, Fangzhe Li, Wahaj Ahmad, Muhammad Aslam, Muhammad Zia Ul Haq, Yuanxin Yan, and Ramala Masood Ahmad. 2023. "Wide-Range Portrayal of AP2/ERF Transcription Factor Family in Maize (Zea mays L.) Development and Stress Responses" Genes 14, no. 1: 194. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14010194
APA StyleCheng, C., An, L., Li, F., Ahmad, W., Aslam, M., Ul Haq, M. Z., Yan, Y., & Ahmad, R. M. (2023). Wide-Range Portrayal of AP2/ERF Transcription Factor Family in Maize (Zea mays L.) Development and Stress Responses. Genes, 14(1), 194. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14010194