Potential Roles of the GRF Transcription Factors in Sorghum Internodes during Post-Reproductive Stages
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. SbGRF Family Is Expanded by Whole-Genome Duplication
2.2. Expression Analysis Suggests Functional Divergence of SbGRFs
2.3. Analyses of SbGRF Expression Patterns in Sorghum Internodes Identifies Their Roles in Internode Elongation and Metabolism
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Genome-Wide Identification and Sequence Analysis of Sorghum GRFs
3.2. Phylogenetic Analysis Sorghum GRFs
3.3. Gene Expression Analysis of SbGRFs
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Tu, M.; Li, Z.; Zhu, Y.; Wang, P.; Jia, H.; Wang, G.; Zhou, Q.; Hua, Y.; Yang, L.; Xiao, J.; et al. Potential Roles of the GRF Transcription Factors in Sorghum Internodes during Post-Reproductive Stages. Plants 2024, 13, 2352. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13172352
Tu M, Li Z, Zhu Y, Wang P, Jia H, Wang G, Zhou Q, Hua Y, Yang L, Xiao J, et al. Potential Roles of the GRF Transcription Factors in Sorghum Internodes during Post-Reproductive Stages. Plants. 2024; 13(17):2352. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13172352
Chicago/Turabian StyleTu, Min, Zhuang Li, Yuanlin Zhu, Peng Wang, Hongbin Jia, Guoli Wang, Qin Zhou, Yuqing Hua, Lin Yang, Jiangrong Xiao, and et al. 2024. "Potential Roles of the GRF Transcription Factors in Sorghum Internodes during Post-Reproductive Stages" Plants 13, no. 17: 2352. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13172352