Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of the GASA Gene Family in Medicago truncatula, and Expression Patterns under Abiotic Stress and Hormone Treatments
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Plant Materials, Growth Condition and Treatments
2.2. Identification of GASA Family Member in M. truncatula
2.3. Chromosomal Localization and Gene Duplication
2.4. Sequence Alignment and Polygenetic Analysis
2.5. Tandem Duplication and Synteny Analysis
2.6. Cis-Regulatory Element Analysis
2.7. MtGASA Gene Expression Profiles under Multiple Tissues and Abiotic Stresses
2.8. Quantitative RT-PCR Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Identification and Annotation of GASA Genes in Medicago truncatula
3.2. Systematic Phylogeny, Gene Structure, and Motif Analysis of GASA Genes in M. truncatula
3.3. Chromosomal Localization and Gene Duplication Analysis of MtGASAs
3.4. Promoter Region Analysis of MtGASAs
3.5. Expression Patterns of MtGASAs
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Gao, C.; Li, Z.; Zhang, H.; Li, C.; Sun, H.; Li, S.; Ma, N.; Qi, X.; Cui, Y.; Yang, P.; et al. Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of the GASA Gene Family in Medicago truncatula, and Expression Patterns under Abiotic Stress and Hormone Treatments. Plants 2024, 13, 2364. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13172364
Gao C, Li Z, Zhang H, Li C, Sun H, Li S, Ma N, Qi X, Cui Y, Yang P, et al. Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of the GASA Gene Family in Medicago truncatula, and Expression Patterns under Abiotic Stress and Hormone Treatments. Plants. 2024; 13(17):2364. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13172364
Chicago/Turabian StyleGao, Cai, Zhongxing Li, Hanwen Zhang, Chun Li, Haoyang Sun, Shuo Li, Nan Ma, Xiangyu Qi, Yilin Cui, Peizhi Yang, and et al. 2024. "Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of the GASA Gene Family in Medicago truncatula, and Expression Patterns under Abiotic Stress and Hormone Treatments" Plants 13, no. 17: 2364. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13172364