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Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the VQ gene family in Cucurbita pepo L.

VQ protein is a plant specific protein, which plays an important role in plant growth and development and biological and abiotic stress response. This study aimed to systematically analyze for the first time the VQ of Cucurbita pepo and understand their expression patterns in response to different s...

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Autores principales: Xu, Ke, Wang, Ping
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8785662/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35116202
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12827
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description VQ protein is a plant specific protein, which plays an important role in plant growth and development and biological and abiotic stress response. This study aimed to systematically analyze for the first time the VQ of Cucurbita pepo and understand their expression patterns in response to different stimuli. Herein, 44 VQ genes were identified, which were divided into eight groups (I–VIII) based on phylogenetic analysis. Two genes (CpVQ1 and CpVQ2) could not be located on the chromosome, whereas the remaining CpVQ genes were randomly distributed on the chromosomes, except for chromosomes 15 and 18. Noteworthy, the main event driving the expansion of the VQ gene family was chromosome fragment duplication. Based on qRT-PCR analysis, VQ genes are expressed in different tissues, and VQ genes are differentially regulated under a variety of abiotic stresses and powdery mildew stress, indicating that they play an important role in plant stress response and other aspects. This report presents the first systematic analysis of VQ genes from C. pepo and provides a solid foundation for further research of the specific functions of VQ proteins.
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spelling pubmed-87856622022-02-02 Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the VQ gene family in Cucurbita pepo L. Xu, Ke Wang, Ping PeerJ Agricultural Science VQ protein is a plant specific protein, which plays an important role in plant growth and development and biological and abiotic stress response. This study aimed to systematically analyze for the first time the VQ of Cucurbita pepo and understand their expression patterns in response to different stimuli. Herein, 44 VQ genes were identified, which were divided into eight groups (I–VIII) based on phylogenetic analysis. Two genes (CpVQ1 and CpVQ2) could not be located on the chromosome, whereas the remaining CpVQ genes were randomly distributed on the chromosomes, except for chromosomes 15 and 18. Noteworthy, the main event driving the expansion of the VQ gene family was chromosome fragment duplication. Based on qRT-PCR analysis, VQ genes are expressed in different tissues, and VQ genes are differentially regulated under a variety of abiotic stresses and powdery mildew stress, indicating that they play an important role in plant stress response and other aspects. This report presents the first systematic analysis of VQ genes from C. pepo and provides a solid foundation for further research of the specific functions of VQ proteins. PeerJ Inc. 2022-01-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8785662/ /pubmed/35116202 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12827 Text en © 2022 Xu and Wang https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
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Xu, Ke
Wang, Ping
Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the VQ gene family in Cucurbita pepo L.
title Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the VQ gene family in Cucurbita pepo L.
title_full Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the VQ gene family in Cucurbita pepo L.
title_fullStr Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the VQ gene family in Cucurbita pepo L.
title_full_unstemmed Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the VQ gene family in Cucurbita pepo L.
title_short Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the VQ gene family in Cucurbita pepo L.
title_sort genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the vq gene family in cucurbita pepo l.
topic Agricultural Science
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8785662/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35116202
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12827
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