Large-scale analyses of angiosperm nucleotide-binding site-leucine-rich repeat genes reveal three anciently diverged classes with distinct evolutionary patterns

ZQ Shao, JY Xue, P Wu, YM Zhang, Y Wu… - Plant …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Nucleotide-binding site-leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR) genes make up the largest plant
disease resistance gene family (R genes), with hundreds of copies occurring in individual …

Structural variants in the soybean genome localize to clusters of biotic stress-response genes

LK McHale, WJ Haun, WW Xu, PB Bhaskar… - Plant …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Genome-wide structural and gene content variations are hypothesized to drive important
phenotypic variation within a species. Structural and gene content variations were assessed …

CCCH-type zinc finger family in maize: genome-wide identification, classification and expression profiling under abscisic acid and drought treatments

X Peng, Y Zhao, J Cao, W Zhang, H Jiang, X Li, Q Ma… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background CCCH-type zinc finger proteins comprise a large protein family. Increasing
evidence suggests that members of this family are RNA-binding proteins with regulatory …

Long-term evolution of nucleotide-binding site-leucine-rich repeat genes: understanding gained from and beyond the legume family

ZQ Shao, YM Zhang, YY Hang, JY Xue… - Plant …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Proper utilization of plant disease resistance genes requires a good understanding of their
short-and long-term evolution. Here we present a comprehensive study of the long-term …

Systematic analysis of sequences and expression patterns of drought-responsive members of the HD-Zip gene family in maize

Y Zhao, Y Zhou, H Jiang, X Li, D Gan, X Peng, S Zhu… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background Members of the homeodomain-leucine zipper (HD-Zip) gene family encode
transcription factors that are unique to plants and have diverse functions in plant growth and …

Uncovering the dynamic evolution of nucleotide‐binding site‐leucine‐rich repeat (NBS‐LRR) genes in Brassicaceae

YM Zhang, ZQ Shao, Q Wang, YY Hang… - Journal of Integrative …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Plant genomes harbor dozens to hundreds of nucleotide‐binding site‐leucine‐rich repeat
(NBS‐LRR) genes; however, the long‐term evolutionary history of these resistance genes …

Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Analysis of NBS-Encoding Genes in Malus x domestica and Expansion of NBS Genes Family in Rosaceae

P Arya, G Kumar, V Acharya, AK Singh - PLoS One, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Nucleotide binding site leucine-rich repeats (NBS-LRR) disease resistance proteins play an
important role in plant defense against pathogen attack. A number of recent studies have …

A tandem segmental duplication (TSD) in green revolution gene Rht‐D1b region underlies plant height variation

Y Li, J Xiao, J Wu, J Duan, Y Liu, X Ye… - New …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Rht‐D1c (Rht10) carried by Chinese wheat (Triticum aestivum) line Aibian 1 is an allele at
the Rht‐D1 locus. Among the Rht‐1 alleles, little is known about Rht‐D1c although it …

Comparative genomic analysis of the WRKY III gene family in populus, grape, arabidopsis and rice

Y Wang, L Feng, Y Zhu, Y Li, H Yan, Y Xiang - Biology Direct, 2015 - Springer
Background WRKY III genes have significant functions in regulating plant development and
resistance. In plant, WRKY gene family has been studied in many species, however, there …

Genome-wide identification and characterization of maize expansin genes expressed in endosperm

W Zhang, H Yan, W Chen, J Liu, C Jiang… - Molecular Genetics and …, 2014 - Springer
By promoting cell wall loosening, expansins contribute to cell enlargement during various
developmental processes. Nevertheless, the role of expansins in the expansion and …