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Open AccessGenome-wide identification and expression profiling analysis of maize AP2/ERF superfamily genes reveal essential roles in abiotic stress tolerance
As one of the largest transcription factor families in plants, the APETALA2/Ethylene-Responsive Factor (AP2/ERF) superfamily is involved in various biological processes and plays significant roles in plant gro...
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Open AccessGenome-wide identification and analysis of WRKY gene family in maize provide insights into regulatory network in response to abiotic stresses
The WRKY transcription factor family plays significant roles in biotic and abiotic stress responses, which has been associated with various biological processes in higher plants. However, very little is known ...
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Genome-wide analysis of maize MBD gene family and expression profiling under abiotic stress treatment at the seedling stage
Methyl-CpG-binding domain (MBD) proteins in plants are important trans-acting factors specifically recognizing methylated DNA. The MBD proteins can compact chromatins to repress transcription by recruiting chr...
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Open AccessGenome-wide identification, classification and expression analysis of the JmjC domain-containing histone demethylase gene family in maize
Histone methylation mainly occurs on the lysine residues and plays a crucial role during flowering and stress responses of plants, through changing the methylation status or ratio of lysine residues. Histone l...
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Genome-wide identification and expression profiling of DNA methyltransferase gene family in maize
In this study, we identified eight DNA MTase genes in maize and the diversity of expression patterns of them was presented by EST mining, microarray and semi-quantitative expression profile ana...
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Identification and characterization of the SET domain gene family in maize
Histone lysine methylation plays a pivotal role in a variety of developmental and physiological processes through modifying chromatin structure and thereby regulating eukaryotic gene transcription. The SET dom...
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Identification and characterization of Dicer-like, Argonaute and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase gene families in maize
Eukaryotic gene expression is regulated at least by two processes, RNA interference at the post-transcriptional level and chromatin modification at the transcriptional level. Distinct small RNAs (approximately...
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Genome-wide analysis of the auxin response factor (ARF) gene family in maize (Zea mays)
Auxin response factors (ARFs) are an important family involved in auxin-mediated response through specific binding to auxin response elements (AuxREs). A few members of the ARF family have been functionally chara...
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Reactivation of a silenced minimal Mutator transposable element system following low-energy nitrogen ion implantation in maize
In maize, Mutator transposable elements are either active or silenced within the genome. In response to environmental stress, silenced Mutator elements could be reactivated, leading to changes in genome structure...