Identification and Characterization of Abiotic Stress-Responsive NF-YB Family Genes in Medicago

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第一作者： Du, Wenxuan

作者： Du, Wenxuan;Yang, Junfeng;Li, Qian;He, Chunfeng;Pang, Yongzhen;Yang, Junfeng;Li, Qian

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关键词： Medicago truncatula; Medicago sativa; NF-YB genes; abiotic stresses; expression profiling

期刊名称：INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES （ 影响因子：6.208； 五年影响因子：6.628 ）

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年卷期： 2022 年 23 卷 13 期

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摘要： Nuclear factor YB (NF-YB) are plant-specific transcription factors that play a critical regulatory role in plant growth and development as well as in plant resistance against various stresses. In this study, a total of 49 NF-YB genes were identified from the genomes of Medicago truncatula and Medicago sativa. Multiple sequence alignment analysis showed that all of these NF-YB members contain DNA binding domain, NF-YA interaction domain and NF-YC interaction domain. Phylogenetic analysis suggested that these NF-YB proteins could be classified into five distinct clusters. We also analyzed the exon-intron organizations and conserved motifs of these NF-YB genes and their deduced proteins. We also found many stress-related cis-acting elements in their promoter region. In addition, analyses on genechip for M. truncatula and transcriptome data for M. sativa indicated that these NF-YB genes exhibited a distinct expression pattern in various tissues; many of these could be induced by drought and/or salt treatments. In particular, RT-qPCR analysis revealed that the expression levels of gene pairs MsNF-YB27/MtNF-YB15 and MsNF-YB28/MtNF-YB16 were significantly up-regulated under NaCl and mannitol treatments, indicating that they are most likely involved in salt and drought stress response. Taken together, our study on NF-YB family genes in Medicago is valuable for their functional characterization, as well as for the application of NF-YB genes in genetic breeding for high-yield and high-resistance alfalfa.

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