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Abstract

Cold stress is one of the major abiotic stresses that limit crop production. The ICE-CBF-COR pathway is associated with cold stress response in a wide variety of crop species. However, the ICE-CBF-COR genes has not been well characterized in wheat (Triticum aestivum). This study identified, characterized and examined the expression profiles of the ICE, CBF and COR genes for cold defense in wheat. Five ICE (inducer of CBF expression) genes, 37 CBF (C-repeat binding factor) genes and 11 COR (cold-responsive or cold-regulated) genes were discovered in the wheat genome database. Phylogenetic trees based on all 53 genes revealed that CBF genes were more diverse than ICE and COR genes. Twenty-two of the 53 genes appeared to include 11 duplicated pairs. Twenty rice (Oryza sativa) genes and 21 sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) and maize (Zea mays) genes showed collinearity with the wheat ICE, CBF and COR genes. Transcriptome data and qRT-PCR analyses revealed tissue-specific expression patterns of the ICE, CBF and COR genes, and identified similarities in the expression pattern of genes from the same family when subjected to drought, heat, drought plus heat, and cold stress. These results provide information for better understanding the biological roles of ICE, CBF, COR genes in wheat.

Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Guo, J and Ren, Y and Tang, Z and Shi, W and Zhou, M
Keywords:	wheat, cold tolerance, expression patterns, Triticum aestivum, ICE-CBF-COR
Journal or Publication Title:	PeerJ
Publisher:	PeerJ, Ltd.
ISSN:	2167-8359
DOI / ID Number:	https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8190
Copyright Information:	Copyright 2019 Guo et al. Distributed under Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Related URLs:	Google Scholar: Zhou, M UTAS Profile: Zhou, M
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