Genome-wide analysis of autophagy-associated genes in foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.) and characterization of the function of SiATG8a in conferring tolerance to nitrogen starvation in rice
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- 作者：Weiwei Li ; Ming Chen ; Erhui Wang ; Liqin Hu ; Malcolm J. Hawkesford ; Li Zhong…
- 关键词：Foxtail millet ; Autophagy ; associated genes ; Expression pattern ; Functional identification ; Nitrogen starvation
- 刊名：BMC Genomics
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：December 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：17
- 期：1
- 全文大小：2199KB
- 刊物主题：Life Sciences, general; Microarrays; Proteomics; Animal Genetics and Genomics; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Plant Genetics & Genomics;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1471-2164
- 卷排序：17
文摘
BackgroundAutophagy is a cellular degradation process that is highly evolutionarily-conserved in yeast, plants, and animals. In plants, autophagy plays important roles in regulating intracellular degradation and recycling of amino acids in response to nutrient starvation, senescence, and other environmental stresses. Foxtail millet (Setaria italica) has strong resistance to stresses and has been proposed as an ideal material for use in the study of the physiological mechanisms of abiotic stress tolerance in plants. Although the genome sequence of foxtail millet (Setaria italica) is available, the characteristics and functions of abiotic stress-related genes remain largely unknown for this species.