Comparative genomics revealed the gene evolution and functional divergence of magnesium transporter families in Saccharum.

Yongjun WangXiuting HuaJingsheng XuZhichang ChenTianqu FanZhaohui ZengHengbo WangAi-Ling HourQingyi YuRay MingJi-Sen Zhang

Published in: BMC genomics (2019)

This study of gene evolution and expression of MGTs in S. spontaneum provided basis for the comprehensive genomic study of the entire MGT genes family in Saccharum. The results are valuable for further functional analyses of MGT genes and utilization of the MGTs for Saccharum genetic improvement.

Keyphrases

genome wide
copy number
genome wide identification
dna methylation
genome wide analysis
binding protein
long non coding rna
bioinformatics analysis