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Isolation and characterization of a C-repeat binding factor (CBF)-like gene in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)

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Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a tropical and subtropical plant and susceptible to chilling injury. In this research, a C-repeat binding factor (CBF)-like gene (GenBank accession number JQ339740) has been isolated from cassava, and named as MeCBF1. The full-length DNA of MeCBF1 is 1,037 base pair (bp), without intron. The 5′ untranslated region is 102 bp, the 3′ untranslated region is 239 bp, and the open reading frame is 696 bp encoding 231 amino acids. The deduced amino acid sequence of MeCBF1 contains two CBF conserved motifs of PKK(P/R)AGRxKFxETRHP and DSxWR. The MeCBF1 shows 83 % homology to the CRT/DRE binding factor 1 from Hevea brasiliensis (Accession no. AAY43213.1). However, in cassava, the MeCBF1 target genes showed low similarity to the CBF/DREB regulated genes in Arabidopsis thaliana. Quantitative real-time PCR showed that the MeCBF1 was highly expressed in stems and leaves, and lowly expressed in roots. In addition, the expression of the MeCBF1 quickly responded to low temperature stress (4 °C). These results suggest that, the MeCBF1 is functional in cassava. Further studies on the MeCBF1 might be helpful to reveal molecular mechanism of cassava’s high sensitivity to low temperature.

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (No 2010CB126600), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No 31170234; No 31160061; No 31371706), the Major Technology Project of Hainan (No ZDZX2013023-1); the Earmarked Fund for Modern Agro-industry Technology Research System (CARS-12-hnwwq); the National Nonprofit Institute Research Grant of CATAS- ITBB130505.

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  1. Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences and Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Haikou, 570711, China

    Ruimei Li, Jie Fan, Chenglong Yang, Yuan Yao, Yang Zhou, Ruijun Duan, Jiao Liu, Shaoping Fu & Jianchun Guo

  2. College of Agriculture, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China

    Jie Fan, Chenglong Yang, Yuan Yao & Xinwen Hu

  3. Hainan Agricultural Science and Technology 110 Co. LTD, Haikou, 570102, China

    Yimeng Ji

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Li, R., Ji, Y., Fan, J. et al. Isolation and characterization of a C-repeat binding factor (CBF)-like gene in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz). Acta Physiol Plant 36, 3089–3093 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-014-1664-z

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