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Genome-Wide Analysis of the AP2/ERF Gene Family in Prunus mume

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The APETALA 2/ethylene-responsive element binding factor (AP2/ERF) transcription factors play important roles in plant development and responses to stress. Although the entire genomes of four Rosaceae species have been fully sequenced, no genome-wide analysis of AP2/ERF gene family has yet been reported in the Rosaceae family. In this study, 116 AP2/ERF genes were identified from Chinese plum (Prunus mume). Based on the number of AP2/ERF domains, these PmAP2/ERF genes were classified into three families (AP2, ERF, and RAV) along with a single member. The ERF family was subdivided into 11 groups. Of those, 22 and 41 PmAP2/ERF genes were involved in segmental and tandem duplications, respectively. Putative orthologs in Arabidopsis were identified for 73 PmAP2/ERF genes following synteny analysis. Transcriptome sequencing analysis showed that expression of PmAP2/ERF genes was widely variable.

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This study was supported by Forestry Public Welfare Scientific Research Project, State Forestry Administration (Grant No.201004012) and Ministry of Science and Technology, People’s Republic of China (Grant No. 2011AA100207).

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Du, D., Hao, R., Cheng, T. et al. Genome-Wide Analysis of the AP2/ERF Gene Family in Prunus mume . Plant Mol Biol Rep 31, 741–750 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11105-012-0531-6

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