@Article{phyton.2021.012726,
AUTHOR = {Xiaohang He, Minjie Liu, Zhengwu Fang, Dongfang Ma, Yilin Zhou, Junliang Yin},
TITLE = {Genome-wide Analysis of a Plant AT-rich Sequence and Zinc-binding Protein (PLATZ) in <i>Triticum Aestivum</i>},
JOURNAL = {Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany},
VOLUME = {90},
YEAR = {2021},
NUMBER = {3},
PAGES = {971--986},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/phyton/v90n3/41935},
ISSN = {1851-5657},
ABSTRACT = {Plant AT-rich sequence and zinc-binding protein (PLATZ) is a plant transcription factor that has been studied in
corn. <i>PLATZ</i> can non-specifically bind to sequences rich in A/T bases to induce transcriptional repression. It is
involved in the regulation of dehydration tolerance in seeds. In this study, we performed bioinformatics analysis
to identify and characterize wheat <i>PLATZ</i>(<i>TaPLATZ</i>)genes. We identified 49 wheat <i>PLATZ</i> genes by searching the
wheat genome by using known <i>PLATZ</i> gene sequences from rice, <i>Arabidopsis</i>, and maize. Phylogenetic analysis
on <i>PLATZ</i> gene sequences from different species was performed. We found that <i>PLATZs</i> could be divided into
three groups. The chromosome (chr) distribution analysis revealed that the 49 identified wheat <i>PLATZ</i> genes
are distributed in 15 chrs. Gene structure and motif analyses indicated that most <i>PLATZ</i> genes possess conserved
exon/intron arrangements and motif compositions. Our analysis of transcriptional data indicated that several
wheat <i>PLATZ</i> genes may play an important role in abiotic stress resistance given that they are expressed under
salt stress. The results of qRT-PCR further confirmed that <i>TaPLATZ</i> is involved in plant abiotic stress and is also
related to the cell differentiation of plant tissues. Our results lay the foundation for further studies on the function
of the wheat <i>PLATZ</i> gene family.},
DOI = {10.32604/phyton.2021.012726}
}