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Acta Agron Sin ›› 2016, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (09): 1342-1351.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1006.2016.01342

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Cloning, Expression, and Functional Analysis of Transcription Factor GeneGbMYB60 in Cotton

GAO Wei**,LIU Hui-Li**,TIAN Xin-Quan,ZHANG Hui,SONG Jie,YANG Yong,LONG Lu,SONG Chun-Peng*   

  1. School of Life Science, Henan University / State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology / Henan Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology, Kaifeng, Henan 475004, China
  • Received:2016-01-29 Revised:2016-06-20 Online:2016-09-12 Published:2016-06-27
  • Contact: 宋纯鹏, E-mail: songcp@henu.edu.cn, Tel: 0371-23880002 E-mail:gaowei021@163.com
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    This work was supported by the National Key Basic Special Funds (2012CB1143001), State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology Open Fund (CB2015A31), and Henan Provincial Educational Department Foundation of China (15A180028, 15A180029).

Abstract:

MYB transcription factors are conserved proteins in all eukaryotic cell, which play important roles in plant growth, development, metabolism, abiotic and biotic stress resistance, as well as phytohormone-mediated signal transduction. In this research, a MYB gene was isolated from the sea-island cotton cultivar Hai 7124. This gene was named GbMYB60 based on the sequence similarity search and phylogenetic analysis. The full-length of GbMYB60coding sequenceis 990 bp, and GbMYB60 encodes a 36.9 kD R2R3-type MYB protein, which is specifically located in nucleus of plant cell. GbMYB60 was preferentially expressed in leaf and induced by abiotic stresses (such as salt, mannitol, cold, and heat) and phytohormones (abscisic acid, ethephon, methyl jasmonate and salicylic acid) treatments, but the general expression of GbMYB60 was low in all tissues. Salt and mannitol tolerances were analyzed in control and GbMYB60 silenced-cotton generated by virus-induced gene silencing system, and the results showed that GbMYB60 positively regulated cotton tolerance to salt but not to mannitol.

Key words: Cotton, MYB transcription factor, Salt, Mannitol, Abiotic stress

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