Claim · model-written summary
The C-terminal domain was inferred as ancestor of single-domain WRKY genes.
- Taxon
- plantsViridiplantaet0
- Gene
- WRKY-domain encoding genee0
- Outcome
- ancestor of the single-WRKY-domain encoding genese0
Not reportedMaterialCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValueQualifier
Verbatim
e0“the C-terminal domain of the two-WRKY-domain encoding gene appears to be the ancestor of the single-WRKY-domain encoding genes”
t0“plants”
Title
The WRKY transcription factor superfamily: its origin in eukaryotes and expansion in plants
Yuanji Zhang; Liangjiang Wang BMC Evolutionary Biology 2005. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-5-1
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation A single two-domain WRKY gene was identified in Giardia lamblia.
- Observation A single two-domain WRKY gene was identified in Dictyostelium discoideum.
- Observation A single two-domain WRKY gene was identified in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
- Observation The ancestral WRKY gene appears to have duplicated many times in plant evolution.
- Observation Rice has over 100 WRKY gene family members.
- Observation WRKY domains were classified phylogenetically into five groups.
- Method / resource Authors proposed a model for WRKY origins in eukaryotes and expansion in plants.