Genome-wide identification and expression profile of HIR gene family members in Oryza sativa L

Jiahao Li, Lingyu Shao, Qian Wang, Liyu Shi, Wei Wu, Wei Chen, Zhenfeng Yang, Saisai Li · 2024

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Jiahao Li and colleagues catalogue a small defense gene family in rice, in this study from twenty twenty-four. The HIR genes help trigger the hypersensitive response, a scorched-earth defense where infected cells die to wall off pathogens. Rice feeds half the world, yet its HIR genes were barely studied.

The scan found six family members, falling into three branches of the family tree. All carry the same signature domain, and their structures and chromosomal relations show a conserved family. Their control regions hold switches for stress and hormone signals. The genes were active across roots, stems, and leaves, and answered drought, cold, and several hormones, each in its own pattern with overlaps. The authors read this as a defense family that moonlights in stress coping, and a base for breeding hardier rice.

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CREATORJiahao Li, Lingyu Shao, Qian Wang, Liyu Shi, Wei Wu, Wei Chen, Zhenfeng Yang, Saisai Li
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE24 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11613742

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