Transcriptome-wide identification of the WUSCHEL-related homeobox transcription factors and their expression patterns underlying drought and salt stress in Populus euphratica
Boniface Ndayambaza, Jianhua Si, Xin Zhao, Yingxue Zhao, Dongmeng Zhou, Bing Jia, Zijin Liu, Xue Bai, Boyang Wang · 2026
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Boniface Ndayambaza and eight co-authors catalog a gene family in a desert poplar, in a study published in 2025. The tree, Populus euphratica, endures drought and salt that kill most woody plants. The genes in question, called WOX, steer plant development and stress responses, but their roster in this tree was unknown.
The team found eighteen family members and sorted them into ancient, middle, and modern branches, each keeping a shared structure. Their control regions bristled with switches that answer to stress and hormones. Ten chosen genes reacted to drought and salt in patterns that differed by tissue: some shut down in salt-stressed leaves, others woke in roots and stems, quickly or over long exposure. The authors present the family as fine tuners that balance growth with survival, and as candidates for breeding tougher trees.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Boniface Ndayambaza, Jianhua Si, Xin Zhao, Yingxue Zhao, Dongmeng Zhou, Bing Jia, Zijin Liu, Xue Bai, Boyang Wang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 61 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |