Expression Analysis of Trihelix Gene Family in Maize (Zea mays) using Bioinformatics

Trihelix transcription factors of plants are strongly induced by diseases, chilling, drought and high salt and widely involved in the response to biotic and abiotic stresses. This manuscript investigates the basics of Trihelix, such as its structural domain, evolutionary relationship, chromosome location and subcellular location by means of bioinformatics. The results showed that the Trihelix gene family of maize can be divided into five subfamilies, each subfamily domain has different distribution; chromosome mapping showed that only one Trihelix gene on chromosome 7 and two or more Trihelix genes on other chromosomes; most members of the Trihelix gene family of maize are highly conserved through multiple developmental stages. Trihelix expression analysis showed an important role of this gene family in the growth and development of maize. (C) 2020 Friends Science Publishers