Genome landscape of the universal stress protein gene family in lettuce and expression profile in response to heat stress
Overall, this study provides an in-depth characterization of the lettuce USP family, integrating gene structure, phylogenetic relationships, cis-elements, synteny, conserved domain architecture, and gene expression analyses. Our findings suggest that LsUSPs may be involved in thermotolerance in lettuce, highlighting their potential as genetic resource for breeding heat-tolerance lettuce.
Authors
- Kelvin Dodzi Aloryi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3520-8923)
- Kevin Begcy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5046-8029)
- Germán V. Sandoya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4532-1364)
Institutions
- Everglades University (US)
- University of Florida (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Plant Biology
- Published
- 2025-11-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-025-07639-8
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Plant Gene Expression Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.81
Funders
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- National Institute of Food and Agriculture
- Agricultural Marketing Service