AUTHOR=Duan Kunyu , Fu Hui , Fang Dongming , Wang Kaimeng , Zhang Wen , Liu Huan , Sahu Sunil Kumar , Chen Xiaoli TITLE=Genome-Wide Analysis of the MADS-Box Gene Family in Holoparasitic Plants (Balanophora subcupularis and Balanophora fungosa var. globosa) JOURNAL=Frontiers in Plant Science VOLUME=13 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2022.846697 DOI=10.3389/fpls.2022.846697 ISSN=1664-462X ABSTRACT=
MADS-box is an important transcription factor family that is involved in the regulation of various stages of plant growth and development, especially flowering regulation and flower development. Being a holoparasitic plant, the body structure of Balanophoraceae has changed dramatically over time, and its vegetative and reproductive organs have been extensively modified, with rudimentary flower organs. Meanwhile, extraordinary gene losses have been identified in holoparasitic plants compared with autotrophs. Our study reveals that the MADS-box gene family contracted sharply in