Cloning And Expression Analyses Of The Transcription Factoer GbSBP8 Involved In Fiber Development Of Sea-Island Cotton (Gossypium Barbadense)

Cotton fiber is one of the most important textile materials in the world. It is elongated from a single ovule epidermis cell. Cotton fiber development consists of four overlapping developmental stages: fiber initiation, cell elongation, secondary wall deposition and maturation. The whole development stages take about 55 days. In addition to their economic importance, cotton fibers are an ideal experimental system to study cellular and developmental events, as cotton fiber development is characterized by a precise and synchronous growth pattern. Since the secondary cell wall of cotton fibers consists almost entirely of cellulose, they are also an excellent system for studying cellulose biosynthesis. The development of cotton fiber is a complicated process involving the regulation of large amount of genes, and the mechanism is still not clear. It is very important to unveil the mechanism...