In silico characterization and evolutionary analyses of CCAAT binding proteins in the lycophyte plant Selaginella moellendorffii genome: A growing comparative genomics resource

- NF-Y TFs encoded by HAP gene family bind to the CCAAT-containing promoter sequences.
- We characterize duplicated HAP genes in Selaginella moellendorffii.
- Evolutionary relationships of LEC1-type of HAP3 genes have been studied.
- Detect thermodynamically stable conserved RNA secondary structures.
- Identified several conserved motifs in LEC1 proteins among all plant lineages during evolution.