Fig. 2

Bioinformatic analysis of the ZmJAZ family. a Phylogenetic tree of ZmJAZ constructed from the deduced amino acid sequence from B73, Mp708, and Tx601. The tree was constructed by Maximum Likelihood methods with MEGA. Numbers on the branch indicate bootstrap values from 1000 replicates. b Exon/intron structure of the corresponding ZmJAZ gene generated by GSDS. Intron phase numbers are indications of the intron position within a codon: 0, intron not located within a codon (or located between two codons); 1, located between the first and second bases of a codon; 2, located between the second and third bases of a codon. c Characterization of core motifs in maize JAZ proteins. Sequences logo of the b TIFY motif, d Jas motif which contains the conserved PY at the C-terminal end, and e CMID motif at the N-terminal end are presented