Table 4

Distribution of the ten lignin biosynthesis gene families in rice and sorghum chromosomes

Gene Family

Number of Chromosome in Sorghum

Number of Genes in Sorghum

Chromosome Name in Sorghum

Number of Chromosome In Rice

Number of Genes in Rice

Chromosome Name in Rice

C3H

1

2

9

1

2

5

C4H

3

4

2,3,4

3

4

1, 2, 5

CAD

3

5

4,6,7

4

5

2,4,8,10

CCOAMT

3

3

2,7,10

3

3

6,8,9

F5H

3

3

1,2,5

3

3

3,6,10

HCT

3

4

2,4,6

4

4

2,6,4,9

PAL

3

7

1,4,6,

4

7

2,4,11,12

4CL

6

12

1,2,3,4,7,10

7

12

1,2,3,6,7,8,10

COMT

6

9

2,3,4,5,7,8

6

9

1,2,4,6,8,11

CCR

7

12

1,2,3,4,7,9,10

9

12

1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10

Total

38

44

The data summarize how many genes exist for each family and how many chromosomes contain these genes.

Xu et al. BMC Bioinformatics 2009 10(Suppl 11):S3   doi:10.1186/1471-2105-10-S11-S3