ARF, known as auxin response factor, is a transcription factor that regulates the expression of auxin response gene in auxin signal transduction pathway. ARF also participates in plant growth and development. Three ARF genes were cloned from Camellia oleifera by PCR and named CoARF5, CoARF9 and CoARF19, respectively. Their full-length coding sequences(CDSs) are 2 835, 2 076 and 3 234 bp, respectively, encoding 944, 691 and 1 077 amino acids. The phylogenetic tree was constructed by the ARF proteins of C. oleifera and the ARF family of Arabidops...