[Progresses on plant AP2/ERF transcription factors].
Plant AP2/ERF transcription factor with AP2/ERF domain containing 60-70 amino acids is a huge gene family present in all plant. AP2/ERF transcriptional factors are involved in various biological functions such as plant development, flower development, fruit and seed maturation, wounding, pathogen defense, high salty, drought, and so on. AP2/ERF transcription factor are involved in salicylic acid, jasmonic acid, ethylene, abscisic acid signal transduction pathways and among them. The transcription factors are cross-talk factor in stress signal pathway. This paper summarizes the most advanced researches on types, biological functions, and gene regulations of plant AP2/ERF transcription factors.
Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China. maxzhangjy@163.com
Ji-Yu
JY
Zhang
Qing-Ju
QJ
Wang
Zhong-Ren
ZR
Guo
D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D050656:Transcription Factor AP-2 / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
D050656:Transcription Factor AP-2