Transcription Factors Involved in Plant Resistance to Pathogens.
Phytopathogenic microorganisms have a significant influence on survival and productivity of several crop plants. Transcription factors (TFs) are important players in the response to biotic stresses, as insect attack and pathogen infection. In face of such adversities many TFs families have been previously reported as differentially expressed in plants as a reaction to bacterial, fungal and viral infection. This review highlights recent progresses in understanding the structure, function, signal regulation and interaction of transcription factors with other proteins in response to pathogens. Hence, we focus on three families of transcription factors: ERF, bZIP and WRKY, due to their abundance, importance and the availability of functionally well-characterized members in response to pathogen attack. Their roles and the possibilities related to the use of this knowledge for engineering pathogen resistance in crop plants are also discussed.
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da Fonseca Dos Santos
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Benko-Iseppon
D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D050976:Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D060467:Disease Resistance / Q000235:genetics*; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / Q000276:immunology; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D057865:Plant Immunity / Q000235:genetics; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D025941:Protein Interaction Mapping; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D050976:Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D014157:Transcription Factors; C499621:ZAP1 protein, Arabidopsis; C093680:ethylene-responsive element binding protein
Plant defense genes; biotic stress; crosstalk; interactions