Diversity, expansion, and evolutionary novelty of plant DNA-binding transcription factor families

MD Lehti-Shiu, N Panchy, P Wang, S Uygun… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2017 - Elsevier
Plant transcription factors (TFs) that interact with specific sequences via DNA-binding
domains are crucial for regulating transcriptional initiation and are fundamental to plant …

Transcription factor families have much higher expansion rates in plants than in animals

SH Shiu, MC Shih, WH Li - Plant physiology, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Transcription factors (TFs), which are central to the regulation of gene expression, are
usually members of multigene families. In plants, they are involved in diverse processes …

Cross-family transcription factor interactions: an additional layer of gene regulation

M Bemer, ADJ van Dijk, RGH Immink… - Trends in plant …, 2017 - cell.com
Specific and dynamic gene expression strongly depends on transcription factor (TF) activity
and most plant TFs function in a combinatorial fashion. They can bind to DNA and control …

DNA-binding specificities of plant transcription factors and their potential to define target genes

JM Franco-Zorrilla, I López-Vidriero… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Transcription factors (TFs) regulate gene expression through binding to cis-regulatory
specific sequences in the promoters of their target genes. In contrast to the genetic code, the …

Identification of plant transcription factor target sequences

JM Franco-Zorrilla, R Solano - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene …, 2017 - Elsevier
Regulation of gene expression depends on specific cis-regulatory sequences located in the
gene promoter regions. These DNA sequences are recognized by transcription factors (TFs) …

Transcription factor families in Arabidopsis: major progress and outstanding issues for future research

LJ Qu, YX Zhu - Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2006 - Elsevier
Transcription factors (TFs) are a group of proteins that control cellular processes by
regulating the expression of downstream target genes. Recent progress has been made in …

Plant-TFClass: a structural classification for plant transcription factors

R Blanc-Mathieu, R Dumas, L Turchi, J Lucas… - Trends in Plant …, 2024 - cell.com
Transcription factors (TFs) bind DNA at specific sequences to regulate gene expression.
This universal process is achieved via their DNA-binding domain (DBD). In mammals, the …

A Functional and Evolutionary Perspective on Transcription Factor Binding in Arabidopsis thaliana

KS Heyndrickx, JV de Velde, C Wang, D Weigel… - The Plant …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the mechanisms underlying gene regulation is paramount to comprehend
the translation from genotype to phenotype. The two are connected by gene expression, and …

PlantTFDB 3.0: a portal for the functional and evolutionary study of plant transcription factors

J Jin, H Zhang, L Kong, G Gao, J Luo - Nucleic acids research, 2014 - academic.oup.com
With the aim to provide a resource for functional and evolutionary study of plant transcription
factors (TFs), we updated the plant TF database PlantTFDB to version 3.0 (http://planttfdb …

PlantTFDB 4.0: toward a central hub for transcription factors and regulatory interactions in plants

J Jin, F Tian, DC Yang, YQ Meng, L Kong… - Nucleic acids …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
With the goal of providing a comprehensive, high-quality resource for both plant transcription
factors (TFs) and their regulatory interactions with target genes, we upgraded plant TF …