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HEREDITAS ›› 2012, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (7): 835-847.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1005.2012.00835

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Progresses on plant AP2/ERF transcription factors

ZHANG Ji-Yu1, WANG Qing-Ju2, GUO Zhong-Ren1   

  1. 1. Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China 2. Department of Garden, Liaoning Agricultural College, Yingkou 115009, China
  • Received:2011-12-08 Revised:2012-02-02 Online:2012-07-20 Published:2012-07-25

Abstract: 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.

Key words: AP2/ERF transcription factor, biological functions, progress