Roles of bZIP transcription factors in plant growth and development and abiotic stress response

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2019.07.22

›› 2019, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (7): 1205-1214.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2019.07.22

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Roles of bZIP transcription factors in plant growth and development and abiotic stress response

LIU Huijie^1,2, XU Heng², QIU Wenyi^1,2, LI Xiaofang^2,3, ZHANG Hua², ZHU Ying², LI Chunshou⁴, WANG Liangchao^2,*

1. College of Chemistry and Life Sciences,Zhejiang Normal University,Jinhua 321004,China;
2. State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control,Institute of Virology and Biotechnology,Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Hangzhou 310021,China;
3. College of Life Sciences,Hebei Normal University,Shijiazhuang 050000,China;
4. Institute of Crop and Nuclear Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China

Received:2018-12-24 Online:2019-07-25 Published:2019-08-07

Abstract

Abstract: During the plant life cycle, different sets of genes are designated to express at specific growth and developmental stage, or induced under certain circumstance such as drought, heat and so on. Gene expression is fine regulated by transcription factors. One catalog of transcription factor, the basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factors, are involved in the regulation of various biological processes from development to stress response. During growth phase transformation or under stress, plant transcript profile is changing fast and dramatically. bZIP transcription factors are one of those regulators conduct this transcription reprogram. This paper mainly focused on the recent advances in bZIP transcription factor, including structures, sorts, roles in plant developments and abiotic stress.

Key words: bZIP transcription factor, growth and developments, abiotic stress, transcriptional regulation, protein interaction

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LIU Huijie, XU Heng, QIU Wenyi, LI Xiaofang, ZHANG Hua, ZHU Ying, LI Chunshou, WANG Liangchao. Roles of bZIP transcription factors in plant growth and development and abiotic stress response[J]. , 2019, 31(7): 1205-1214.

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