Cold responsive gene transcription becomes more complex

Trends Plant Sci. 2015 Aug;20(8):466-8. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2015.06.001. Epub 2015 Jun 10.

Abstract

CBF transcription factors, which play important roles in cold acclimation, regulate the expression of approximately 170 cold-responsive genes, termed the CBF regulon. Recent work by Park et al. showed that CBF regulon genes and other cold-responsive genes are regulated by a complex network that involves many early cold-induced transcription factors.

Keywords: Arabidopsis; CBF regulon; cold stress; transcriptional regulatory network.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Arabidopsis / genetics*
  • Arabidopsis Proteins / genetics*
  • Cold Temperature*
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Plant*
  • Regulon / genetics*

Substances

  • Arabidopsis Proteins