The promiscuous life of plant NUCLEAR FACTOR Y transcription factors.

Autor: Petroni K; Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133, Milan, Italy., Kumimoto RW, Gnesutta N, Calvenzani V, Fornari M, Tonelli C, Holt BF 3rd, Mantovani R
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Plant cell [Plant Cell] 2012 Dec; Vol. 24 (12), pp. 4777-92. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Dec 28.
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.112.105734
Abstrakt: The CCAAT box is one of the most common cis-elements present in eukaryotic promoters and is bound by the transcription factor NUCLEAR FACTOR Y (NF-Y). NF-Y is composed of three subunits, NF-YA, NF-YB, and NF-YC. Unlike animals and fungi, plants have significantly expanded the number of genes encoding NF-Y subunits. We provide a comprehensive classification of NF-Y genes, with a separation of closely related, but distinct, histone fold domain proteins. We additionally review recent experiments that have placed NF-Y at the center of many developmental stress-responsive processes in the plant lineage.
Databáze: MEDLINE