Plant transcription factors : contribution in development, metabolism, and environmental stress / edited by Vikas Srivastava, Sonal Mishra, Shakti Mehrotra, Santosh Kumar Upadhyay. -- London : Academic Press, 2023. – (58.8213/P713p)

Contents

List of contributors
About the editors
Preface
Section I Plant transcription factors (TFs) and general aspects
CHAPTER 1  Plant transcription factors: an overview of their role in plant life
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Transcription factors and plant life
1.3 Transcription factors and stress responses
1.4 Transcription factors and secondary metabolism
1.5 Conclusion
References
CHAPTER 2 Adaptation of millets to arid land: a special perspective of transcription factors
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Distribution of arid land in India and world
2.3 Millets: climate-smart nutri-cereals
2.4 Stress as a limiting factor for crops in the arid zones
2.5 Responses of millets to abiotic stresses
2.6 Transcription factors: smart regulators of stress tolerance in millets
2.7 Harnessing the potential of millet transcription factors
2.8 Conclusion and future perspectives
Acknowledgments
Declaration of competing interests
Author contribution
References
Section II Plant TFs and development
CHAPTER 3 Plant transcription factors and root development
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Plant root architecture and development
3.3 Transcription factors involved in plant root development
3.4 Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
CHAPTER 4 The roles of transcription factors in the development of plant meristems
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Shoot apical meristem
4.3 Axillary meristem
4.4 Flower meristem
4.5 Intercalary meristem
4.6 Conclusion and future perspectives
Acknowledgments
Author contributions
References
CHAPTER 5 Transcription factors and their role in leaf senescence.
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Identification of transcription factor families in senescing leaf transcriptome
5.3 Characterization of leaf senescence related TFs families
5.4 Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
CHAPTER 6 Plant transcription factors in light-regulated development and UV-B protection
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Conclusion
References
CHAPTER 7 Tomato fruit development through the perspective of transcription factors
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Transcription factors in tomato
7.3 MYB transcription factors
7.4 MADS transcription factor
7.5 Other transcription factors
7.6 Conclusion and future perspectives
Acknowledgment
Conflict of interest
References
CHAPTER 8 Plant transcription factors and nodule development
8.1 Introduction
8.2 CCaMK/CYCLOPS complex
8.3 AP2-ERF transcription factor (ERN1 and ERN2)
8.4 GRAS transcription factor
8.5 SymSCL1
8.6 NIN and NIN-like proteins
8.7 Structure of NIN and NLPs
8.8 Regulation of NIN for rhizobial infection in the epidermis by CYCLOPS.
8.9 Regulation of NIN by cytokinin-response elements for cell divisions in the pericycle
8.10 NIN: a master regulator of nodulation
8.11 NIN as a negative regulator in systemic control of nodulation
8.12 NIN as a positive regulator in systemic control of nodulation
8.13 Rhizobium-directed polar growth
8.14 Nuclear factor Y
8.15 Conclusion and future perspectives
Acknowledgments
Declaration of competing interest
Contribution
References
Section III Plant TFs and metabolism
CHAPTER 9 The regulatory aspects of plant transcription factors in alkaloids biosynthesis and pathway modulation
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Plant transcription factor families involved in alkaloid biosynthesis regulation
9.3 Transcription factor-mediated modulation of alkaloid biosynthesis pathways.
9.4 Conclusions
References
CHAPTER 10 Plant transcription factors and flavonoid metabolism
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Plant flavonoids, major subclasses, and biosynthesis
10.3 Transcription factor families associated with plant flavonoid metabolism
10.4 Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References
CHAPTER 11 Demystifying the role of transcription factors in plant terpenoid biosynthesis
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Biosynthesis of terpenoids
11.3 Regulation of terpenoids
11.4 Conclusion
Acknowledgment
References
CHAPTER 12 The regulatory circuit of iron homeostasis in rice: a tale of transcription factors
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Iron uptake and transport
12.3 Major transcription factors involved in iron homeostasis
12.4 Regulation of the regulators
12.5 Conclusion and future perspectives
Acknowledgments
Author contribution
References
Section IV Plant TFs and Stress
CHAPTER 13 Impact of transcription factors in plant abiotic stress: a recent advancement for crop improvement
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Regulatory function of transcription factors in response to abiotic stress.
13.3 ABA signaling pathway
13.4 JA signaling pathway
13.5 Transcription factors involved in abiotic stress tolerance
13.6 Conclusion
References
CHAPTER 14 Plant transcription factors and temperature stress
14.1 Effect of temperature stress on plant growth
14.2 Transcription factors involved in response to temperature stress..
14.3 Conclusions and perspectives
Acknowledgments
References
CHAPTER 15 Plant transcription factors and osmotic stress
15.1 Effects of osmotic stress on plants and its regulatory mechanism
15.2 Transcription factors are involved in regulating osmotic stress
15.3 Conclusions and perspectives
Acknowledgments
References
CHAPTER 16 Transcriptional regulation of drought stress stimulus: challenges and potential for Crop improvement
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Regulatory role of transcription factors in dry spell tolerance
16.3 Transcription factor and their mechanisms under drought stress ...
16.4 Conclusion and future prospects
References
CHAPTER 17 Plant response to heavy metal stress: an insight into the molecular mechanism of transcriptional regulation
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Toxic effects of heavy metals in plants
17.3 Plant signaling in response to heavy metal stress
17.4 MAPK signaling under heavy metal stress
17.5 Calcium-calmodulin signaling pathway under heavy metal stress
17.6 Hormone signaling in response to heavy metal stress
17.7 Reactive oxygen species production and its role in heavy metal stress.
17.8 Role of transcription factors in heavy metal resistance regulation
17.9 The MYB-family transcription factors under HM stress
17.10 The WRKY-family transcription factors under HM stress
17.11 The bZIP-family transcription factors under HM stress
17.12 The AP2/ERF/DREB-family transcription factors under HM stress
17.13 Conclusion and future perspectives
Acknowledgments
References
CHAPTER 18 Plant transcription factors and salt stress
18.1 Effects of salt stress on plants
18.2 Salt tolerance mechanisms in plants
18.3 Transcription factors involved in salt stress
16.4 Conclusions and perspectives
Acknowledgments
References
CHAPTER 19 Plant transcription factors: important factors controlling oxidative stress in plants
19.1 Introduction
19.2 Oxidative stress and sources
19.3 ROS scavenging
19.4 Role of transcription factors in the regulation of stress-responsive genes
19.5 Conclusion and future prospects
Acknowledgments
References
Further reading
CHAPTER 20 Transcription factors: master regulators of disease resistance in crop plants
20.1 Introduction
20.2 Molecular basis of plant-microbe interaction
20.3 The WRKY family of transcription factors and their functional domain.
20.4 WRKY transcription factors and their role in biotic stress
20.5 APETELA2/ethylene-responsive factor family of transcription factors
20.6 AP2/ERF family of transcription factors and their role in biotic stress
20.7 NAC transcription factors and their structural organization
20.8 NAC transcription factors and their role in biotic stress
20.9 bZIP transcription factors
20.10 bZIP transcription factors and their role in biotic stress..
20.11 MYB transcription factor family
20.12 MYB transcription factors and their role in biotic stress.
20.13 Conclusion and future perspectives
Acknowledgments
Declaration of competing interest
Contribution
References
Index