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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-7-7
pubmed:abstractText
Plants have acquired sophisticated stress response systems to adapt to changing environments. It is important to understand plants' stress response mechanisms in the effort to improve crop productivity under stressful conditions. The AP2/ERF transcription factors are known to regulate diverse processes of plant development and stress responses. In this study, the molecular characteristics and biological functions of AP2/ERFs in a variety of plant species were analyzed. AP2/ERFs, especially those in DREB and ERF subfamilies, are ideal candidates for crop improvement because their overexpression enhances tolerances to drought, salt, freezing, as well as resistances to multiple diseases in the transgenic plants. The comprehensive analysis of physiological functions is useful in elucidating the biological roles of AP2/ERF family genes in gene interaction, pathway regulation, and defense response under stress environments, which should provide new opportunities for the crop tolerance engineering.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1744-7909
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
© 2011 Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
53
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
570-85
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Functions and application of the AP2/ERF transcription factor family in crop improvement.
pubmed:affiliation
National Key Facility of Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement (NFCRI), Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100081, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't