Transcription Factors Associated with Plant Growth and Senescence
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 October 2023) | Viewed by 3273
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant development; plant-environment interaction; transcription factors; regulation of transcription; phytohormones; hormones signaling/crosstalk/downstream pathways
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The control of gene expression is essential for the regulation of growth and developmental processes that shape plants as well as their adaptation to the environment. Transcription factors are key components of transcriptional control that consist of modular domains, which specifically interact with DNA target sequences and recruit proteins to influence transcription events. Their activity is modulated at different levels, for example, by interaction with co-regulators, chromatin regulators or proteins that drive the posttranslational modification of the transcription factor, by redox interconversions, proteolytic processing, or intra- or intercellular movement. Therefore, transcription factors are the center of intricate molecular networks, controlling cell differentiation and growth, tissue and organ development, responses to hormones, environmental factors, and disease resistance. Senescence, the final stage of plant growth and development, is a tightly regulated developmental program affected not only by age but also environmental signals and is also coordinated by transcription factors.
The aim of this Special Issue of Plants is to include articles that illustrate and discuss the structural and functional aspects of plant transcription factors involved in the regulation of plant growth and senescence programs, as well as the molecular mechanisms through which they act. Research papers, short communications, reviews, and perspective papers are all welcome.
Dr. Ivana Viola
Dr. Daniel H. Gonzalez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- transcription factor
- DNA binding specificity
- chromatin
- transcriptome/genome analysis
- gene expression
- plant development
- plant growth
- senescence
- plant–environment interaction
- protein turnover/degradation
- protein–protein interactions
- hormone signaling/crosstalk/downstream pathways
- crop improvement
