Regulatory Mechanisms of Development and Abiotic Stress Response by Transcriptional Regulators in Plants: 2nd Edition
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Plant Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2025 | Viewed by 1118
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plant abiotic stress response; plant development regulation; Arabidopsis; non-tandem CCCH zinc finger genes; AP2/ERF transcription factors; osmotic stress; hypoxia stress; salt stress; alternative splicing
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Dear Colleagues,
Plants rely on transcriptional regulators to carry out essential biological processes, such as growth, development, environmental stress response, and reproduction. Endogenous and/or exogenous signals stimulate a developmental process that involves the regulation of cell multiplication, differentiation, and expansion through diverse transcriptional regulation. Environmental stresses limit the growth and productivity of plants. Cellular adaptation to abiotic stresses requires coordinated changes in gene expression regulated by complex mechanisms. The changes to the transcriptome are mediated by transcriptional regulators to modulate development and responses to abiotic stresses in plants. Transcriptional regulators are the trans-acting elements that play major roles in regulating gene expression by binding to cis-acting elements. They function as either transcriptional activators or repressors in gene regulation. Regulation of the balance between activators and repressors is important for proper gene expression. Several major transcription factor families have been identified in plants, such as AP2/ERF, bZIP, zinc finger, WRKY, MYB, bHLH, and NAC families. This Special Issue will focus on the most recent advances in the regulatory mechanisms of development and abiotic stress response by transcriptional regulators in plants. The submission of original research articles and reviews reporting the molecular functions and/or signal transduction of transcriptional regulators in developmental regulation or abiotic stress response are especially encouraged. Notwithstanding this, contributions on other topics related to understanding the regulation of gene expression in plants, such as epigenetic regulation and genome-wide analysis, are also welcome.
Prof. Dr. Yong-Hwan Moon
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- transcriptional regulator
- transcription activation
- transcription factor
- transcription repression
- plant development
- abiotic stress response
- epigenetic regulation
- genome-wide analysis
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