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27 Citations
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Characterization of NAC Gene Family in Ammopiptanthus mongolicus and Functional Analysis of AmNAC24, an Osmotic and Cold-Stress-Induced NAC Gene

  • Tashi Dorjee,
  • Yican Cui,
  • Yuxin Zhang,
  • Qi Liu,
  • Xuting Li,
  • Batu Sumbur,
  • Hongxi Yan,
  • Jie Bing,
  • Yuke Geng and
  • Fei Gao
  • + 1 author

2 February 2024

The NAC family of transcription factors (TFs) is recognized as a significant group within the plant kingdom, contributing crucially to managing growth and development processes in plants, as well as to their response and adaptation to various environ...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics)
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  • Open Access
68 Citations
5,875 Views
14 Pages

NAC Transcription Factor GmNAC12 Improved Drought Stress Tolerance in Soybean

  • Chengfeng Yang,
  • Yanzhong Huang,
  • Peiyun Lv,
  • Augustine Antwi-Boasiako,
  • Naheeda Begum,
  • Tuanjie Zhao and
  • Jinming Zhao

10 October 2022

NAC transcription factors (TFs) could regulate drought stresses in plants; however, the function of NAC TFs in soybeans remains unclear. To unravel NAC TF function, we established that GmNAC12, a NAC TF from soybean (Glycine max), was involved in the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Research for Legume Genomics, Genetics, and Breeding)
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  • Open Access
36 Citations
3,468 Views
19 Pages

HuNAC20 and HuNAC25, Two Novel NAC Genes from Pitaya, Confer Cold Tolerance in Transgenic Arabidopsis

  • Xinglong Hu,
  • Fangfang Xie,
  • Wenwei Liang,
  • Yinhao Liang,
  • Zhike Zhang,
  • Jietang Zhao,
  • Guibing Hu and
  • Yonghua Qin

16 February 2022

NAC transcription factors are one of the largest families of transcriptional regulators in plants, and members of the gene family play vital roles in regulating plant growth and development processes including biotic/abiotic stress responses. However...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Genetics and Plant Breeding 2.0)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
823 Views
21 Pages

The NAC Transcription Factors CjNAC43 and CjNAC54 Act as Positive Regulators of Leaf Senescence in Clerodendrum japonicum

  • Yanwen Deng,
  • Congcong Wang,
  • Rutao Huang,
  • Lingye Su,
  • Chunmei He,
  • Mingfeng Xu and
  • Hongfeng Wang

22 December 2025

Leaf senescence is a crucial developmental process in plants, and is tightly regulated by transcription factors such as NAC family members. However, the functions of NAC genes in the leaf senescence of the medicinal and ornamental plant Clerodendrum ...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,577 Views
16 Pages

ClNAC100 Is a NAC Transcription Factor of Chinese Fir in Response to Phosphate Starvation

  • Yuxuan Zhao,
  • Shuotian Huang,
  • Lihui Wei,
  • Meng Li,
  • Tingting Cai,
  • Xiangqing Ma and
  • Peng Shuai

Phosphate (Pi) deficiency is one of the most limiting factors for Chinese fir growth and production. Moreover, continuous cultivation of Chinese fir for multiple generations led to the reduction of soil nutrients, which hindered the yield of Chinese...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Crop Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance 2.0)
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  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,511 Views
15 Pages

The Functions of an NAC Transcription Factor, GhNAC2-A06, in Cotton Response to Drought Stress

  • Gulisitan Saimi,
  • Ziyu Wang,
  • Yunhao Liusui,
  • Yanjun Guo,
  • Gengqing Huang,
  • Huixin Zhao and
  • Jingbo Zhang

2 November 2023

Drought stress imposes severe constraints on crop growth and yield. The NAC transcription factors (TF) play a pivotal role in regulating plant stress responses. However, the biological functions and regulatory mechanisms of many cotton NACs have not...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multiple Response Mechanisms of Plants to Drought Stress)
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  • Open Access
73 Citations
5,486 Views
18 Pages

Potato NAC Transcription Factor StNAC053 Enhances Salt and Drought Tolerance in Transgenic Arabidopsis

  • Qi Wang,
  • Cun Guo,
  • Zhiyuan Li,
  • Jinhao Sun,
  • Zhichao Deng,
  • Lichao Wen,
  • Xiaoxu Li and
  • Yongfeng Guo

The NAC (NAM, ATAF1/2, and CUC2) transcription factors comprise one of the largest transcription factor families in plants and play important roles in stress responses. However, little is known about the functions of potato NAC family members. Here w...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Functions of Transcription Factors in Plant Growth, Performance and Responses to Environmental Stresses)
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  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,963 Views
21 Pages

12 December 2023

NAC is a class of plant-specific transcription factors that are widely involved in the growth, development and (a)biotic stress response of plants. However, their molecular evolution has not been extensively studied in Malvales, especially in Aquilar...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Horticultural Crop Improvement: A New Era for Plant Molecular Research 2.0)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,971 Views
17 Pages

MbNAC22, a Malus baccata NAC Transcription Factor, Increased Drought and Salt Tolerance in Arabidopsis

  • Kuibao Jiao,
  • Jiaxin Han,
  • Baitao Guo,
  • Yuqi Wu,
  • Lei Zhang,
  • Yuze Li,
  • Penghui Song,
  • Deguo Han,
  • Yadong Duan and
  • Xingguo Li

14 May 2023

As an excellent grafting material, Malus baccata (L.) Borkh is native to Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang and other regions in China, with a strong adverse environmental adaptability. As a typical transcription factor, the NAC gene acts as a regulator i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Decrypting the Mechanism of Protein Transcription in Plant Stress Resistance)
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  • Open Access
20 Citations
2,866 Views
17 Pages

The NAC Transcription Factor PgNAC41-2 Gene Involved in the Regulation of Ginsenoside Biosynthesis in Panax ginseng

  • Chang Liu,
  • Mingzhu Zhao,
  • Hedan Ma,
  • Yu Zhang,
  • Qian Liu,
  • Sizhang Liu,
  • Yanfang Wang,
  • Kangyu Wang,
  • Meiping Zhang and
  • Yi Wang

Ginseng (Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer) is a perennial herb of the Araliaceae family, a traditional and valuable Chinese herb in China. The main active component of ginseng is ginsenoside. The NAC transcription factors belong to a large family of plant-sp...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics and Genomics)
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  • Open Access
39 Citations
6,073 Views
19 Pages

Genome-Wide Analysis of NAC Gene Family in Betula pendula

  • Song Chen,
  • Xin Lin,
  • Dawei Zhang,
  • Qi Li,
  • Xiyang Zhao and
  • Su Chen

28 August 2019

NACs (NAM, ATAF1/2, and CUC2) are plant-specific transcription factors that play diverse roles in various plant developmental processes. In this study, we identified the NAC gene family in birch (Betula pendula) and further analyzed the function of B...

(This article belongs to the Section Forest Ecophysiology and Biology)
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  • Open Access
1,180 Views
26 Pages

Cadmium (Cd), a highly mobile and phytotoxic heavy metal, threatens plant growth and food safety and has increased interest in woody plant-based phytoremediation. However, the genome-wide characteristics of the NAC transcription factor family and its...

(This article belongs to the Section Biotic and Abiotic Stress)
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  • Open Access
36 Citations
4,518 Views
62 Pages

AvNAC030, a NAC Domain Transcription Factor, Enhances Salt Stress Tolerance in Kiwifruit

  • Ming Li,
  • Zhiyong Wu,
  • Hong Gu,
  • Dawei Cheng,
  • Xizhi Guo,
  • Lan Li,
  • Caiyun Shi,
  • Guoyi Xu,
  • Shichao Gu and
  • Jinyong Chen
  • + 3 authors

2 November 2021

Kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis Planch) is suitable for neutral acid soil. However, soil salinization is increasing in kiwifruit production areas, which has adverse effects on the growth and development of plants, leading to declining yields and quali...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biotic and Abiotic Stress Effects on Plant Structure and Physiology)
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  • Open Access
133 Citations
18,233 Views
37 Pages

NAC Transcription Factors in Senescence: From Molecular Structure to Function in Crops

  • Dagmara Podzimska-Sroka,
  • Charlotte O'Shea,
  • Per L. Gregersen and
  • Karen Skriver

13 July 2015

Within the last decade, NAC transcription factors have been shown to play essential roles in senescence, which is the focus of this review. Transcriptome analyses associate approximately one third of Arabidopsis NAC genes and many crop NAC genes with...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Plant Senescence)
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  • Open Access
31 Citations
5,373 Views
17 Pages

Identification and Expression Analysis of the NAC Gene Family in Coffea canephora

  • Xiangshu Dong,
  • Yuan Jiang,
  • Yanan Yang,
  • Ziwei Xiao,
  • Xuehui Bai,
  • Jing Gao,
  • Shirui Tan,
  • Yoonkang Hur,
  • Shumei Hao and
  • Feifei He

23 October 2019

The NAC gene family is one of the largest families of transcriptional regulators in plants, and it plays important roles in the regulation of growth and development as well as in stress responses. Genome-wide analyses have been performed in diverse p...

(This article belongs to the Section Crop Breeding and Genetics)
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  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,507 Views
16 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification of the NAC Gene Family in Brassica rapa (L.) and Expression Pattern Analysis of BrNAC2s

  • Weiqiang Li,
  • Fan Ping,
  • Huixuan Jiang,
  • Shuqing Zhang,
  • Tong Zhao,
  • Kaiwen Liu,
  • Hongrui Yu,
  • Iqbal Hussain,
  • Xiliang Ren and
  • Xiaolin Yu

7 March 2025

Flowers are one of the most important organs in plants. Their development serves as a key indicator of the transition from vegetative to reproductive growth and is regulated by various internal signals and environmental factors. NAC (NAM, ATAF, CUC)...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)
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  • Open Access
82 Citations
5,554 Views
15 Pages

Overexpression of a Malus baccata NAC Transcription Factor Gene MbNAC25 Increases Cold and Salinity Tolerance in Arabidopsis

  • Deguo Han,
  • Man Du,
  • Zhengyi Zhou,
  • Shuang Wang,
  • Tiemei Li,
  • Jiaxin Han,
  • Tianlong Xu and
  • Guohui Yang

11 February 2020

NAC (no apical meristem (NAM), Arabidopsis thaliana transcription activation factor (ATAF1/2) and cup shaped cotyledon (CUC2)) transcription factors play crucial roles in plant development and stress responses. Nevertheless, to date, only a few repor...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Abiotic Stress and Gene Networks in Plants 2020)
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  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,009 Views
16 Pages

3 April 2024

The plant-specific NAC gene family is one of the largest transcription factor families, participating in plant growth regulation and stress response. Despite extensive characterization in various plants, our knowledge of the NAC family in oat is lack...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,408 Views
14 Pages

Characterization of the NAC Transcription Factor in Passion Fruit (Passiflora edulis) and Functional Identification of PeNAC-19 in Cold Stress

  • Yi Xu,
  • Pengfei Li,
  • Funing Ma,
  • Dongmei Huang,
  • Wenting Xing,
  • Bin Wu,
  • Peiguang Sun,
  • Binqiang Xu and
  • Shun Song

21 March 2023

The NAC (NAM, ATAF and CUC) gene family plays an important role in plant development and abiotic stress response. However, up to now, the identification and research of the NAC (PeNAC) family members of passion fruit are still lacking. In this study,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Plant Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology)
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  • Open Access
28 Citations
3,259 Views
15 Pages

8 October 2022

Salt and drought are considered two major abiotic stresses that have a significant impact on plants. Plant NAC (NAM, ATAF1/2, and CUC2) transcription factors (TFs) have been shown to play vital roles in plant development and responses to various abio...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,021 Views
11 Pages

Identification of NAC Transcription Factors in Suaeda glauca and Their Responses to Salt Stress

  • Xujun Fu,
  • Longmin Zhu,
  • Xiaomin Yu,
  • Qinghua Yang,
  • Fengjie Yuan and
  • Hangxia Jin

10 August 2024

NAC (NAM/ATAF1/2/CUC2) transcription factors regulate plant growth and development and stress responses. Because NAC transcription factors are known to play important roles in the regulation of salt tolerance in many plants, we aimed to explore their...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Multi-Omics for Functional Genomics Studies and Molecular Breeding)
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  • Open Access
60 Citations
5,567 Views
22 Pages

NAC (NAM, ATAF1/2, and CUC2) transcription factors are ubiquitously distributed in eukaryotes and play significant roles in stress response. However, the functional verifications of NACs in Picea (P.) wilsonii remain largely uncharacterized. Here, we...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in the Molecular Mechanisms of Abscisic Acid and Gibberellins Functions in Plants 2.0)
  • Review
  • Open Access
42 Citations
5,600 Views
41 Pages

Transcription factors (TFs) regulate gene expression by binding to specific sequences on DNA through their DNA-binding domain (DBD), a universal process. This update conveys information about the diverse roles of TFs, focusing on the NACs (NAM-ATAF-C...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
8,014 Views
13 Pages

Isolation and Expression of NAC Genes during Persimmon Fruit Postharvest Astringency Removal

  • Ting Min,
  • Miao-Miao Wang,
  • Hongxun Wang,
  • Xiaofen Liu,
  • Fang Fang,
  • Donald Grierson,
  • Xue-Ren Yin and
  • Kun-Song Chen

15 January 2015

NAC genes have been characterized in numerous plants, where they are involved in responses to biotic and abiotic stress, including low oxygen stress. High concentration of CO2 is one of the most effective treatments to remove astringency of persimmon...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,328 Views
26 Pages

Analysis of the NAC Gene Family in Salix and the Identification of SpsNAC005 Gene Contributing to Salt and Drought Tolerance

  • Haifeng Yang,
  • Lijiao Fan,
  • Xingwang Yu,
  • Xinqian Zhang,
  • Pu Hao,
  • Dongshan Wei and
  • Guosheng Zhang

21 June 2022

The NAC gene family is of great value for plant stress resistance and development. In this study, five NAC genes with a typical NAM domain were isolated from Salix psammophila, which is a stress-resistant willow endemic to western China. Two hundred...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Strategies for Tree Improvement under Stress Conditions)
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  • Open Access
182 Views
16 Pages

Overexpression of a Malus baccata NAC Transcription Factor Gene MbNAC40 Increases Cold Tolerance in Arabidopsis

  • Kuibao Jiao,
  • Yuze Li,
  • Penghui Song,
  • Wenhui Li,
  • Zhe Zhang,
  • Teng Wang,
  • Xingguo Li and
  • Deguo Han

23 September 2026

As a primary apple rootstock extensively cultivated across Northeast China, Malus baccata (L.) Borkh. constantly suffers from low temperature, drought and salt damage throughout its growth cycle. NAC transcription factors take critical parts in coord...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advance in Plant Abiotic Stress: 4th Edition)
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  • Open Access
10 Citations
1,923 Views
18 Pages

NAC Transcription Factor GmNAC035 Exerts a Positive Regulatory Role in Enhancing Salt Stress Tolerance in Plants

  • Wanting Shi,
  • Sixin Ye,
  • Yiting Xin,
  • Hongmiao Jin,
  • Meiling Hu,
  • Yueping Zheng,
  • Yihua Zhan,
  • Hongbo Liu,
  • Yi Gan and
  • Tian Pan
  • + 1 author

5 May 2025

Soybean, a globally significant and versatile crop, serves as a vital source of both oil and protein. However, environmental factors such as soil salinization pose substantial challenges to its cultivation, adversely affecting both yield and quality....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Crop Functional Genomics and Biological Breeding—2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,810 Views
20 Pages

Genome-Wide Analysis of NAC Transcription Factor Gene Family in Morus atropurpurea

  • Yujie Yang,
  • Meiyu He,
  • Kaixin Zhang,
  • Zeyang Zhai,
  • Jialing Cheng,
  • Yue Tian,
  • Xu Cao and
  • Li Liu

10 April 2025

The NAC (NAM/ATAF1/2/CUC2) transcription factors are pivotal regulators in plant development and stress responses. Despite the extensive studies on the NAC gene family across various plant species, the characterization of this gene family in mulberry...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Molecular Biology)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,165 Views
20 Pages

NAC (NAM, ATAF1/2, and CUC2) transcription factors regulate plant growth and development and response to various stresses. However, there is still limited insight into the NAC family in Chimonanthus praecox. This study performed a genome-wide charact...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Insights into Stress Physiology and Resistance Regulation in Horticultural Plants)
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  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,692 Views
16 Pages

Identification of the NAC Transcription Factors and Their Function in ABA and Salinity Response in Nelumbo nucifera

  • Shuping Zhao,
  • Tao Jiang,
  • Yao Zhang,
  • Kailing Zhang,
  • Kai Feng,
  • Peng Wu and
  • Liangjun Li

16 October 2022

Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. is an important perennial aquatic herb that has high ornamental, edible, medicinal, and economic value, being widely distributed and used in China. The NAC superfamily (NAM, ATAF1/2, CUC2) plays critical roles in plant growth...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Regulation of Drought and Salinity Tolerance in Plants)
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  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,925 Views
19 Pages

Expression Analysis of the NAC Transcription Factor Family of Populus in Response to Salt Stress

  • Shengji Wang,
  • Juanjuan Huang,
  • Xingdou Wang,
  • Hui Dang,
  • Tingbo Jiang and
  • Youzhi Han

14 August 2019

Research Highlights: Sequence phylogeny, genome organisation, gene structure, conserved motifs, promoter cis-element and expression profiling of poplar NACs related to salt stress were detected. In addition, expression of two salt-induced NACs was an...

(This article belongs to the Section Forest Ecophysiology and Biology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,214 Views
17 Pages

Genome-Wide Analysis of the NAC Family Associated with Two Paleohexaploidization Events in the Tomato

  • Jiale Yuan,
  • Ying Liu,
  • Zhenyi Wang,
  • Tianyu Lei,
  • Yanfang Hu,
  • Lan Zhang,
  • Min Yuan,
  • Jinpeng Wang and
  • Yuxian Li

15 August 2022

NAC transcription factors play an important regulatory role in tomato fruit ripening. We chose a novel perspective to explore the traces left by two paleopolyploidizations in the NAC family using a bioinformatics approach. We found that 85 (S. lycope...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,910 Views
21 Pages

Adding mineral admixture is one of the leading technical ways to improve the durability of cement-based materials. Nano attapulgite clay (NAC) is a unique fiber rod crystal structure that can change the physical and mechanical properties of cement-ba...

(This article belongs to the Section Inorganic Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,905 Views
13 Pages

The Putative Role of the NAC Transcription Factor EjNACL47 in Cell Enlargement of Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica Lindl.)

  • Qian Chen,
  • Danlong Jing,
  • Shuming Wang,
  • Fan Xu,
  • Chaoya Bao,
  • Ming Luo and
  • Qigao Guo

NAC transcription factors (TFs) are plant-specific TFs that play essential roles in plant development; however, the function of NAC TFs in loquat development remains unknown. The natural triploid loquat (Eriobotrya japonica Lindl.), Longquan No.1. B3...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,955 Views
17 Pages

Orchid NAC Transcription Factors: A Focused Analysis of CUPULIFORMIS Genes

  • Maria Carmen Valoroso,
  • Francesca Lucibelli and
  • Serena Aceto

5 December 2022

Plant transcription factors are involved in different developmental pathways. NAC transcription factors (No Apical Meristem, Arabidopsis thaliana Activating Factor, Cup-shaped Cotyledon) act in various processes, e.g., plant organ formation, response...

(This article belongs to the Collection Feature Papers: 'Plant Genetics and Genomics' Section)
  • Review
  • Open Access
38 Citations
6,879 Views
22 Pages

Senescence-Associated Glycine max (Gm)NAC Genes: Integration of Natural and Stress-Induced Leaf Senescence

  • Otto Teixeira Fraga,
  • Bruno Paes de Melo,
  • Iana Pedro Silva Quadros,
  • Pedro Augusto Braga Reis and
  • Elizabeth Pacheco Batista Fontes

Leaf senescence is a genetically regulated developmental process that can be triggered by a variety of internal and external signals, including hormones and environmental stimuli. Among the senescence-associated genes controlling leaf senescence, the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Mechanisms of Leaf Senescence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,925 Views
16 Pages

Study on the Relationship between Chloride Ion Penetration and Resistivity of NAC-Cement Concrete

  • Xiaofei Liang,
  • Wenjie Qi,
  • Zhisheng Fang,
  • Shiyi Zhang,
  • Yingfang Fan and
  • Surendra P. Shah

22 November 2022

To explore the effect of nano-attapulgite clay (NAC) on the durability of concrete, two kinds of NAC (calcined raw ore and calcined high viscosity ore: calcination at 650 °C for 2 h) were used to study their effects on the durability of concrete,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Methods for Performance Characterization and Prediction of Reinforced Concrete)
  • Review
  • Open Access
160 Citations
12,571 Views
29 Pages

NAC Transcription Factor Family Regulation of Fruit Ripening and Quality: A Review

  • Gang-Shuai Liu,
  • Hong-Li Li,
  • Donald Grierson and
  • Da-Qi Fu

2 February 2022

The NAC transcription factor (TF) family is one of the largest plant-specific TF families and its members are involved in the regulation of many vital biological processes during plant growth and development. Recent studies have found that NAC TFs pl...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Regulation of Fruit-Set, Development, Maturation, Ripening and Shelf-Life)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,057 Views
15 Pages

20 September 2025

Chrysanthemum × morifolium is a commercially important flower worldwide. Chrysanthemum lavandulifolium is the main model plant for the research on Chrysanthemum. Enhancing stress resistance in C. lavandulifolium is highly significant for improv...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics in Modern Plant Science—2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
4,891 Views
17 Pages

3 February 2022

RcNAC72, a key transcription factor that may respond to drought stress in Rosa chinensis ‘Old Blush’, was selected in our previous study. In the present study, we found that RcNAC72 is localized in the nucleus and is a transcriptional act...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Plant Response to Abiotic Stress)
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  • Open Access
43 Citations
5,847 Views
22 Pages

12 July 2019

Plant specific NAC (NAM, ATAF1/2 and CUC2) transcription factors (TFs) play important roles in response to abiotic stress. In this study, we identified and characterized a NAC protein, ThNAC7, from Tamarix hispida. ThNAC7 is a nuclear localized prote...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,925 Views
23 Pages

5 November 2022

As a large transcription factor family, NAC family proteins (NAM, ATAF1,2, and CUC2) play critical roles in plant growth, development, and response to stresses. Herein, the NAC gene family of Dendrobium catenatum was identified and analyzed by bioinf...

(This article belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
3,432 Views
18 Pages

5 September 2022

NAC transcription factors play crucial roles in plant growth, development and stress responses. Previously, we preliminarily identified that the transcription factor AeNAC83 gene was significantly up-regulated under salt stress in okra (Abelmoschus e...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Research on Plant Genomics and Breeding)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,298 Views
22 Pages

Drought stress is a major constraint on plant photosynthesis, growth, and yield, particularly in the context of increasingly frequent and severe extreme weather events driven by global climate change. Enhancing photosynthetic efficiency and abiotic s...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Mechanisms in Plant Stress Tolerance)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,957 Views
15 Pages

Identification and Expression Analysis of NAC Gene Family in Weeping Trait of Lagerstroemia indica

  • Cuihua Gu,
  • Linxue Shang,
  • Guozhe Zhang,
  • Qun Wang,
  • Qingqing Ma,
  • Sidan Hong,
  • Yu Zhao and
  • Liyuan Yang

21 August 2022

Lagerstroemia indica is a widely used ornamental plant in summer gardens because of its desirable plant shape. The weeping traits of plants are related to secondary cell wall thickness and hormone signaling. NAC (NAM-ATAF1/2-CUC2), as one of the plan...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Biology of Ornamental Plants)
  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
5,198 Views
13 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification, Characterization, and Expression Analysis of the NAC Transcription Factor in Chenopodium quinoa

  • Feng Li,
  • Xuhu Guo,
  • Jianxia Liu,
  • Feng Zhou,
  • Wenying Liu,
  • Juan Wu,
  • Hongli Zhang,
  • Huifen Cao,
  • Huanzhen Su and
  • Riyu Wen

30 June 2019

The NAC (NAM, ATAF, and CUC) family is one of the largest families of plant-specific transcription factors. It is involved in many plant growth and development processes, as well as abiotic/biotic stress responses. So far, little is known about the N...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,752 Views
18 Pages

8 July 2023

NAC proteins play an essential role in the growth and development of litchi, especially during reproductive development. However, a comprehensive analysis of the litchi NAC gene family is currently absent. Based on information from the litchi genome,...

(This article belongs to the Section Bioinformatics)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
19 Citations
6,969 Views
16 Pages

Impact of N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) on Tuberculosis (TB) Patients—A Systematic Review

  • Daniel Adon Mapamba,
  • Elingarami Sauli,
  • Lucy Mrema,
  • Julieth Lalashowi,
  • David Magombola,
  • Joram Buza,
  • Willyhelmina Olomi,
  • Robert S. Wallis and
  • Nyanda Elias Ntinginya

21 November 2022

Sustained TB infection overproduces reactive oxygen species (ROS) as a host defense mechanism. Research shows ROS is destructive to lung tissue. Glutathione (GSH) neutralizes ROS, although it is consumed. NAC is a precursor of GSH synthesis, and admi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,307 Views
18 Pages

Identification and Validation of NAC Transcription Factors Enhancing Phenolic Acid Production in Perilla frutescens

  • Jiayi Xu,
  • Ping Wang,
  • Junmei Lian,
  • Linqiang Zhang,
  • Xiaobi Zhang,
  • Yan Sui,
  • Jiankang Chen,
  • Heng Wei,
  • Yihan Wang and
  • Peng Di
  • + 5 authors

17 March 2026

Phenolic acids are the major bioactive compounds in Perilla frutescens (L.) Britt; however, the regulatory roles of NAC transcription factors (TFs) in their biosynthesis remain unclear. Here, we performed a genome-wide identification and characteriza...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Genomics and Transcriptomics for Plant Development and Improvement)
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Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Pattern of the NAC Gene Family in Panax notoginseng

  • Baihui Jin,
  • Xiaolong Hu,
  • Na Li,
  • Xiaohua Li,
  • Zebin Chen,
  • Xinyu Zhao and
  • Xiaoni Wu

7 March 2025

Background: The NAC transcription factor family of genes is one of the largest families of transcription factors in plants, playing important functions in plant growth and development, response to adversity stress, disease resistance, and hormone sig...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)

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