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  • Open Access
2 Citations
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29 July 2024

Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is the fourth-largest cereal crop widely grown for livestock feed, brewing malts and human food. The TIFY family is a plant-specific protein family with diverse functions in plant growth, development and stress responses....

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,100 Views
16 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Pattern Analysis of TIFY Family Genes Reveal Their Potential Roles in Phalaenopsis aphrodite Flower Opening

  • Yunxiao Guan,
  • Qiaoyu Zhang,
  • Minghe Li,
  • Junwen Zhai,
  • Shasha Wu,
  • Sagheer Ahmad,
  • Siren Lan,
  • Donghui Peng and
  • Zhong-Jian Liu

The TIFY gene family (formerly known as the zinc finger proteins expressed in inflorescence meristem (ZIM) family) not only functions in plant defense responses but also are widely involved in regulating plant growth and development. However, the ide...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,534 Views
17 Pages

TIFY is a plant-specific gene family with four subfamilies: ZML, TIFY, PPD, and JAZ. Recently, this family was found to have regulatory functions in hormone stimulation, environmental response, and development. However, little is known about the role...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,095 Views
20 Pages

New Insights into the TIFY Gene Family of Brassica napus and Its Involvement in the Regulation of Shoot Branching

  • Yarong Li,
  • Qian Zhang,
  • Luman Wang,
  • Xinfa Wang,
  • Jiangwei Qiao and
  • Hanzhong Wang

4 December 2023

As plant-specific transcription factors, the TIFY family genes are involved in the responses to a series of biotic and abiotic stresses and the regulation of the development of multiple organs. To explore the potential roles of the TIFY gene family i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
734 Views
19 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification and Expressional Analysis of the TIFY Gene Family in Eucalyptus grandis

  • Chunxia Lei,
  • Yingtong Huang,
  • Rui An,
  • Chunjie Fan,
  • Sufang Zhang,
  • Aimin Wu and
  • Yue Jing

16 August 2025

The TIFY gene family participates in crucial processes including plant development, stress adaptation, and hormonal signaling cascades. While the TIFY gene family has been extensively characterized in model plant systems and agricultural crops, its f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,407 Views
18 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification of the TIFY Gene Family in Brassiceae and Its Potential Association with Heavy Metal Stress in Rapeseed

  • Fujun Sun,
  • Zhiyou Chen,
  • Qianwei Zhang,
  • Yuanyuan Wan,
  • Ran Hu,
  • Shulin Shen,
  • Si Chen,
  • Nengwen Yin,
  • Yunshan Tang and
  • Ying Liang
  • + 4 authors

28 February 2022

The TIFY gene family plays important roles in various plant biological processes and responses to stress and hormones. The chromosome-level genome of the Brassiceae species has been released, but knowledge concerning the TIFY family is lacking in the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,683 Views
16 Pages

Genome-Wide Analysis of the TIFY Gene Family in Three Cymbidium Species and Its Response to Heat Stress in Cymbidium goeringii

  • Meng-Meng Zhang,
  • Xin He,
  • Ye Huang,
  • Qinyao Zheng,
  • Xuewei Zhao,
  • Linying Wang,
  • Zhong-Jian Liu and
  • Siren Lan

The TIFY family is a plant-specific gene family that is involved in regulating a variety of plant processes, including developmental and defense responses. The Cymbidium species have certain ornamental and ecological value. However, the characteristi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
3,478 Views
15 Pages

5 November 2020

The TIFY family is a plant-specific gene family that is involved in regulating a variety of plant processes, including developmental and defense responses. The chromosome-level genome of the tea plant (Camellia sinensis) has recently been released, b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,592 Views
16 Pages

Pan-Genome Analysis of TIFY Gene Family and Functional Analysis of CsTIFY Genes in Cucumber

  • Kun Liu,
  • Haiyu Xu,
  • Xinbin Gao,
  • Yinghao Lu,
  • Lina Wang,
  • Zhonghai Ren and
  • Chunhua Chen

22 December 2023

Cucumbers are frequently affected by gray mold pathogen Botrytis cinerea, a pathogen that causes inhibited growth and reduced yield. Jasmonic acid (JA) plays a primary role in plant responses to biotic stresses, and the jasmonate-ZIM-Domain (JAZ) pro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,853 Views
14 Pages

15 June 2023

TIFYs are plant-specific transcription factors that contain the TIFY structural domain and play an important role in plant leaf growth and development. However, the role played by TIFY in E. ferox (Euryale ferox Salisb.) leaf development has not been...

  • Article
  • Open Access
830 Views
23 Pages

22 August 2025

TIFY transcription factors play crucial regulatory roles in secondary metabolism and stress response. However, the expression patterns of the Cannabis sativa L. TIFY gene family under alkali stress, their involvement in cannabinoid metabolism, and th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
3,421 Views
21 Pages

13 March 2020

The TIFY gene family is specific to land plants, exerting immense influence on plant growth and development as well as responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. Here, we identify 25 TIFY genes in the poplar (Populus trichocarpa) genome. Phylogenetic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,326 Views
19 Pages

5 February 2024

The TIFY family is a group of novel plant-specific transcription factors involved in plant development, signal transduction, and responses to stress and hormones. TIFY genes have been found and functionally characterized in a number of plant species....

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
4,630 Views
19 Pages

24 January 2020

TIFY, a plant-specific gene family with the conserved motif TIF[F/Y]XG, plays important roles in various plant biological processes. Here, a total of 36 TIFY genes were identified in the Brassica oleracea genome and classified into JAZ (22 genes), TI...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
927 Views
16 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification of the TIFY Family in Longan and Their Potential Functional Analysis in Anthocyanin Synthesis

  • Haowei Qing,
  • Ziang Wu,
  • Xiao Mo,
  • Jinjv Wei,
  • Yuyu Shi,
  • Huiqin Guo,
  • Jiongzhi Xu,
  • Feng Ding and
  • Shuwei Zhang

1 April 2025

TIFY is one of the plant-specific transcription factors, which is extensively involved in regulating plant development, stress response, and biosynthesis of secondary metabolites. In this study, we identified 19 DlTIFY genes from the longan genome da...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,991 Views
11 Pages

Functional Characterization of Resistance to Powdery Mildew of VvTIFY9 from Vitis vinifera

  • Yihe Yu,
  • Yutong Wan,
  • Zeling Jiao,
  • Lu Bian,
  • Keke Yu,
  • Guohai Zhang and
  • Dalong Guo

1 September 2019

Powdery mildew is a disease caused by fungal pathogens that harms grape leaves and fruits. The TIFY gene family is a plant-specific super-family involved in the process of plants’ development and their biotic and abiotic stress responses. This...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,556 Views
23 Pages

The Non-JAZ TIFY Protein TIFY8 of Arabidopsis thaliana Interacts with the HD-ZIP III Transcription Factor REVOLUTA and Regulates Leaf Senescence

  • Ana Gabriela Andrade Galan,
  • Jasmin Doll,
  • Svenja Corina Saile,
  • Marieluise Wünsch,
  • Edda von Roepenack-Lahaye,
  • Laurens Pauwels,
  • Alain Goossens,
  • Justine Bresson and
  • Ulrike Zentgraf

4 February 2023

The HD-ZIP III transcription factor REVOLUTA (REV) is involved in early leaf development, as well as in leaf senescence. REV directly binds to the promoters of senescence-associated genes, including the central regulator WRKY53. As this direct regula...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,452 Views
15 Pages

GhWRKY33 Interacts with GhTIFY10A to Synergistically Modulate Both Ageing and JA-Mediated Leaf Senescence in Arabidopsis

  • Songguo Wu,
  • Huimin Zhang,
  • Ruling Wang,
  • Guimei Chang,
  • Yifen Jing,
  • Zhifang Li and
  • Ligang Chen

29 July 2022

WRKY transcription factors play critical roles in the modulation of transcriptional changes during leaf senescence, but the underlying mechanisms controlled by them in this progress still remain enigmatic. In this study, Gossypium hirsutum WRKY DNA-b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,903 Views
25 Pages

In nature, plants have developed a series of resistance mechanisms to face various external stresses. As understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying plant resistance continues to deepen, exploring endogenous resistance in plants has become a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,247 Views
19 Pages

VvJAZ13 Positively Regulates Cold Tolerance in Arabidopsis and Grape

  • Lili Che,
  • Shixiong Lu,
  • Huimin Gou,
  • Min Li,
  • Lili Guo,
  • Juanbo Yang and
  • Juan Mao

Cold stress adversely impacts grape growth, development, and yield. Therefore, improving the cold tolerance of grape is an urgent task of grape breeding. The Jasmonic acid (JA) pathway responsive gene JAZ plays a key role in plant response to cold st...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,692 Views
16 Pages

Root rot caused by Fusarium oxysporum is a serious root disease that affects the growth and yield of peanut crops worldwide. Identifying resistance genes is of great significance for both conventional and molecular breeding. At present, there are a f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
740 Views
10 Pages

9 July 2025

Jasmonate ZIM-domain (JAZ) proteins play a pivotal role in mediating plant growth, development, and responses to both biotic and abiotic stresses. However, our knowledge about the JAZ family genes in Areca catechu remains limited. This study conducte...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,071 Views
13 Pages

Transcriptome Analysis of Low-Temperature-Treated Tetraploid Yellow Actinidia chinensis Planch. Tissue Culture Plantlets

  • Yipei Li,
  • Zhiming Zhang,
  • Xiaozhen Liu,
  • Zhuo Wei,
  • Xianang Zhang,
  • Wen Bian,
  • Shengxing Li and
  • Hanyao Zhang

10 October 2022

The cold-resistant mechanism of yellow kiwifruit associated with gene regulation is poorly investigated. In this study, to provide insight into the causes of differences in low-temperature tolerance and to better understand cold-adaptive mechanisms,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,323 Views
19 Pages

Investigation of the JASMONATE ZIM-DOMAIN Gene Family Reveals the Canonical JA-Signaling Pathway in Pineapple

  • Li Ye,
  • Ling Cao,
  • Xuemei Zhao,
  • Xinya Guo,
  • Kangzhuo Ye,
  • Sibo Jiao,
  • Yu Wang,
  • Xiaoxue He,
  • Chunxing Dong and
  • Bin Hu
  • + 6 authors

15 March 2022

JASMONATE ZIM-DOMAIN (JAZ) proteins are negative regulators of the jasmonate (JA)-signaling pathway and play pivotal roles in plant resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. Genome-wide identification of JAZ genes has been performed in many plant sp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,834 Views
17 Pages

9 May 2023

Broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica) is a globally popular vegetable because of its nutrient richness, especially its glucosinolates (GSLs). The content of GSLs in different organs of broccoli varies greatly. However, few studies have focused...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,719 Views
16 Pages

Comparative Transcriptome Analyses between Resistant and Susceptible Varieties in Response to Soybean Mosaic Virus Infection

  • Yuanyuan Chen,
  • Ying Shen,
  • Boyu Chen,
  • Lijun Xie,
  • Yanmin Xiao,
  • Zheng Chong,
  • Han Cai,
  • Guangnan Xing,
  • Haijian Zhi and
  • Kai Li

28 July 2022

Soybean mosaic virus (SMV) is a worldwide and hardly controlled virus disease in soybean. Kefeng-1 is an elite variety resistant to SMV in China. In order to discover resistance genes and regulation networks in Kefeng-1, we analyzed transcriptome dat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
4,623 Views
22 Pages

Jasmonate ZIM-domain (JAZ) proteins belong to the subgroup of TIFY family and act as key regulators of jasmonate (JA) responses in plants. To date, only a few JAZ proteins have been characterized in rice. Here, we report the identification and functi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,711 Views
24 Pages

Master Regulatory Transcription Factors in β-Aminobutyric Acid-Induced Resistance (BABA-IR): A Perspective on Phytohormone Biosynthesis and Signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana and Hordeum vulgare

  • Eszter Virág,
  • Ágnes Nagy,
  • Beáta B. Tóth,
  • Barbara Kutasy,
  • József Péter Pallos,
  • Zsuzsa Máthéné Szigeti,
  • Csaba Máthé,
  • Gábor Kardos and
  • Géza Hegedűs

23 August 2024

The endogenous stress metabolite β-aminobutyric acid (BABA) primes plants for enhanced resistance against abiotic and biotic stress by activating a complex phytohormone signaling network that includes abscisic acid (ABA), jasmonic acid (JA), sal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
515 Views
25 Pages

26 September 2025

Lycoris longituba produces a single flower bearing six tepals. The double-petaled phenotype of L. longituba has gained significant interest in China due to its ornamental and commercial value in tourism industries. This double-petal phenotype, charac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,438 Views
40 Pages

8 April 2024

The remediation of copper and nickel-afflicted sites is challenged by the different physiological effects imposed by each metal on a given plant system. Pinus banksiana is resilient against copper and nickel, providing an opportunity to build a valua...

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
7,685 Views
23 Pages

14 September 2017

To uncover the alleviation mechanism of quinclorac stress by salicylic acid (SA), leaf samples of Oryza sativa ssp. Japonica under quinclorac stress with and without SA pre-treatment were analyzed for transcriptional and proteomic profiling to determ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,244 Views
12 Pages

Transcriptomics Analysis on Fertility Conversion in Thermosensitive Genetic Male Sterility Line Zhu1S under High Temperature

  • Yan Chen,
  • Yi Chen,
  • Zhipan Xiang,
  • Jiaxin Li,
  • Huiling Chen,
  • Dandan Mao and
  • Liangbi Chen

24 May 2022

Zhu1S is a thermosensitive genic male-sterile (TGMS) line of rice possessing outstanding combining ability and low critical temperature, which has been extensively utilized as a female parent in two-line hybrid ricebreeding. However, the fertility of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
4,584 Views
25 Pages

The Major Factors Causing the Microspore Abortion of Genic Male Sterile Mutant NWMS1 in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

  • Junchang Li,
  • Jing Zhang,
  • Huijuan Li,
  • Hao Niu,
  • Qiaoqiao Xu,
  • Zhixin Jiao,
  • Junhang An,
  • Yumei Jiang,
  • Qiaoyun Li and
  • Jishan Niu

11 December 2019

Male sterility is a valuable trait for genetic research and production application of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). NWMS1, a novel typical genic male sterility mutant, was obtained from Shengnong 1, mutagenized with ethyl methane sulfonate (EMS). Mic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,017 Views
20 Pages

Genome-Wide Analysis and Expression Profiling of the JAZ Gene Family in Response to Abiotic Stress in Alfalfa

  • Xiaohong Li,
  • Aneela Bashir,
  • Huizheng Yang,
  • Ansar Abbas,
  • Yaoyao Li,
  • Xin Zeng,
  • Longkao Zhu,
  • Qinke Shi,
  • Mamateliy Tursunniyaz and
  • Lijing Zhang

The Jasmonate ZIM-domain (JAZ) proteins act as repressors in the Jasmonate (JAs) signaling pathway, and play a critical role in regulating plant growth, development, and responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. In this study, bioinformatics methods...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,324 Views
16 Pages

Genome-Wide Analysis of the JAZ Gene Family in Potato and Functional Verification of StJAZ23 Under Drought Stress

  • Zhuanfang Pu,
  • Tianyuan Qin,
  • Yihao Wang,
  • Xiangdong Wang,
  • Ningfan Shi,
  • Panfeng Yao,
  • Yuhui Liu,
  • Jiangping Bai,
  • Zhenzhen Bi and
  • Chao Sun

The JASMONATE-ZIM DOMAIN (JAZ) repressors are crucial proteins in the jasmonic acid signaling pathway that play a significant role in plant growth, development and response to abiotic stress (such as drought, heat, salinity, and low temperature). In...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,518 Views
15 Pages

1 October 2022

Fruit black spot (FBS), a fungal disease of pecan (Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh) K. Koch) caused by the pathogen Pestalotiopsis microspora, is a serious disease and poses a critical threat to pecan yield and quality. However, the details of pecan res...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,113 Views
14 Pages

Reconstitution of the Jasmonate Signaling Pathway in Plant Protoplasts

  • Ning Li,
  • Joachim F. Uhrig,
  • Corinna Thurow,
  • Li-Jun Huang and
  • Christiane Gatz

28 November 2019

The phytohormone jasmonic acid (JA) plays an important role in various plant developmental processes and environmental adaptations. The JA signaling pathway has been well-elucidated in the reference plant Arabidopsis thaliana. It starts with the perc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,142 Views
17 Pages

3 March 2024

Melatonin can improve plant adaptability to water deficit stress by regulating the biosynthesis of flavonoids and improving the reactive oxygen species-scavenging enzyme system. However, it remains unclear whether melatonin mitigates the effects and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,388 Views
18 Pages

Rootstock-Mediated Transcriptional Changes Associated with Cold Tolerance in Prunus mume Leaves

  • Faisal Hayat,
  • Chengdong Ma,
  • Shahid Iqbal,
  • Xiao Huang,
  • Ouma Kenneth Omondi,
  • Zhaojun Ni,
  • Ting Shi,
  • Rezwan Tariq,
  • Ummara Khan and
  • Zhihong Gao

Japanese apricot (Prunus mume) is remarkably valuable for its high ornamental and economic importance due to its distinctive features. Low temperature is a serious environmental constraint for this species, restricting its cultivation and dispersal i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
537 Views
22 Pages

23 September 2025

A pluripotent callus is central to genetic transformation in Cinnamomum parthenoxylon; however, the molecular and cellular mechanisms regulating callus formation and subsequent differentiation remain unelucidated, hindering progress in its genetic im...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,686 Views
24 Pages

27 January 2025

Paclobutrazol (PAC) is a significant inhibitor of gibberellin biosynthesis that profoundly influences grape seed development (GSD) through the modulation of key molecular pathways. Here, we identified 6659 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in GSD...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,230 Views
26 Pages

Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Salt Tolerance in Maize: A Combined Transcriptome and Metabolome Analysis

  • Shaoqi Ren,
  • Tianhang Bai,
  • Yaqi Ma,
  • Yingjie Zhao,
  • Jiabin Ci,
  • Xuejiao Ren,
  • Zhenyuan Zang,
  • Chengqian Ma,
  • Ruyi Xiong and
  • Xinyao Song
  • + 2 authors

2 July 2025

Maize (Zea mays L.) is one of the most important food crops. Salt stress can hinder crop growth and development, but the molecular mechanisms underlying maize’s response to salt tolerance remain unclear. In this study, we conducted comparative...