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  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,011 Views
15 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification, Characterization, and Expression Analysis of the HD-Zip Gene Family in Lagerstroemia for Regulating Plant Height

  • Hang Lin,
  • Xinqiang Jiang,
  • Cheng Qian,
  • Yue Zhang,
  • Xin Meng,
  • Nairui Liu,
  • Lulu Li,
  • Jingcai Wang and
  • Yiqian Ju

28 March 2024

The Homeodomain leucine zipper (HD-Zip) family of transcription factors is crucial in helping plants adapt to environmental changes and promoting their growth and development. Despite research on the HD-Zip family in various plants, studies in Lagers...

  • Article
  • Open Access
59 Citations
8,144 Views
16 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Analysis of the HD-Zip Gene Family in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

  • Hong Yue,
  • Duntao Shu,
  • Meng Wang,
  • Guangwei Xing,
  • Haoshuang Zhan,
  • Xianghong Du,
  • Weining Song and
  • Xiaojun Nie

1 February 2018

The homeodomain-leucine zipper (HD-Zip) gene family, as plant-specific transcription factors, plays an important role in plant development and growth as well as in the response to diverse stresses. Although HD-Zip genes have been extensively studied...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,288 Views
17 Pages

HD-Zip III Gene Family: Identification and Expression Profiles during Leaf Vein Development in Soybean

  • Jing Gao,
  • Jiyu Chen,
  • Lingyang Feng,
  • Qi Wang,
  • Shenglan Li,
  • Xianming Tan,
  • Feng Yang and
  • Wenyu Yang

29 June 2022

Leaf veins constitute the transport network for water and photosynthetic assimilates in vascular plants. The class III homeodomain-leucine zipper (HD-Zip III) gene family is central to the regulation of vascular development. In this research, we perf...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,475 Views
23 Pages

17 January 2025

This study investigates the role of sea buckthorn HD-Zip genes in response to lead stress, identifying 28 genes distributed across 10 chromosomes, which are classified into four subfamilies. Each subfamily exhibits a similar gene structure and conser...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,736 Views
19 Pages

Identification of the bZIP Gene Family and Investigation of Their Response to Drought Stress in Dendrobium catenatum

  • Peng Wang,
  • Yuxin Li,
  • Tingting Zhang,
  • Yuqian Kang,
  • Wei Li,
  • Jian Wang,
  • Wengang Yu and
  • Yang Zhou

12 January 2023

Dendrobium catenatum is a valuable Chinese herbal medicine that naturally grows on cliffs and tree trunks and is often threatened by adverse environmental conditions. The bZIP transcription factor is known to play a critical role in the response of p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,475 Views
18 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification, Classification, Expression and Duplication Analysis of bZIP Family Genes in Juglans regia L.

  • Zhongrong Zhang,
  • Shaowen Quan,
  • Jianxin Niu,
  • Caihua Guo,
  • Chao Kang,
  • Jinming Liu and
  • Xing Yuan

Basic leucine zipper (bZIP), a conserved transcription factor widely found in eukaryotes, has important regulatory roles in plant growth. To understand the information related to the bZIP gene family in walnut, 88 JrbZIP genes were identified at the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,158 Views
19 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification of bZIP Gene Family in Lycium barbarum and Expression During Fruit Development

  • Han Gao,
  • Xiaoyu Cao,
  • Yunni Ma,
  • Xiaoya Qin,
  • Xiaorong Bai,
  • Xiyan Zhang,
  • Aisheng Xiong,
  • Yue Yin and
  • Rui Zheng

Wolfberry (Lycium barbarum L.) is a valued traditional medicinal plant and dietary supplement in China. The basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factor (TF) family is a multifunctional group of regulatory proteins critical to plant biology, orch...

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  • Open Access
1,070 Views
19 Pages

24 June 2025

Background: Basic (region) leucine zippers (bZIPs) make up one of the largest families and are some of the most prevalent evolutionarily conserved transcription factors (TFs) in eukaryotic organisms. Plant bZIP family members are involved in seed ger...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
6,407 Views
27 Pages

29 December 2020

The basic region-leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factors (TFs) form homodimers and heterodimers via the coil–coil region. The bZIP dimerization network influences gene expression across plant development and in response to a range of enviro...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
2,592 Views
11 Pages

The HD-ZIP Gene Family in Watermelon: Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Analysis under Abiotic Stresses

  • Xing Yan,
  • Zhen Yue,
  • Xiaona Pan,
  • Fengfei Si,
  • Jiayue Li,
  • Xiaoyao Chen,
  • Xin Li,
  • Feishi Luan,
  • Jianqiang Yang and
  • Chunhua Wei
  • + 1 author

29 November 2022

Homeodomain-leucine zipper (HD-ZIP) transcription factors are one of the plant-specific gene families involved in plant growth and response to adverse environmental conditions. However, little information is available on the HD-ZIP gene family in wat...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,583 Views
19 Pages

17 November 2022

Homeodomain-leucine zipper (HD-Zip) genes encode plant-specific transcription factors, which play important roles in plant growth, development, and response to environmental stress. These genes have not been fully studied in allopolyploid Brassica na...

  • Review
  • Open Access
122 Citations
11,127 Views
22 Pages

HD-ZIP Gene Family: Potential Roles in Improving Plant Growth and Regulating Stress-Responsive Mechanisms in Plants

  • Rahat Sharif,
  • Ali Raza,
  • Peng Chen,
  • Yuhong Li,
  • Enas M. El-Ballat,
  • Abdur Rauf,
  • Christophe Hano and
  • Mohamed A. El-Esawi

17 August 2021

Exploring the molecular foundation of the gene-regulatory systems underlying agronomic parameters or/and plant responses to both abiotic and biotic stresses is crucial for crop improvement. Thus, transcription factors, which alone or in combination d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
860 Views
24 Pages

25 July 2025

The bZIP gene family play a crucial role in plant growth, development, and stress responses, functioning as transcription factors. While this gene family has been studied in several plant species, its roles in the endangered woody plant Phoebe bourne...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,991 Views
18 Pages

Genome-Wide Analysis of the HD-Zip Gene Family in Chinese Cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis) and the Expression Pattern at High Temperatures and in Carotenoids Regulation

  • Lian Yin,
  • Yudong Sun,
  • Xuehao Chen,
  • Jiexia Liu,
  • Kai Feng,
  • Dexu Luo,
  • Manyi Sun,
  • Linchuang Wang,
  • Wenzhao Xu and
  • Jianfeng Zhao
  • + 1 author

HD-Zip, a special class of transcription factors in high plants, has a role in plant development and responding to external environmental stress. Heat stress has always been an important factor affecting plant growth, quality, and yield. Carotenoid c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,087 Views
16 Pages

Genome-Wide Investigation and Functional Verification of the ZIP Family Transporters in Wild Emmer Wheat

  • Fangyi Gong,
  • Tiangang Qi,
  • Yanling Hu,
  • Yarong Jin,
  • Jia Liu,
  • Wenyang Wang,
  • Jingshu He,
  • Bin Tu,
  • Tao Zhang and
  • Bihua Wu
  • + 6 authors

The zinc/iron-regulated transporter-like protein (ZIP) family has a crucial role in Zn homeostasis of plants. Although the ZIP genes have been systematically studied in many plant species, the significance of this family in wild emmer wheat (Triticum...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
3,402 Views
17 Pages

Systematic Analysis of the bZIP Family in Tobacco and Functional Characterization of NtbZIP62 Involvement in Salt Stress

  • Zhiyuan Li,
  • Jiangtao Chao,
  • Xiaoxu Li,
  • Gongbo Li,
  • Dean Song,
  • Yongfeng Guo,
  • Xinru Wu and
  • Guanshan Liu

14 January 2021

The basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factors play important regulatory roles, influencing plant growth and responses to environmental stresses. In the present study, 132 bZIP genes identified in the tobacco genome were classified into 11 gro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,157 Views
22 Pages

The Basic Leucine Zipper (bZIP) transcription factors play a vital role in plant responses to abiotic stress. Despite being studied in various plant species, the function of the bZIP gene family in Soapberry (Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn.), a significan...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,009 Views
18 Pages

27 February 2022

Homeodomain-leucine zipper (HD-Zip) family genes are considered to play an important role in plant growth and stress tolerance. However, a genome-wide analysis of HD-Zip genes in apples (Malus domestica Borkh.) has not been performed. We detected 48...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,288 Views
18 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Analysis of bZIP Transcription Factors Under Salt Stress in Chrysanthemum

  • Yanchao Guo,
  • Kexin Ji,
  • Zhongqi Jia,
  • Palinuer Aiwaili,
  • Lin Liu,
  • Haoran Ren,
  • Qinglin Liu,
  • Yunhe Jiang,
  • Junping Gao and
  • Yanjie Xu

Chrysanthemum is one of the most important ornamental plants in the world. Its yield and quality are greatly affected by abiotic stress. The basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factors play crucial roles in abiotic stress response; however, the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,385 Views
29 Pages

22 October 2021

Zinc (Zn) is one of the most essential micronutrients for plant growth and metabolism, but Zn excess can impair many basic metabolic processes in plant cells. In agriculture, crops often experience low phosphate (Pi) and high Zn double nutrient stres...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,937 Views
15 Pages

13 May 2022

The plant-specific homeodomain zipper family (HD-ZIP) of transcription factors plays central roles in regulating plant development and environmental resistance. HD-ZIP transcription factors IV (HDZ IV) have been involved primarily in the regulation o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
384 Views
16 Pages

Identification of bZIP Gene Family in Bergenia purpurascens and Functional Characterization of BpbZIP37 Under Heat Stress

  • Qiankun Zhu,
  • Wenqing Wang,
  • Tianxiang Chen,
  • Feiyang Yan,
  • Jie Chen,
  • Zongxiang Jiang and
  • Nuomei Xu

22 October 2025

Bergenia purpurascens, a perennial herb with significant medicinal value, thrives in harsh high-altitude environments but faces threats from global warming-induced heat stress. Basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factors play crucial roles in p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,856 Views
24 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification of the TGA Gene Family and Expression Analysis under Drought Stress in Brassica napus L.

  • Yi Duan,
  • Zishu Xu,
  • Hui Liu,
  • Yanhui Wang,
  • Xudong Zou,
  • Zhi Zhang,
  • Ling Xu and
  • Mingchao Xu

TGA transcription factors belong to Group D of the bZIP transcription factors family and play vital roles in the stress response of plants. Brassica napus is an oil crop with rich economic value. However, a systematic analysis of TGA gene family memb...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,030 Views
18 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification and Analysis of the Aureochrome Gene Family in Saccharina japonica and a Comparative Analysis with Six Other Algae

  • Yukun Wu,
  • Pengyan Zhang,
  • Zhourui Liang,
  • Yanmin Yuan,
  • Maohong Duan,
  • Yi Liu,
  • Di Zhang and
  • Fuli Liu

11 August 2022

Aureochrome (AUREO) is a kind of blue light photoreceptor with both LOV and bZIP structural domains, identified only in Stramenopiles. It functions as a transcription factor that responds to blue light, playing diverse roles in the growth, developmen...

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  • Open Access
376 Views
17 Pages

1 December 2025

Background/Objectives: Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) is a major global sugar crop, and improving sucrose accumulation is critical for industry and bioenergy. Due to its high Brix content, Erianthus fulvus (E. fulvus) is valuable for genetic improvement...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,112 Views
18 Pages

The Potential Role of bZIP55/65 in Nitrogen Uptake and Utilization in Cucumber Is Revealed via bZIP Gene Family Characterization

  • Bing Hua,
  • Fei Liang,
  • Wenyan Zhang,
  • Dan Qiao,
  • Peiqi Wang,
  • Haofeng Teng,
  • Zhiping Zhang,
  • Jiexia Liu and
  • Minmin Miao

11 September 2023

The bZIP (basic leucine zipper) proteins play crucial roles in various biological functions. Nitrogen (N) is an essential element for plant growth, especially in cucumber (Cucumis sativus) due to its shallow roots. However, the regulation of bZIP gen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,869 Views
33 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Analysis of bZIP Family Genes in Stevia rebaudiana

  • Mengyang Wu,
  • Jinsong Chen,
  • Weilin Tang,
  • Yijie Jiang,
  • Zhaoyong Hu,
  • Dongbei Xu,
  • Kai Hou,
  • Yinyin Chen and
  • Wei Wu

9 October 2023

The basic (region) leucine zippers (bZIPs) are evolutionarily conserved transcription factors widely distributed in eukaryotic organisms. In plants, they are not only involved in growth and development, defense and stress responses and regulation of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,003 Views
15 Pages

18 September 2023

Basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factors play significant roles in plants’ growth and development processes, as well as in response to biological and abiotic stresses. Hypericum perforatum is one of the world’s top three best-sel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
4,653 Views
22 Pages

5 May 2020

Olive (Olea europaea.L) is an economically important oleaginous crop and its fruit cold-pressed oil is used for edible oil all over the world. The basic region-leucine zipper (bZIP) family is one of the largest transcription factors families among eu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
48 Citations
6,505 Views
25 Pages

22 August 2019

The basic leucine zipper (bZIP) family of transcription factors (TFs) regulate diverse phenomena during plant growth and development and are involved in stress responses and hormone signaling. However, only a few bZIPs have been functionally characte...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,284 Views
16 Pages

The transcription factors (TFs) family known as the basic leucine zipper (bZIP) plays a vital role in a variety of biological processes. However, there is no investigation on the bZIP family in the major vegetable crop, eggplant. Here, a total of 71...

  • Article
  • Open Access
53 Citations
7,239 Views
17 Pages

SlbZIP38, a Tomato bZIP Family Gene Downregulated by Abscisic Acid, Is a Negative Regulator of Drought and Salt Stress Tolerance

  • Yanglu Pan,
  • Xin Hu,
  • Chunyan Li,
  • Xing Xu,
  • Chenggang Su,
  • Jinhua Li,
  • Hongyuan Song,
  • Xingguo Zhang and
  • Yu Pan

20 December 2017

The basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factors have crucial roles in plant stress responses. In this study, the bZIP family gene SlbZIP38 (GenBank accession No: XM004239373) was isolated from a tomato (Solanum lycopersicum cv. Ailsa Craig) mat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,567 Views
21 Pages

28 March 2022

The basic leucine zipper (bZIP) is a widely found transcription factor family that plays regulatory roles in a variety of cellular processes including cell growth and development and various stress responses. However, the bZIP gene family has not bee...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,107 Views
17 Pages

Comprehensive Identification of HD-Zip Family Genes in Coix lacryma-jobi L. and Their Potential Roles in Response to Abiotic Stress

  • Yongle Wang,
  • Hongjuan Wang,
  • Xianyong Lu,
  • Chun Yu,
  • Benli Jiang,
  • Jiabao Zhu and
  • Yujiao Wang

26 April 2025

HD-Zip (homeodomain-leucine zipper) transcription factors play a crucial role in plant growth, development, and stress response; however, the HD-Zip gene family of Coix lacryma-jobi L. has not been identified. In this study, a total of 40 HD-Zip gene...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,113 Views
20 Pages

13 May 2025

Litchi chinensis, a crucial tropical and subtropical fruit tree in southern China, is widely appreciated for its distinctive flavor, high nutritional value, and significant economic impact. The bZIP (basic leucine zipper) gene family plays an essenti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,798 Views
22 Pages

The basic leucine zipper (bZIP) gene family constitutes one of the most abundant and conserved transcription factor families in plants, which participates in diverse physiological processes including response to abiotic stress, anthocyanin accumulati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
294 Views
15 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of the bZIP Gene Family in Elephant Grass (Cenchrus purpureus) and Its Response to Cold Stress

  • Ruiming Yang,
  • Hengrui Fan,
  • Dan Yang,
  • Chunli Mao,
  • Kewei Li,
  • Yuhan Liu,
  • Zhiyao Zhou,
  • Yun Zhong,
  • Shiyi Peng and
  • Haidong Yan
  • + 3 authors

23 December 2025

Elephant grass (Cenchrus purpureus) is a globally important C4 perennial forage crop valued for its high biomass yield and tolerance to heat and drought. However, its poor cold tolerance severely limits its cultivation in temperate regions. The bZIP...

  • Article
  • Open Access
569 Views
16 Pages

14 November 2025

Basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factors play pivotal roles in plant secondary metabolism, influencing the production of bioactive compounds that determine the medicinal value of plants. Despite their significance, a comprehensive genomic ov...

  • Article
  • Open Access
61 Citations
6,088 Views
21 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification and Analysis of bZIP Gene Family and Resistance of TaABI5 (TabZIP96) under Freezing Stress in Wheat (Triticum aestivum)

  • Yi Liang,
  • Jingqiu Xia,
  • Yunshuang Jiang,
  • Yuzhuo Bao,
  • Huichan Chen,
  • Duojia Wang,
  • Da Zhang,
  • Jing Yu and
  • Jing Cang

21 February 2022

The basic leucine zipper (bZIP) regulates plant growth and responds to stress as a key transcription factor of the Abscisic acid (ABA) signaling pathway. In this study, TabZIP genes were identified in wheat and the gene structure, physicochemical pro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,730 Views
15 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification of the Sweet Orange bZIP Gene Family and Analysis of Their Expression in Response to Infection by Penicillium digitatum

  • Peichen Han,
  • Tuo Yin,
  • Dengxian Xi,
  • Xiuyao Yang,
  • Mengjie Zhang,
  • Ling Zhu,
  • Hanyao Zhang and
  • Xiaozhen Liu

(1) Background: The sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) is the most widely cultivated and productive citrus fruit in the world, with considerable economic value and good prospects for development. However, post-harvest storage and transport of the fruit a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,358 Views
18 Pages

16 March 2022

Zinc/iron-regulated transporter-like protein (ZIP) family genes play crucial roles in metal uptake and transport in plants. However, little is known about their functions in peanut. Here, genome-wide analysis identified 30 peanut AhZIP genes that wer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,959 Views
14 Pages

11 March 2023

Plant bZIP transcription factors play important roles in nearly all biological processes. Elucidation of the potential functions of these proteins in rubber trees will help to improve breeding and cultivation techniques. Here, we identified 33 HbbZIP...

  • Article
  • Open Access
49 Citations
4,120 Views
17 Pages

16 December 2019

Basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factors play crucial roles in various abiotic stress responses as well as anthocyanin accumulation. Anthocyanins are most abundant in colorful skin radish, which exhibit strong antioxidant activity that offer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,737 Views
22 Pages

Broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) is a water-efficient and highly salt-tolerant plant. In this study, the salt tolerance of 17 local species of broomcorn millet was evaluated through testing based on the analysis of the whitening time and the g...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,064 Views
15 Pages

The Association between BZIP Transcription Factors and Flower Development in Litsea cubeba

  • Siqi Wang,
  • Yunxiao Zhao,
  • Yicun Chen,
  • Ming Gao and
  • Yangdong Wang

23 November 2023

The basic leucine zipper (bZIP) family is one of the largest families of transcription factors among eukaryotic organisms. Members of the bZIP family play various roles in regulating the intricate process of flower development in plants. Litsea cubeb...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,377 Views
20 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Analysis of the bZIP Transcription Factors in the Mycoparasite Coniothyrium minitans

  • Yuping Xu,
  • Yongchun Wang,
  • Huizhang Zhao,
  • Mingde Wu,
  • Jing Zhang,
  • Weidong Chen,
  • Guoqing Li and
  • Long Yang

The basic leucine zipper (bZIP) proteins family is one of the largest and most diverse transcription factors, widely distributed in eukaryotes. However, no information is available regarding the bZIP gene family in Coniothyrium minitans, an important...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
921 Views
15 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification of the SmHD-zip Genes That Respond to Multiple Ripening-Related Signals in Eggplant Fruit

  • Caiqian Jiang,
  • Yunrong Mo,
  • Haoran Zhang,
  • Kaiyun Chen,
  • Ying Zhou,
  • Zushuai Ma,
  • Yuhao Jing,
  • Yu Liu,
  • Yanyan Wang and
  • Kai Zhao

The homeodomain–leucine zipper (HD-zip) gene family plays a crucial role in plant development and stress responses. However, systematic identification studies of this gene family in eggplant are still lacking. In this study, we systematically i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
2,897 Views
16 Pages

Identification and Functional Analysis of bZIP Genes in Cotton Response to Drought Stress

  • Boyang Zhang,
  • Cheng Feng,
  • Lin Chen,
  • Baoqi Li,
  • Xianlong Zhang and
  • Xiyan Yang

28 November 2022

The basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factors, which harbor a conserved bZIP domain composed of two regions, a DNA-binding basic region and a Leu Zipper region, operate as important switches of transcription networks in eukaryotes. However, t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
937 Views
19 Pages

10 August 2025

HD-ZIP proteins (homeodomain–leucine zipper proteins) are a large family of plant-specific transcription factors that play crucial roles in regulating various physiological and developmental processes, including growth, differentiation, respons...

  • Article
  • Open Access
88 Citations
7,526 Views
24 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification and Structural Analysis of bZIP Transcription Factor Genes in Brassica napus

  • Yan Zhou,
  • Daixiang Xu,
  • Ledong Jia,
  • Xiaohu Huang,
  • Guoqiang Ma,
  • Shuxian Wang,
  • Meichen Zhu,
  • Aoxiang Zhang,
  • Mingwei Guan and
  • Cunmin Qu
  • + 4 authors

24 October 2017

The basic region/leucine zipper motif (bZIP) transcription factor family is one of the largest families of transcriptional regulators in plants. bZIP genes have been systematically characterized in some plants, but not in rapeseed (Brassica napus). I...

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