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18 Citations
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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...

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  • Open Access
38 Citations
4,370 Views
22 Pages

The basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factor (TF) family is one of the largest gene families, and play crucial roles in many processes, including stress responses, hormone effects. The TF family also participates in plant growth and developme...

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  • Open Access
97 Citations
8,985 Views
19 Pages

The Soybean bZIP Transcription Factor Gene GmbZIP2 Confers Drought and Salt Resistances in Transgenic Plants

  • Yan Yang,
  • Tai-Fei Yu,
  • Jian Ma,
  • Jun Chen,
  • Yong-Bin Zhou,
  • Ming Chen,
  • You-Zhi Ma,
  • Wen-Liang Wei and
  • Zhao-Shi Xu

Abiotic stresses, such as drought and salt, are major environmental stresses, affecting plant growth and crop productivity. Plant bZIP transcription factors (bZIPs) confer stress resistances in harsh environments and play important roles in each phas...

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  • Open Access
1,029 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...

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  • Open Access
28 Citations
4,187 Views
14 Pages

Functional Role of Aspergillus carbonarius AcOTAbZIP Gene, a bZIP Transcription Factor within the OTA Gene Cluster

  • Donato Gerin,
  • Federica Garrapa,
  • Ana-Rosa Ballester,
  • Luis González-Candelas,
  • Rita Milvia De Miccolis Angelini,
  • Francesco Faretra and
  • Stefania Pollastro

2 February 2021

Aspergillus carbonarius is the principal fungal species responsible for ochratoxin A (OTA) contamination of grapes and derived products in the main viticultural regions worldwide. In recent years, co-expressed genes representing a putative-OTA gene c...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,767 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...

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  • Open Access
29 Citations
6,389 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...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,698 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...

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  • Open Access
358 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...

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  • Open Access
49 Citations
4,084 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...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,115 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
19 Citations
2,868 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...

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  • Open Access
22 Citations
3,384 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
59 Citations
6,038 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...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,517 Views
14 Pages

22 June 2022

The main aim of this study was to identify the bZIP family members in mung bean and explore their expression patterns under several abiotic stresses, with the overarching goal of elucidating their biological functions. Results identified 75 bZIP memb...

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  • Open Access
88 Citations
7,501 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
  • Kun Lu
  • + 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...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,828 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
11 Citations
3,370 Views
22 Pages

30 December 2021

The basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factor (TF) family, one of the largest and the most diverse TF families, is widely distributed across the eukaryotes. It has been described that the bZIP TFs play diverse roles in development, nutrient ut...

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  • Open Access
141 Views
17 Pages

31 December 2025

The basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factors play crucial roles in plant growth and stress adaptation. However, a comprehensive genome-wide analysis of this family has been lacking in the medicinal plant Coptis chinensis. In this study, we i...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,437 Views
23 Pages

In-Depth Characterization of bZIP Genes in the Context of Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) Stress in Brassica campestris ssp. chinensis

  • Aliya Ayaz,
  • Abdul Jalal,
  • Xiaoli Zhang,
  • Khalid Ali Khan,
  • Chunmei Hu,
  • Ying Li and
  • Xilin Hou

22 April 2024

Numerous studies have been conducted to investigate the genomic characterization of bZIP genes and their involvement in the cellular response to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. These studies have provided valuable insights into the coordinated cel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
6,477 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...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,399 Views
17 Pages

16 October 2024

Fungal HacA/Hac1 transcription factors play a crucial role in regulating the unfolded protein response (UPR). The UPR helps cells to maintain endoplasmic reticulum (ER) protein homeostasis, which is critical for growth, development, and virulence. Th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,804 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...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,996 Views
20 Pages

Climate change is dramatically increasing the overall area of saline soils around the world, which is increasing by approximately two million hectares each year. Soil salinity decreases crop yields and, thereby, makes farming less profitable, potenti...

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  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,648 Views
14 Pages

23 February 2022

Abiotic stresses, such as salt and drought, significantly affect plant development and are the major limiting factors for crop quality and productivity. The manipulation of genes involved in plant stress response facilitates plant mitigation of adver...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,094 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...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,993 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
32 Citations
6,865 Views
24 Pages

Arabidopsis bZIP18 and bZIP52 Accumulate in Nuclei Following Heat Stress where They Regulate the Expression of a Similar Set of Genes

  • Anna J. Wiese,
  • Lenka Steinbachová,
  • Ljudmilla Timofejeva,
  • Vojtěch Čermák,
  • Božena Klodová,
  • Ranjani S. Ganji,
  • Mariana Limones-Mendez,
  • Pavel Bokvaj,
  • Said Hafidh and
  • David Potěšil
  • + 1 author

Heat stress (HS) is a major abiotic stress that negatively impacts crop yields across the globe. Plants respond to elevated temperatures by changing gene expression, mediated by transcription factors (TFs) functioning to enhance HS tolerance. The inv...

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70 Citations
6,812 Views
15 Pages

Although drought stress is one of the most limiting factors in growth and production of Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa L. ssp. pekinensis), the underlying biochemical and molecular causes are poorly understood. In the present study, to address the me...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,264 Views
19 Pages

Genome-Wide Prediction and Analysis of Oryza Species NRP Genes in Rice Blast Resistance

  • Dong Liang,
  • Junjie Yu,
  • Tianqiao Song,
  • Rongsheng Zhang,
  • Yan Du,
  • Mina Yu,
  • Huijuan Cao,
  • Xiayan Pan,
  • Junqing Qiao and
  • Youzhou Liu
  • + 2 authors

8 October 2022

Members of the N-rich proteins (NRPs) gene family play important roles in the plant endoplasmic reticulum stress in response, which can be triggered by plant pathogens’ infection. Previous studies of the NRP gene family have been limited to onl...

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1 Citations
1,114 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
2 Citations
1,271 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...

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333 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...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,079 Views
22 Pages

Comparative Transcriptomic Profiling Reveals Divergent Drought-Response Mechanisms Between Resistant and Susceptible Apple Genotype Roots

  • Jinjiao Yan,
  • Shicong Wang,
  • Dan Xiao,
  • Mengyao Yang,
  • Bingjie Miao,
  • Bolin Niu,
  • Jiangbo Wang,
  • Jie Wei,
  • Fengwang Ma and
  • Jidi Xu

20 March 2025

Drought stress caused a significant threat to apple growth and production. Although there is an increasing studies concerning the molecular mechanism in apple response to drought, most of these studies focus on the leaves. However, the roots is the f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
53 Citations
7,223 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...

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34 Citations
4,636 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...

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531 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...

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1,088 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...

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3 Citations
2,268 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...

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21 Citations
3,789 Views
25 Pages

30 March 2022

The basic leucine zipper (bZIP) is an important transcription factor required for fungal development, nutrient utilization, biosynthesis of secondary metabolites, and defense against various stresses. Aspergillus flavus is a major producer of aflatox...

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10 Citations
4,517 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...

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6 Citations
1,982 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...

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2 Citations
818 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...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,714 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...

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243 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
  • Yarong Jin
  • + 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...

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8 Citations
2,398 Views
25 Pages

PfbZIP85 Transcription Factor Mediates ω-3 Fatty Acid-Enriched Oil Biosynthesis by Down-Regulating PfLPAT1B Gene Expression in Plant Tissues

  • Xusheng Huang,
  • Yali Zhou,
  • Xianfei Shi,
  • Jing Wen,
  • Yan Sun,
  • Shuwei Chen,
  • Ting Hu,
  • Runzhi Li,
  • Jiping Wang and
  • Xiaoyun Jia

The basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factor (TF) family is one of the biggest TF families identified so far in the plant kingdom, functioning in diverse biological processes including plant growth and development, signal transduction, and st...

  • Article
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11 Citations
2,694 Views
12 Pages

27 September 2022

Decapitation is an essential agricultural practice and is a typical method for analyzing shoot branching. However, it is unclear exactly how decapitation controls branching. In this study, the decapitation of sunflower plants led to the development o...

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  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,711 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...

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27 Citations
5,985 Views
25 Pages

13 October 2021

In the past 25 years, Nrf2 (nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2, also called NFE2L2) had been preferentially parsed as a master hub of regulating antioxidant, detoxification, and cytoprotective genes; albeit as a matter of fact that Nrf1 (nuc...

  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,433 Views
22 Pages

14 December 2021

Discovered in 1993 by Bange et al., the 35-kDa interferon-induced protein (IFP35) is a highly conserved cytosolic interferon-induced leucine zipper protein with a 17q12-21 coding gene and unknown function. Belonging to interferon stimulated genes (IS...

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