Table 2.

The spatio-temporal functional distribution of YABBY gene’s Cis-regulatory elements among various tissues and organs during plant biological development process

Sr #	Cis-Elements	Function	References
1	ABRE	cis-acting element involved in the abscisc acid responsiveness	[50]
2	ARE	cis-acting regulatory element essential for the anaerobic induction	[51]
3	AT-rich element	binding site of AT-rich DNA binding protein (ATBP-1)	[51]
4	Box 4	part of a conserved DNA module involved in light responsiveness	[52]
5	CAAT-box	common cis-acting element in promoter and enhancer regions	[53]
6	CAT-box	cis-acting regulatory element related to meristem expression	[54]
7	CCAAT-box	MYBHv1 binding site	[55]
8	CGTCA-motif	cis-acting regulatory element involved in the MeJA-responsiveness	[56]
9	G-box	cis-acting regulatory element involved in light responsiveness	[57]
10	GT1-motif	light responsive element	[58]
11	GCN4_motif	cis-regulatory element involved in endosperm expression	[59]
12	LTR	cis-acting element involved in low-temperature responsiveness	[60]
13	MBS	MYB binding site involved in drought inducibility	[61]
14	MRE	MYB binding site involved in light responsiveness	[62]
15	MSA-like	cis-acting element involved in cell cycle regulation	[63]
16	O2-site	cis-acting regulatory element involved in zein metabolism regulation	[64]
17	P-box	gibberellin-responsive element	[65]
18	RY-element	cis-acting regulatory element involved in seed-specific regulation	[66]
19	TATA-box	core promoter element around − 30 of transcription start	[67]
20	TATC-box	cis-acting element involved in gibberellin-responsiveness	[68]
21	TCA-element	cis-acting element involved in salicylic acid responsiveness	[64]
22	TC-rich repeats	cis-acting element involved in defense and stress responsiveness	[64]
23	TCCC-motif	part of a light responsive element	[53]
24	TCT-motif	part of a light responsive element	[53]
25	TGACG-motif	cis-acting regulatory element involved in the MeJA-responsiveness	[53]