Table III.

ERF genes whose biological function has been reported

Group	Genes	Functions	Method	Speciesa	Referencesb
Ia	WXP1	Wax accumulation	Overexpression	Mt	1
IIIc	CBF1 to 4/DREB1A to D	Freezing, drought, salt tolerance	Overexpression	At	2, 3, 4
	DDF1	Salt tolerance, GA biosynthesis regulation	Activation tagging	At	5
IIIe	TINY	Growth regulation	Activation tagging	At	6
IVb	ABI4	Abscisic acid response, sugar signaling	Knockout mutant	At	7, 8, 9
Va	WIN1/SHNs	Wax accumulation	Overexpression	At	10, 11
VI	Pti6	Disease resistance	Overexpression	Le	12, 13
	Tsi1	Salt tolerance, disease resistance	Overexpression	Nt	14
	CaERFLP1	Salt tolerance, disease resistance	Overexpression	Ca	15
VII	JERF3	Salt tolerance	Overexpression	Le	16
	CaPF1	Freezing tolerance, disease resistance	Overexpression	Ca	17
VIIIa	AtERF4	Ethylene, jasmonic acid, and abscisic acid response	Overexpression, knockout mutant	At	18, 19
	AtERF7	Abscisic acid response	Overexpression, RNAi	At	20
VIIIb	ESR1/DRN	Organ identity	Activation tagging	At	21, 22
	BD1	Floral meristem identity	Knockout mutant	Zm	23
	FZP	Floral meristem identity	Knockout mutant	Os	24
	LEP	Leaf petiole development	Activation tagging	At	25
IXc	ERF1	Disease resistance	Overexpression	At	26, 27
	Pti5	Disease resistance	Overexpression	Le	13, 28
	NtERF5	Disease resistance	Overexpression	Nt	29
	TERF1	Salt tolerance	Overexpression	Le	30
IXa	ORCA3	Indole alkaloid biosynthesis	Activation tagging	Cr	31
	OPBP1	Salt tolerance, disease resistance	Overexpression	Nt	32
	Pti4	Disease resistance	Overexpression	Le	12, 13
Xa	ABR1	Abscisic acid response	Knockout mutant	At	33

^aPrefixes At, Ca, Cr, Le, Mt, Nt, Os, and Zm are Arabidopsis thaliana, Capsicum annuum, Catharanthus roseus, Lycopersicon esculentum, Medicago truncatula, Nicotiana tabacum, Oryza sativa, and Zea mays, respectively.

^b1, Zhang et al. (2005); 2, Liu et al. (1998); 3, Gilmour et al. (2000); 4, Haake et al. (2002); 5, Magome et al. (2004); 6, Wilson et al. (1996); 7, Finkelstein et al. (1998); 8, Arenas-Huertero et al. (2000); 9, Huijser et al. (2000); 10, Aharoni et al. (2004); 11, Broun et al. (2004); 12, Zhou et al. (1997); 13, Gu et al. (2002); 14, Park et al. (2001); 15, Lee et al. (2004); 16, Wang et al. (2004); 17, Yi et al. (2004); 18, Yang et al. (2005); 19, McGrath et al. (2005); 20, Song et al. (2005); 21, Banno et al. (2001); 22, Kirch et al. (2003); 23, Chuck et al. (2002); 24, Komatsu et al. (2003); 25, van der Graaff et al. (2000); 26, Solano et al. (1998); 27, Berrocal-Lobo et al. (2002); 28, He et al. (2001); 29, Fischer and Droge-Laser (2004); 30, Huang et al. (2004); 31, van der Fits and Memelink (2000); 32, Guo et al. (2004); 33, Pandey et al. (2005).