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. 2008 May;179(1):31–39. doi: 10.1534/genetics.107.086090

TABLE 1.

Transcription factors and regulators present in different eukaryotic species

Photosynthetic species
Nonphotosynthetic species
Family CME OTA CRE PPA OSAJ ATH PTR HSA DME CEL SCE GLA
ABI3VP1 1 30 59 59 81
Alfin-like 7 12 8 9
AP2-EREBP 8 11 150 174 160 206
ARF 13 42 32 36
ARR-B 1 1 5 9 15 15
BBR/BPC 3 10 15
BES1 6 6 10 12
bHLH 1 1 4 100 175 160 159 154 65 50 7
bZIP 3 7 7 37 113 93 84 59 32 39 12 1
C2C2-CO-like 3 1 11 21 19 14
C2C2-Dof 2 1 20 33 42 41
C2C2-GATA 6 4 6 12 37 30 36 15 7 14 10
C2C2-YABBY 13 7 13
C2H2 7 4 5 56 103 104 113 644 312 150 39 5
CAMTA 1 7 6 7 2 1 2
CCAAT 6 8 8 27 58 53 59 25 11 12 10 3
CPP 2 2 1 6 16 9 12 4 2 2
CSD 4 1 3 3 4 7 16 4 5
DBP 7 5 10
E2F-DP 5 3 6 10 12 11 10 18 3 7 1
EIL 2 7 6 6
FHA 2 7 12 15 19 17 18 44 22 12 14 2
G2-likea 1 2 4 41 52 48 66 1
GeBP 6 20 7
GRAS 39 56 35 97
GRF 2 17 9 9
HB 5 6 1 42 124 97 129 299 114 107 7
HRT 7 1 2 1
HSF 3 1 2 8 36 23 31 6 1 1 5
LFY 2 1 1 1
LIM 1 1 3 7 6 13 ND ND ND ND ND
MADS 1 1 2 22 82 122 108 9 3 2 4
MYB 11 10 11 61 129 161 210 19 5 7 3 2
MYB-related 21 17 14 44 99 90 100 36 16 12 12 2
NAC 32 140 115 163
NOZZLE 1
PBF-2 like/Whirly 1 1 3 4 3
PLATZ 1 1 3 13 18 13 20
Pseudo ARR-B 1 2 2 7 5 7
RWP-RKb 1 4 14 8 13 14 18
S1Fa-like 1 2 3 2
SAP 1 1
SBP 21 13 21 17 29
Sigma70-likec 4 1 1 5 9 6 9
SRS 2 5 11 10
TAZ 2 5 9 9 7 4 1 6
TCP 6 22 26 33
Trihelix 25 24 27 43 8 1
TUB 1 3 6 17 12 11 6 3 2
ULT 2 2 2
VOZ 2 2 2 4
WRKYa 2 1 37 114 84 101 1
zf-HD 7 15 17 22
ZIM 12 22 22 16
ARIDd 4 1 2 7 6 10 13 21 6 5 2
AUX/IAAd 2 43 34 32
C3Hd 7 18 15 44 97 75 96 85 33 40 7 5
DDTd 1 1 2 7 5 5 5 3 2 2
HMGd 5 7 8 17 19 12 90 26 22 7 3
Jumonjid 3 5 7 10 17 19 20 38 11 15 3
LUGd 1 12 3 5 6 1 1 1
MBF1d 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 1 1
PHDd 7 11 12 50 55 53 70 118 44 23 14 2
RBd 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 4 2 1
SETd 6 10 22 26 32 38 44 49 17 29 7 3
SNF2d 13 20 19 35 44 43 48 48 22 23 17 6

Plant-specific TF and TR families are in italics; all other families are in roman. We also highlight TF families in italics that, in addition to plants, have members in early branching eukaryotes. Numbers represent distinct protein sequences. CME, C. merolae; OTA, O. tauri; CRE, C. reinhardtii; PPA, P. patens; OSAJ, O. sativa ssp. japonica; ATH, A. thaliana; PTR, P. trichocarpa; HAS, H. sapiens; DME, D. melanogaster; CEL, C. elegans; SCE, S. cerevisiae; GLA, G. lamblia. ND, not determined.

a

Present in G. lamblia.

b

Present in D. discoideum and E. histolytica (according to PFAM website).

c

Present in bacteria.

d

Transcription regulators (TRs).