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. 2013 Nov 5;8(11):e80218. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080218

Table 2. Summary of differentially expressed transcription factors (TFs) under ABA, cold, drought, high-salinity and pH stress conditions.

TF family Up-Regulated Transcripts
ABA % Cold % Mannitol % NaCl % pH %
WRKY 15 19.0 10 18.5 17 17.5 0 0 19 19.6
NAC 1 1.3 0 0 11 11.3 1 12.5 2 2.1
MYB 6 7.6 6 11.1 8 8.2 1 12.5 8 8.2
AP2-ERF 6 7.6 14 25.9 18 18.6 0 0 16 16.5
C2H2 like Zinc finger 5 6.3 13 24.1 0 0 1 12.5 10 10.3
Auxin response factor 5 6.3 0 0 3 3.1 1 12.5 2 2.1
G-box 3 3.8 2 3.7 2 2.1 1 12.5 3 3.1
bHLH 4 5.1 1 1.9 3 3.1 2 25.0 3 3.1
bZIP 5 6.3 0 0 6 6.2 0 0 4 4.1
TCP 2 2.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 27 34.2 8 14.8 29 29.9 1 12.5 30 30.9
Total 79 100 54 100 97 100 8 100 97 100
TF family Down-Regulated Transcripts
ABA % Cold % Mannitol % NaCl % pH %
WRKY 1 3.6 0 0 1 6.25 0 0 0 0
NAC 2 7.1 1 3.4 0 0 0 0 1 4.3
MYB 2 7.1 4 13.8 1 6.25 0 0 2 8.7
ERF 6 21.4 0 0 1 6.25 3 30.0 3 13.0
C2H2 like Zinc finger 3 10.7 1 3.4 1 6.25 3 30.0 4 17.4
Auxin response factor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.3
G-box 1 3.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
bZIP 1 3.6 3 10.3 1 6.25 3 30.0 2 8.7
bHLH 0 0 2 6.9 0 0 0 0 0 0
TCP 1 3.6 1 3.4 1 6.25 0 0 0 0
Other 11 39.3 17 58.6 10 62.5 1 10.0 10 43.5
Total 28 100 29 100 16 100 10 100 23 100

Percentage refers to the ratio of transcripts of each TF family relative to total up-regulated or down-regulated TFs identified in the microarray data.