Table 2.

The functions of NF-Y genes in Arabidopsis.

Gene name	Other name	Biological function	Reference
AtNF-YA1	AtHAP2a	Flowering time regulation; salt stress response; seed morphology regulation; early embryogenesis.	Wenkel et al., 2006; Li et al., 2013; Mu et al., 2013
AtNF-YA2	AtHAP2b	Flowering time regulation; root growth.	Sorin et al., 2014; Hou et al., 2014
AtNF-YA3	AtHAP2c	Early embryogenesis; nitrogen nutrition.	Fornari et al., 2013
AtNF-YA4		Flowering time regulation; ER stress.	Liu and Howell, 2010; Leyva-González et al., 2012
AtNF-YA5		Drought resistance; early embryogenesis.	Warpeha et al., 2007; Li et al., 2008; Mu et al., 2013
AtNF-YA6		ABA response and seed germination; blue light signaling transduction; plant fertility.	Mu et al., 2013
AtNF-YA8		Early embryogenesis.	Fornari et al., 2013
AtNF-YA9		Embryogenesis; seed morphology regulation; seed germination.	Mu et al., 2013
AtNF-YA10		Root growth.	Sorin et al., 2014
AtNF-YB1	AtHAP3a	Flowering time regulation; drought resistance.	Wenkel et al., 2006; Nelson et al., 2007
AtNF-YB2	AtHAP3b	Root development; flowering time regulation.	Kumimoto et al., 2008; Ballif et al., 2011;Xu F. et al., 2016
AtNF-YB3		Flowering time regulation; ER stress; Heat stress response.	Liu and Howell, 2010; Sato et al., 2014
AtNF-YB6	LEC1-L	Early embryogenesis.	Lee et al., 2003
AtNF-YB9	LEC1	Early embryogenesis; hypocotyl elongation.	Warpeha et al., 2007; Junker et al., 2012; Huang et al., 2015b
AtNF-YC1	AtHAP5a	Flowering time regulation; cold tolerance	Hackenberg et al., 2012; Shi et al., 2014
AtNF-YC2	AtHAP5b	Flowering time regulation; ER stress; drought resistance.	Liu and Howell, 2010; Hackenberg et al., 2012
AtNF-YC3		Flowering time regulation.	Kumimoto et al., 2010
AtNF-YC4		Flowering time regulation; increasing protein and decreasing starch levels.	Kumimoto et al., 2010
AtNF-YC9	AtHAP5c	Flowering time regulation; chlorophyll biosynthesize.	Warpeha et al., 2007; Kumimoto et al., 2010; Hou et al., 2014
AtNF-YC10	DPB3-1	Heat stress response	Sato et al., 2014