PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Lotus japonicus
C3H Family
Species TF ID Description
Lj0g3v0006099.1C3H family protein
Lj0g3v0064839.1C3H family protein
Lj0g3v0071689.1C3H family protein
Lj0g3v0180079.1C3H family protein
Lj0g3v0242739.1C3H family protein
Lj0g3v0261659.1C3H family protein
Lj0g3v0290279.1C3H family protein
Lj0g3v0290279.2C3H family protein
Lj0g3v0290329.1C3H family protein
Lj0g3v0290329.2C3H family protein
Lj0g3v0290329.3C3H family protein
Lj0g3v0308719.1C3H family protein
Lj0g3v0361449.1C3H family protein
Lj1g3v1301650.1C3H family protein
Lj1g3v1301650.2C3H family protein
Lj1g3v1301650.3C3H family protein
Lj1g3v1301650.4C3H family protein
Lj1g3v1301650.5C3H family protein
Lj1g3v1318060.1C3H family protein
Lj1g3v1784260.1C3H family protein
Lj1g3v2809170.1C3H family protein
Lj1g3v4275530.1C3H family protein
Lj1g3v4317600.1C3H family protein
Lj1g3v4765230.1C3H family protein
Lj2g3v0550010.1C3H family protein
Lj2g3v2276480.2C3H family protein
Lj2g3v2748860.1C3H family protein
Lj2g3v2877210.1C3H family protein
Lj2g3v2877220.1C3H family protein
Lj3g3v0075780.1C3H family protein
Lj3g3v0392820.2C3H family protein
Lj3g3v0392820.3C3H family protein
Lj3g3v0489500.1C3H family protein
Lj3g3v0489500.2C3H family protein
Lj3g3v0850570.1C3H family protein
Lj3g3v0850590.1C3H family protein
Lj3g3v1132330.1C3H family protein
Lj3g3v1132330.2C3H family protein
Lj3g3v2576220.1C3H family protein
Lj3g3v3006550.1C3H family protein
Lj3g3v3085960.1C3H family protein
Lj3g3v3085960.2C3H family protein
Lj3g3v3085960.3C3H family protein
Lj3g3v3639420.1C3H family protein
Lj4g3v0166390.1C3H family protein
Lj4g3v0216600.1C3H family protein
Lj4g3v0216600.2C3H family protein
Lj4g3v0216600.3C3H family protein
Lj4g3v1107600.1C3H family protein
Lj4g3v1107610.1C3H family protein
Lj4g3v1389250.1C3H family protein
Lj4g3v1389250.2C3H family protein
Lj4g3v1865750.1C3H family protein
Lj4g3v1876790.1C3H family protein
Lj4g3v2369420.1C3H family protein
Lj4g3v2742990.1C3H family protein
Lj4g3v3030590.1C3H family protein
Lj5g3v0921030.1C3H family protein
Lj5g3v1276100.1C3H family protein
Lj5g3v1531170.1C3H family protein
Lj5g3v1665190.1C3H family protein
Lj5g3v1665190.2C3H family protein
Lj5g3v1665190.3C3H family protein
Lj5g3v2179600.1C3H family protein
Lj5g3v2300300.1C3H family protein
Lj6g3v0831440.2C3H family protein
Lj6g3v1018460.1C3H family protein
Lj6g3v1931800.1C3H family protein
Lj6g3v2007290.1C3H family protein
Lj6g3v2043280.1C3H family protein
C3H Family Introduction

One gene isolated by virtual subtraction is PEI. It encodes a protein containing a Cys3His zinc finger domain associated with a number of animal and fungal transcription factors. In situ hybridization results showed that PEI1 is expressed throughout the embryo from globular to late cotyledon stage. Transgenic Arabidopsis plants expressing a PEI1 antisense gene produced white seeds in which embryo development did not progress through heart stage. Aberrant embryos failed to form cotyledons, but the embryonic root appeared to be normal. Aberrant embryos did not turn green, and the expression of genes involved in photomorphogenesis was drastically attenuated. In culture, aberrant embryos did not form true leaves, but root formation was apparently normal. These results suggest that PEI1 is an embryo-specific transcription factor that plays an important role during Arabidopsis embryogenesis, functioning primarily in the apical domain of the embryo.

we used a random binding site selection method to show that recombinant PEI1 protein purified from Escherichia coli can bind to specific DNA sequences. This DNA binding activity supports the prediction that PEI1 is an embryo-specific transcription factor.

Z Li and T L Thomas.
PEI1, an embryo-specific zinc finger protein gene required for heart-stage embryo formation in Arabidopsis.
Plant Cell, 1998. 10(3): p. 383-98.
PMID: 9501112