PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Medicago truncatula
C3H Family
Species TF ID Description
Medtr0728s0020.1C3H family protein
Medtr1g019120.2C3H family protein
Medtr1g035130.1C3H family protein
Medtr1g035130.2C3H family protein
Medtr1g035130.3C3H family protein
Medtr1g035130.4C3H family protein
Medtr1g035130.5C3H family protein
Medtr1g035130.6C3H family protein
Medtr1g050438.1C3H family protein
Medtr1g053960.1C3H family protein
Medtr1g053960.2C3H family protein
Medtr1g067020.1C3H family protein
Medtr1g067020.2C3H family protein
Medtr1g078270.1C3H family protein
Medtr1g088875.1C3H family protein
Medtr1g088875.2C3H family protein
Medtr1g088875.3C3H family protein
Medtr1g109320.1C3H family protein
Medtr1g116940.1C3H family protein
Medtr2g005450.1C3H family protein
Medtr2g014260.1C3H family protein
Medtr2g014260.2C3H family protein
Medtr2g014260.3C3H family protein
Medtr2g014260.4C3H family protein
Medtr2g019740.1C3H family protein
Medtr2g090605.1C3H family protein
Medtr2g103290.1C3H family protein
Medtr3g028170.1C3H family protein
Medtr3g028190.1C3H family protein
Medtr3g029590.1C3H family protein
Medtr3g050390.1C3H family protein
Medtr3g075190.1C3H family protein
Medtr3g095960.1C3H family protein
Medtr3g095960.2C3H family protein
Medtr3g095960.3C3H family protein
Medtr3g095960.4C3H family protein
Medtr3g095960.5C3H family protein
Medtr3g103960.1C3H family protein
Medtr3g435590.1C3H family protein
Medtr3g435680.1C3H family protein
Medtr3g464260.1C3H family protein
Medtr3g464270.1C3H family protein
Medtr3g464290.1C3H family protein
Medtr4g078160.1C3H family protein
Medtr4g078660.1C3H family protein
Medtr4g094292.1C3H family protein
Medtr4g104260.1C3H family protein
Medtr4g113860.1C3H family protein
Medtr4g113890.1C3H family protein
Medtr4g113940.1C3H family protein
Medtr4g113970.1C3H family protein
Medtr4g114040.1C3H family protein
Medtr4g119280.1C3H family protein
Medtr4g119280.2C3H family protein
Medtr5g071070.1C3H family protein
Medtr5g071070.2C3H family protein
Medtr5g082830.1C3H family protein
Medtr5g085200.1C3H family protein
Medtr5g085200.2C3H family protein
Medtr5g090040.1C3H family protein
Medtr5g096500.1C3H family protein
Medtr5g096500.2C3H family protein
Medtr5g096500.3C3H family protein
Medtr6g465150.1C3H family protein
Medtr7g079840.1C3H family protein
Medtr7g079840.2C3H family protein
Medtr7g079840.3C3H family protein
Medtr7g079840.4C3H family protein
Medtr7g092070.1C3H family protein
Medtr7g093130.1C3H family protein
Medtr7g093130.2C3H family protein
Medtr7g108868.1C3H family protein
Medtr7g109250.1C3H family protein
Medtr7g109250.2C3H family protein
Medtr7g109250.3C3H family protein
Medtr8g022240.1C3H family protein
Medtr8g058593.1C3H family protein
Medtr8g058607.1C3H family protein
Medtr8g066730.1C3H family protein
Medtr8g066730.2C3H family protein
Medtr8g093480.1C3H family protein
Medtr8g093480.2C3H family protein
Medtr8g093480.3C3H family protein
Medtr8g093480.4C3H family protein
Medtr8g093480.5C3H family protein
Medtr8g093480.6C3H family protein
Medtr8g093480.7C3H family protein
Medtr8g102100.1C3H family protein
Medtr8g446930.1C3H family protein
Medtr8g446930.2C3H 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