PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Phoenix dactylifera
C3H Family
Species TF ID Description
PDK_30s1023201g002C3H family protein
PDK_30s1041821g001C3H family protein
PDK_30s1050381g029C3H family protein
PDK_30s1068381g001C3H family protein
PDK_30s1070441g010C3H family protein
PDK_30s1078361g006C3H family protein
PDK_30s1080591g005C3H family protein
PDK_30s1084291g001C3H family protein
PDK_30s1153301g002C3H family protein
PDK_30s1161861g004C3H family protein
PDK_30s1170601g001C3H family protein
PDK_30s65509194g001C3H family protein
PDK_30s65509498g002C3H family protein
PDK_30s672751g002C3H family protein
PDK_30s678801g001C3H family protein
PDK_30s680691g001C3H family protein
PDK_30s696611g001C3H family protein
PDK_30s701391g001C3H family protein
PDK_30s722171g003C3H family protein
PDK_30s728851g001C3H family protein
PDK_30s733601g001C3H family protein
PDK_30s733601g002C3H family protein
PDK_30s736731g001C3H family protein
PDK_30s746191g001C3H family protein
PDK_30s752721g001C3H family protein
PDK_30s764641g001C3H family protein
PDK_30s771491g005C3H family protein
PDK_30s787781g002C3H family protein
PDK_30s795761g001C3H family protein
PDK_30s819171g001C3H family protein
PDK_30s837021g005C3H family protein
PDK_30s847641g003C3H family protein
PDK_30s861301g002C3H family protein
PDK_30s865231g001C3H family protein
PDK_30s873491g002C3H family protein
PDK_30s873781g005C3H family protein
PDK_30s885281g001C3H family protein
PDK_30s905821g001C3H family protein
PDK_30s922631g001C3H family protein
PDK_30s938381g001C3H family protein
PDK_30s939421g004C3H family protein
PDK_30s939421g005C3H family protein
PDK_30s946431g001C3H family protein
PDK_30s971561g001C3H family protein
PDK_30s979351g002C3H family protein
PDK_30s988291g003C3H 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