PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Thellungiella parvula
C3H Family
Species TF ID Description
Tp1g00020C3H family protein
Tp1g00940C3H family protein
Tp1g02650C3H family protein
Tp1g03870C3H family protein
Tp1g08920C3H family protein
Tp1g25500C3H family protein
Tp1g25520C3H family protein
Tp1g28530C3H family protein
Tp2g09070C3H family protein
Tp2g13570C3H family protein
Tp2g26380C3H family protein
Tp3g01860C3H family protein
Tp3g05330C3H family protein
Tp3g06990C3H family protein
Tp3g10360C3H family protein
Tp3g10830C3H family protein
Tp3g16710C3H family protein
Tp3g17420C3H family protein
Tp3g19810C3H family protein
Tp3g29760C3H family protein
Tp3g33170C3H family protein
Tp3g33510C3H family protein
Tp4g05800C3H family protein
Tp4g11270C3H family protein
Tp4g15290C3H family protein
Tp4g16230C3H family protein
Tp4g17650C3H family protein
Tp4g22490C3H family protein
Tp4g24170C3H family protein
Tp4g29610C3H family protein
Tp4g29780C3H family protein
Tp5g00030C3H family protein
Tp5g06550C3H family protein
Tp5g11090C3H family protein
Tp5g13590C3H family protein
Tp5g18130C3H family protein
Tp5g23210C3H family protein
Tp5g30480C3H family protein
Tp6g14230C3H family protein
Tp6g18630C3H family protein
Tp6g20320C3H family protein
Tp6g25780C3H family protein
Tp6g31100C3H family protein
Tp6g35360C3H family protein
Tp6g36080C3H family protein
Tp7g01600C3H family protein
Tp7g23490C3H family protein
Tp7g27110C3H family protein
Tp_un1100_001C3H 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