PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Parasponia andersonii
GRF Family
Species TF ID Description
PON35216.1GRF family protein
PON38915.1GRF family protein
PON40334.1GRF family protein
PON42821.1GRF family protein
PON53641.1GRF family protein
PON57453.1GRF family protein
PON65559.1GRF family protein
PON71986.1GRF family protein
PON73515.1GRF family protein
GRF Family Introduction

Previously, we identified a novel rice gene, GROWTH-REGULATING FACTOR1 (OsGRF1), which encodes a putative transcription factor that appears to play a regulatory role in stem elongation. We now describe the GRF gene family of Arabidopsis thaliana (AtGRF), which comprises nine members. The deduced AtGRF proteins contain the same characteristic regions--the QLQ (Gln, Leu, Gln) and WRC (Trp, Arg, Cys) domains--as do OsGRF1 and related proteins in rice, as well as features indicating a function in transcriptional regulation. Most of the AtGRF genes are strongly expressed in actively growing and developing tissues, such as shoot tips, flower buds, and roots, but weakly in mature stem and leaf tissues. Overexpression of AtGRF1 and AtGRF2 resulted in larger leaves and cotyledons, as well as in delayed bolting of the inflorescence stem when compared to wild-type plants. In contrast, triple insertional null mutants of AtGRF1-AtGRF3 had smaller leaves and cotyledons, whereas single mutants displayed no changes in phenotype and double mutants displayed only minor ones. The alteration of leaf growth in overexpressors and triple mutants was based on an increase or decrease in cell size, respectively. These results indicate that AtGRF proteins play a role in the regulation of cell expansion in leaf and cotyledon tissues.

Kim JH, Choi D, Kende H.
The AtGRF family of putative transcription factors is involved in leaf and cotyledon growth in Arabidopsis.
Plant J. 2003 Oct;36(1):94-104.
PMID: 12974814