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Salt responsive transcription factors in wheat
Afsheen Malik
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, Alvina Gul
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, Uzma Hanif
1
, Ghulam Kubra
1
, Shaheen Bibi
1
,
Mohsin Ali
2
, Humna Hasan
3
, Tayyaba Fayaz
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, Raffia Siddique
5
,
Muhammad Jamil
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, Sami Ullah Jan
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1
Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences (ASAB), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST),
Islamabad, Pakistan;
2
School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, Anhui,
China;
3
Department of Biological sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States;
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Department of
Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS), Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan;
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Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan;
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Department of Biotechnology and
Genetic Engineering, Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat, Khyber Pakhton khawa, Pakistan;
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Department
of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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1. Introduction 108
1.1 Nutritional value of wheat 108
1.2 Genome organization of wheat 108
1.3 Global production of wheat 108
1.4 The problem statement and possible solution 109
1.5 Salt responsive transcription factors in wheat 109
2. MYB transcription factor gene family 110
2.1 Molecular and biochemical characterization of
MYB proteins 110
2.2 Classification of MYB TFs 111
2.3 Role and significance of MYB TFs in salinity
tolerance 111
3. WRKY transcription factor gene family 113
3.1 Molecular and biochemical characterization of
WRKY proteins 113
3.2 Classification of WRKY TFs 114
3.3 Role and significance of WRKY TFs in salinity
tolerance 114
4. bHLH transcription factor gene family 115
4.1 Molecular and biochemical characterization of
bHLH proteins 115
4.2 Role and significance of bHLH TFs in salinity
tolerance 116
5. NAC transcription factor gene family
116
5.1 Molecular and biochemical characterization of
NAC proteins
117
5.2 Regulation of NAC TFs
117
5.3 Role and significance of NAC TFs in salinity
tolerance
118
6. bZIP transcription factor gene family
118
6.1 Molecular and biochemical characterization of
bZIP proteins
119
6.2 Classification of bZIP transcription factors
119
6.3 Role and significance of bZIP TFs in salinity
tolerance
119
7. AP2/ERF transcription factor gene family
120
7.1 Molecular and biochemical characterization of
AP2/ERF proteins
120
7.2 Role and significance of AP2/ERF TFs in salinity
tolerance
120
8. Conclusion and future prospects
121
References
121
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Climate Change and Food Security with Emphasis on Wheat
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