Plant AP2/ERF transcription factors

Abstract

Transcription factors (TFs) play important roles in plant development and its response to the biotic and abiotic stresses. AP2/ERF transcription factors family is unique to plants and a conserved AP2/ERF domain of about 60 amino acids characterized these transcription factors. AP2/ERF genes have been shown to regulate developmental processes and the response of plants to various types of biotic and environmental stress. Here, we summarize the current knowledge of AP2/ERF plant transcription factor family.Transkripcioni faktori (TFs) imaju znacajnu ulogu u ontogenezi (razvoju) biljke kao i odgovora na na uslove biotickog i abiotickog stresa. Familija transkripcionih faktora AP2/ERF je unikatna kod biljaka a konzervisani AP2/ERF domen velicine o?o 60 aminokiselina je karakteristika ove familije transkripcionih faktora. AP2/ERF geni ucestvuju u regulaciji procesa ontogeneze (razvoja) biljke i kontroli odgovora biljke na bioticke i abioticke faktore spoljne sredine koji izazivaju stresne uslove. U radu je dat pregled poznatih osobina i mehanizam aktivnosti AP2/ERF familije transkripcionih faktora.