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Table 4 The most abundant putative transcriptional factors (TFs) in cotton resistant to Verticillium infection

From: Transcriptome profiling of Gossypium barbadense inoculated with Verticillium dahliae provides a resource for cotton improvement

TF family

Description

Total ESTs

NAC

No apical meristem (NAM) protein

527

G2-like

Golden 2-like (GLK)

440

MYB

Myb-like DNA-binding domain

372

BHLH

Basic/helix-loop-helix domain

331

MYB-related

N-terminal myb-domain

321

bZIP

Basic leucine zipper (bZIP) motif

271

ERF

Single AP2/ERF domain

270

C3H

Zinc finger, C-x8-C-x5-C-x3-H type

265

WRKY

WRKY DNA-binding domain

225

C2H2

Zinc finger, C2H2 type

218

Dof

DNA binding with one zinc finger

169

ARF

Auxin response factor

157

B3

ERF-B3 family

94

GRAS

Three initially identified members GAI, RGA, and SCR

84

Trihelix

Trihelix DNA-binding domain

76

FAR1

Far-red-impaired Response 1

56

HD-ZIP

HD domain with leucine zipper motif

51

M-type

MADS-box transcription factors

50

GATA

Binds to DNA sequence "GATA"

49

LBD

Lateral organ boundary domain (LBD) gene family

48

HB-other

Homeobox domain

46

TCP

Non-canonical basic-Helix-Loop-Helix (bHLH) structure

42