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Title: UPDATE ON THE BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GENE FAMILY IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA

Author
item BAILEY, PAUL - UCB-ARS PLNT GENE EXP CTR
item MARTIN, CATHIE - UCB-ARS PLNT GENE EXP CTR
item TOLEDO-ORTIZ, GABRIELA - UCB-ARS PLNT GENE EXP CTR
item QUAIL, PETER - UCB-ARS PLNT GENE EXP CTR
item HUQ, ENAMUL - UCB-ARS PLNT GENE EXP CTR
item HEIM, MARC - UCB-ARS PLNT GENE EXP CTR
item JAKOBY, MARC - UCB-ARS PLNT GENE EXP CTR
item WERBER, MARTIN - UCB-ARS PLNT GENE EXP CTR
item WSEISSHAAR, BERND - UCB-ARS PLNT GENE EXP CTR

Submitted to: The Plant Cell
Publication Type: Other
Publication Acceptance Date: 10/1/2003
Publication Date: 11/1/2003
Citation: BAILEY, P.C., MARTIN, C., TOLEDO-ORTIZ, G., QUAIL, P.H., HUQ, E., HEIM, M.A., JAKOBY, M., WERBER, M., WSEISSHAAR, B. UPDATE ON THE BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GENE FAMILY IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA. THE PLANT CELL. 2003. 15:2497-2502.

Interpretive Summary: Basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors represent a family of proteins that contain a bHLH domain, a motif involved in binding DNA. Recently, two groups independently analyzed the BHLH gene family of Arabidopsis thaliana (Heim et al., 2003; Toledo-Ortiz et al., 2003). These analyses revealed that this family is one of the largest transcription factor gene families in Arabidopsis thaliana. Although both analyses intended to give complete overviews of AtBHLH genes, some discrepancies were detected when the data sets were compared. After careful re-examination, we have resolved these discrepancies. In Table 1, we provide a uniform nomenclature for all of the genes that are mentioned in our two articles, and we encourage the use of this nomenclature in future reports concerning bHLH domain transcription factors (e.g., AtBHLH042/TT8).

Technical Abstract: Basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors represent a family of proteins that contain a bHLH domain, a motif involved in binding DNA. Recently, two groups independently analyzed the BHLH gene family of Arabidopsis thaliana (Heim et al., 2003; Toledo-Ortiz et al., 2003). These analyses revealed that this family is one of the largest transcription factor gene families in Arabidopsis thaliana. Although both analyses intended to give complete overviews of AtBHLH genes, some discrepancies were detected when the data sets were compared. After careful re-examination, we have resolved these discrepancies. In Table 1, we provide a uniform nomenclature for all of the genes that are mentioned in our two articles, and we encourage the use of this nomenclature in future reports concerning bHLH domain transcription factors (e.g., AtBHLH042/TT8).