Plant Transcription Factors

Section A: General aspects of plant transcription factors<br>Introduction to transcription factor structure and function; Methods to study transcription factor structure and function; General aspects of plant transcription factor families; Structures, functions, and evolutionary histories of DNA-binding domains of plant-specific transcription factors; The evolutionary diversification of genes that encode transcription factor proteins in plants<br>Section B: Structure and evolution of plant transcription factor families<br>Structure and evolution of plant homeobox transcription factors; Homeodomain-Leucine Zipper transcription factors: Structural features of these proteins, unique to plants; Structure and evolution of plant MADS-domain transcription factors; TCP transcription factors: evolution, structure and biochemical function; Structure and evolution of plant GRAS family proteins; Structure and evolution of WRKY transcription factors; Structure, function and evolution of the Dof transcription factor family; NAC transcription factors: from structure to function in stress-associated networks<br>Section C: Functional aspects of plant transcription factor action<br>Homeobox transcription factors and the regulation of meristem development and maintenance; CUC transcription factors : to the meristem and beyond; The role of TCP transcription factors in shaping flower structure, leaf morphology and plant architecture; GROWTH-REGULATING FACTORs, a transcription factor family regulating more than just plant growth; The Multifaceted Roles of miR156-Targeted SPL Transcription Factors in Plant Developmental Transitions; Functional aspects of GRAS family proteins; DELLA proteins, a group of GRAS transcription regulators that mediate gibberellin signaling; bZIP and bHLH family members integrate transcriptional responses to light; What do we know about Homeodomain-Leucine Zipper I transcription factors? Functional and biotechnological considerations<br>Section D: Modulation of plant transcription factor action<br>Intercellular Movement of Plant Transcription Factors, Coregulators and Their mRNAs; Redox regulated plant transcription factors; Membrane-bound transcription factors in plants: physiological roles and mechanisms of action; Ubiquitination of plant transcription factors<br>