Transcription factors with binding sites determined by pattern-based screenings
Binding sequences from the transcription factors listed below were used for genomic screenings.
Factor Family Species No. of Matches AGI Reference
ABI3
(Target genes) 
ABI3/VP1 Arabidopsis thaliana 909 At3g24650 Reidt W, Wohlfarth T, Ellerstrom M, Czihal A, Tewes A, Ezcurra I, Rask L, Baumlein H. 2000. Gene regulation during late embryogenesis: the RY motif of maturation-specific gene promoters is a direct target of the FUS3 gene product. Plant J. 21:401-8. PubMed 
FUS3
(Target genes) 
ABI3/VP1 Arabidopsis thaliana 1,159 At3g26790 Reidt W, Wohlfarth T, Ellerstrom M, Czihal A, Tewes A, Ezcurra I, Rask L, Baumlein H. 2000. Gene regulation during late embryogenesis: the RY motif of maturation-specific gene promoters is a direct target of the FUS3 gene product. Plant J. 21:401-8. PubMed 
AtERF-1
(Target genes) 
AP2/EREBP Arabidopsis thaliana 649 At4g17500 Fujimoto SY, Ohta M, Usui A, Shinshi H, Ohme-Takagi M. 2000. Arabidopsis ethylene-responsive element binding factors act as transcriptional activators or repressors of GCC box-mediated gene expression. Plant Cell. 12:393-404. PubMed 
AtERF-2
(Target genes) 
AP2/EREBP Arabidopsis thaliana 649 At5g47220 Fujimoto SY, Ohta M, Usui A, Shinshi H, Ohme-Takagi M. 2000. Arabidopsis ethylene-responsive element binding factors act as transcriptional activators or repressors of GCC box-mediated gene expression. Plant Cell. 12:393-404. PubMed 
AtERF-3
(Target genes) 
AP2/EREBP Arabidopsis thaliana 1,807 At1g50640 Fujimoto SY, Ohta M, Usui A, Shinshi H, Ohme-Takagi M. 2000. Arabidopsis ethylene-responsive element binding factors act as transcriptional activators or repressors of GCC box-mediated gene expression. Plant Cell. 12:393-404. PubMed 
AtERF-4
(Target genes) 
AP2/EREBP Arabidopsis thaliana 1,981 At3g15210 Fujimoto SY, Ohta M, Usui A, Shinshi H, Ohme-Takagi M. 2000. Arabidopsis ethylene-responsive element binding factors act as transcriptional activators or repressors of GCC box-mediated gene expression. Plant Cell. 12:393-404. PubMed 
AtERF-5
(Target genes) 
AP2/EREBP Arabidopsis thaliana 649 At5g47230 Fujimoto SY, Ohta M, Usui A, Shinshi H, Ohme-Takagi M. 2000. Arabidopsis ethylene-responsive element binding factors act as transcriptional activators or repressors of GCC box-mediated gene expression. Plant Cell. 12:393-404. PubMed 
AtERF-7
(Target genes) 
AP2/EREBP Arabidopsis thaliana 344 At3g20310 Song CP, Agarwal M, Ohta M, Guo Y, Halfter U, Wang P, Zhu JK. 2005. Role of an Arabidopsis AP2/EREBP-type transcriptional repressor in abscisic acid and drought stress responses. Plant Cell 17: 2384-96. PubMed 
AtTINY2
(Target genes) 
AP2/EREBP Arabidopsis thaliana 657 At5g11590 Wei G, Pan Y, Lei J, Zhu YX. 2005. Molecular cloning, phylogenetic analysis, expressional profiling and in vitro studies of TINY2 from Arabidopsis thaliana. J Biochem Mol Biol 38: 440-6. PubMed 
DREB1A
(Target genes) 
AP2/EREBP Arabidopsis thaliana 550 At4g25480 Maruyama K, Sakuma Y, Kasuga M, Ito Y, Seki M, Goda H, Shimada Y, Yoshida S, Shinozaki K, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K. 2004. Identification of cold-inducible downstream genes of the Arabidopsis DREB1A/CBF3 transcriptional factor using two microarray systems. : Plant J. 38:982-93. PubMed 
Narusaka Y, Nakashima K, Shinwari ZK, Sakuma Y, Furihata T, Abe H, Narusaka M, Shinozaki K, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K. 2003. Interaction between two cis-acting elements, ABRE and DRE, in ABA-dependent expression of Arabidopsis rd29A gene in response to dehydration and high-salinity stresses. Plant J. 34:137-48. PubMed 
Gilmour SJ, Zarka DG, Stockinger EJ, Salazar MP, Houghton JM, Thomashow MF. 1998. Low temperature regulation of the Arabidopsis CBF family of AP2 transcriptional activators as an early step in cold-induced COR gene expression. Plant J. 16:433-42. PubMed 
Sakuma Y, Maruyama K, Osakabe Y, Qin F, Seki M, Shinozaki K, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K. 2006. Functional analysis of an Arabidopsis transcription factor, DREB2A, involved in drought-responsive gene expression. Plant Cell 18: 1292-309. PubMed 
DREB1B
(Target genes) 
AP2/EREBP Arabidopsis thaliana 150 At4g25490 Stockinger EJ, Gilmour SJ, Thomashow MF. 1997. Arabidopsis thaliana CBF1 encodes an AP2 domain-containing transcriptional activator that binds to the C-repeat/DRE, a cis-acting DNA regulatory element that stimulates transcription in response to low temperature and water deficit. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 94:1035-40. PubMed 
Gilmour SJ, Zarka DG, Stockinger EJ, Salazar MP, Houghton JM, Thomashow MF. 1998. Low temperature regulation of the Arabidopsis CBF family of AP2 transcriptional activators as an early step in cold-induced COR gene expression. Plant J. 16:433-42. PubMed 
DREB1C
(Target genes) 
AP2/EREBP Arabidopsis thaliana 150 At4g25470 Gilmour SJ, Zarka DG, Stockinger EJ, Salazar MP, Houghton JM, Thomashow MF. 1998. Low temperature regulation of the Arabidopsis CBF family of AP2 transcriptional activators as an early step in cold-induced COR gene expression. Plant J. 16:433-42. PubMed 
DREB2A
(Target genes) 
AP2/EREBP Arabidopsis thaliana 471 At5g05410 Narusaka Y, Nakashima K, Shinwari ZK, Sakuma Y, Furihata T, Abe H, Narusaka M, Shinozaki K, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K. 2003. Interaction between two cis-acting elements, ABRE and DRE, in ABA-dependent expression of Arabidopsis rd29A gene in response to dehydration and high-salinity stresses. Plant J. 34:137-48. PubMed 
Sakuma Y, Maruyama K, Osakabe Y, Qin F, Seki M, Shinozaki K, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K. 2006. Functional analysis of an Arabidopsis transcription factor, DREB2A, involved in drought-responsive gene expression. Plant Cell 18: 1292-309. PubMed 
EIN3
(Target genes) 
AP2/EREBP Arabidopsis thaliana 2,022 At3g20770 Konishi M, Yanagisawa S. 2008. Ethylene signaling in Arabidopsis involves feedback regulation via the elaborate control of EBF2 expression by EIN3. Plant J 55: 821-31. PubMed 
RAP2.2
(Target genes) 
AP2/EREBP Arabidopsis thaliana 7,028 At3g14230 Welsch R, Maass D, Voegel T, Dellapenna D, Beyer P. 2007. Transcription factor RAP2.2 and its interacting partner SINAT2: stable elements in the carotenogenesis of Arabidopsis leaves. Plant Physiol 145: 1073-85. PubMed 
AtMYC2
(Target genes) 
bHLH Arabidopsis thaliana 662 At1g32640 Yadav V, Mallappa C, Gangappa SN, Bhatia S, Chattopadhyay S. 2005. A basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor in Arabidopsis, MYC2, acts as a repressor of blue light-mediated photomorphogenic growth. Plant Cell 17: 1953-66. PubMed 
ABI5
(Target genes) 
bZIP Arabidopsis thaliana 685 At2g36270 Bensmihen S, Rippa S, Lambert G, Jublot D, Pautot V, Granier F, Giraudat J, Parcy F. 2002. The homologous ABI5 and EEL transcription factors function antagonistically to fine-tune gene expression during late embryogenesis. Plant Cell. 14:1391-403. PubMed 
Carles C, Bies-Etheve N, Aspart L, Leon-Kloosterziel KM, Koornneef M, Echeverria M, Delseny M. 2002. Regulation of Arabidopsis thaliana Em genes: role of ABI5. : Plant J. 30:373-83. PubMed 
AREB1
(Target genes) 
bZIP Arabidopsis thaliana 82 At1g45249 Narusaka Y, Nakashima K, Shinwari ZK, Sakuma Y, Furihata T, Abe H, Narusaka M, Shinozaki K, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K. 2003. Interaction between two cis-acting elements, ABRE and DRE, in ABA-dependent expression of Arabidopsis rd29A gene in response to dehydration and high-salinity stresses. Plant J. 34:137-48. PubMed 
AREB2
(Target genes) 
bZIP Arabidopsis thaliana 82 At3g19290 Narusaka Y, Nakashima K, Shinwari ZK, Sakuma Y, Furihata T, Abe H, Narusaka M, Shinozaki K, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K. 2003. Interaction between two cis-acting elements, ABRE and DRE, in ABA-dependent expression of Arabidopsis rd29A gene in response to dehydration and high-salinity stresses. Plant J. 34:137-48. PubMed 
AtbZIP1
(Target genes) 
bZIP Arabidopsis thaliana 415 At5g49450 Kang SG, Price J, Lin PC, Hong JC, Jang JC. 2010. The arabidopsis bZIP1 transcription factor is involved in sugar signaling, protein networking, and DNA binding. Mol Plant. 3:361-73. PubMed 
BZIP12
(Target genes) 
bZIP Arabidopsis thaliana 180 At2g41070 Bensmihen S, Rippa S, Lambert G, Jublot D, Pautot V, Granier F, Giraudat J, Parcy F. 2002. The homologous ABI5 and EEL transcription factors function antagonistically to fine-tune gene expression during late embryogenesis. Plant Cell. 14:1391-403. PubMed 
bZIP19
(Target genes) 
bZIP Arabidopsis thaliana 380 At4g35040 Assunção AG, Herrero E, Lin YF, Huettel B, Talukdar S, Smaczniak C, Immink RG, van Eldik M, Fiers M, Schat H, Aarts 2010. Arabidopsis thaliana transcription factors bZIP19 and bZIP23 regulate the adaptation to zinc deficiency. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 107:10296-301. PubMed 
bZIP23
(Target genes) 
bZIP Arabidopsis thaliana 380 At2g16770 Assunção AG, Herrero E, Lin YF, Huettel B, Talukdar S, Smaczniak C, Immink RG, van Eldik M, Fiers M, Schat H, Aarts 2010. Arabidopsis thaliana transcription factors bZIP19 and bZIP23 regulate the adaptation to zinc deficiency. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 107:10296-301. PubMed 
HY5
(Target genes) 
bZIP Arabidopsis thaliana 2,466 At5g11260 Chattopadhyay S, Ang LH, Puente P, Deng XW, Wei N. 1998. Arabidopsis bZIP protein HY5 directly interacts with light-responsive promoters in mediating light control of gene expression. Plant Cell. 10:673-83. PubMed 
Cluis CP, Mouchel CF, Hardtke CS. 2004. The Arabidopsis transcription factor HY5 integrates light and hormone signaling pathways. Plant J. 38:332-47. PubMed 
Song YH, Yoo CM, Hong AP, Kim SH, Jeong HJ, Shin SY, Kim HJ, Yun DJ, Lim CO, Bahk JD, Lee SY, Nagao RT, Key JL, Hong JC. 2008. DNA Binding Study Identifies C-box and Hybrid C/G-box or C/A-box Motifs as High-Affinity Binding Sites for STF1 and HY5 Proteins. Plant Physiol : (Epub ahead of print). PubMed 
GATA-1
(Target genes) 
C2C2(Zn) GATA Arabidopsis thaliana 9,893 At3g24050 Teakle GR, Manfield IW, Graham JF, Gilmartin PM. 2002. Arabidopsis thaliana GATA factors: organisation, expression and DNA-binding characteristics. Plant Mol Biol. 50:43-57. PubMed 
GATA-2
(Target genes) 
C2C2(Zn) GATA Arabidopsis thaliana 4,289 At2g45050 Teakle GR, Manfield IW, Graham JF, Gilmartin PM. 2002. Arabidopsis thaliana GATA factors: organisation, expression and DNA-binding characteristics. Plant Mol Biol. 50:43-57. PubMed 
GATA-3
(Target genes) 
C2C2(Zn) GATA Arabidopsis thaliana 4,289 At4g34680 Teakle GR, Manfield IW, Graham JF, Gilmartin PM. 2002. Arabidopsis thaliana GATA factors: organisation, expression and DNA-binding characteristics. Plant Mol Biol. 50:43-57. PubMed 
GATA-4
(Target genes) 
C2C2(Zn) GATA Arabidopsis thaliana 4,289 At3g60530 Teakle GR, Manfield IW, Graham JF, Gilmartin PM. 2002. Arabidopsis thaliana GATA factors: organisation, expression and DNA-binding characteristics. Plant Mol Biol. 50:43-57. PubMed 
SUP
(Target genes) 
C2H2(Zn) Arabidopsis thaliana 502 At3g23130 Dathan N, Zaccaro L, Esposito S, Isernia C, Omichinski JG, Riccio A, Pedone C, Di Blasio B, Fattorusso R, Pedone PV. 2002. The Arabidopsis SUPERMAN protein is able to specifically bind DNA through its single Cys2-His2 zinc finger motif. Nucleic Acids Res. 30:4945-51. PubMed 
TAC1
(Target genes) 
C2H2(Zn) Arabidopsis thaliana 2,315 At3g09290 Ren S, Mandadi KK, Boedeker AL, Rathore KS, McKnight TD. 2007. Regulation of telomerase in Arabidopsis by BT2, an apparent target of TELOMERASE ACTIVATOR1. Plant Cell 19: 23-31. PubMed 
AtSR1
(Target genes) 
CAMTA Arabidopsis thaliana 427 At2g22300 Yang T, Poovaiah BW. 2002. A calmodulin-binding/CGCG box DNA-binding protein family involved in multiple signaling pathways in plants. J Biol Chem 277: 45049-58. PubMed 
CAMTA1
(Target genes) 
CAMTA Arabidopsis thaliana 39 At5g09410 Doherty CJ, Van Buskirk HA, Myers SJ, Thomashow MF. 2009. Roles for Arabidopsis CAMTA transcription factors in cold-regulated gene expression and freezing tolerance. Plant Cell. 21:972-84. PubMed 
CAMTA2
(Target genes) 
CAMTA Arabidopsis thaliana 39 At5g64220 Doherty CJ, Van Buskirk HA, Myers SJ, Thomashow MF. 2009. Roles for Arabidopsis CAMTA transcription factors in cold-regulated gene expression and freezing tolerance. Plant Cell. 21:972-84. PubMed 
CAMTA3
(Target genes) 
CAMTA Arabidopsis thaliana 822 At2g22300 Doherty CJ, Van Buskirk HA, Myers SJ, Thomashow MF. 2009. Roles for Arabidopsis CAMTA transcription factors in cold-regulated gene expression and freezing tolerance. Plant Cell. 21:972-84. PubMed 
Nie H, Zhao C, Wu G, Wu Y, Chen Y, Tang D. 2012. SR1, a calmodulin-binding transcription factor, modulates plant defense and ethylene-induced senescence by directly regulating NDR1 and EIN3. Plant Physiol. 158:1847-59 PubMed 
CAMTA5
(Target genes) 
CAMTA Arabidopsis thaliana 39 At4g16150 Doherty CJ, Van Buskirk HA, Myers SJ, Thomashow MF. 2009. Roles for Arabidopsis CAMTA transcription factors in cold-regulated gene expression and freezing tolerance. Plant Cell. 21:972-84. PubMed 
CBP60g
(Target genes) 
CAMTA-like Arabidopsis thaliana 2,730 At5g26920 Zhang Y, Xu S, Ding P, Wang D, Cheng YT, He J, Gao M, Xu F, Li Y, Zhu Z, Li X, Zhang Y. 2010. Control of salicylic acid synthesis and systemic acquired resistance by two members of a plant-specific family of transcription factors. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 107:18220-5. PubMed 
SARD1
(Target genes) 
CAMTA-like Arabidopsis thaliana 2,730 At1g73805 Zhang Y, Xu S, Ding P, Wang D, Cheng YT, He J, Gao M, Xu F, Li Y, Zhu Z, Li X, Zhang Y. 2010. Control of salicylic acid synthesis and systemic acquired resistance by two members of a plant-specific family of transcription factors. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 107:18220-5. PubMed 
E2Fa
(Target genes) 
E2F/DP Arabidopsis thaliana 2,302 At2g36010 Mariconti L, Pellegrini B, Cantoni R, Stevens R, Bergounioux C, Cella R, Albani D. 2002. The E2F family of transcription factors from Arabidopsis thaliana. Novel and conserved components of the retinoblastoma/E2F pathway in plants. J Biol Chem. 277:9911-9. PubMed 
Egelkrout EM, Mariconti L, Settlage SB, Cella R, Robertson D, Hanley-Bowdoin L. 2002. Two E2F elements regulate the proliferating cell nuclear antigen promoter differently during leaf development. Plant Cell. 14:3225-36. PubMed 
Ramirez-Parra E, Gutierrez C. 2007. E2F regulates FASCIATA1, a chromatin assembly gene whose loss switches on the endocycle and activates gene expression by changing the epigenetic status. Plant Physiol 144: 105-20. PubMed 
E2Fb
(Target genes) 
E2F/DP Arabidopsis thaliana 605 At5g22220 de Jager SM, Menges M, Bauer UM, Murra JA. 2001. Arabidopsis E2F1 binds a sequence present in the promoter of S-phase-regulated gene AtCDC6 and is a member of a multigene family with differential activities. Plant Mol Biol. 47:555-68. PubMed 
Mariconti L, Pellegrini B, Cantoni R, Stevens R, Bergounioux C, Cella R, Albani D. 2002. The E2F family of transcription factors from Arabidopsis thaliana. Novel and conserved components of the retinoblastoma/E2F pathway in plants. J Biol Chem. 277:9911-9. PubMed 
Egelkrout EM, Mariconti L, Settlage SB, Cella R, Robertson D, Hanley-Bowdoin L. 2002. Two E2F elements regulate the proliferating cell nuclear antigen promoter differently during leaf development. Plant Cell. 14:3225-36. PubMed 
E2Fc
(Target genes) 
E2F/DP Arabidopsis thaliana 2,754 At1g47870 Mariconti L, Pellegrini B, Cantoni R, Stevens R, Bergounioux C, Cella R, Albani D. 2002. The E2F family of transcription factors from Arabidopsis thaliana. Novel and conserved components of the retinoblastoma/E2F pathway in plants. J Biol Chem. 277:9911-9. PubMed 
Egelkrout EM, Mariconti L, Settlage SB, Cella R, Robertson D, Hanley-Bowdoin L. 2002. Two E2F elements regulate the proliferating cell nuclear antigen promoter differently during leaf development. Plant Cell. 14:3225-36. PubMed 
Stevens R, Mariconti L, Rossignol P, Perennes C, Cella R, Bergounioux C. 2002. Two E2F sites in the Arabidopsis MCM3 promoter have different roles in cell cycle activation and meristematic expression. J Biol Chem. 277:32978-84. PubMed 
E2Fd
(Target genes) 
E2F/DP Arabidopsis thaliana 2,754 At5g14960 Mariconti L, Pellegrini B, Cantoni R, Stevens R, Bergounioux C, Cella R, Albani D. 2002. The E2F family of transcription factors from Arabidopsis thaliana. Novel and conserved components of the retinoblastoma/E2F pathway in plants. J Biol Chem. 277:9911-9. PubMed 
Egelkrout EM, Mariconti L, Settlage SB, Cella R, Robertson D, Hanley-Bowdoin L. 2002. Two E2F elements regulate the proliferating cell nuclear antigen promoter differently during leaf development. Plant Cell. 14:3225-36. PubMed 
Stevens R, Mariconti L, Rossignol P, Perennes C, Cella R, Bergounioux C. 2002. Two E2F sites in the Arabidopsis MCM3 promoter have different roles in cell cycle activation and meristematic expression. J Biol Chem. 277:32978-84. PubMed 
E2Fe
(Target genes) 
E2F/DP Arabidopsis thaliana 396 At3g48160 Mariconti L, Pellegrini B, Cantoni R, Stevens R, Bergounioux C, Cella R, Albani D. 2002. The E2F family of transcription factors from Arabidopsis thaliana. Novel and conserved components of the retinoblastoma/E2F pathway in plants. J Biol Chem. 277:9911-9. PubMed 
Egelkrout EM, Mariconti L, Settlage SB, Cella R, Robertson D, Hanley-Bowdoin L. 2002. Two E2F elements regulate the proliferating cell nuclear antigen promoter differently during leaf development. Plant Cell. 14:3225-36. PubMed 
E2Ff
(Target genes) 
E2F/DP Arabidopsis thaliana 114 At3g01330 Mariconti L, Pellegrini B, Cantoni R, Stevens R, Bergounioux C, Cella R, Albani D. 2002. The E2F family of transcription factors from Arabidopsis thaliana. Novel and conserved components of the retinoblastoma/E2F pathway in plants. J Biol Chem. 277:9911-9. PubMed 
ARR1
(Target genes) 
GARP/ARR-B Arabidopsis thaliana 8,748 At3g16857 Sakai H, Aoyama T, Oka A. 2000. Arabidopsis ARR1 and ARR2 response regulators operate as transcriptional activators. Plant J. 24:703-11. PubMed 
ARR2
(Target genes) 
GARP/ARR-B Arabidopsis thaliana 13,762 At4g16110 Sakai H, Aoyama T, Oka A. 2000. Arabidopsis ARR1 and ARR2 response regulators operate as transcriptional activators. Plant J. 24:703-11. PubMed 
Lohrmann J, Sweere U, Zabaleta E, Baurle I, Keitel C, Kozma-Bognar L, Brennicke A, Schafer E, Kudla J, Harter K. 2001. The response regulator ARR2: a pollen-specific transcription factor involved in the expression of nuclear genes for components of mitochondrial complex I in Arabidopsis. Mol Genet Genomics. 265:2-13.PubMed 
ZML2
(Target genes) 
GATA Arabidopsis thaliana 12,655 At1g51600 Shaikhali J, de Dios Barajas-Lopéz J, Otvös K, Kremnev D, Garcia AS, Srivastava V, Wingsle G, Bako L, Strand A. 2012. The CRYPTOCHROME1-Dependent Response to Excess Light Is Mediated through the Transcriptional Activators ZINC FINGER PROTEIN EXPRESSED IN INFLORESCENCE MERISTEM LIKE1 and ZML2 in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell. 24:3009-25. PubMed 
GRF7
(Target genes) 
GRF Arabidopsis thaliana 6,219 At5g53660 Kim JS, Mizoi J, Kidokoro S, Maruyama K, Nakajima J, Nakashima K, Mitsuda N, Takiguchi Y, Ohme-Takagi M, Kondou Y, Yoshizumi T, Matsui M, Shinozaki K, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K. 2012. Arabidopsis GROWTH-REGULATING FACTOR7 Functions as a Transcriptional Repressor of Abscisic Acid- and Osmotic Stress-Responsive Genes, Including DREB2A. Plant Cell. 24:3393-405. PubMed 
ATML1
(Target genes) 
HD-ZIP Arabidopsis thaliana 130 At4g21750 Abe M, Takahashi T, Komeda Y. 2001. Identification of a cis-regulatory element for L1 layer-specific gene expression, which is targeted by an L1-specific homeodomain protein. Plant J. 26:487-94. PubMed 
PDF2
(Target genes) 
HD-ZIP Arabidopsis thaliana 130 At4g04890 Abe M, Katsumata H, Komeda Y, Takahashi T. 2003. Regulation of shoot epidermal cell differentiation by a pair of homeodomain proteins in Arabidopsis. Development. 130:635-43. PubMed 
TBF1
(Target genes) 
HSF Arabidopsis thaliana 33,195 At4g36990 Pajerowska-Mukhtar KM, Wang W, Tada Y, Oka N, Tucker CL, Fonseca JP, Dong X. 2012. The HSF-like transcription factor TBF1 is a major molecular switch for plant growth-to-defense transition. Curr Biol. 22:103-12. PubMed 
LFY
(Target genes) 
LFY Arabidopsis thaliana 25,892 At5g61850 Hamès C, Ptchelkine D, Grimm C, Thevenon E, Moyroud E, Gérard F, Martiel JL, Benlloch R, Parcy F, Müller CW. 2008. Structural basis for LEAFY floral switch function and similarity with helix-turn-helix proteins. EMBO J. 27:2628-37. PubMed 
Benlloch R, Kim MC, Sayou C, Thévenon E, Parcy F, Nilsson O. 2011. Integrating long-day flowering signals: a LEAFY binding site is essential for proper photoperiodic activation of APETALA1. Plant J. 67:1094-102 PubMed 
AGL20
(Target genes) 
MADS Arabidopsis thaliana 645 At2g45660 Liu C, Xi W, Shen L, Tan C, Yu H. 2009. Regulation of floral patterning by flowering time genes. Dev Cell. 16:711-22. PubMed 
AGL22
(Target genes) 
MADS Arabidopsis thaliana 645 At2g22540 Liu C, Xi W, Shen L, Tan C, Yu H. 2009. Regulation of floral patterning by flowering time genes. Dev Cell. 16:711-22. PubMed 
AGL24
(Target genes) 
MADS Arabidopsis thaliana 645 At4g24540 Liu C, Xi W, Shen L, Tan C, Yu H. 2009. Regulation of floral patterning by flowering time genes. Dev Cell. 16:711-22. PubMed 
AGL25
(Target genes) 
MADS Arabidopsis thaliana 192 At5g10140 Deng W, Ying H, Helliwell CA, Taylor JM, Peacock WJ, Dennis ES. 2011. FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC) regulates development pathways throughout the life cycle of Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 108:6680-5. PubMed 
AtCCA1
(Target genes) 
MYB Arabidopsis thaliana 309 At2g46830 Hazen SP, Schultz TF, Pruneda-Paz JL, Borevitz JO, Ecker JR, Kay SA. 2005. LUX ARRHYTHMO encodes a Myb domain protein essential for circadian rhythms. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102: 10387-92. PubMed 
AtLHY
(Target genes) 
MYB Arabidopsis thaliana 309 At1g01060 Hazen SP, Schultz TF, Pruneda-Paz JL, Borevitz JO, Ecker JR, Kay SA. 2005. LUX ARRHYTHMO encodes a Myb domain protein essential for circadian rhythms. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102: 10387-92. PubMed 
AtMYB44
(Target genes) 
MYB Arabidopsis thaliana 485 At5g67300 Kirik V, Kolle K, Misera S, Baumlein H. 1998. Two novel MYB homologues with changed expression in late embryogenesis-defective Arabidopsis mutants. Plant Mol Biol. 37:819-27. PubMed 
AtWER
(Target genes) 
MYB Arabidopsis thaliana 875 At5g14750 Koshino-Kimura Y, Wada T, Tachibana T, Tsugeki R, Ishiguro S, Okada K. 2005. Regulation of CAPRICE transcription by MYB proteins for root epidermis differentiation in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Physiol 46: 817-26. PubMed 
MYB1
(Target genes) 
MYB Arabidopsis thaliana 962 At3g09230 Urao T, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Urao S, Shinozaki K. 1993. An Arabidopsis myb homolog is induced by dehydration stress and its gene product binds to the conserved MYB recognition sequence. Plant Cell. 5:1529-39. PubMed 
MYB2
(Target genes) 
MYB Arabidopsis thaliana 5,398 At2g47190 Hoeren FU, Dolferus R, Wu Y, Peacock WJ, Dennis ES. 1998. Evidence for a role for AtMYB2 in the induction of the Arabidopsis alcohol dehydrogenase gene (ADH1) by low oxygen. Genetics. 149:479-90. PubMed 
Urao T, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Urao S, Shinozaki K. 1993. An Arabidopsis myb homolog is induced by dehydration stress and its gene product binds to the conserved MYB recognition sequence. Plant Cell. 5:1529-39. PubMed 
MYB61
(Target genes) 
MYB Arabidopsis thaliana 64 At1g09540 Romano JM, Dubos C, Prouse MB, Wilkins O, Hong H, Poole M, Kang KY, Li E, Douglas CJ, Western TL, Mansfield SD, Campbell MM. 2012. AtMYB61, an R2R3-MYB transcription factor, functions as a pleiotropic regulator via a small gene network. New Phytol. 195:774-86. PubMed 
MYB80
(Target genes) 
MYB Arabidopsis thaliana 3,477 At5g56110 Phan HA, Iacuone S, Li SF, Parish RW. 2011. The MYB80 transcription factor is required for pollen development and the regulation of tapetal programmed cell death in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell. 23:2209-24. PubMed 
MYB98
(Target genes) 
MYB Arabidopsis thaliana 10,299 At4g18770 Punwani JA, Rabiger DS, Drews GN. 2007. MYB98 positively regulates a battery of synergid-expressed genes encoding filiform apparatus localized proteins. Plant Cell 19: 2557-68. PubMed 
ANAC019
(Target genes) 
NAC Arabidopsis thaliana 104 At1g52890 Tran LS, Nakashima K, Sakuma Y, Simpson SD, Fujita Y, Maruyama K, Fujita M, Seki M, Shinozaki K, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K. 2004. Isolation and functional analysis of Arabidopsis stress-inducible NAC transcription factors that bind to a drought-responsive cis-element in the early responsive to dehydration stress 1 promoter. Plant Cell. 16:2481-98. PubMed 
ANAC055
(Target genes) 
NAC Arabidopsis thaliana 104 At3g15500 Tran LS, Nakashima K, Sakuma Y, Simpson SD, Fujita Y, Maruyama K, Fujita M, Seki M, Shinozaki K, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K. 2004. Isolation and functional analysis of Arabidopsis stress-inducible NAC transcription factors that bind to a drought-responsive cis-element in the early responsive to dehydration stress 1 promoter. Plant Cell. 16:2481-98. PubMed 
ANAC072
(Target genes) 
NAC Arabidopsis thaliana 104 At4g27410 Tran LS, Nakashima K, Sakuma Y, Simpson SD, Fujita Y, Maruyama K, Fujita M, Seki M, Shinozaki K, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K. 2004. Isolation and functional analysis of Arabidopsis stress-inducible NAC transcription factors that bind to a drought-responsive cis-element in the early responsive to dehydration stress 1 promoter. Plant Cell. 16:2481-98. PubMed 
NAM
(Target genes) 
NAC Arabidopsis thaliana 980 At1g52880 Duval M, Hsieh TF, Kim SY, Thomas TL. 2002. Molecular characterization of AtNAM: a member of the Arabidopsis NAC domain superfamily. Plant Mol Biol. 50:237-48. PubMed 
NAP
(Target genes) 
NAC Arabidopsis thaliana 435 At1g69490 Zhang K, Gan SS. 2012. An abscisic acid-AtNAP transcription factor-SAG113 protein phosphatase 2C regulatory chain for controlling dehydration in senescing Arabidopsis leaves. Plant Physiol. 158:961-9. PubMed 
SPL1
(Target genes) 
SBP Arabidopsis thaliana 382 At2g47070 Cardon G, Hohmann S, Klein J, Nettesheim K, Saedler H, Huijser P. 1999. Molecular characterisation of the Arabidopsis SBP-box genes. Gene. 237:91-104. PubMed 
SPL4
(Target genes) 
SBP Arabidopsis thaliana 717 At1g53160 Yamasaki K, Kigawa T, Inoue M, Tateno M, Yamasaki T, Yabuki T, Aoki M, Seki E, Matsuda T, Nunokawa E, Ishizuka Y, Terada T, Shirouzu M, Osanai T, Tanaka A, Seki M, Shinozaki K, Yokoyama S. 2004. A novel zinc-binding motif revealed by solution structures of DNA-binding domains of Arabidopsis SBP-family transcription factors. : J Mol Biol. 337:49-63. PubMed 
Cardon G, Hohmann S, Klein J, Nettesheim K, Saedler H, Huijser P. 1999. Molecular characterisation of the Arabidopsis SBP-box genes. Gene. 237:91-104. PubMed 
SPL5
(Target genes) 
SBP Arabidopsis thaliana 382 At3g15270 Cardon G, Hohmann S, Klein J, Nettesheim K, Saedler H, Huijser P. 1999. Molecular characterisation of the Arabidopsis SBP-box genes. Gene. 237:91-104. PubMed 
SPL7
(Target genes) 
SBP Arabidopsis thaliana 335 At5g18830 Yamasaki K, Kigawa T, Inoue M, Tateno M, Yamasaki T, Yabuki T, Aoki M, Seki E, Matsuda T, Nunokawa E, Ishizuka Y, Terada T, Shirouzu M, Osanai T, Tanaka A, Seki M, Shinozaki K, Yokoyama S. 2004. A novel zinc-binding motif revealed by solution structures of DNA-binding domains of Arabidopsis SBP-family transcription factors. : J Mol Biol. 337:49-63. PubMed 
GT-1
(Target genes) 
Trihelix Arabidopsis thaliana 3,703 At1g13450 Hiratsuka K, Wu X, Fukuzawa H, Chua NH. 1994. Molecular dissection of GT-1 from Arabidopsis. Plant Cell. 6:1805-13. PubMed 
GT-2
(Target genes) 
Trihelix Arabidopsis thaliana 513 At1g76890 Kuhn RM, Caspar T, Dehesh K, Quail PH. 1993. DNA binding factor GT-2 from Arabidopsis. Plant Mol Biol. 23:337-48. PubMed 
GT-3b
(Target genes) 
Trihelix Arabidopsis thaliana 4,912 At2g38250 Park HC, Kim ML, Kang YH, Jeon JM, Yoo JH, Kim MC, Park CY, Jeong JC, Moon BC, Lee JH, Yoon HW, Lee SH, Chung WS, Lim CO, Lee SY, Hong JC, Cho MJ. 2004. Pathogen- and NaCl-induced expression of the SCaM-4 promoter is mediated in part by a GT-1 box that interacts with a GT-1-like transcription factor. Plant Physiol. 135:2150-61. PubMed 
WRKY11
(Target genes) 
WRKY(Zn) Arabidopsis thaliana 1,855 At4g31550 Ciolkowski I, Wanke D, Birkenbihl RP, Somssich IE. 2008. Studies on DNA-binding selectivity of WRKY transcription factors lend structural clues into WRKY-domain function. Plant Mol Biol 68: 81-92. PubMed 
WRKY18
(Target genes) 
WRKY(Zn) Arabidopsis thaliana 5,705 At4g31800 Du L, Chen Z. 2000. Identification of genes encoding receptor-like protein kinases as possible targets of pathogen- and salicylic acid-induced WRKY DNA-binding proteins in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 24:837-47. PubMed 
Yu D, Chen C, Chen Z. 2001. Evidence for an important role of WRKY DNA binding proteins in the regulation of NPR1 gene expression. Plant Cell. 13:1527-40. PubMed 
Chen C, Chen Z. 2002. Potentiation of developmentally regulated plant defense response by AtWRKY18, a pathogen-induced Arabidopsis transcription factor. Plant Physiol. 129:706-16. PubMed 
Xu X, Chen C, Fan B, Chen Z. 2006. Physical and functional interactions between pathogen-induced Arabidopsis WRKY18, WRKY40, and WRKY60 transcription factors. Plant Cell 18: 1310-26. PubMed 
WRKY26
(Target genes) 
WRKY(Zn) Arabidopsis thaliana 3,765 At5g07100 Ciolkowski I, Wanke D, Birkenbihl RP, Somssich IE. 2008. Studies on DNA-binding selectivity of WRKY transcription factors lend structural clues into WRKY-domain function. Plant Mol Biol 68: 81-92. PubMed 
WRKY38
(Target genes) 
WRKY(Zn) Arabidopsis thaliana 3,131 At5g22570 Kim KC, Lai Z, Fan B, Chen Z. 2008. Arabidopsis WRKY38 and WRKY62 transcription factors interact with histone deacetylase 19 in basal defense. Plant Cell 20: 2357-71. PubMed 
Ciolkowski I, Wanke D, Birkenbihl RP, Somssich IE. 2008. Studies on DNA-binding selectivity of WRKY transcription factors lend structural clues into WRKY-domain function. Plant Mol Biol 68: 81-92. PubMed 
WRKY40
(Target genes) 
WRKY(Zn) Arabidopsis thaliana 641 At1g80840 Xu X, Chen C, Fan B, Chen Z. 2006. Physical and functional interactions between pathogen-induced Arabidopsis WRKY18, WRKY40, and WRKY60 transcription factors. Plant Cell 18: 1310-26. PubMed 
WRKY43
(Target genes) 
WRKY(Zn) Arabidopsis thaliana 3,131 At2g46130 Ciolkowski I, Wanke D, Birkenbihl RP, Somssich IE. 2008. Studies on DNA-binding selectivity of WRKY transcription factors lend structural clues into WRKY-domain function. Plant Mol Biol 68: 81-92. PubMed 
WRKY6
(Target genes) 
WRKY(Zn) Arabidopsis thaliana 2,977 At1g62300 Robatzek S, Somssich IE. 2002. Targets of AtWRKY6 regulation during plant senescence and pathogen defense. Genes Dev. 16:1139-49. PubMed 
Ciolkowski I, Wanke D, Birkenbihl RP, Somssich IE. 2008. Studies on DNA-binding selectivity of WRKY transcription factors lend structural clues into WRKY-domain function. Plant Mol Biol 68: 81-92. PubMed 
WRKY62
(Target genes) 
WRKY(Zn) Arabidopsis thaliana 641 At5g01900 Kim KC, Lai Z, Fan B, Chen Z. 2008. Arabidopsis WRKY38 and WRKY62 transcription factors interact with histone deacetylase 19 in basal defense. Plant Cell 20: 2357-71. PubMed 
WRKY63
(Target genes) 
WRKY(Zn) Arabidopsis thaliana 1,410 At1g66600 Ren X, Chen Z, Liu Y, Zhang H, Zhang M, Liu Q, Hong X, Zhu JK, Gong Z. 2010. ABO3, a WRKY transcription factor, mediates plant responses to abscisic acid and drought tolerance in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 63:417-29 PubMed 
Total Numbers: 
Factors:  85
Families:  21
Binding sites:  226,798