version: 3.0
Arabidopsis thaliana E2F-DP Family
Description
E2F-DP transcription factors are key components of the cyclin D/retinoblastoma/E2F pathway, they regulate the expression of genes required for G1/S transition and S-phase progression.
Members of this familySHOULD possess E2F_TDP domain
This family is also present in:
- Cyanidioschyzon merolae
- Galdieria sulphuraria
- Micromonas pusilla CCMP1545
- Micromonas sp. RCC299
- Ostreococcus lucimarinus
- Ostreococcus tauri
- Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
- Chlorella sp. NC64A
- Coccomyxa sp. C-169
- Physcomitrella patens
- Selaginella moellendorffii
- Oryza sativa subsp. indica
- Oryza sativa subsp. japonica
- Sorghum bicolor
- Zea mays
- Arabidopsis lyrata
- Carica papaya
- Populus trichocarpa
- Vitis vinifera
There are 14 gene models in this family
General references
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(4):555-68 PUBMEDID:11669580Zheng, N; Fraenkel, E; Pabo, CO; Pavletich, NP. 1999. Structural basis of DNA recognition by the heterodimeric cell cycle transcription factor E2F-DP. Genes Dev. 13(6):666-74 PUBMEDID:10090723
Specific references
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(12):9911-9 PUBMEDID:11786543Design qRT-PCR primers using Quantprime



