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TAP Subfamily: NF-YC

Bernadt et al (2005): NF-Y is a bifunctional transcription factor capable of activating or repressing transcription. NF-Y specifically recognizes CCAAT box motifs present in many eukaryotic promoters. The mechanisms involved in regulating its activity are poorly understood.


References:

Zanetti, ME; Rípodas, C; Niebel, A. 2017. Plant NF-Y transcription factors: Key players in plant-microbe interactions, root development and adaptation to stress. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1860(5):645-654

Lang, D; Weiche, B; Timmerhaus, G; Richardt, S; Riano-Pachon, DM; Correa, LG; Reski, R; Mueller-Roeber, B; Rensing, SA. 2010. Genome-wide phylogenetic comparative analysis of plant transcriptional regulation: a timeline of loss, gain, expansion, and correlation with complexity. Genome Biol Evol. 2: 488-503"

Bernadt, CT; Nowling, T; Wiebe, MS; Rizzino, A. 2005. NF-Y behaves as a bifunctional transcription factor that can stimulate or repress the FGF-4 promoter in an enhancer-dependent manner. Gene Expr. 12(3):193-212"

Li, XY; Mantovani, R; Hooft van Huijsduijnen, R; Andre, I; Benoist, C; Mathis, D. 1992. Evolutionary variation of the CCAAT-binding transcription factor NF-Y. Nucleic Acids Res. 20(5):1087-91"

Name: NF-YC
Class: TF
Number of species containing the TAP: 552 (list)
Number of available proteins: 5235
Domain rules :

TAP distribution:
Minimum Maximum Average Median
1 60 9.4836956521739 8

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