Guide to Plant Transcription Factors

Aryadeep Roychoudhury is currently serving as Professor in the Discipline of Life Sciences, School of Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi. Prior to joining IGNOU, he worked as Assistant Professor in the Postgraduate Department of Biotechnology at St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata. Prof. Roychoudhury completed his BSc (Honours) in Botany from Presidency College, Kolkata, and his MSc in Biophysics and Molecular Biology from the University of Calcutta. He obtained his PhD in Life Sciences from Bose Institute, Kolkata, under Jadavpur University, specializing in Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. With over 25 years of research experience, his current work focuses on the physiological and molecular responses of plants under diverse abiotic stresses, including fluoride toxicity, heavy metals, salinity, and drought, with particular emphasis on cell signaling pathways, signaling molecules, and elicitors. In recognition of his scientific contributions, Prof. Roychoudhury received the Young Scientist Award (2019) from the International Foundation for Environment and Ecology at the University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, India. He was also awarded the Distinguished Scientist Award (2024) by the Institute of Ecotoxicology and Environmental Sciences, India. His name has been included in the Stanford–Elsevier’s World’s Top 2% Scientists list.

• 1. Introduction to diverse groups of transcription factors and their functions in plants2. Structural diversity and databases of plant transcription factors3. Advanced techniques to study the interactions of transcription factor and promoter of target gene4. Transcription factors in the regulation of shoot development and shoot branching5. Plant transcription factors in root development6. Transcription factors in the regulation of flowering and floral Morphogenesis7. High nitrogen response and Rhizobium-legume symbiosis by plant transcription factors8. Light-dependent development and photomorphogenesis regulated by plant transcription factors9. Transcription factors regulating Rhizobium–legume symbiosis10. Transcription factor-mediated regulation of ripening of different fruits11. Regulation of seed maturation and seedling development by transcription factors12. Regulation of secondary metabolite synthesis by transcription factors in plants13. Crucial transcription factors involved in efficient Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation and secondary metabolite production14. Control of expression of target genes by transcription factors in plant physiological processes and stress resistance15. Post translational modification of transcription factors in plant development and stress response16. Transcription factor-based genetic engineering in plants for plant development and stress tolerance17. Transgenic Plants with Overexpression of Diverse Families of Transcription Factors for Abiotic and Biotic Stress Resistance18. Ubiquitination Dynamics: Regulating Plant Transcription Factors Under Environmental Challenges19. Role of basic leucine zipper transcription factors in plant development and stress tolerance20. Role of DREBs and CBFs in plant physiology and stress tolerance21. AP2/ERF and MYB transcription factors in the regulation of gene expression and signaling pathways22. NAC Transcription Factors; the key regulators for Plant Development, Stress responses and Genetic Engineering23. WRKY transcription factors: structural and functional regulation in development and stress tolerance24. MADS box transcription factors: exploring their diverse functions in plant development and stress response25.Zinc finger, basic helix loop helix and B3 domain transcription factors in plant development and stress tolerance26. NIN-like transcription factors in nitrate signaling in plants27. Homeobox, CUC, GRAS and Homeodomain–Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors: functional aspects and biotechnological considerations28. Structural analysis of TCP transcription factors and their functional regulation during abiotic stress in plants29. DOF transcription factors in the regulation of complex biological processes in plants30. Redox regulation of plant transcription factors31. Regulation of diverse groups of transcription factors during salts tress response in plants32. Regulation of diverse groups of transcription factors during drought stress33. Structural aspects and functional regulation of heat stress transcription factors34. Regulation of multiple transcription factors for UV-B response and high light intensity35.Transcription factors in cold stress response of plants36. Regulation of transcription factors and kinase signaling pathways during heavy metal stress in plants37. Modulation of function of transcription factors by diverse phytohormones38.Plant transcription factors in nutritional and nitrosative stress39: Transcription factors in immunity and pathogen resistance of Plants40: Functional regulation of diverse transcription factors in biotic stress resistance in plants