Understanding the Integrated Pathways and Mechanisms of Transporters, Protein Kinases, and Transcription Factors in Plants under Salt Stress

Table 1

List of transcription factors associated with salinity.

Family	DNA-binding domains	Cis-acting element	Plant species	Genes involved in salt response	Reference
NAC	NAC domain	NAC recognition sequence (TCNACACGCATGT)	Arabidopsis	AtNAC2; AtNAC019; AtNAC055; AtNAC072	[46, 96]
			Oryza sativa	OsNAC6; SNAC1; SNAC2	[97–99]
			Cicer arietinum	CarNAC5	[100]
			Triticum aestivum	TaNAC4	[101]
			Gossypium hirsutum	GhNAC4; GhNAC6	[102]
			Setaria italica	SiNAC	[103]
MYB	MYB domain	MYBR (TAACNA/G)	Arabidopsis	AtMYB2 AtMYB4; AtMYB6; AtMYB7; AtMYB44; AtMYB73; MYB15	[104–107]
			Glycine max	GmMYB76 GmMYB92	[108]
WRKY	WRKYGQK domain	W-box (TTGACT/C)	Oryza sativa	OsWRKY45	[109]
			Nicotiana benthamiana	NbWRKY	[110]
			Glycine max	GmWRKY21 GmWRKY54 GmWRKY13 GmMYB177	[108, 111]
ERF/DREB	AP2/ERF domain	DRE sequence, GCC box (AGCCGCC), and (TACCGACAT)	Arabidopsis	DREB2A; DREB2C	[112, 113]
			Oryza sativa	OsDREB1A OsDREB1C OsDREB1F; OsDREB2A	[114, 115]
			Hordeum vulgare	HvDRF1; HvDREB1	[116, 117]
			Zea mays	ZmDREB2A	[118]
			Pennisetum glaucum	PgDREB2A	[119]
			Setaria italica	SiDREB2	[120]
			Capsicum annum	CaDREBLP1	[121]
			Artiplex hortensis	AhDREB1	[122]
			Glycine max	GmDREBbGmDREBc; GmDREB2	[123, 124]
			Dendronthema x moriforlium	DmDREBa	[125]
			Cicer arietinum	CAP2	[126]
			Salicornia brachiata	SbDREB2A	[127]
bZIP	bZIP domain	GLM (GTGAGTCAT), ABRE (CCACGTGG),; GCN4-like-motif (GTGAGTCAT),; C-box (GACGTC),; A-box (TACGTA),; G-box (CACGTG),; PB-like(TGAAAA), GLM (GTGAGTCAT	Arabidopsis	ABF2; ABF3; ABF4	[128]
			Glycine max	GmbZIP44; GmbZIP62; GmbZIP78; GmbZIP132	[129]
			Triticum aestivum	Wlip19	[130]
			Oryza sativa	OsABI5; OsbZIP23	[131, 132]
			Zea mays	ZmbZIP17	[133]
			Solanum lycopersicum	SlAREB	[134]