Table 1

Distributions of transcription factor families across major plant species

At

Zm

Os

Gm

Lj

Mt

Sb

Pt

Pp

Cr

Vv

Rc

AP2

162

251

186

381

16

63

153

207

153

16

124

111

bZIP

116

119

130

176

6

27

89

90

38

14

48

50

bHLH

183

207

203

393

16

47

148

172

102

9

110

112

homeobox

105

121

132

319

15

35

81

129

44

1

74

66

MYB

212

192

193

791

14

56

165

210

89

0

151

105

NAC/NAM

132

149

146

208

15

31

111

174

32

0

81

92

WRKY

89

141

123

197

8

39

92

103

37

1

59

58

ZF-C2H2

98

114

117

395

19

49

88

101

51

5

67

78

Other TF

641

957

883

2823

99

244

524

771

277

167

352

797

Total

1738

2251

2113

5671

208

591

1451

1957

823

213

1066

1469

%

At

Zm

Os

Gm

Lj

Mt

Sb

Pt

Pp

Cr

Vv

Rc

AP2

9%

11%

9%

7%

8%

11%

11%

11%

19%

8%

12%

8%

bZIP

7%

5%

6%

3%

3%

5%

6%

5%

5%

7%

5%

3%

bHLH

11%

9%

10%

7%

8%

8%

10%

9%

12%

4%

10%

8%

homeobox

6%

5%

6%

6%

7%

6%

6%

7%

5%

0%

7%

4%

MYB

12%

9%

9%

14%

7%

9%

11%

11%

11%

0%

14%

7%

NAC/NAM

8%

7%

7%

4%

7%

5%

8%

9%

4%

0%

8%

6%

WRKY

5%

6%

6%

3%

4%

7%

6%

5%

4%

0%

6%

4%

ZF-C2H2

6%

5%

6%

7%

9%

8%

6%

5%

6%

2%

6%

5%

Other TF

37%

43%

42%

50%

48%

41%

36%

39%

34%

78%

33%

54%

Total

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

Wang et al. BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:14   doi:10.1186/1471-2229-10-14