Figure 1
From: In silico analysis of high affinity potassium transporter (HKT) isoforms in different plants
Different active transcription factors responding to salinity and drought stresses in ABA-dependent and ABA-independent pathways during the induction of stress genes. Various transcription factors are triggered in response to stresses and mediate their influence on stress genes mainly through two pathways. The transcription factors involved in ABA-dependent pathways are b-ZIP (basic leucin zipper), MYC (myelocytomatosis oncogene) and MYB (myeloblastosis oncogene), NAC (NAM, ATAF1,2 and CUC2), which interact with ABRE (ABA-responsive element) or MYCRS/MYBRS elements in the promoters of stress genes. Members of the ABA-independent pathways include a number of transcription factors, such as HD-ZIP (Homeodomain Leucine Zipper Protein) and DREB2 (DRE-binding protein), which are activated during salt and drought stresses. ATG means start codon, DRE / CRT (dehydration responsive element/C-repeat) and ERD1 (early responsive to dehydration1.