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regulation of biotic and abiotic stress responses in plants. Front Microbiol 4:248
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spruce genome sequence and conifer genome evolution. Nature 497:579–584
Ogo Y, Kobayashi T, Nakanishi Itai R, Nakanishi H, Kakei Y, Takahashi M et al (2008) A novel
NAC transcription factor, IDEF2, that recognizes the iron deficiency-responsive element
2 regulates the genes involved in iron homeostasis in plants. J Biol Chem 283:13407–13417
Ohtani M, Nishikubo N, Xu B, Yamaguchi M, Mitsuda N, Goue N, Shi F, Ohme-Takagi M,
Demura T (2011) A NAC domain protein family contributing to the regulation of wood
formation in poplar. Plant J 67:499–512
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functionally diverse. Trends Plant Sci 10:79–87
Ooka H, Satoh K, Doi K, Nagata T, Otomo Y, Murakami K et al (2003) Comprehensive analysis
of NAC family genes in Oryza sativa and Arabidopsis thaliana. DNA Res 10:239–247
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xylogenesis using RNA-Seq. PLoS One 11:e0159407
Panchy N, Lehti-Shiu M, Shiu SH (2016) Evolution of gene duplication in plants. Plant Physiol
171:2294–2316
Pascual MB, Cánovas FM, Ávila C (2015) The NAC transcription factor family in maritime pine
(Pinus pinaster): molecular regulation of two genes involved in stress responses. BMC Plant
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Pascual MB, El-Azaz J, de la Torre F, Cañas RA, Ávila C, Cánovas FM (2016) Biosynthesis and
metabolic fate of phenylalanine in conifers. Front Plant Sci 7:1030
Pascual MB, Llebrés-Ávila MT, Craven-Bartle B, Cañas AR, Cánovas FM, Ávila C (2017)
PpNAC1, a main regulator of phenylalanine biosynthesis and utilization in maritime pine.
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Patzlaff A, McInnis S, Courtenay A, Surman S, Newman LJ, Smith C, Bevan MW et al (2003a)
Characterisation of a pine MYB that regulates lignification. Plant J 36:743–754
Patzlaff A, Newman LJ, Dubos C, Whetten RW, Smith C, McInnis S, Bevan MW et al (2003b)
Characterization of PtMYB1, an R2R3-MYB from pine xylem. Plant Mol Biol 53:597–608
Pinheiro GL, Marques CS, Costa MDBL, Reis PAB, Alves MS, Carvalho CM, Fietto LG,
Fontes EPB (2009) Complete inventory of soybean NAC transcription factors: sequence
conservation and expression analysis uncover their distinct roles in stress response. Gene
444:10–23
Puranik S, Sahu PP, Srivastava PS, Prasad M (2012) NAC proteins: regulation and role in stress
tolerance. Trends Plant Sci 17:369–381
Puranik S, Sahu PP, Mandal SN, Suresh VB, Parida SK, Prasad M (2013) Comprehensive genomewide survey, genomic constitution and expression profiling of the NAC transcription factor
family in foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.). PLoS One 8:e64594
Qin X, Zheng X, Huang X, Lii Y, Shao C, Xu Y, Chen F (2014) A novel transcription factor
JcNAC1 response to stress in new model woody plant Jatropha curcas. Planta 239:511–520
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encode transcription factor proteins in plants. In: Gonzalez DH (ed) Plant transcription factors.
Academic Press, Boston, MA, pp 73–97
Nakano Y, Yamaguchi M, Endo H, Rejab NA, Ohtani M (2015) NAC MYB-based transcriptional
regulation of secondary cell wall biosynthesis in land plants. Front Plant Sci 6:288
Niu F, Wang B, Wu F, Yan J, Li L, Wang C, Wang Y, Yang B, Jiang YQ (2014) Canola (Brassica
napus L.) NAC103 transcription factor gene is a novel player inducing reactive oxygen species
accumulation and cell death in plants. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 454:30–35
Nuruzzaman M, Sharoni AM, Satoh K, Kondoh H, Hosaka A, Kikuchi S (2012) A genome-wide
survey of the NAC transcription factor family in monocots and eudicots. In: Introduction
to genetics – DNA methylation, histone modification and gene regulation. iConcept Press,
Hong Kong. ISBN 978-14775549-4-4
Nuruzzaman M, Sharoni AM, Kikuchi S (2013) Roles of NAC transcription factors in the
regulation of biotic and abiotic stress responses in plants. Front Microbiol 4:248
Nystedt B, Street NR, Wetterbom A, Zuccolo A, Lin YC, Scofield DG et al (2013) The Norway
spruce genome sequence and conifer genome evolution. Nature 497:579–584
Ogo Y, Kobayashi T, Nakanishi Itai R, Nakanishi H, Kakei Y, Takahashi M et al (2008) A novel
NAC transcription factor, IDEF2, that recognizes the iron deficiency-responsive element
2 regulates the genes involved in iron homeostasis in plants. J Biol Chem 283:13407–13417
Ohtani M, Nishikubo N, Xu B, Yamaguchi M, Mitsuda N, Goue N, Shi F, Ohme-Takagi M,
Demura T (2011) A NAC domain protein family contributing to the regulation of wood
formation in poplar. Plant J 67:499–512
Olsen AN, Ernst HA, Leggio LL, Skriver K (2005) NAC transcription factors: structurally distinct,
functionally diverse. Trends Plant Sci 10:79–87
Ooka H, Satoh K, Doi K, Nagata T, Otomo Y, Murakami K et al (2003) Comprehensive analysis
of NAC family genes in Oryza sativa and Arabidopsis thaliana. DNA Res 10:239–247
Ouyang K, Li J, Zhao X, Que Q, Li P, Juang H, Deng X, Singh SK, Wu AM, Chen X (2016)
Transcriptomic analysis of multipurpose timber yielding tree Neolamarckia cadamba during
xylogenesis using RNA-Seq. PLoS One 11:e0159407
Panchy N, Lehti-Shiu M, Shiu SH (2016) Evolution of gene duplication in plants. Plant Physiol
171:2294–2316
Pascual MB, Cánovas FM, Ávila C (2015) The NAC transcription factor family in maritime pine
(Pinus pinaster): molecular regulation of two genes involved in stress responses. BMC Plant
Biol 15:254
Pascual MB, El-Azaz J, de la Torre F, Cañas RA, Ávila C, Cánovas FM (2016) Biosynthesis and
metabolic fate of phenylalanine in conifers. Front Plant Sci 7:1030
Pascual MB, Llebrés-Ávila MT, Craven-Bartle B, Cañas AR, Cánovas FM, Ávila C (2017)
PpNAC1, a main regulator of phenylalanine biosynthesis and utilization in maritime pine.
Plant Biotechnol J. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.12854
Patzlaff A, McInnis S, Courtenay A, Surman S, Newman LJ, Smith C, Bevan MW et al (2003a)
Characterisation of a pine MYB that regulates lignification. Plant J 36:743–754
Patzlaff A, Newman LJ, Dubos C, Whetten RW, Smith C, McInnis S, Bevan MW et al (2003b)
Characterization of PtMYB1, an R2R3-MYB from pine xylem. Plant Mol Biol 53:597–608
Pinheiro GL, Marques CS, Costa MDBL, Reis PAB, Alves MS, Carvalho CM, Fietto LG,
Fontes EPB (2009) Complete inventory of soybean NAC transcription factors: sequence
conservation and expression analysis uncover their distinct roles in stress response. Gene
444:10–23
Puranik S, Sahu PP, Srivastava PS, Prasad M (2012) NAC proteins: regulation and role in stress
tolerance. Trends Plant Sci 17:369–381
Puranik S, Sahu PP, Mandal SN, Suresh VB, Parida SK, Prasad M (2013) Comprehensive genomewide survey, genomic constitution and expression profiling of the NAC transcription factor
family in foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.). PLoS One 8:e64594
Qin X, Zheng X, Huang X, Lii Y, Shao C, Xu Y, Chen F (2014) A novel transcription factor
JcNAC1 response to stress in new model woody plant Jatropha curcas. Planta 239:511–520
NAC Transcription Factors in Woody Plants
219