Current Understanding of bHLH Transcription Factors in Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance

FIT and bHLH Ib transcription factors modulate iron and copper crosstalk in Arabidopsis

(2021) Yuerong Cai et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Genome-wide identification of PbrbHLH family genes, and expression analysis in response to drought and cold stresses in pear (Pyrus bretschneideri)

(2021) Huizhen Dong et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of bHLH transcription factor family in response to cold stress in sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.)

(2021) Tianjiao Shen et al.   SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE

The bHLH network underlying plant shade‐avoidance

(2020) Sara Buti et al.   PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM

Systematic analysis of the basic/helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factor family in pummelo (Citrus grandis) and identification of the key members involved in the response to iron deficiency

(2020) Xiao-Yong Zhang et al.   BMC GENOMICS

MYB transcription factor PdMYB118 directly interacts with bHLH transcription factor PdTT8 to regulate wound-induced anthocyanin biosynthesis in poplar

(2020) Haihai Wang et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

The bHLH gene family and its response to saline stress in Jilin ginseng, Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer

(2020) Lei Zhu et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

Expression of the subgroup IIIf bHLH transcription factor CpbHLH1 from Chimonanthus praecox (L.) in transgenic model plants inhibits anthocyanin accumulation

(2020) Rong Zhao et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Abnormal expression of bHLH3 disrupts a flavonoid homeostasis network, causing differences in pigment composition among mulberry fruits

(2020) Han Li et al.   Horticulture Research

Genome-wide identification and characterization of cucumber bHLH family genes and the functional characterization of CsbHLH041 in NaCl and ABA tolerance in Arabidopsis and cucumber

(2020) Jialin Li et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

The apple bHLH transcription factor MdbHLH3 functions in determining the fruit carbohydrates and malate

(2020) Jian‐Qiang Yu et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

The bHLH protein OsIRO3 is critical for plant survival and iron (Fe) homeostasis in rice (Oryza sativa L.) under Fe-deficient conditions

(2020) Fan Wang et al.   SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT NUTRITION

Overexpression of RmICE1, a bHLH transcription factor from Rosa multiflora, enhances cold tolerance via modulating ROS levels and activating the expression of stress-responsive genes

(2020) Ping Luo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

PsbHLH1, a novel transcription factor involved in regulating anthocyanin biosynthesis in tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)

(2020) Yu Qi et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

MdbHLH130, an Apple bHLH Transcription Factor, Confers Water Stress Resistance by Regulating Stomatal Closure and ROS Homeostasis in Transgenic Tobacco

(2020) Qiang Zhao et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of the bHLH Transcription Factor Family in Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)

(2020) Zhishuo Zhang et al.   Frontiers in Genetics

OsIRO3 Plays an Essential Role in Iron Deficiency Responses and Regulates Iron Homeostasis in Rice

(2020) Wujian Wang et al.   Plants-Basel

MfbHLH38, a Myrothamnus flabellifolia bHLH transcription factor, confers tolerance to drought and salinity stresses in Arabidopsis

(2020) Jia-Rui Qiu et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Maize bHLH55 functions positively in salt tolerance through modulation of AsA biosynthesis by directly regulating GDP-mannose pathway genes

(2020) Chunmei Yu et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Role of Suaeda salsa SsNRT2.1 in nitrate uptake under low nitrate and high saline conditions

(2020) Ranran Liu et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

The Transcriptional Control of Iron Homeostasis in Plants: A Tale of bHLH Transcription Factors?

(2019) Fei Gao et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Salt-Enhanced Reproductive Development of Suaeda salsa L. Coincided With Ion Transporter Gene Upregulation in Flowers and Increased Pollen K+ Content

(2019) Jianrong Guo et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Transcriptional integration of the responses to iron availability in Arabidopsis by the bHLH factor ILR3

(2019) Nicolas Tissot et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Genome-wide identification and analyses of bHLH family genes in Brassica napus

(2019) Wei Shen et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCE

Expression of AoNHX1 increases salt tolerance of rice and Arabidopsis, and bHLH transcription factors regulate AtNHX1 and AtNHX6 in Arabidopsis

(2019) Pannaga Krishnamurthy et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Mutation of a bHLH transcription factor allowed almond domestication

(2019) R. Sánchez-Pérez et al.   SCIENCE

Anthocyanin Synthesis and the Expression Patterns of bHLH Transcription Factor Family during Development of the Chinese Jujube Fruit (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.)

(2019) Qianqian Shi et al.   Forests

DlICE1, a stress-responsive gene from Dimocarpus longan, enhances cold tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis

(2019) Xiaoyan Yang et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Dissecting the Role of a Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factor, SlbHLH22, Under Salt and Drought Stresses in Transgenic Solanum lycopersicum L.

(2019) Muhammad Waseem et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

A novel bHLH transcription factor, NtbHLH1, modulates iron homeostasis in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.)

(2019) Yang-Yang Li et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Basic helix–loop–helix (bHLH) gene family in Tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum): Genome-wide identification, phylogeny, evolutionary expansion and expression analyses

(2019) Wenjun Sun et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES

A phyB-PIF1-SPA1 kinase regulatory complex promotes photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis

(2019) Inyup Paik et al.   Nature Communications

A bHLH transcription factor, MYC2, imparts salt intolerance by regulating proline biosynthesis in Arabidopsis

(2019) Deepanjali Verma et al.   FEBS Journal

NaCl markedly improved the reproductive capacity of the euhalophyte Suaeda salsa

(2018) Jianrong Guo et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Two soybean bHLH factors regulate response to iron deficiency

(2018) Lin Li et al.   Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Overexpression of Fagopyrum tataricum FtbHLH2 enhances tolerance to cold stress in transgenic Arabidopsis

(2018) Panfeng Yao et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of the Potato bHLH Transcription Factor Family

(2018) Ruoqiu Wang et al.   Genes

Comparative functional genomics analysis of bHLH gene family in rice, maize and wheat

(2018) Kaifa Wei et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Analysis of bHLH genes from foxtail millet (Setaria italica) and their potential relevance to drought stress

(2018) Pengfei Wang et al.   PLoS One

bHLH transcription factor bHLH115 regulates iron homeostasis in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2017) Gang Liang et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Genome-wide analysis of basic/helix-loop-helix gene family in peanut and assessment of its roles in pod development

(2017) Chao Gao et al.   PLoS One

Wheat bHLH-type transcription factor gene TabHLH1 is crucial in mediating osmotic stresses tolerance through modulating largely the ABA-associated pathway

(2016) Tongren Yang et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Two bHLH Transcription Factors, bHLH34 and bHLH104, Regulate Iron Homeostasis inArabidopsis thaliana

(2016) Xiaoli Li et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The Antirrhinum AmDEL gene enhances flavonoids accumulation and salt and drought tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis

(2016) Feibing Wang et al.   PLANTA

Genome-wide characterization and expression analysis of common bean bHLH transcription factors in response to excess salt concentration

(2015) Musa Kavas et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

The bHLH Transcription Factor bHLH104 Interacts with IAA-LEUCINE RESISTANT3 and Modulates Iron Homeostasis in Arabidopsis

(2015) Jie Zhang et al.   PLANT CELL

The bHLH Transcription Factors TSAR1 and TSAR2 Regulate Triterpene Saponin Biosynthesis in Medicago truncatula

(2015) Jan Mertens et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Sodium chloride improves seed vigour of the euhalophyte Suaeda salsa

(2015) Jianrong Guo et al.   SEED SCIENCE RESEARCH

Using euhalophytes to understand salt tolerance and to develop saline agriculture: Suaeda salsa as a promising model

(2014) Jie Song et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

A novel bHLH transcription factor PebHLH35 from Populus euphratica confers drought tolerance through regulating stomatal development, photosynthesis and growth in Arabidopsis

(2014) Yan Dong et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

The grapevine basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factor positively modulates CBF-pathway and confers tolerance to cold-stress in Arabidopsis

(2014) Weirong Xu et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS

Abiotic and biotic stress combinations

(2014) Nobuhiro Suzuki et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Cloning and Characterization of AabHLH1, a bHLH Transcription Factor that Positively Regulates Artemisinin Biosynthesis in Artemisia annua

(2014) Yunpeng Ji et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Chinese Wild-Growing Vitis amurensis ICE1 and ICE2 Encode MYC-Type bHLH Transcription Activators that Regulate Cold Tolerance in Arabidopsis

(2014) Weirong Xu et al.   PLoS One

A bHLH transcription factor regulates iron intake under Fe deficiency in chrysanthemum

(2014) Min Zhao et al.   Scientific Reports

Learning from halophytes: physiological basis and strategies to improve abiotic stress tolerance in crops

(2013) Sergey Shabala   ANNALS OF BOTANY

bHLH122is important for drought and osmotic stress resistance inArabidopsisand in the repression of ABA catabolism

(2013) Wenwen Liu et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Molecular characterization of cold-responsive basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors MabHLHs that interact with MaICE1 in banana fruit

(2013) Huan-huan Peng et al.   PLANTA

Arabidopsis CRY2 and ZTL mediate blue-light regulation of the transcription factor CIB1 by distinct mechanisms

(2013) H. Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Assessing agricultural risks of climate change in the 21st century in a global gridded crop model intercomparison

(2013) Cynthia Rosenzweig et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Multiple bHLH Proteins form Heterodimers to Mediate CRY2-Dependent Regulation of Flowering-Time in Arabidopsis

(2013) Yawen Liu et al.   PLoS Genetics

The cold-induced basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor gene MdCIbHLH1 encodes an ICE-like protein in apple

(2012) Xiao-Ming Feng et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Overexpression of OrbHLH001, a putative helix–loop–helix transcription factor, causes increased expression of AKT1 and maintains ionic balance under salt stress in rice

(2012) Yuan Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Requirement and Functional Redundancy of Ib Subgroup bHLH Proteins for Iron Deficiency Responses and Uptake in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2012) Ning Wang et al.   Molecular Plant

The non-DNA-binding bHLH transcription factor PRE3/bHLH135/ATBS1/TMO7 is involved in the regulation of light signaling pathway in Arabidopsis

(2012) Mathieu Castelain et al.   PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM

The bHLH transcription factor MdbHLH3 promotes anthocyanin accumulation and fruit colouration in response to low temperature in apples

(2012) XING-BIN XIE et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

The Jasmonate-ZIM-Domain Proteins Interact with the WD-Repeat/bHLH/MYB Complexes to Regulate Jasmonate-Mediated Anthocyanin Accumulation and Trichome Initiation inArabidopsis thaliana

(2011) Tiancong Qi et al.   PLANT CELL

Regulation of tissue-specific expression of SPATULA, a bHLH gene involved in carpel development, seedling germination, and lateral organ growth in Arabidopsis

(2010) Michael Groszmann et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The bHLH Transcription Factor POPEYE Regulates Response to Iron Deficiency in Arabidopsis Roots

(2010) T. A. Long et al.   PLANT CELL

Overexpression of a homopeptide repeat-containing bHLH protein gene (OrbHLH001) from Dongxiang Wild Rice confers freezing and salt tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis

(2010) Fei Li et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

OsbHLH148, a basic helix-loop-helix protein, interacts with OsJAZ proteins in a jasmonate signaling pathway leading to drought tolerance in rice

(2010) Ju-Seok Seo et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Origin and Diversification of Basic-Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins in Plants

(2009) N. Pires et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Functional characterization of the Arabidopsis bHLH92 transcription factor in abiotic stress

(2009) Yuanqing Jiang et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

Photoexcited CRY2 Interacts with CIB1 to Regulate Transcription and Floral Initiation in Arabidopsis

(2008) H. Liu et al.   SCIENCE

Effect of salinity on germination, seedling emergence, seedling growth and ion accumulation of a euhalophyte Suaeda salsa in an intertidal zone and on saline inland

(2007) Jie Song et al.   AQUATIC BOTANY