Figure 7
Analysis of changes in transcript abundance for genes encoding transcription factors. All the genes encoding transcription factors were collated for Arabidopsis and rice and the distribution of these transcription factor families changing in abundance within the total stress responsive sets were examined for A) drought (blue), B) salt (yellow), C) cold (pink) and D) heat (green). The distribution of transcripts encoding transcription factors in each family, within is stress responsive subset (e.g. Up drought) was compared to the percentage present in the respective genome. In this way, over/under-represented transcription factor families within each subset could be determined for Arabidopsis and rice separately. Over- or under-representation is indicated by red or blue asterisk respectively (at p < 0.01). Note that some transcription factor families were statistically significant at p < 0.025, these are indicated by ^. The % breakdown of each family within each subset is shown next to the genome (lighter shades - Arabidopsis, darker shades (rice).