phenomenon. In the present investigation, a heat shock factor (HSF) gene expressing
preferentially in developing seed tissues of wheat grown under high temperatures was
cloned. This newly identified heat shock factor possesses the characteristic domains of class
A type plant HSFs and shows high similarity to rice OsHsfA2d, hence named as TaHsfA2d.
The transcription factor activity of TaHsfA2d was confirmed through transactivation assay in …