Ethylene-responsive element-binding factor(ERF)genes constitute one of the DNA-binding protein gene families in plants,and are transcription factors associated with ethylene signal transduction,developmental and physiological processes.In this paper,a new member of the AP2/ERF transcription factor family,GjERF,was isolated from Gardenia jasminoides fruit cDNA library.The GjERF cDNA is 962 bp,contains a predicated 780 bp open reading frame that encodes a protein of 259 amino acids with calculated molecular m...