AFT (activator of iron transcription) is an iron regulated transcriptional activator that regulates the expression of genes involved in iron homeostasis. This family includes the paralogous pair of transcription factors AFT1 and AFT2.

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2: Aft1p and Aft2p mediate iron-responsive gene expression in yeast through related promoter elements. Rutherford JC, Jaron S, Winge DR; J Biol Chem. 2003;278:27636-27643. PMID:12756250

3: The natural history of the WRKY-GCM1 zinc fingers and the relationship between transcription factors and transposons. Babu MM, Iyer LM, Balaji S, Aravind L; Nucleic Acids Res. 2006; [Epub ahead of print] PMID:17130173