ZFP36L2 and infection: The respective promoter of OsjDIR21, OsjDIR29, OsjDIR35, OsjDIR36 and OsjDIR37 contains binding motifs of transcription factors such as DREB1A, WRKY25, WRKY26, CEJ1, ERF2, WRKY18 and WRKY29 (Supplemental Table S4), which have been well documented to regulate gene expression related to drought stress, salt stress, heat stress and pathogen infection [31,32,33,34].