Transcription factors (TFs) of Acropora echinata are usually classified into different families according to their conserved DBDs, which was based on the rule of AnimalTFDB 4.0 and self-build HMM profiles.
| ESR-like(16) | Miscellaneous(17) | NGFIB-like(16) | RXR-like(18) | THR-like(16) | |
| GCNF-like(16) | Homeobox(140) | zf-CCCH(22) | ZBTB(128) | DM(10) | |
| Fork_head(27) | zf-C2H2(105) | SRF(2) | zf-C2HC(7) | SF-like(16) | |
| RFX(6) | E2F(5) | PAX(12) | HMG(39) | TSC22(3) | |
| zf-LITAF-like(6) | zf-GAGA(3) | bHLH(75) | IRF(5) | zf-GATA(6) | |
| ARID(9) | zf-BED(3) | Pou(5) | THAP(39) | CSD(6) | |
| HSF(4) | TF_bZIP(33) | MYB(25) | Nrf1(2) | SAND(2) | |
| MBD(8) | CSRNP_N(2) | AP-2(3) | T-box(9) | GCFC(3) | |
| P53(7) | CG-1(4) | CUT(3) | ETS(13) | HMGA(1) | |
| zf-NF-X1(1) | AF-4(1) | RHD(5) | MH1(8) | CP2(3) | |
| zf-MIZ(4) | LRRFIP(2) | COE(1) | PC4(1) | Tub(1) | |
| TEA(2) | STAT(2) | CTF_NFI(1) | GCM(1) | CBF(1) | |
| Runt(2) | CSL(1) | NCU-G1(1) | GTF2I(1) |