Abstract:In this article, transcription factor genes involved in cold stress regulation were screened using microarray hybridization method to study the regulatory mechanism of gene expression in the leaves of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L. cultivar Huayu19). The results indicated that the expression of 175 genes in peanut leaves functioning in transcription regulation had more than 2-fold changes under cold condition. Among which, 92 genes were up-regulated and 83 were down-regulated. Gene functional classification analysis indicated that 53 up-regulated genes and 46 down-regulated genes encode transcription factors. Further analysis indicated that transcription factors involved in peanut cold stress regulation mainly included MYB, WRKY, NAC, AP2/ERF family members, and so on. In addition, some transcription factors involved in peanut cold stress regulation hadn‘t known conserved domain. This study offered some candidate transcription factor genes as gene resources of tolerance to cold stress and provided theoretical basis for molecular study of abiotic stress regulation in peanut.