Isolation and characterization of two pathogen- and salicylic acid-induced genes encoding WRKY DNA-binding proteins from tobacco

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 387-396

  Chen, Chunhong ^a   Chen, Zhixiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Hypersensitive responses; Plant defense responses; Salicylic acid; Tobacco mosaic virus; WRKY DNA binding proteins

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE INDUCTION; GENE ISOLATION; PATHOGENESIS RELATED GENE; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SALICYLATE HYDROXYLASE GENE; SALICYLIC ACID; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; TOBACCO; TWRKY3 GENE; TWRKY4 GENE; VIRUS INFECTION; WRKY DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PLANT; SALICYLIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TOBACCO; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; TRANSGENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 0034100145     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006399311615     Document Type: Article

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