Tobacco transcription factor WRKY4 is a modulator of leaf development and disease resistance

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 684-690

  Ren, X J ^a,b   Huang, W D ^a   Li, W Z ^c   Yu, D Q ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

antiviral defense; leaf morphogenesis; Nicotiana tabacum L.; salicylic acid

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA TABACUM; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 77957116458     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-010-0121-0     Document Type: Article

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