The WRKY superfamily of rice transcription factors

Plant Pathology Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 110-114

  Jang, Ji Young ^a   Choi, Chang Hyun ^a   Hwang, Duk Ju ^a  

^a National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Defense response; Jasmonic acid; Rice; Salicylic acid; WRKY transcription factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954986424     PISSN: 15982254     EISSN: 20939280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5423/PPJ.2010.26.2.110     Document Type: Review

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