Heterologous expression of OsWRKY6 gene in Arabidopsis activates the expression of defense related genes and enhances resistance to pathogens

Plant Science

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 316-323

  Hwang, Seon Hee ^a,b   Yie, Se Won ^b   Hwang, Duk Ju ^a  

^a National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Disease resistance; WRKY transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GENE; RICE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; XANTHOMONAS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; IMMUNITY, INNATE; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XANTHOMONAS;

ARABIDOPSIS; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS ORYZAE PV. ORYZAE;

EID: 79960339150     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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