An ethylene response factor OsWR1 responsive to drought stress transcriptionally activates wax synthesis related genes and increases wax production in rice

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 275-288

  Wang, Youhua ^a,b,c   Wan, Liyun ^a   Zhang, Lixia ^a   Zhang, Zhijin ^a,b,c   Zhang, Haiwen ^a,b,c   Quan, Ruidang ^a,b,c   Zhou, Shirong ^a,b,c   Huang, Rongfeng ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b National Key Facility of Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cuticle; Drought tolerance; Ethylene response factor OsWR1; Rice; Wax synthesis

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WAX; WIN1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DROUGHT; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PROMOTER REGION; RICE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ABSCISIC ACID; ACCLIMATIZATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DROUGHTS; ETHYLENES; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; WAXES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84855900027     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-011-9861-2     Document Type: Article

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