Identification and expression profiles of the WRKY transcription factor family in Ricinus communis

Gene

Volumn 503, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 248-253

  Li, Hui Liang ^a   Zhang, Liang Bo ^b   Guo, Dong ^a   Li, Chang Zhu ^b   Peng, Shi Qing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUNAN ACADEMY OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Differential expression; Ricinus communis; WRKY transcription factor

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR WRKY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLANT GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RICE; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BASE SEQUENCE; CASTOR BEAN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; RICINUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 84861827383     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.04.069     Document Type: Article

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