Genome-wide survey and characterization of the WRKY gene family in Populus trichocarpa

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1199-1217

  He, Hongsheng ^a   Dong, Qing ^a   Shao, Yuanhua ^a   Jiang, Haiyang ^a   Zhu, Suwen ^a   Cheng, Beijiu ^a   Xiang, Yan ^a  

^a ANHUI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Duplication; Expression patterns; Phylogenetic analysis; Poplar; WRKY

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; EXON; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENOME; POPULUS; PROTEIN MOTIF;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; POPULUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

POPULUS TRICHOCARPA;

EID: 84862494693     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-012-1241-0     Document Type: Article

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