GhWRKY15, a member of the WRKY transcription factor family identified from cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.), is involved in disease resistance and plant development

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Yu, Feifei ^a   Huaxia, Yifeng ^a   Lu, Wenjing ^a   Wu, Changai ^a   Cao, Xuecheng ^a   Guo, Xingqi ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cotton; Disease resistance; GhWRKY15; Plant development; ROS; SA

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; JASMONIC ACID METHYL ESTER; OXYLIPIN; PARAQUAT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SALICYLIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DROUGHT; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GOSSYPIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GENE; PLANT IMMUNITY; PLANT ROOT; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; TOBACCO; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIROLOGY;

ACETATES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL NUCLEUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYCLOPENTANES; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DROUGHTS; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GOSSYPIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYLIPINS; PARAQUAT; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT IMMUNITY; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SALICYLIC ACID; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TOBACCO; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84864826347     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-12-144     Document Type: Article

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