OsWRKY30 is activated by MAP kinases to confer drought tolerance in rice

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 241-253

  Shen, Huaishun ^a,b   Liu, Citao ^b,c   Zhang, Yi ^b   Meng, Xiuping ^b   Zhou, Xin ^a   Chu, Chengcai ^c   Wang, Xiping ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b National Engineering Research Center for Molecular Crop Design   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Drought tolerance; MAPK; Phosphorylation; Transcriptional activation; WRKY

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866147992     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-012-9941-y     Document Type: Article

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