Arabidopsis transcription factor WRKY8 functions antagonistically with its interacting partner VQ9 to modulate salinity stress tolerance

Plant Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 730-745

  Hu, Yanru ^a,b   Chen, Ligang ^a   Wang, Houping ^a,b   Zhang, Liping ^a   Wang, Fang ^a   Yu, Diqiu ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; ion homeostasis; RD29A; salt stress; VQ9; WRKY8

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ION HOMEOSTASIS; RD29A; SALT STRESSS; VQ9; WRKY8;

CHLOROPHYLL; CULTIVATION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; POTASSIUM; RD29A PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VQ9 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; WRKY8 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HALOPHYTE; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALINITY; SALT TOLERANCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL NUCLEUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOMEOSTASIS; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POTASSIUM; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALINITY; SALT-TOLERANCE; SALT-TOLERANT PLANTS; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 84878124057     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12159     Document Type: Article

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