ZmWRKY33, a WRKY maize transcription factor conferring enhanced salt stress tolerances in Arabidopsis

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 207-216

  Li, Hua ^a   Gao, Yong ^a   Xu, Hu ^a   Dai, Yi ^a   Deng, Deqiang ^a   Chen, Jianmin ^a  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Maize; Overexpression; WRKY transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84878923157     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: 15735087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-013-9792-9     Document Type: Article

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