A WRKY gene from Tamarix hispida, ThWRKY4, mediates abiotic stress responses by modulating reactive oxygen species and expression of stress-responsive genes

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 303-320

  Zheng, Lei ^a   Liu, Guifeng ^a   Meng, Xiangnan ^b   Liu, Yujia ^a   Ji, Xiaoyu ^a   Li, Yanbang ^a   Nie, Xianguang ^a   Wang, Yucheng ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Heilongjiang Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Abscisic acid; Gene expression regulation; Reactive oxygen species; Tamarix hispida; WRKY transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DROUGHT; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; TAMARICACEAE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ABSCISIC ACID; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TAMARICACEAE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; TAMARIX HISPIDA;

EID: 84879157775     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-013-0063-y     Document Type: Article

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