MlWRKY12, a novel Miscanthus transcription factor, participates in pith secondary cell wall formation and promotes flowering

Plant Science

Volumn 212, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-9

  Yu, Yanchong ^a   Hu, Ruibo ^a   Wang, Huamei ^a   Cao, Yingping ^a   He, Guo ^a   Fu, Chunxiang ^a   Zhou, Gongke ^a  

^a QINGDAO INSTITUTE OF BIOENERGY AND BIOPROCESS TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Flowering time; Miscanthus; MlWRKY12; Secondary cell wall

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; GIBBERELLIC ACID; GIBBERELLIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; COLD; FLOWER; FLOWERING TIME; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MISCANTHUS; MLWRKY12; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT CELL; POACEAE; SECONDARY CELL WALL; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

FLOWERING TIME; MISCANTHUS; MLWRKY12; SECONDARY CELL WALL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL WALL; COLD TEMPERATURE; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GIBBERELLINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOTOPERIOD; PHYLOGENY; PLANT CELLS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POACEAE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 84883038469     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2013.07.010     Document Type: Article

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