WRKY Transcription Factors in Wheat and Their Induction by Biotic and Abiotic Stress

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1053-1067

  Zhu, Xinlei ^a   Liu, Shuwei ^a   Meng, Chen ^a   Qin, Lumin ^a   Kong, Lina ^a   Xia, Guangmin ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Somatic hybridization; Triticum aestivum; Variation; WRKY domain

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84883445720     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-013-0565-4     Document Type: Article

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