Defense-related transcription factors WRKY70 and WRKY54 modulate osmotic stress tolerance by regulating stomatal aperture in Arabidopsis

New Phytologist

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 457-472

  Li, Jing ^a   Besseau, Sebastien ^b   Törönen, Petri ^a,c   Sipari, Nina ^a   Kollist, Hannes ^d   Holm, Liisa ^a,c   Palva, E Tapio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid (ABA); Arabidopsis; Gene regulation; Osmotic stress; Salicylic acid (SA); Stomata; WRKY transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; ANGIOSPERM; GENE EXPRESSION; PLANT DEFENSE; SALICYLIC ACID; SENESCENCE; STOMATA; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; STRESS; WATER RETENTION;

ARABIDOPSIS;

ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; PHYTOHORMONE; PROLINE; SALICYLIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WATER; WRKY TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WRKY54 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; WRKY70 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ABSCISIC ACID (ABA); ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OSMOTIC STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STOMA; SALICYLIC ACID (SA); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMATA; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ABSCISIC ACID (ABA); ARABIDOPSIS; GENE REGULATION; OSMOTIC STRESS; SALICYLIC ACID (SA); STOMATA; WRKY TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT STOMATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROLINE; SALICYLIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 84884418303     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12378     Document Type: Article

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