Constitutive expression of a salinity-induced wheat WRKY transcription factor enhances salinity and ionic stress tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 441, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 476-481

  Qin, Yuxiang ^a   Tian, Yanchen ^b   Han, Lu ^a   Yang, Xinchao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JINAN   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Salinity stress; Transgene; Wheat; WRKY transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR WRKY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IONIC STRESS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ROOT GROWTH; SALINITY; SALT STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UPREGULATION;

ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SALINITY; SALT-TOLERANCE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRITICUM;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84887988015     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.10.088     Document Type: Article

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