WRKY46 functions as a transcriptional repressor of ALMT1, regulating aluminum-induced malate secretion in Arabidopsis

Plant Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 825-835

  Ding, Zhong Jie ^a   Yan, Jing Ying ^a   Xu, Xiao Yan ^a   Li, Gui Xin ^b   Zheng, Shao Jian ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ALMT1; Aluminum; Arabidopsis thaliana; malate secretion; WRKY46

Indexed keywords

ALMT1; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MALATE SECRETION; NEGATIVE REGULATORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REPRESSORS; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION ANALYSIS; WRKY46;

CULTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOILS;

ALUMINUM;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ALMT1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ALUMINUM; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; MALIC ACID; MALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WRKY46 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ALMT1; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALATE SECRETION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT EXUDATE; PLANT ROOT; PROMOTER REGION; WRKY46;

ALMT1; ALUMINUM; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MALATE SECRETION; WRKY46;

ALUMINUM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MALATES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTERS; PLANT EXUDATES; PLANT ROOTS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84889084561     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12337     Document Type: Article

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