TaWRKY71, a WRKY transcription factor from wheat, enhances tolerance to abiotic stress in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana

Cereal Research Communications

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-57

  Xu, Q ^a,b   Feng, W J ^a   Peng, H R ^a   Ni, Z F ^a   Sun, Q X ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

abiotic stress; seed germination; TaWRKY71; wheat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893359595     PISSN: 01333720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/CRC.2013.0051     Document Type: Article

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