GhWRKY39, a member of the WRKY transcription factor family in cotton, has a positive role in disease resistance and salt stress tolerance

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 17-32

  Shi, Weina ^a   Liu, Dongdong ^a   Hao, Lili ^a   Wu, Chang ai ^a   Guo, Xingqi ^a   Li, Han ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abiotic stresses; Antioxidation; Biotic stress; Disease resistance; GhWRKY39; Salt tolerance

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; COTTON; ENZYMES; GENES; OXYGEN; PATHOGENS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ANTI-OXIDATION; BIOTIC STRESS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GHWRKY39; SALT TOLERANCE;

TRANSCRIPTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA;

EID: 84902345193     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-014-0458-8     Document Type: Article

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