Molecular characterization of 26 cotton WRKY genes that are expressed differentially in tissues and are induced in seedlings under high salinity and osmotic stress

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 141-156

  Zhou, Li ^a   Wang, Na Na ^a   Kong, Lu ^a   Gong, Si Ying ^a   Li, Yang ^a   Li, Xue Bao ^a  

^a CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum); Gene expression; Phylogenetic relationship; WRKY transcription factor

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; SEED; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TISSUE; TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC;

ABIOTIC STRESS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS; PUTATIVE FUNCTIONS; QUANTITATIVE RT-PCR; RELATIVE DISTANCES;

COTTON;

EID: 84910110929     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: 15735044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-014-0520-6     Document Type: Article

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