Overexpression of a maize WRKY58 gene enhances drought and salt tolerance in transgenic rice

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 565-577

  Cai, Ronghao ^a   Zhao, Yang ^a   Wang, Yufu ^a   Lin, Yongxiang ^a   Peng, Xiaojian ^a   Li, Qian ^a   Chang, Yuwei ^a   Jiang, Haiyang ^a   Xiang, Yan ^a   Cheng, Beijiu ^a  

^a ANHUI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Drought and salt stresses; Transgenic rice; WRKY; ZmWRKY58

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN; CULTIVATION; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); PLANTS (BOTANY); TRANSCRIPTION;

ONION EPIDERMAL CELLS; RELATIVE WATER CONTENT; SALT STRESSS; SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATIONS; TRANSGENIC RICE; WRKY; YEAST TWO-HYBRID ASSAYS; ZMWRKY58;

DROUGHT;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84911992023     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: 15735044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-014-0556-7     Document Type: Article

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