The cotton WRKY transcription factor GhWRKY17 functions in drought and salt stress in transgenic nicotiana benthamiana through aba signaling and the modulation of reactive oxygen species production

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2060-2076

  Yan, Huiru ^a   Jia, Haihong ^a   Chen, Xiaobo ^a   Hao, Lili ^a   An, Hailong ^a   Guo, Xingqi ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ABA signaling; Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum); Drought and salt stress; ROS; WRKY transcription factor

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA;

AUREOBASIDIN A; DEPSIPEPTIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; CROP; DROUGHT; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GOSSYPIUM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; REPORTER GENE; SALINITY; SALT TOLERANCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DEPSIPEPTIDES; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; GERMINATION; GOSSYPIUM; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SALINITY; SALT-TOLERANCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84922439546     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcu133     Document Type: Article

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