Genome-wide identification and characterization of the Populus WRKY transcription factor family and analysis of their expression in response to biotic and abiotic stresses

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 6629-6644

  Jiang, Yuanzhong ^a   Duan, Yanjiao ^b   Yin, Jia ^a   Ye, Shenglong ^a   Zhu, Jingru ^b   Zhang, Faqi ^a   Lu, Wanxiang ^c   Fan, Di ^a   Luo, Keming ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^c SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Pathogen; Populus; SA (salicylic acid); stress tolerance; transcription factor; WRKY

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; POPULUS;

PLANT PROTEIN; SALICYLIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME; POPULUS; PROMOTER REGION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POPULUS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SALICYLIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTOME; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84922464003     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru381     Document Type: Article

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