Phylogenetic analysis of barley WRKY proteins and characterization of HvWRKY1 and -2 as repressors of the pathogen-inducible gene HvGER4c

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1331-1345

  Liu, Dilin ^a,b   Leib, Katja ^a   Zhao, Puyan ^a,c   Kogel, Karl Heinz ^a   Langen, Gregor ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Blumeria graminis; Hordeum vulgare; Nuclear localization; Promoter analysis; Transformation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HVGER4C PROTEIN; HVWRKY1 PROTEIN; HVWRKY2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WRKY PROTEIN; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WRKY40 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; BARLEY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; POWDERY MILDEW; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRESSOR GENE; RICE; SEEDLING; ZINC FINGER MOTIF; ASCOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HORDEUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BLUMERIA GRAMINIS; DICOTYLEDONEAE; ERYSIPHALES; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; LILIOPSIDA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ASCOMYCOTA; HORDEUM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84922481348     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: 16174623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-014-0893-6     Document Type: Article

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