The evolution of WRKY transcription factors

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Rinerson, Charles I ^a   Rabara, Roel C ^a   Tripathi, Prateek ^b   Shen, Qingxi J ^c   Rushton, Paul J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Charophyte; Evolution; Lateral gene transfer; Resistance protein; WRKY transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AMOEBOZOA; BRYOPHYTA; CHARALES; CHLOROPHYTA; DIPLOMONADIDA; FUNGI INCERTAE SEDIS; KLEBSORMIDIUM FLACCIDUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOSPERM; CHEMISTRY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; FUNGUS; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOSS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOSPERMS; BRYOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGI; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84924858858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12870-015-0456-y     Document Type: Article

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