Molecular cloning and expression analysis of WRKY transcription factor genes in Salvia miltiorrhiza

BMC Genomics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Li, Caili ^a   Li, Dongqiao ^a   Shao, Fenjuan ^a   Lu, Shanfa ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL PLANT DEVELOPMENT   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JASMONIC ACID METHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WRKY PROTEIN; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; OXYLIPIN; PLANT PROTEIN; SILVER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FLOWER; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; RNA SEQUENCE; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UPREGULATION; WRKY GENE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ARABIDOPSIS; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA;

ACETATES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYCLOPENTANES; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYLIPINS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SILVER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84925341689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1411-x     Document Type: Article

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