GhWRKY44, a WRKY transcription factor of cotton, mediates defense responses to pathogen infection in transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 127-140

  Li, Jing ^a   Wang, Ji ^a   Wang, Ningxin ^a   Guo, Xingqi ^a   Gao, Zheng ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cotton; Defense signaling; Disease resistance; GhWRKY44; ROS

Indexed keywords

COTTON; NETWORK SECURITY; PATHOGENS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIGNALING; TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

DEFENSE RELATED GENES; DEFENSE SIGNALING; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GHWRKY44; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; PLANT DISEASE RESISTANCES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PATHWAYS; SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATIONS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EID: 84925513981     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: 15735044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-014-0688-9     Document Type: Article

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