Overexpression of GmERF5, a new member of the soybean EAR motif-containing ERF transcription factor, enhances resistance to Phytophthora sojae in soybean

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2635-2647

  Dong, Lidong ^a   Cheng, Yingxin ^a   Wu, Junjiang ^b   Cheng, Qun ^a   Li, Wenbin ^a   Fan, Sujie ^a   Jiang, Liangyu ^a   Xu, Zhaolong ^d   Kong, Fanjiang ^c   Zhang, Dayong ^d   Xu, Pengfei ^a   Zhang, Shuzhen ^a  

^a NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEILONGJIANG ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

AP2 ERF; EAR; Glycine max; GmERF5; Phytophthora sojae; repressor

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; EUKARYOTA; GLYCINE MAX; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA NICOTIANAE; PHYTOPHTHORA SOJAE;

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPHTHORA; PLANT DISEASE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOYBEAN; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPHTHORA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOYBEANS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84929380366     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv078     Document Type: Article

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