CaWRKY6 transcriptionally activates CaWRKY40, regulates Ralstonia solanacearum resistance, and confers hightemperature and high-humidity tolerance in pepper

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3163-3174

  Cai, Hanyang ^a   Yang, Sheng ^a   Yan, Yan ^a   Xiao, Zhuoli ^a   Cheng, Junbin ^a   Wu, Ji ^a   Qiu, Ailian ^a   Lai, Yan ^a   Mou, Shaoliang ^a   Guan, Deyi ^a   Huang, Ronghua ^a   He, Shuilin ^a  

^a FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Capsicum annuum; CaWRKY6; High temperature and high humidity; Ralstonia solanacearum

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; ETHEPHON; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; JASMONIC ACID; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; OXYLIPIN; PHYTOHORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

DISEASE RESISTANCE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEAT; HUMIDITY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPPER; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ABSCISIC ACID; BASE SEQUENCE; CAPSICUM; CYCLOPENTANES; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ETHYLENES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; OXYLIPINS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84940704199     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv125     Document Type: Article

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