Isolation of a WRKY30 gene from Muscadinia rotundifolia (Michx) and validation of its function under biotic and abiotic stresses

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Volumn 252, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1361-1374

  Jiang, Wenming ^a   Wu, Jiao ^a   Zhang, Yali ^a   Yin, Ling ^a   Lu, Jiang ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Cold tolerance; Downy mildew resistance; MrWRKY30; Muscadine grapevine

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; PHYTOHORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; COLD SHOCK RESPONSE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PERONOSPORA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GENE; SALT TOLERANCE; SEEDLING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VITIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; COLD-SHOCK RESPONSE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERONOSPORA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SALT-TOLERANCE; SEEDLINGS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VITIS;

EID: 84941172810     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-015-0769-6     Document Type: Article

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