Overexpression of SpWRKY1 promotes resistance to Phytophthora nicotianae and tolerance to salt and drought stress in transgenic tobacco

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 248-266

  Li, Jing bin ^a   Luan, Yu shi ^a   Liu, Zhen ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DROUGHT; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYTOPHTHORA; PLANT DISEASE; SALT TOLERANCE; SOLANUM; TOBACCO; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYTOPHTHORA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SALT-TOLERANCE; SOLANUM; TOBACCO;

EID: 84941321705     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: 13993054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12315     Document Type: Article

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