GhWRKY25, a group I WRKY gene from cotton, confers differential tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses in transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana

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Volumn 253, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1265-1281

  Liu, Xiufang ^a   Song, Yunzhi ^a   Xing, Fangyu ^a   Wang, Ning ^a   Wen, Fujiang ^a   Zhu, Changxiang ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Drought and salt tolerances; Gossypium hirsutum; Pathogen resistance; ROS; WRKY transcription factors

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; PLANT PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BOTRYTIS; DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GOSSYPIUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT DISEASE; SALT TOLERANCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BOTRYTIS; CATALASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GOSSYPIUM; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SALT-TOLERANCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84944597351     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-015-0885-3     Document Type: Article

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