FcWRKY70, a WRKY protein of Fortunella crassifolia, functions in drought tolerance and modulates putrescine synthesis by regulating arginine decarboxylase gene

Plant Cell and Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2248-2262

  Gong, Xiaoqing ^a   Zhang, Jingyan ^a   Hu, Jianbing ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Wu, Hao ^a   Zhang, Qinghua ^a   Liu, Ji Hong ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Kumquat abiotic stress; Polyamine biosynthesis; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTOR; ABSCISIC ACID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEHYDRATION; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; EVERGREEN TREE; GENE EXPRESSION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN; TOBACCO; TOLERANCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CITRUS; CITRUS LIMON; FORTUNELLA; FORTUNELLA CRASSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA NUDICAULIS; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ARGININE; ARGININE DECARBOXYLASE; CARBOXYLYASE; PLANT PROTEIN; PUTRESCINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CITRUS; DROUGHT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; RUTACEAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARGININE; CARBOXY-LYASES; CITRUS; DROUGHTS; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PUTRESCINE; RUTACEAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84945440028     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12539     Document Type: Article

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