Molecular characterization of Oryza sativa WRKY6, which binds to W-box-like element 1 of the Oryza sativa pathogenesis-related (PR) 10a promoter and confers reduced susceptibility to pathogens

New Phytologist

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 846-859

  Choi, Changhyun ^a   Hwang, Seon Hee ^a   Fang, Il Ran ^a   Kwon, Soon Il ^a,b   Park, Sang Ryeol ^a   Ahn, Ilpyung ^a   Kim, Jung Bong ^a   Hwang, Duk Ju ^a  

^a National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Defense response; OsWRKY6; Rice (Oryza sativa); Salicylic acid (SA); Ubiquitination; W box like element 1 (WLE1)

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; LESION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN; PROTEIN; RICE; SALICYLIC ACID; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ORYZA SATIVA;

ISOCHORISMATE SYNTHASE; MUTASE; PATHOGENESIS-RELATED PROTEINS, PLANT; SALICYLIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; ORYZA; PROMOTER REGION;

DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INTRAMOLECULAR TRANSFERASES; ORYZA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SALICYLIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84945467947     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13516     Document Type: Article

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