The cotton WRKY gene GhWRKY41 positively regulates salt and drought stress tolerance in transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Chu, Xiaoqian ^a   Wang, Chen ^a   Chen, Xiaobo ^a   Lu, Wenjing ^a   Li, Han ^a   Wang, Xiuling ^a   Hao, Lili ^a   Guo, Xingqi ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; PLANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROUGHT STRESS; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PLANT GENE; PLANT RESPONSE; SALT STRESS; SALT TOLERANCE; UPREGULATION; WRKY41 GENE; DROUGHT; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GOSSYPIUM; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

DROUGHTS; GOSSYPIUM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SALT-TOLERANCE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84955518381     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143022     Document Type: Article

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