Development of disease-resistant rice by pathogen-responsive expression of WRKY45

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1127-1138

  Goto, Shingo ^a,c   Sasakura Shimoda, Fuyuko ^a   Yamazaki, Muneo ^a   Hayashi, Nagao ^a   Suetsugu, Mai ^a,b,d   Ochiai, Hirokazu ^a   Takatsuji, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d KAO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magnaporthe oryzae; Oryza sativa; Plant activator; Salicylic acid; Transcription factor; Xanthomonas oryzae

Indexed keywords

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; PLANT PROTEIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MAGNAPORTHE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; ORYZA; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; XANTHOMONAS;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MAGNAPORTHE; ORYZA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; XANTHOMONAS;

EID: 84961213324     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12481     Document Type: Article

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