Drought-responsive WRKY transcription factor genes TaWRKY1 and TaWRKY33 from wheat confer drought and/or heat resistance in Arabidopsis

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  He, Guan Hua ^a   Xu, Ji Yuan ^a   Wang, Yan Xia ^b   Liu, Jia Ming ^a   Li, Pan Song ^a   Chen, Ming ^a   Ma, You Zhi ^a   Xu, Zhao Shi ^a  

^a AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^b Shijiazhuang Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Drought tolerance; Stress response mechanisms; Thermotolerance; Triticum aestivum; WRKY transcription factor

Indexed keywords

PLANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADAPTATION; ARABIDOPSIS; DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEAT; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WHEAT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARABIDOPSIS; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOT TEMPERATURE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRITICUM;

EID: 84969506372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12870-016-0806-4     Document Type: Article

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