GhATAF1, a NAC transcription factor, confers abiotic and biotic stress responses by regulating phytohormonal signaling networks

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2167-2179

  He, Xin ^a   Zhu, Longfu ^a   Xu, Lian ^a   Guo, Weifeng ^a   Zhang, Xianlong ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Biotic stress; Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum); NAC gene; Phytohormones

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; JASMONIC ACID; OXYLIPIN; PHYTOHORMONE; PLANT PROTEIN; SALICYLIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GOSSYPIUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; SALT TOLERANCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VERTICILLIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CYCLOPENTANES; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GOSSYPIUM; OXYLIPINS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SALICYLIC ACID; SALT-TOLERANCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; VERTICILLIUM;

EID: 84978734553     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-016-2027-6     Document Type: Article

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