WRKY transcription factors in plant responses to stresses

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 86-101

  Jiang, Jingjing ^a   Ma, Shenghui ^a,b   Ye, Nenghui ^a   Jiang, Ming ^c   Cao, Jiashu ^b   Zhang, Jianhua ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TAIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTOR; BIOTIC FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE; PLANT; PROTEIN;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

PLANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PROTEINS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 85012935774     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jipb.12513     Document Type: Review

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