Function and mechanism of WRKY transcription factors in abiotic stress responses of plants

W Li, S Pang, Z Lu, B Jin - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
The WRKY gene family is a plant-specific transcription factor (TF) group, playing important
roles in many different response pathways of diverse abiotic stresses (drought, saline, alkali …

WRKY transcription factors: molecular regulation and stress responses in plants

UJ Phukan, GS Jeena, RK Shukla - Frontiers in plant science, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Plants in their natural habitat have to face multiple stresses simultaneously. Evolutionary
adaptation of developmental, physiological, and biochemical parameters give advantage …

WRKY transcription factors in plant responses to stresses

J Jiang, S Ma, N Ye, M Jiang, J Cao… - Journal of integrative …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The WRKY gene family is among the largest families of transcription factors (TFs) in higher
plants. By regulating the plant hormone signal transduction pathway, these TFs play critical …

The NONEXPRESSOR OF PATHOGENESIS-RELATED GENES 1 (NPR1) and related family: mechanistic insights in plant disease resistance

R Backer, S Naidoo, NL Van den Berg - Frontiers in plant science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The NONEXPRESSOR OF PATHOGENESIS-RELATED GENES 1 (NPR1) and related
NPR1-like proteins are a functionally similar, yet surprisingly diverse family of transcription …

WRKY transcription factors: Jack of many trades in plants

M Bakshi, R Oelmüller - Plant signaling & behavior, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
WRKY transcription factors are one of the largest families of transcriptional regulators found
exclusively in plants. They have diverse biological functions in plant disease resistance …

WRKY transcription factors

PJ Rushton, IE Somssich, P Ringler, QJ Shen - Trends in plant science, 2010 - cell.com
WRKY transcription factors are one of the largest families of transcriptional regulators in
plants and form integral parts of signalling webs that modulate many plant processes. Here …

The role of WRKY transcription factors in plant abiotic stresses

L Chen, Y Song, S Li, L Zhang, C Zou, D Yu - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2012 - Elsevier
The WRKY gene family has been suggested to play important roles in the regulation of
transcriptional reprogramming associated with plant stress responses. Modification of the …

Potential use of the DREB/ERF, MYB, NAC and WRKY transcription factors to improve abiotic and biotic stress in transgenic plants

L Erpen, HS Devi, JW Grosser, M Dutt - Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ …, 2018 - Springer
Abiotic and biotic stresses adversely affect the growth and productivity of plants and
constitute the major yield-limiting factor in agriculture. In recent years, several transcription …

Arabidopsis WRKY33 Is a Key Transcriptional Regulator of Hormonal and Metabolic Responses toward Botrytis cinerea Infection

RP Birkenbihl, C Diezel, IE Somssich - Plant physiology, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) transcription factor WRKY33 is essential for
defense toward the necrotrophic fungus Botrytis cinerea. Here, we aimed at identifying early …

The role of WRKY transcription factors in plant immunity

SP Pandey, IE Somssich - Plant physiology, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Plants constantly face a plethora of abiotic and biotic stresses in their natural habitat.
Adapting to such changes requires a great degree of phenotypic plasticity that is mainly …