grapevine transcription factor WRKY2 influences the lignin pathway and xylem development in tobacco

• Published in: Plant molecular biology Vol. 72; no. 1-2; pp. 215 - 234
• Main Authors: Guillaumie, Sabine, Mzid, Rim, Méchin, Valérie, Léon, Céline, Hichri, Imène, Destrac-Irvine, Agnès, Trossat-Magnin, Claudine, Delrot, Serge, Lauvergeat, Virginie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands 01.01.2010; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V; Springer Verlag (Germany)
• Subjects: abiotic stress; biochemical pathways; Biochemistry; Biochemistry, Molecular Biology; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biosynthesis; Cell walls; fungi; Gene expression; genes; genetically modified organisms; genetics; growth & development; hybridization; In Situ Hybridization; Life Sciences; lignification; Lignin; Lignin - biosynthesis; metabolism; microarray technology; Nicotiana - genetics; Nicotiana - growth & development; Nicotiana - metabolism; Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; pathogens; petioles; physiology; Plant biology; plant pathogens; Plant Pathology; Plant Proteins; Plant Proteins - genetics; Plant Proteins - physiology; Plant Sciences; Plants, Genetically Modified; Plants, Genetically Modified - genetics; Plants, Genetically Modified - growth & development; Plants, Genetically Modified - metabolism; potatoes; protoplasts; Reagents; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Solanum tuberosum; Stems; Tobacco; transcription (genetics); transcription factors; Transcription Factors - genetics; Transcription Factors - physiology; transcriptional activation; Transgenic plants; Vitis; Vitis - genetics; Vitis vinifera; xylem; Xylem - genetics; Xylem - growth & development; Xylem - metabolism; WRKY transcription factor; Xylem; Lignin biosynthesis; VITIS VINIFERA; XYLEM; NICOTIANA TABACUM; WRKY TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; LIGNIN BIOSYNTHESIS

Previous work has shown that transgenic tobacco plants constitutively over-expressing the Vitis vinifera L. transcription factor VvWRKY2 exhibit reduced susceptibility to necrotrophic fungal pathogens, suggesting that this transcription factor plays a role in grapevine response to phytopathogens. Th...