Overexpression of ZmWRKY65 transcription factor from maize confers stress resistances in transgenic Arabidopsis

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 4024 - 15
• Main Authors: Huo, Tong, Wang, Chang-Tao, Yu, Tai-Fei, Wang, Da-Ming, Li, Meng, Zhao, Dan, Li, Xiu-Ting, Fu, Jin-Dong, Xu, Zhao-Shi, Song, Xin-Yuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 17.02.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/449/2661/2665; 631/449/2661/2666; Abscisic acid; Arabidopsis; Arabidopsis - genetics; Cell Nucleus - metabolism; Corn; Drought; Environmental factors; Gene Expression - genetics; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant - genetics; Genes; Germination - drug effects; Heat resistance; High temperature; Humanities and Social Sciences; Low temperature; Mesophyll; multidisciplinary; Pathogens; Plant Growth Regulators - genetics; Plant hormones; Plant Proteins - genetics; Plants, Genetically Modified - genetics; Promoter Regions, Genetic - drug effects; Protoplasts; Protoplasts - metabolism; Regulatory sequences; Salicylic acid; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Seed germination; Signal transduction; Stomata; Stress, Physiological - genetics; Stress, Physiological - physiology; Transcription factors; Transcription Factors - genetics; Transcription Factors - metabolism; Transcriptome - genetics; Transgenic plants; Zea mays - genetics; Zea mays - metabolism

Plant-specific WRKY transcription factors play important roles in regulating the expression of defense-responsive genes against pathogen attack. A multiple stress-responsive WRKY gene, ZmWRKY65 , was identified in maize by screening salicylic acid (SA)-induced de novo transcriptomic sequences. The Z...