ERF transcription factor TaERF3 promotes tolerance to salt and drought stresses in wheat

• Published in: Plant biotechnology journal Vol. 12; no. 4; pp. 468 - 479
• Main Authors: Rong, Wei, Qi, Lin, Wang, Aiyun, Ye, Xingguo, Du, Lipu, Liang, Hongxia, Xin, Zhiyong, Zhang, Zengyan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Pub 01.05.2014; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Abiotic stress; Abscisic Acid; Abscisic Acid - pharmacology; Barley; Base Sequence; Biosynthesis; Cereals; chlorophyll; Cultivars; Drought; Droughts; drug effects; electrophoresis; Electrophoretic mobility; Enzymes; ERF protein TaERF3; Gene expression; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant - drug effects; gene overexpression; Gene silencing; Gene Silencing - drug effects; Genes; Genetic transformation; genetics; Genomics; Hydrogen peroxide; Kinases; leaves; metabolism; Molecular Sequence Data; Pathogens; pharmacology; physiology; Plant Proteins; Plant Proteins - genetics; Plant Proteins - metabolism; Plant tolerance; Plants, Genetically Modified; Polyethylene glycol; Polyethylene Glycols; Polyethylene Glycols - pharmacology; Promoter Regions, Genetic; Promoter Regions, Genetic - genetics; Protein Binding; Proteins; Ribosomal DNA; RNA, Messenger; RNA, Messenger - genetics; RNA, Messenger - metabolism; Salinity; salt and drought tolerance; salt tolerance; Salt-Tolerance - drug effects; Salt-Tolerance - genetics; Salts; Seedlings; Signal transduction; Sodium chloride; Sodium Chloride - pharmacology; Stomata; Stomatal conductance; Stress, Physiological; Stress, Physiological - drug effects; Stress, Physiological - genetics; Stresses; stress‐related genes; TaERF3 overexpression; TaERF3 silencing; Tobacco; Transcription activation; Transcription factors; Transcription Factors - genetics; Transcription Factors - metabolism; Trends; Triticum; Triticum - drug effects; Triticum - genetics; Triticum - physiology; Triticum aestivum; Wheat; United States > US; stress-related genes; TaERF3 overexpression; salt and drought tolerance; TaERF3 silencing; ERF protein TaERF3; Triticum aestivum

Salinity and drought are major limiting factors of wheat (Triticum aestivum) productivity worldwide. Here, we report the function of a wheat ERF transcription factor TaERF3 in salt and drought responses and the underlying mechanism of TaERF3 function. Upon treatment with 250 mm NaCl or 20% polyethyl...