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 …

[HTML][HTML] The modulatory effects of non-thermal plasma on seed's morphology, germination and genetics—A review

LI Leti, IC Gerber, I Mihaila, PM Galan, S Strajeru… - Plants, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Non-thermal plasma (NTP) is a novel and promising technique in the agricultural field that
has the potential to improve vegetal material by modulating the expression of various genes …

Genome-wide identification of the Liriodendron chinense WRKY gene family and its diverse roles in response to multiple abiotic stress

W Wu, S Zhu, L Xu, L Zhu, D Wang, Y Liu, S Liu… - BMC Plant …, 2022‏ - Springer
Abstract Background Liriodendron chinense (Lchi) is a tree species within the Magnoliaceae
family and is considered a basal angiosperm. The too low or high temperature or soil …

The LEA gene family in tomato and its wild relatives: genome-wide identification, structural characterization, expression profiling, and role of SlLEA6 in drought stress

C Jia, B Guo, B Wang, X Li, T Yang, N Li, J Wang… - BMC Plant Biology, 2022‏ - Springer
Background Late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins are widely distributed in higher
plants and play crucial roles in regulating plant growth and development processes and …

Genome-wide identification of WRKY transcription factor family members in Miscanthus sinensis (Miscanthus sinensis Anderss)

Y Yan, Z Yan, G Zhao - Scientific Reports, 2024‏ - nature.com
Miscanthus is an emerging sustainable bioenergy crop whose growing environment is
subject to many abiotic and biological stresses. WRKY transcription factors play an important …

Elucidating the evolutionary conserved DNA-binding specificities of WRKY transcription factors by molecular dynamics and in vitro binding assays

LH Brand, NM Fischer, K Harter… - Nucleic Acids …, 2013‏ - academic.oup.com
WRKY transcription factors constitute a large protein family in plants that is involved in the
regulation of developmental processes and responses to biotic or abiotic stimuli. The …

Transcription Factor SmWRKY1 Positively Promotes the Biosynthesis of Tanshinones in Salvia miltiorrhiza

W Cao, Y Wang, M Shi, X Hao, W Zhao… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2018‏ - frontiersin.org
Tanshinones, one group of bioactive diterpenes, were widely used in the treatment of
cardiovascular diseases. WRKYs play important roles in plant metabolism, but their …

Genome-wide identification and expression analyses of WRKY transcription factor family members from chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) reveal their role in abiotic stress …

M Waqas, MT Azhar, IA Rana, F Azeem, MA Ali… - Genes & genomics, 2019‏ - Springer
Background WRKY proteins play a vital role in the regulation of several imperative plant
metabolic processes and pathways, especially under biotic and abiotic stresses. Although …

Chrysanthemum WRKY gene CmWRKY17 negatively regulates salt stress tolerance in transgenic chrysanthemum and Arabidopsis plants

P Li, A Song, C Gao, L Wang, Y Wang, J Sun, J Jiang… - Plant Cell Reports, 2015‏ - Springer
Key message CmWRKY17 was induced by salinity in chrysanthemum, and it might
negatively regulate salt stress in transgenic plants as a transcriptional repressor. Abstract …

Genome-wide identification of the potato WRKY transcription factor family

C Zhang, D Wang, C Yang, N Kong, Z Shi, P Zhao… - PloS one, 2017‏ - journals.plos.org
WRKY transcription factors play pivotal roles in regulation of stress responses. This study
identified 79 WRKY genes in potato (Solanum tuberosum). Based on multiple sequence …