Functions of WRKYs in plant growth and development

H Wang, W Chen, Z Xu, M Chen, D Yu - Trends in plant science, 2023 - cell.com
As sessile organisms, plants must overcome various stresses. Accordingly, they have
evolved several plant-specific growth and developmental processes. These plant processes …

WRKY transcription factors (TFs): Molecular switches to regulate drought, temperature, and salinity stresses in plants

MA Khoso, A Hussain, FN Ritonga, Q Ali… - Frontiers in plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The WRKY transcription factor (TF) belongs to one of the major plant protein superfamilies.
The WRKY TF gene family plays an important role in the regulation of transcriptional …

The WRKY transcription factor family in model plants and crops

F Chen, Y Hu, A Vannozzi, K Wu, H Cai… - Critical Reviews in …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The WRKY gene family in flowering plants encodes a large group of transcription factors
(TFs) that play essential roles in diverse stress responses, developmental, and physiological …

Coordination of microbe–host homeostasis by crosstalk with plant innate immunity

KW Ma, Y Niu, Y Jia, J Ordon, C Copeland, A Emonet… - Nature Plants, 2021 - nature.com
Plants grown in natural soil are colonized by phylogenetically structured communities of
microbes known as the microbiota. Individual microbes can activate microbe-associated …

Histone variants in the specialization of plant chromatin

M Foroozani, DH Holder, RB Deal - Annual review of plant …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The basic unit of chromatin, the nucleosome, is an octamer of four core histone proteins
(H2A, H2B, H3, and H4) and serves as a fundamental regulatory unit in all DNA-templated …

Comparative functional genomics analysis of cytochrome P450 gene superfamily in wheat and maize

Y Li, K Wei - BMC plant biology, 2020 - Springer
Background The cytochrome P450s (CYP450s) as the largest enzyme family of plant
metabolism participate in various physiological processes, whereas no study has …

MdWRKY30, a group IIa WRKY gene from apple, confers tolerance to salinity and osmotic stresses in transgenic apple callus and Arabidopsis seedlings

Q Dong, W Zheng, D Duan, D Huang, Q Wang, C Liu… - Plant science, 2020 - Elsevier
Abiotic stresses threaten the productivity and quality of economically important perennial
fruit crops such as apple (Malus× domestica Borkh.). WRKY transcription factors play various …

Transcription factor WRKY28 curbs WRKY33-mediated resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in Brassica napus

K Zhang, F Liu, Z Wang, C Zhuo, K Hu, X Li… - Plant …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum causes substantial damage and loss of yield in oilseed rape
(Brassica napus). The molecular mechanisms of oilseed rape defense against Sclerotinia …

The bZIP transcription factor GmbZIP15 negatively regulates salt-and drought-stress responses in soybean

M Zhang, Y Liu, H Cai, M Guo, M Chai, Z She… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Soybean (Glycine max), as an important oilseed crop, is constantly threatened by abiotic
stress, including that caused by salinity and drought. bZIP transcription factors (TFs) are one …

Mechanisms underlying the environmentally induced plasticity of leaf morphology

MA Fritz, S Rosa, A Sicard - Frontiers in Genetics, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The primary function of leaves is to provide an interface between plants and their
environment for gas exchange, light exposure and thermoregulation. Leaves have, therefore …