Functional characterization of Arabidopsis WRKY15 overexpressor plants
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ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis thaliana
SUBMITTER: Joke Allemeersch
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-20494 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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AtWRKY15 perturbation abolishes the mitochondrial stress response that steers osmotic stress tolerance in Arabidopsis.
Vanderauwera Sandy S Vandenbroucke Korneel K Inzé Annelies A van de Cotte Brigitte B Mühlenbock Per P De Rycke Riet R Naouar Naïra N Van Gaever Tim T Van Montagu Marc C E MC Van Breusegem Frank F
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20121119 49
Environmental stresses adversely affect plant growth and development. A common theme within these adverse conditions is the perturbation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) homeostasis. Here, we demonstrate that the ROS-inducible Arabidopsis thaliana WRKY15 transcription factor (AtWRKY15) modulates plant growth and salt/osmotic stress responses. By transcriptome profiling, a divergent stress response was identified in transgenic WRKY15-overexpressing plants that linked a stimulated endoplasmic reti ...[more]
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