title: WRKY transcription factors: from DNA binding towards biological function.
abstract: WRKY proteins comprise a large family of transcription factors. Despite their dramatic diversification in plants, WRKY genes seem to have originated in early eukaryotes. The cognate DNA-binding site of WRKY factors is well defined, but determining the roles of individual family members in regulating specific transcriptional programs during development or in response to environmental signals remains daunting. This review summarises the recent advances made in starting to unravel the various functions controlled by WRKY proteins.
authors.affiliation: Max-Plank-Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Department of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Carl-von-Linné Weg 10, D-50829 Köln, Germany.
authors.forename: Bekir
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ulker
authors.forename: Imre E
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Somssich
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D008954:Models, Biological; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors