Characterization of an elicitor-induced rice WRKY gene, OsWRKY71.
Expression of OsWRKY71, a rice WRKY gene, was induced by biotic elicitors and pathogen infection. It was also found that OsWRKY71 has features characteristic of a transcriptional repressor. Microarray analysis revealed that several elicitor-induced defense-related genes were upregulated in rice cells overexpressing OsWRKY71. These results indicate that the activation of defense-related genes by OsWRKY71 was probably indirect.
Chujo
Tetsuya
T
Biotechnology Research Center, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Tokyo, Japan.
Kato
Tomoaki
T
Yamada
Kazunari
K
Takai
Ryota
R
Akimoto-Tomiyama
Chiharu
C
Minami
Eiichi
E
Nagamura
Yoshiaki
Y
Shibuya
Naoto
N
Yasuda
Michiko
M
Nakashita
Hideo
H
Umemura
Kenji
K
Okada
Atsushi
A
Okada
Kazunori
K
Nojiri
Hideaki
H
Yamane
Hisakazu
H
D002688:Chitinases / Q000235:genetics*; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D017343:Genes, Plant; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D012275:Oryza / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D018749:RNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics
D010940:Plant Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018749:RNA, Plant; D002688:Chitinases