WRKY transcription factors: Jack of many trades in plants.
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, abiotic stress responses, nutrient deprivation, senescence, seed and trichome development, embryogenesis, as well as additional developmental and hormone-controlled processes. WRKYs can act as transcriptional activators or repressors, in various homo- and heterodimer combinations. Here we review recent progress on the function of WRKY transcription factors in Arabidopsis and other plant species such as rice, potato, and parsley, with a special focus on abiotic, developmental, and hormone-regulated processes.
Amity Institute of Microbial Technology; Amity University; Noida, UP, India; Institute of Plant Physiology; Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena; Jena, Germany.
Madhunita
M
Bakshi
Institute of Plant Physiology; Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena; Jena, Germany.
Ralf
R
Oelmüller
D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000382:microbiology; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013312:Stress, Physiological; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism*
D010940:Plant Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors
ROS homeostasis; WRKY; abiotic stress; biotic stress; phytohormones; seed development; senescence