WRKY transcription factors and plant defense responses: latest discoveries and future prospects

SH Wani, S Anand, B Singh, A Bohra, R Joshi - Plant Cell Reports, 2021 - Springer
Key message WRKY transcription factors are among the largest families of transcriptional
regulators. In this review, their pivotal role in modulating various signal transduction …

Plant transcription factors involved in drought and associated stresses

M Hrmova, SS Hussain - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Transcription factors (TFs) play a significant role in signal transduction networks spanning
the perception of a stress signal and the expression of corresponding stress-responsive …

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 …

WRKY transcription factors: Evolution, regulation, and functional diversity in plants

P Goyal, R Devi, B Verma, S Hussain, P Arora… - Protoplasma, 2023 - Springer
The recent advancements in sequencing technologies and informatic tools promoted a
paradigm shift to decipher the hidden biological mysteries and transformed the biological …

Genome-wide identification and analysis of WRKY gene family in maize provide insights into regulatory network in response to abiotic stresses

W Hu, Q Ren, Y Chen, G Xu, Y Qian - BMC plant biology, 2021 - Springer
Background The WRKY transcription factor family plays significant roles in biotic and abiotic
stress responses, which has been associated with various biological processes in higher …

Genome-wide analysis of the WRKY gene family in the cucumber genome and transcriptome-wide identification of WRKY transcription factors that respond to biotic …

C Chen, X Chen, J Han, W Lu, Z Ren - BMC plant biology, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) is an economically important
vegetable crop species. However, it is susceptible to various abiotic and biotic stresses …

Current research trends and prospects for yield and quality improvement in sesame, an important oilseed crop

R Yadav, S Kalia, P Rangan, K Pradheep… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Climate change is shifting agricultural production, which could impact the economic and
cultural contexts of the oilseed industry, including sesame. Environmental threats (biotic and …

Genome-wide identification of the Liriodendron chinense WRKY gene family and its diverse roles in response to multiple abiotic stress

W Wu, S Zhu, L Xu, L Zhu, D Wang, Y Liu, S Liu… - BMC Plant …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Liriodendron chinense (Lchi) is a tree species within the Magnoliaceae
family and is considered a basal angiosperm. The too low or high temperature or soil …

Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of WRKY transcription factors in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) under dehydration and salinity stress

J Chanwala, S Satpati, A Dixit, A Parida, MK Giri, N Dey - BMC genomics, 2020 - Springer
Background Plants have developed various sophisticated mechanisms to cope up with
climate extremes and different stress conditions, especially by involving specific transcription …

Genome-wide Identification of WRKY transcription factor family members in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) moench)

EH Baillo, MS Hanif, Y Guo, Z Zhang, P Xu, SA Algam - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
WRKY transcription factors regulate diverse biological processes in plants, including abiotic
and biotic stress responses, and constitute one of the largest transcription factor families in …