Being sessile, plants rely on intricate signaling pathways to mount an efficient defense
against external threats while maintaining the cost balance for growth. Transcription factors …

Transcriptional control of the expression of stress-responsive genes is a crucial part of the
plant response to a range of abiotic and biotic stresses. Research carried out in the past few …

Plant sensing of invading pathogens triggers massive metabolic reprogramming, including
the induction of secondary antimicrobial compounds known as phytoalexins. We recently …

Leaf senescence is regulated by diverse developmental and environmental factors.
Exogenous jasmonic acid (JA) can induce leaf senescence, whereas auxin suppresses this …

ABSTRACT WRKY‐type transcription factors are involved in multiple aspects of plant
growth, development and stress response. WRKY genes have been found to be responsive …

Cross talk between salicylic acid (SA)–and jasmonic acid (JA)–dependent defense signaling
has been well documented in plants, but how this cross talk is executed and the components …

Background WRKY transcription factors are involved in plant responses to both biotic and
abiotic stresses. Arabidopsis WRKY18, WRKY40, and WRKY60 transcription factors interact …

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 …

Limited information is available regarding the exact function of specific WRKY transcription
factors in plant responses to heat stress. We analyzed the roles of WRKY25, WRKY26, and …

Plant WRKY transcription factors are key regulatory components of plant responses to
microbial infection. In addition to regulating the expression of defense‐related genes, WRKY …