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PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS
Volume 26, Issue 6, Pages 1187-1199Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12298-020-00820-3
Keywords
WRKY; IAA; Salicylic acid; Primary root; Seed; Lateral root
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- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India
- CSIR, India [BSC0204, MLP26]
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WRKY transcription factors (TFs) are a large plant-specific family of TFs that govern development and biotic/abiotic stress responses in plants. We have identified SlWRKY23 as a gene primarily expressed in roots. SlWRKY23 encodes a protein of 320 amino acids that functions as a transcriptional activator. It is transcriptionally up-regulated by ethylene, BAP and salicylic acid treatment but suppressed by IAA. Expression of SlWRKY23 in transgenic Arabidopsis affects sensitivity of roots to ethylene, JA and auxin with transgenic plants showing hypersensitivity to ethylene, JA and auxin-mediated primary root growth inhibition. This hypersensitivity is correlated with higher expression of ERF1 and ARF5 that mediate responses to these hormones. SlWRKY23 expression also affects aerial growth with transgenic plants showing greater number of leaves but smaller rosettes. Flowering time is reduced in transgenic lines and these plants also show a greater number of inflorescence branches, siliques and seeds. The siliques are longer and compactly packed with seeds but seeds are smaller in size. Root biomass shows a 25% decrease in transgenic SlWRKY23 Arabidopsis plants at harvest compared with controls. The studies show that SlWRKY23 regulates plant growth possibly through modulation of genes controlling hormone responses.
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