Can WRKY transcription factors help plants to overcome environmental challenges?

The Reaumuria trigyna transcription factor RtWRKY1 confers tolerance to salt stress in transgenic Arabidopsis

(2017) Chao Du et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The WRKY Transcription Factor Family in Citrus: Valuable and Useful Candidate Genes for Citrus Breeding

(2016) M. Ayadi et al.   APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Drought-responsive WRKY transcription factor genes TaWRKY1 and TaWRKY33 from wheat confer drought and/or heat resistance in Arabidopsis

(2016) Guan-Hua He et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

CsWRKY46 , a WRKY transcription factor from cucumber, confers cold resistance in transgenic-plant by regulating a set of cold-stress responsive genes in an ABA-dependent manner

(2016) Ying Zhang et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

The Role of MAPK Modules and ABA during Abiotic Stress Signaling

(2016) Axel de Zelicourt et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

OsWRKY80-OsWRKY4 Module as a Positive Regulatory Circuit in Rice Resistance Against Rhizoctonia solani

(2016) Xixu Peng et al.   Rice

Regulation of WRKY46 Transcription Factor Function by Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2016) Arsheed H. Sheikh et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

WRKY Transcription Factors: Molecular Regulation and Stress Responses in Plants

(2016) Ujjal J. Phukan et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Novel Genomic and Evolutionary Insight of WRKY Transcription Factors in Plant Lineage

(2016) Tapan Kumar Mohanta et al.   Scientific Reports

Transcriptional regulation of the paper mulberry under cold stress as revealed by a comprehensive analysis of transcription factors

(2015) Xianjun Peng et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

OsWRKY74, a WRKY transcription factor, modulates tolerance to phosphate starvation in rice

(2015) Xiaoyan Dai et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

WRKY Transcription Factors Phosphorylated by MAPK Regulate a Plant Immune NADPH Oxidase inNicotiana benthamiana

(2015) Hiroaki Adachi et al.   PLANT CELL

PtrWRKY73, a salicylic acid-inducible poplar WRKY transcription factor, is involved in disease resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2015) Yanjiao Duan et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

The sunflower transcription factor HaWRKY76 confers drought and flood tolerance to Arabidopsis thaliana plants without yield penalty

(2015) Jesica Raineri et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Transcription factor WRKY46 modulates the development of Arabidopsis lateral roots in osmotic/salt stress conditions via regulation of ABA signaling and auxin homeostasis

(2015) Zhong Jie Ding et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Overexpression of a cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum ) WRKY gene, GhWRKY34 , in Arabidopsis enhances salt-tolerance of the transgenic plants

(2015) Li Zhou et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Three WRKY transcription factors additively repress abscisic acid and gibberellin signaling in aleurone cells

(2015) Liyuan Zhang et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Populus euphratica HSF binds the promoter of WRKY1 to enhance salt tolerance

(2015) Zedan Shen et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

The Cotton WRKY Gene GhWRKY41 Positively Regulates Salt and Drought Stress Tolerance in Transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana

(2015) Xiaoqian Chu et al.   PLoS One

Molecular Cloning and Characterization of a Group II WRKY Transcription Factor from Jatropha curcas, an Important Biofuel Crop

(2014) Parinita Agarwal et al.   DNA AND CELL BIOLOGY

Genome-wide identification and characterization of the Populus WRKY transcription factor family and analysis of their expression in response to biotic and abiotic stresses

(2014) Yuanzhong Jiang et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The Cotton WRKY Transcription Factor GhWRKY17 Functions in Drought and Salt Stress in Transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana Through ABA Signaling and the Modulation of Reactive Oxygen Species Production

(2014) Huiru Yan et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

bZIPs and WRKYs: two large transcription factor families executing two different functional strategies

(2014) Carles M. Llorca et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Genome and transcriptome analysis of the grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) WRKY gene family

(2014) Min Wang et al.   Horticulture Research

Genome-wide analysis of the WRKY gene family in physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.)

(2013) Wangdan Xiong et al.   GENE

Sensing the environment: key roles of membrane-localized kinases in plant perception and response to abiotic stress

(2013) Yuriko Osakabe et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

WRKY76 is a rice transcriptional repressor playing opposite roles in blast disease resistance and cold stress tolerance

(2013) Naoki Yokotani et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

ROS as key players in plant stress signalling

(2013) A. Baxter et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The ATM protein kinase: regulating the cellular response to genotoxic stress and more

(2013) Yosef Shiloh et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Cooperation of three WRKY-domain transcription factors WRKY18, WRKY40, and WRKY60 in repressing two ABA-responsive genes ABI4 and ABI5 in Arabidopsis

(2012) Zhi-Qiang Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Wheat WRKY genes TaWRKY2 and TaWRKY19 regulate abiotic stress tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis plants

(2012) CAN-FANG NIU et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

OsWRKY30 is activated by MAP kinases to confer drought tolerance in rice

(2012) Huaishun Shen et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Co-expression of AtbHLH17 and AtWRKY28 confers resistance to abiotic stress in Arabidopsis

(2012) K. C. Babitha et al.   TRANSGENIC RESEARCH

The role of WRKY transcription factors in plant abiotic stresses

(2011) Ligang Chen et al.   Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Roles of arabidopsis WRKY18, WRKY40 and WRKY60 transcription factors in plant responses to abscisic acid and abiotic stress

(2011) Han Chen et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

A novel cold-inducible gene from Pak-choi (Brassica campestris ssp. chinensis), BcWRKY46, enhances the cold, salt and dehydration stress tolerance in transgenic tobacco

(2011) Feng Wang et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS

Controlling gene expression in response to stress

(2011) Eulàlia de Nadal et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

WRKY transcription factors: key components in abscisic acid signalling

(2011) Deena L. Rushton et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Phosphorylation of a WRKY Transcription Factor by Two Pathogen-Responsive MAPKs Drives Phytoalexin Biosynthesis inArabidopsis

(2011) Guohong Mao et al.   PLANT CELL

Overexpression of OsWRKY72 gene interferes in the abscisic acid signal and auxin transport pathway of Arabidopsis

(2010) Yu Song et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCES

WRKY: its structure, evolutionary relationship, DNA-binding selectivity, role in stress tolerance and development of plants

(2010) Parinita Agarwal et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS

Ectopic expression of a grapevine transcription factor VvWRKY11 contributes to osmotic stress tolerance in Arabidopsis

(2010) Huaying Liu et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS

Functional characterization of Arabidopsis thaliana WRKY39 in heat stress

(2010) Shujia Li et al.   MOLECULES AND CELLS

PlantTFDB 2.0: update and improvement of the comprehensive plant transcription factor database

(2010) He Zhang et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The Mg-Chelatase H Subunit ofArabidopsisAntagonizes a Group of WRKY Transcription Repressors to Relieve ABA-Responsive Genes of Inhibition

(2010) Yi Shang et al.   PLANT CELL

WRKY transcription factors

(2010) Paul J. Rushton et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

cis-Regulatory elements in plant cell signaling

(2009) Henry D Priest et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Functional Analysis of Transcription Factors in Arabidopsis

(2009) Nobutaka Mitsuda et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

The WRKY6 Transcription Factor Modulates PHOSPHATE1 Expression in Response to Low Pi Stress in Arabidopsis

(2009) Y.-F. Chen et al.   PLANT CELL

The Role of WRKY Transcription Factors in Plant Immunity

(2009) S. P. Pandey et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Arabidopsis MAP kinase 4 regulates gene expression through transcription factor release in the nucleus

(2008) Jin-Long Qiu et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Over-expression of the stress-induced OsWRKY45 enhances disease resistance and drought tolerance in Arabidopsis

(2008) Y QIU et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Stress- and Pathogen-Induced Arabidopsis WRKY48 is a Transcriptional Activator that Represses Plant Basal Defense

(2008) Deng-Hui Xing et al.   Molecular Plant

A novel upstream regulator ofWRKY53transcription during leaf senescence inArabidopsis thaliana

(2008) Y. Miao et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

Soybean WRKY-type transcription factor genes, GmWRKY13, GmWRKY21, and GmWRKY54, confer differential tolerance to abiotic stresses in transgenic Arabidopsis plants

(2008) Qi-Yun Zhou et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Induced Plant Defenses in the Natural Environment: Nicotiana attenuata WRKY3 and WRKY6 Coordinate Responses to Herbivory

(2008) M. Skibbe et al.   PLANT CELL

Enhanced heat and drought tolerance in transgenic rice seedlings overexpressing OsWRKY11 under the control of HSP101 promoter

(2008) Xiaolan Wu et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

A Role for AtWRKY23 in Feeding Site Establishment of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes

(2008) W. Grunewald et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY