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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2018

The Maize WRKY Transcription Factor ZmWRKY40 Confers Drought Resistance in Transgenic

Chang-Tao Wang, Jing-Na Ru, Yong-Wei Liu, Jun-Feng Yang, Meng Li, Zhao-Shi Xu, Jin-Dong Fu

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 71 papers.

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Who cites it

71 citing papers in PubMed, 159 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Chang-Tao WangBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health/Beijing Key Lab of Plant Resource Research and Development, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China. wangct@th.btbu.edu.cn.
Jing-Na RuInstitute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)/National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Triticeae Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100081, China. rujingna1993@163.com.
Yong-Wei LiuInstitute of Genetics and Physiology, Hebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences/Plant Genetic Engineering Center of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang 050051, China. liuywmail@126.com.
Jun-Feng YangHebei Wangfeng Seed Industry Co., Ltd., Xingtai 054900, China. Yangjunfenghb@163.com.
Meng LiBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health/Beijing Key Lab of Plant Resource Research and Development, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China. limeng@th.btbu.edu.cn.
Zhao-Shi XuInstitute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)/National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Triticeae Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100081, China. xuzhaoshi@caas.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-8028-6413
Jin-Dong FuInstitute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)/National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Triticeae Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100081, China. fujindong@caas.cn.
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences · CNBeijing Technology and Business University · CNHebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Abiotic stresses restrict the growth and yield of crops. Plants have developed a number of regulatory mechanisms to respond to these stresses. WRKY transcription factors (TFs) are plant-specific transcription factors that play essential roles in multiple plant processes, including abiotic stress response. At present, little information regarding drought-related WRKY genes in maize is available. In this study, we identified a WRKY transcription factor gene from maize, named

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Stress, PhysiologicalArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsCell NucleusDroughtsEvolution, MolecularGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, PlantPlant ProteinsPlants, Genetically ModifiedPromoter Regions, GeneticProtoplastsTranscription FactorsZea maysArabidopsis ProteinsPlant ProteinsTranscription Factorsabiotic stressdrought tolerancemaizeregulatory mechanismWRKY

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