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ArticlePlants (Basel, Switzerland)2026

The Maize WRKY Transcription Factor ZmWRKY4 Confers Lead Tolerance by Regulating

Long Wang, Meiying Liu, Wenfei Bi, Su Li, Chang Chen, Yang Jing, Xiong Zhang, Tong Han

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Article in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Long WangCollege of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Weifang University, Weifang 261061, China.
Meiying LiuCollege of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Weifang University, Weifang 261061, China.
Wenfei BiCollege of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Weifang University, Weifang 261061, China.
Su LiCollege of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Weifang University, Weifang 261061, China.
Chang ChenCollege of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Weifang University, Weifang 261061, China.
Yang JingCollege of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Weifang University, Weifang 261061, China.
Xiong ZhangOil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430062, China.
Tong HanCollege of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Weifang University, Weifang 261061, China.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 32402483
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lead (Pb) severely impairs plant growth, yet the role of WRKY transcription factors in Pb tolerance in maize remains largely unknown. Here, we identified a Pb-responsive WRKY transcription factor, ZmWRKY4, whose transcript levels were rapidly and strongly induced in maize leaves following Pb exposure. Physiological and biochemical analyses showed that overexpression of

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maizePb stressZmCAT1ZmWRKY4

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PMID41681558
PMCPMC12899097

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