Progress on Plant WRKY Transcription Factor

Abstract

Abstract: Transcription factors play an important role in the regulation of plant growth and development, as well as their response to environment. A typical plant transcription factor usually contains a DNA-binding domain, a transcription regulation domain, an oligomerization site and a nuclear localization domain. Transcription factors interact with cis-elements and regulate the expression of target genes through these domains. WRKY transcription factor that is discovered in plants is one of transcriptional regulatory factors in which N-terminal ends contain a conserved WRKYGQR amino acids sequences. WRKY transcription factor could regulate the target genes expression that contain the W-box elements in the promoter regions by specifically binding to (T)(T)TGAC(C/T) sequence. Therefore, the WRKY transcription factor participates in the plant various kinds physiological and biochemical responses. The progress on the plant WRKY transcription factor in recent years was reviewed in the paper.

CLC Number:

Q943.2

Su Qi, Shang Yuhang, Du Miying, Du Jinmin. Progress on Plant WRKY Transcription Factor[J]. Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin, 2007, 23(5): 94-94.

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