Dear Editor,Plant-specific WRKY transcription factors(TFs)are among the largest families of TFs in higher plants;they are also found in the unicellular eukaryote Giardia lamblia and the slime mold Dictyostelium discoi...Dear Editor,Plant-specific WRKY transcription factors(TFs)are among the largest families of TFs in higher plants;they are also found in the unicellular eukaryote Giardia lamblia and the slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum(Ulker and Somssich,2004),but not in animals.WRKY TFs participate in diverse developmental and physiological processes in plants,such as disease resistance,abiotic stress responses,senescence,seed and trichome development,as well as additional developmental and hormone-controlled processes(Agarwal et al.,2011).展开更多
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文摘Dear Editor,Plant-specific WRKY transcription factors(TFs)are among the largest families of TFs in higher plants;they are also found in the unicellular eukaryote Giardia lamblia and the slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum(Ulker and Somssich,2004),but not in animals.WRKY TFs participate in diverse developmental and physiological processes in plants,such as disease resistance,abiotic stress responses,senescence,seed and trichome development,as well as additional developmental and hormone-controlled processes(Agarwal et al.,2011).