WRKY transcription factors: from DNA binding towards biological function.

By Bekir Ulker, I. Somssich. Current opinion in plant biology, 2004

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Cytosolic Ascorbate Peroxidase 1 Is a Central Component of the Reactive Oxygen Gene Network of Arabidopsisw⃞ (2005, methodology): “KO-Apx1 plants (Table 2; Zhang andKlessig, 2001; Apel andHirt, 2004; Ulker and Somssich, 2004).”
The role of WRKY transcription factors in plant abiotic stresses. (2012, background): “of WRKY genes have been identified from Arabidopsis (74) [20], rice (N100) [10], soybean (197) [21], papaya (66) [7], poplar (104) [7],”
Functional analysis of a cold-responsive rice WRKY gene, OsWRKY71 (2016, background): “Interestingly, two cold-responsive genes, OsTGFR and WSI76, which are the rice homologs of target genes of Arabidopsis DREBs (Dubouzet et al. 2003; Chen et al .”
Transcriptomic Footprints Disclose Specificity of Reactive Oxygen Species Signaling in Arabidopsis1[W] (2006, methodology): “According to previous studies, WRKY genes are induced under pathogen attack and oxidative stress conditions and regulate various aspects of plant development and cell death connected with ROS signaling events (Ülker and Somssich, 2004; Davletova et al., 2005; Guo and Gan, 2005).”
WRKY transcription factors (2014, background): “Expression of several WRKY genes is upregulated in response to ROS or ROS-generating stimuli, imbalances in redox homeostasis, as well as endogenous ROS-dependent developmental programs such as senescence.(3,93-96) At least 8 Arabidopsis WRKY genes (WRKY30, – 75, – 48, – 39, – 6, – , – 22, – 53, – 8”
High-Resolution Temporal Profiling of Transcripts during Arabidopsis Leaf Senescence Reveals a Distinct Chronology of Processes and Regulation[C][W][OA] (2011, background): “, 2000) and are downstream of defense-signaling mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways and involved in the regulation of SA- and JAdependent defense signaling pathways (Ülker and Somssich, 2004; Eulgem and Somssich, 2007).”
WRKY75 Transcription Factor Is a Modulator of Phosphate Acquisition and Root Development in Arabidopsis1[C][W][OA] (2007, background): “WRKY transcription factors are known to regulate specific genes by binding to the conserved TTGAC/T W boxes on their promoter regions (Ulker and Somssich, 2004).”
PlnTFDB: an integrative plant transcription factor database (2007, neutral): “... [39] 146/146 = 1.00 146/147 = 0.99 ARF [40] 21/22 = 0.95 21/23 = 0.91 AUX/IAA [40] 28/28 = 1.00 28/29 = 0.97 bHLH [41] 122/132 = 0.92 122/154 = 0.80 bZIP [42] 68/70 = 0.97 68/74 = 0.92 C2C2-Dof [43] 35/36 = 0.97 35/36 = 0.97 C2C2-GATA [44] 29/29 = 1.00 29/29 = 1.00 GRAS [45] 32/33 = 0.97 32/33 =”
Coffee resistance to the main diseases: leaf rust and coffee berry disease (2006, background): “Particularly involved are several WRKY proteins which are implicated in the regulation of several biological processes, including pathogen defence (Dong et al., 2003; Ülker and Somssich, 2004).”
ROS Regulation During Abiotic Stress Responses in Crop Plants (2015, background): “The conserved WRKY domain plays important roles in various physiological processes by binding to the W-box in the promoter regions of target genes (Ulker and Somssich, 2004; Rushton et al., 2010).”
Cloning and expression profiles of 15 genes encoding WRKY transcription factor in wheat (Triticum aestivem L.) (2008, background): “Recently, some members of WRKY family were also identified in lower plants such as ferns (Ceratopteris richardii) and mosses (Physcomitrella patens) [18], even in a smile mode (Dictyostelium discoideum) and a unicellular protest (Giardia lamblia) by searching all of their available sequence data [19”
Poplar and Pathogen Interactions: Insights from Populus Genome-Wide Analyses of Resistance and Defense Gene Families and Gene Expression Profiling (2009, background): “Consistent with a role for WRKY TFs in defense, W boxes are enriched in the promoters of defense-related genes (Ulker and Somssich, 2004).”