Functional Analysis of the WRKY Transcription Factor Gene Family from Arabidopsis
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Project Outcome

A. Publications.

Chen, C. and Chen, Z. (2002) Potentiation of developmentally regulated defense response by AtWRKY18, a pathogen-induced Arabidopsis transcription factor. Plant Physiol. 129:706-716.

Dong, J., Chen, C. and Chen, Z. (2003) Expression profiles of the WRKY gene superfamily from Arabidopsis during plant defense responses. Plant Mol. Biol. 51:21-37.

Chen, K., Du, L., and Chen, Z. (2003) Sensitization of defense responses and activation of hypersensitive cell death by a pathogen-induced receptor-like protein kinase in Arabidopsis. Plant Mol. Biol. 53:61-74.

Chen, K., Fan, B., Du, L., and Chen, Z. (2004) Activation of hypersensitive cell death by receptor-like protein kinases from Arabidopsis. Plant Mol. Biol. 56:271-283.

Menke, F. L. H., Kang, H.-G., Chen, Z., Park, J. M., Kumar, D., and Klessig, D. F. (2005) Transcription factor NtWRKY1 is phosphorylated by the MAP kinase SIPK and mediates HR-like cell death in tobacco. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. (in press).

B. Resources and data generated in the project.

1. Overexpression constructs and transgenic lines for Arabidopsis WRKY genes generated from the project are listed in Table 2 (PDF) and are available upon request. The homozygous Salk mutants for Arabidopsis WRKY genes will be donated to ABRC at the Ohio State University by the end of October 2005 and inquiries about their availability should be sent to ABRC.

2. Expression of pathogen-induced Arabidopsis WRKY genes in the eds and pad mutants are available on the project website (Figure 1 PDF).

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