A WRKY transcription factor, TaWRKY42-B, facilitates initiation of leaf senescence by promoting jasmonic acid biosynthesis.

Ming-Ming ZhaoXiao-Wen ZhangYong-Wei LiuKe LiQi TanShuo ZhouGeng WangChun-Jiang Zhou

Published in: BMC plant biology (2020)

Our results revealed a novel positive regulator of leaf senescence, TaWRKY42-B, which mediates JA-related leaf senescence via activation of JA biosynthesis and has the potential to be a target gene for molecular breeding in wheat.

Keyphrases

transcription factor
dna damage
endothelial cells
genome wide identification
stress induced
dna binding
cell wall
genome wide
single cell
oxidative stress
single molecule