Characterization of an Elicitor-Induced Rice WRKY Gene, OsWRKY71

Tetsuya CHUJO; Tomoaki KATO; Kazunari YAMADA; Ryota TAKAI; Chiharu AKIMOTO-TOMIYAMA; Eiichi MINAMI; Yoshiaki NAGAMURA; Naoto SHIBUYA; Michiko YASUDA; Hideo NAKASHITA; Kenji UMEMURA; Atsushi OKADA; Kazunori OKADA; Hideaki NOJIRI; Hisakazu YAMANE

doi:10.1271/bbb.70553

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Notes

Characterization of an Elicitor-Induced Rice WRKY Gene, OsWRKY71

Tetsuya CHUJO, Tomoaki KATO, Kazunari YAMADA, Ryota TAKAI, Chiharu AKIMOTO-TOMIYAMA, Eiichi MINAMI, Yoshiaki NAGAMURA, Naoto SHIBUYA, Michiko YASUDA, Hideo NAKASHITA, Kenji UMEMURA, Atsushi OKADA, Kazunori OKADA, Hideaki NOJIRI, Hisakazu YAMANE

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Keywords: defense response, elicitor, Oryza sativa L. cv. Nipponbare, WRKY

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2008 Volume 72 Issue 1 Pages 240-245

DOI https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb.70553

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Abstract

Expression of OsWRKY71, a rice WRKY gene, was induced by biotic elicitors and pathogen infection. It was also found that OsWRKY71 has features characteristic of a transcriptional repressor. Microarray analysis revealed that several elicitor-induced defense-related genes were upregulated in rice cells overexpressing OsWRKY71. These results indicate that the activation of defense-related genes by OsWRKY71 was probably indirect.

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