AUTHOR=Xu Zhaolong , Raza Qasim , Xu Ling , He Xiaolan , Huang Yihong , Yi Jinxin , Zhang Dayong , Shao Hong-Bo , Ma Hongxiang , Ali Zulfiqar TITLE=GmWRKY49, a Salt-Responsive Nuclear Protein, Improved Root Length and Governed Better Salinity Tolerance in Transgenic Arabidopsis JOURNAL=Frontiers in Plant Science VOLUME=9 YEAR=2018 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2018.00809 DOI=10.3389/fpls.2018.00809 ISSN=1664-462X ABSTRACT=
Plant WRKY transcription factors (TFs) are active guardians against pathogens’ insurgency, key components in developmental processes, contributors in signal transduction pathways, and regulators of diverse biotic and abiotic stress responses. In this research, we isolated, cloned, and functionally characterized a new WRKY TF GmWRKY49 from soybean. GmWRKY49 is a nuclear protein which contains two highly conserved WRKY domains and a C2H2-type zinc-finger structure. The normalized expression (log2 ratio) of