Project name: Arabidopsis thaliana

Description: In our laboratory we are interested in studying the functions of WRKY zinc finger type transcription factors. There are 74 members of this gene family in Arabidopsis. WRKY factors are key regulators of distinct plant defense responses and are involved in certain developmental programs e.g. trichome development and plant leaf senescence. We would like to determine the functions of a small sub-group (group II-a) of WRKY factors in response to bacterial infection. Our aim is to compare and contrast the gene expression profiles of 3-week-old wild type and WRKY T-DNA knockout mutants grown in a growth chamber under long day growth conditions and subsequently challenged for 6 hours with the virulent bacterial pathogen /Pseudomonas syringae/ DC3000.Experimenter name: Bekir UelkerExperimenter phone: 49-221-5062-310Experimenter fax: 49-221-5062-353Experimenter department: Somsissich LabExperimenter institute: Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding ResearchExperimenter address: Department of Plant Microbe InteractionsExperimenter address: Carl-von-Linne-Weg 10Experimenter address: CologneExperimenter zip/postal_code: 50829Experimenter country: GermanyKeywords: genetic_modification_designOverall design: 7 samples were used in this experiment

Data type: Transcriptome or Gene expression

Sample scope: Multiisolate

Relevance: ModelOrganism

Release date: 2007-01-22

Last updated: 2007-01-22