Infiltration-RNAseq Reveals Enhanced Defense Responses in Nicothiana benthamiana Leaves Overexpressing the Banana Gene MaWRKY45.

ABSTRACT: The banana gene MaWRKY45 gene encodes a WRKY transcription factor (TF) that is closely related to OsWRKY45, which is a master regulator of defense responses in rice. MaWRKY45 is a transcription factor with proven transactivation activity and nuclear localization. Its expression is upregulated by the defense phytohormones salicylic acid (SA) and jasmonic acid (JA). Despite these findings, its transcriptome-wide impact during overexpression remains unexplored. Accordingly, the present study employed the Infiltration-RNAseq method to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) resulting from the overexpression of MaWRKY45 in the leaves of the model plant Nicotiana benthamiana. A total of 2473 DEGs were identified in N. benthamiana leaves overexpressing th

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Laynes S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11820619 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature