CaWRKYd, A HOT PEPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GENE INVOLVED IN PLANT DEFENSE AND TRANSGENIC PLANTS USING THE SAME

摘要

Disclosed herein is the novel plant-specific transcription factor gene CaWRKYd that can be induced by interaction with TMV-P₀ and that plays an important role in regulating plant defense responses through a CaMK1 cascade induced and acts as a positive regulator imparting disease resistance to plants. Also, a transgenic plant anchoring the gene therein is provided. Therefore, the gene allows the production of plants resistant to diseases and can be very effectively used in studying defense response mechanisms of plants.