Genome-Wide Identification and Functional Analyses of the CRK Gene Family in Cotton Reveals GbCRK18 Confers Verticillium Wilt Resistance in Gossypium barbadense

Cysteine-rich receptor-like kinases (CRKs) are a large subfamily of plant receptor-like kinases that play a critical role in disease resistance in plants. However, knowledge about the CRK gene family in cotton and its function against Verticillium wilt (VW), a destructive disease caused by Verticill...

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Main Authors: Ting-Gang Li, Dan-Dan Zhang, Lei Zhou, Zhi-Qiang Kong, Adamu S. Hussaini, Dan Wang, Jun-Jiao Li, Dylan P. G. Short, Nikhilesh Dhar, Steven J. Klosterman, Bao-Li Wang, Chun-Mei Yin, Krishna V. Subbarao, Jie-Yin Chen, Xiao-Feng Dai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2018.01266/full