IGDB in Media
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Novel Epigenetic Mechanism Discovered for Seed Vigour
21 Dec 2022Researchers led by Dr. JIANG Danhua from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) found that the incorporation of a histone variant H3.3 into the chromatin is key to the formation of germi...
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Ribosomes Search AUG Codons in Bidirectional Scanning, Challenging the First-AUG Rule
21 Dec 2022Researchers led by Prof. Qian Wenfeng’s group at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have challenged the first-AUG rule and the strictly unidirectional scanning model.
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Function of MED25 in Regulating Fruit Ripening
13 Dec 2022Prof. Dr. LI Chuanyou’s group at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has revealed the mechanistic function of MED25, a Mediator subunit, in regulating fruit ripening.
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Study Finds Genetic Solution to Pre-harvest Sprouting in Rice, Wheat
13 Dec 2022A new Chinese scientific study has identified a combination of two crop genes that are in charge of controlling seed dormancy and could be used to reduce the costly phenomenon of pre-harvest sprouting (PHS) in crops such as rice and wheat.
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New Insights into Berardinelli-Seip Congenital Lipodystrophy Type 2
29 Nov 2022A study performed by scientists from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, indicates that some of the physiological defects of BSCL2 may be independent of lipid droplet abnormality.
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A proposed model of T-Spm function in Arabidopsis thaliana
29 Nov 2022A study performed by scientists from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, demonstrates that deficiency in the “B12-one-carbon cycle-phosphatidylcholine (PC)” axis ameliorates embryonic lethality but e...