Research News
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Development of Prime Editing for Rice and Wheat
Recently, a research team led by Prof. GAO Caixia of the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported the optimization of a prime editing system (designated PPE system) for creating desired point mutations, insertions and deletions in rice and wheat.
17 Mar 2020
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Researchers Revealed A Novel Ethylene Signaling Mechanism in Rice Roots
A team led by ZHANG Jin-Song and CHEN Shou-Yi at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, revealed a novel ethylene signaling mechanism in rice roots.
09 Mar 2020
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Chinese Researchers Found the Mechanism of Cell Fate Determination of the Second Gamete in Flowering Plants
Recently, a team led by Professors YANG Weicai and LI Hongju at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, revealed a transcriptional repression mechanism on how the central cell is specified.
06 Mar 2020
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A Rare Gain of Function Mutation in a Wheat Tandem Kinase Confers Resistance to Powdery Mildew
Recently, a team led by Prof. LIU Zhiyong at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with the team led by Prof. LI Hongjie at the Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, identified a rare gain of function mutation in a wheat tandem kinase that confers resist...
02 Feb 2020
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Directed Evolution of Endogenous Genes by Dual Cytosine and Adenine Base Editors to Accelerate Agronomic Trait Development
Researchers from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, engineered five saturated targeted endogenous mutagenesis editors (STEMEs) and generated de novo mutations to facilitate directed evolution of plant genes, which can be used to accelerate agronomic trait development.
10 Jan 2020
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MED25 Regulates the Alternative Splicing of JAZ Genes through Recruitment of Splicing Factors PRP39 and PRP40
A team led by Prof. LI Chuanyou at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, revealed a mechanistic function of the Mediator subunit MED25 in coupling the alternative splicing of JAZ genes with fine tuning of jasmonate signaling.
19 Dec 2019
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The Widespread Dosage Imbalance during S Phase Shapes the DNA Replication Program
Researchers from QIAN Wenfeng Lab at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences observed widespread dosage imbalance between early- and late-replicating genes using single-cell RNA-seq and the genes encoding members of a protein complex replicate simultaneously so that the dosage balance among subunits of th...
06 Dec 2019