Research News
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Grain Virus Protein Discovery Reveals New Class of Cell Division Disruptors
Researchers from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences discovered a plant viral protein (namely 17K) that disrupts host cell division to promote its own propagation in the infected tissues.
11 May 2020
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Strigolactone and Karrikin Signaling Controls Hypocotyl Growth in Arabidopsis
The research group led by Prof. LI Jiayang from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB), Chinese Academy of Sciences, found that synthetic Strigolactones and Karrikins analogs can both regulate hypocotyl elongation and expression of the same downstream genes.
08 May 2020
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Scientists Developed A High-efficiency Sample Pretreatment Method for Simultaneous Quantification of All Known Classes of Endogenous Phytohormones
Scientists report a novel high-efficiency method for simultaneous quantitative analysis of 10 known types of phytohormones from one plant sample.
06 May 2020
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The Organ Size Regulator DA1 Is Involved in the Formation of Lateral Branches
A research team led by Prof. LI Yunhai from the Institute of Genetics and Development Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences discovered a new mechanism by which the organ size regulator DA1 is involved in the formation of lateral branches.
26 Apr 2020
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A Non-canonical Catalase Functions As a Transnitrosylase to Regulate Nitric Oxide Signaling in Plants
A team led by Prof. ZUO Jianru at Institutes of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and collaborators identified a transnitrosylase, named ROG1, which can regulate nitric oxide signaling in plants.
26 Apr 2020
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A Plant Defense Metabolite Specifically Suppresses Virulence of Pathogenic Bacteria
A team led by ZHOU Jian-Min at Institute of Genetics and Development Biology of Chinese Academy of Sciences and LEI Xiaoguang at Peking University discovered a new mechanism by which a plant defense compound targets pathogenic bacteria without having deleterious effect on commensal bacteria.
09 Apr 2020
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Count on Yourself – A Self-activation Loop Maintains Plant Stem Cells
A team led by investigators from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB), Chinese Academy of Sciences is reporting a self-activation loop that maintains stem cell fate in the leaf axil to enable branching.
30 Mar 2020
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Scientists Find a Practical Approach to Improve Differential Gene Expression Analysis
Recently, a team lead by Dr. TU Qiang at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, developed a practical approach Decode-seq (Differential Expression analysis by barCODEd SEQuencing) to overcome the current limitations in the RNA-seq differential expression analysis and enable more accurate DEG discovery.
26 Mar 2020