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A Specific Membrane Lipid MacCer Directly Interacts with Signaling Protein Wnt in Regulating Synapse Growth
A team led by Dr. ZHANG Yong Q. from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, found that a specific membrane lipid MacCer can regulate the synapse growth by interacting with Wnt.
30 Oct 2018
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Fluoxetine Alleviates Core Autism Symptoms of SHANK3 Mutant Monkey
Scientists found recently short-term medication with fluoxetine can alleviate core symptoms of an autism monkey.
26 Oct 2018
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N6-methyladenosine mRNA Modification Enhances Long-term Memory Formation
Recently, a team led by Prof. WANG Xiujie at Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Prof. YANG Yungui’s team at Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, reported a new study demonstrating the function of m6A during learning and long-term memory formation.
12 Oct 2018
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Accelerated Domestication of Wild Tomato Promotes Development of New Crops
A team led by Prof. XU Cao and Prof. Gao Caixia at Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, accelerates domestication of wild tomatoes by precisely introducing desirable agronomic and nutritional traits using genome editing without causing an associated drag on their inherent disease and salt resistance, prov...
03 Oct 2018
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IGDB Researchers Develop Highly Efficient Plant C-to-T Base Editing Using Human APOBEC3A Deaminase
Recently, a research team led by Prof. GAO Caixia in the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of Chinese Academy of Sciences reported that a new plant base editor, human APOBEC3A-based BE (A3A-PBE), converts C-to-T efficiently in wheat, rice and potato.
02 Oct 2018
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A Seed Dormancy Gene Undergoes Parallel Selection in Multiple Crops
Recently, a team led by Prof. TIAN Zhixi and Prof. CHU Chengcai at Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, collaborated with Prof. Scott Jackson from University of Georgia, identified a gene responsible for seed dormancy, representing the first domestication gene that has been subjected to parallel selection...
21 Sep 2018
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Reduced Intrinsic DNA Curvature Leads to Increased Mutation Rate
Recently, researchers from QIAN Wenfeng’s Lab at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, DNA revealed that curvature reduces the mutation rate by promoting protein binding that makes DNA less accessible to mutagens.
19 Sep 2018
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Cell-to-cell Heterogeneity in DNA Methylation Is Accessible from Bulk
Researchers from QIAN Wenfeng’s Lab at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, established a gold standard of the cell-to-cell heterogeneity in DNA methylation based on single-cell bisulfite sequencing data and built a database of the data for heterogeneity.
13 Sep 2018
