Research News
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Chinese Scientists Discover a New Regulator of Ethylene Signaling
In a recent study, researchers from Prof. ZHANG Jinsong and Prof. CHEN Shouyi’s groups at the Institute of Genetics and Development Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, identified MHZ3 as a new regulator of ethylene signaling through characterizing of an ethylene-insensitive mutant mhz3 in rice
27 Feb 2018
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Researchers Discover Key Molecular Mechanisms in Organ Size Control
Researchers from LI Yunhai’s group in the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), collaborating with Dirk Inzé’ group in Ghent University, revealed that STERILE APETALA modulates the stability of a repressor protein complex to control organ size in Arabidopsis thaliana.
26 Feb 2018
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Breeding of High-yield and Early-maturation Rice Could Be Achieved
Recent work published on the Plant Cell from Prof. CHU Chengcai’s laboratory in Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences reported a rice nitrate transporter (NRT1.1A) that may provide a solution to the nitrogen use/flowering problem.
24 Feb 2018
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ARF3 and Cytokinin Regulate Floral Meristem Determinacy
A research team led by LIU Xigang from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, found that AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR3 (ARF3) can repress cytokinin biosynthesis and signaling to integrate the functions of AGAMOUS (AG) and auxin.
12 Feb 2018
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China's Need to Turn Milk Green
12 Feb 2018
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Scientists Find an Antisense Long Noncoding RNA That Is Involved in Maintaining Leaf Blade Flattening in Rice
The group of Prof. ZHU Lihuang at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and the group of Prof. HU Songnian at the Beijing Genomics Institute, CAS, recently reported that a cis-natural lncRNA could affect the rice leaf morphology.
12 Feb 2018
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Scientists Decode the First in vivo RNA Structurome in Rice
Recently, Dr. CAO Xiaofeng’s group at Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, collaborated with Yiliang Ding’s group in John Innes Centre in the United Kingdom, decoded the first in vivo RNA structurome in rice.
09 Feb 2018
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CRISPR/Cas9 IVT or RNP Based DNA-free Genome Editing in Wheat
Recently, researchers from Dr. GAO Caixia’s group at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, developed protocols for DNA-free genome editing in hexaploid wheat by biolistic delivered CRISPR/Cas9 IVT or RNP.
06 Feb 2018