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Repeat Sequences Have Been Used for Wheat Breeding
Researches from Dr. HAN Fangpu’s lab at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed the centromere structure and function in the wheat-rye translocation lines.
10 Apr 2017
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How to Counter Rapidly Increasing Pest Resistance to Transgenic Crops Producing Single Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Toxins?
A recent study by Dr. ZHU Zhen’s group at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with Dr. ZHANG Tianzhen’s group at Nanjing Agricultural University, Dr. Tabashnik E. Bruce ’s group at University of Arizona demonstrated novel insect-resistant cottons that pyramid RNAi and Bacill...
10 Apr 2017
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General Transcription Factors Specifically Regulate Lipid Metabolism
The recent study in HUANG Xun’s lab from Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, identified that general transcription factors, including TRF2 and TAF9, regulate LD size and phospholipid fatty acid composition in Drosophila larval fat body
07 Apr 2017
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A PP2C Allele Underlying a QTL Enhances Seed Weight in Soybean
A joint research led by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Heilongjing Academy of Agricultural Sciences identified a soybean line R245 with higher 100-seed weight.
07 Apr 2017
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A Naturally Occurring Tandem Array Leads to Superior Grain Yield of Rice
LI Jiayang’s Lab at Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), collaborated with Prof. HE Zuhua and his colleagues at Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology (SIPPE), CAS, has successfully isolated the major IPA locus from super rice Yongyou variety series, named as qWS8/ipa1-2D, to designe se...
30 Mar 2017
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IPI1 Protein Mediates Post-Translational Modification of IPA1 to Regulate Plant Architecture in Rice
A research team led by Prof. LI Jiayang in the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences has identified a RING-finger E3 ligase, IPI1, which could interact with Ideal Plant Architecture 1 (IPA1) in the nucleus and ubiquitinate IPA1 to regulate Plant Architecture in Rice.
30 Mar 2017
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Chinese Researchers Revealed a New Antiviral Defense Mechanism in Rice
Researchers from CAO Xiaofeng’s group at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of Chinese Academy of Sciences and LI Yi’s group at Peking University illustrated the underlying mechanism of miR528 and AGO18 regulatory cascade in antiviral defense.
28 Mar 2017
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IGDB Scientists Found the Mechanism of Xylan Deacetylation and Its Function in Rice
The group of Prof. ZHOU Yihua and the group of Prof. CHU Chengcai from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, recently reported that a GDSL protein functions as xylan deacetylase, which regulates the acetyl-ester profile on xylan and affects secondary wall patterning and agronomic traits in rice.
08 Mar 2017
