Research News
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Scientists Propose a Two-step Regulation of Leaf Axil Meristematic Cell Population
Researchers from Dr. JIAO’s group at Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, found that a meristematic cell population acting as ancestor cells for axillary meristem initiation
14 Jul 2016
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Scientists Find Solution to Fighting Cotton Verticillium Wilt
Scientists from CHU Chengcai’s group at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, found that GAFP4 is a powerful candidate for genetic engineering in control of cotton Verticillium wilt disease.
08 Jul 2016
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Crmp2 Plays a Critical Role in the Brain Circuitry Formation and Maintenance
Scientists from XU Zhiheng’s group at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and MING Guoli’s group at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine revealed that Crmp2, a schizophrenia risk gene, plays a critical role in neural development, circuit integrity and brain function.
30 Jun 2016
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A New Factor Involved in Lipid Transport and Related to Fatty Liver Disease
Scientists from XU Zhiheng’s group at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, found that meningioma-expressed antigen 6 (Mea6) plays a critical role in lipid transportation in mice liver.
24 Jun 2016
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IGDB Scientists Revealed the Conserved Novel Mechanism of ERAD Tuning between Plant and Mammals
Researchers from Dr. XIE Qi’s group at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, elucidated the key molecular mechanism of ERAD tuning in plant and found he regulation of UBC32 (or UBE2J1) by HRD1 complex is conserved between plants and mammals .
22 Jun 2016
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A Multiprotein Complex Involves in Regulation of Cortical Neuronal Migration
Researchers in XU Zhiheng’s group from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, found that TGF-β-activated kinase 1 (TAK1) played an important role in TGF-β signaling controlled neuronal migration through regulation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) activity.
15 Jun 2016
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IGDB Scientists Revealed New Mechanism of Autism Pathogenesis
The research group led by Dr. ZHANG Yongqing at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, found that Drosophila mutants of ube3a had excess synaptic boutons and endocytic defects at the neuromuscular junctions, which suggests a previously unknown molecular mechanism of autism pathogenesis.
15 Jun 2016
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miR172a, a New Gene Improves Salt Tolerance in Soybean
The groups of Prof. ZHANG Jinsong and Prof. CHEN Shouyi from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, found that soybean miR172a improves salt tolerance and can function as a long distance signal.
02 Jun 2016