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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
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IGDB Scientists Develop a Precise Base Editing Approach for Major Cereal Crops
A research team led by Prof. GAO Caixia in the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of Chinese Academy of Sciences reported the optimization of an efficient and precise base editing approach (designated nCas9-PBE) for creating single nucleotide mutations in three major cereal crops including wheat, rice and maize.
01 Mar 2017
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GmZF351 Enhances Seed Oil Accumulation in Soybean
Researchers at ZHANG Jinsong’s group and CHEN Shouyi’s group from Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, demonstrate that seed-preferred gene GmZF351 enhances seed oil accumulation in soybean and is selected during domestication.
20 Feb 2017
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How Can DA1 Control Seed and Organ Size in Plant?
A recent study by Dr. LI Yunhai’s group at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with Dr. Michael W. Bevan’s group at John Innes Centre, Dr. Dirk Inze’s group at Ghent University and Dr. Nico Dissmeyer’s group at Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry revealed a novel mechan...
20 Feb 2017
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IGDB Researchers Develop DNA-free Genome Editing Method in Wheat
A research team led by Prof. GAO Caixia in the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a DNA-free genome editing method in hexaploid wheat using the CRISPR/Cas9 ribonucleoproteins (RNPs).
16 Feb 2017
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A Trafficking Protein Regulates Distribution of Postsynaptic Scaffolding Proteins to the Distal Dendrites of CNS Excitatory Neurons
Researchers at Dr. LIU Jia-Jia’s Lab from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of Chinese Academy of Sciences demonstrated that ablation of SNX6 in the central nervous system (CNS) causes loss of the postsynaptic scaffold protein Homer1b/c from distal dendrites and defects in synaptic function of hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells i...
16 Feb 2017
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Dynamic Location Changes of Histone H2A Phosphorylation Is Essential for Plant Chromosome Orientation and Segregation
Dr. HAN Fangpu’s group in the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB), Chinese Academy of Sciences, found the relationship between H2AThr133ph and CENH3 nucleosome in plants during cell division, and revealed the potential temporal and spatial regulation roles for H2A phosphorylation in chromosome segregation
17 Jan 2017
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IGDB Scientists Discovered the Molecular Mechanism of Cancel Cell Metastasis in Melanoma
Researchers from Prof. MA Runlin’s lab at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, revealed that epigenetic silencing of TET2 and TET3 induces an EMT-like process to promote the progression of melanoma
16 Jan 2017
