Research News
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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
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A Multiallelic Gene MS5 Regulates Male Fertility in Brassica napus
The researchers from CHENG Zhukuan’s lab at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, collaborated with YANG Guangsheng’s lab at Huazhong Agricultural University, found that MS5 participates in the progression of meiosis during early prophase I and regulates gametogenesis in Brassica napus.
02 Jun 2016
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IGDB Scientists Revealed New Mechanism of Histone Demethylase Genome-wide Targeting
The research group led by Dr. CAO Xiaofeng at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, found a novel targeting mechanism of an H3K27me3 demethylase that regulates plant development, including organ boundary formation.
20 May 2016
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Scientists Find a Key Mechanism of Protein Arginine Methyltransferase in Pre-mRNA Splicing
Researchers from Dr. CAO Xiaofeng’s group in the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, found a key molecular mechanism for the role of AtPRMT5 in pre-mRNA splicing.
17 May 2016