Research News
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Researchers Study Role of Post-transcriptional Splicing in Plant Response to Light
Prof. CAO Xiaofeng’s team from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with researchers from the Southern University of Science and Technology, reported light controls the PTS of genes that regulate photosynthesis in the mesophyll cells of plants.
01 Feb 2024
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Researchers Develop Prime Editors Using Cas12a and Circular RNAs in Human Cells
GAO Caixia’s group from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a series of new prime editors based on the Cas12a protein, further expanding the targeting scope and applications of precision genome editing.
11 Jan 2024
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Epigenetic Decisions: Unraveling Low-Nitrogen Adaptation Strategies in Wheat Cultivars
Prof. XIAO Jun at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, found the epigenomic landscape of two representative wheat cultivars, Kenong 9204 (KN9204) and Jing 411 (J411), indicative of varied nitrogen use efficiency.
22 Dec 2023
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Evolution of TE-initiated ELEs Generates Subgenome-biased Spike Specificity in Common Wheat
Professor XUE Yongbiao’s team at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, unearthed a plethora of distal regulatory elements derived from TEs, which exert a significant influence on the transcriptional regulation of subgenomes.
14 Dec 2023
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Chinese Scientists Reveal a Novel Mechanism of Angiosperm Self-incompatibility
The research group of Prof. XUE Yongbiao, from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, found that S-RNases form a membranelless puncta structures S-RNase condensates (SRCs) through phase separation in the cytoplasm of self- but not non-self-pollen tubes in Petunia hybrida.
04 Dec 2023
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A Peroxidase Gene GmPrx16 Confers Drought Tolerance in Soybean
A peroxidase GmPrx16 was detected to enhance the drought tolerance variations in a natural soybean population by genome-wide association study (GWAS).
29 Nov 2023
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Scientists Reveal New Mechanism for Dynamic Regulation of Manchette Microtubules During Sperm Development
Researchers led by MENG Wenxiang from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have shown that knocking out of the calmodulin-regulated spectrin-associated protein 1 (CAMSAP 1) gene in mice resulted in typical oligoasthenoteratozoospermia, including abnormal sperm head and tail, reduced sperm quantit...
03 Nov 2023
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Seeing how SOS1 works in response to salt stress
Recently, Dr. CHEN Yu-hang’s team from Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed a structural basis for understanding the molecular mechanism of SOS1 activation.
02 Nov 2023