Research News

• Feeding the World: Uncovering a Key Regulator of Flower Head Development in Rice

  Discovering how rice flower structures develop in response to environmental cues will help breeders increase the productivity of this crucial food crop. In a groundbreaking study, scientists uncovered an important regulator of this developmental process through mutant and molecular analysis.

  05 Apr 2016

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  The Receptors Perceiving the Female Attractant in Plants Identified

  A team led by Dr. YANG Wei-Cai of the State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB), Chinese Academy of Sciences, recently reported the identification of a cell-surface receptor heteromer, MDIS1–MIK, on the pollen tube that perceives the female attractant LURE1 in plant.

  15 Mar 2016

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  Knocking Down Huntingtin in Adult Brains for Treating Huntington Disease Might Safe

  A team led by Dr. LI Xiao-Jiang of the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB), Chinese Academy of Sciences, reported age- and cell type-dependent function indicates the safety in knocking down HTT in adult brains for treating Huntington disease.

  15 Mar 2016

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  Molecular Mechanism of the Underlying Regulatory Long-distance Shoot-root Communication Is Revealed

  A team led by Dr. FU Xiangdong of the State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB), Chinese Academy of Sciences, recently reported that a bZIP transcription factor ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL5 (HY5) is a shoot-root mobile signal that mediates light-regulated coupling of shoot growt...

  11 Mar 2016