Research News

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  Hterotrimeric G Proteins Regulate Plant Immunity

  The research group led by Dr. ZHOU Jianmin at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, collaborated with the group of Dr. ZHANG Yuelin at University of British Columbia, reported that the hterotrimeric G proteins positively regulate plant immunity by directly interacting with the FLS2-BIK1 immune receptor...

  25 Apr 2016

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  Scientists Find a Novel Mechanism of Meristemoid Cells in Plant Organ Size Control

  The group of Prof. LI Yunhai from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), collaborated with Prof. WANG Yingchun from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS and Prof. INZE Dirk from Ghent University, Belgium, reported that the F-box protein STERILE APETALA (SAP) controls organ size...

  20 Apr 2016

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  A New Component in Regulating Plant DNA Methylation Identified

  A team led by WANG Xiu-Jie of the Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB), Chinese Academy of Sciences, cooperated with ZHANG Xiuren’s team at Texas A & M University, recently reported the function and associated sRNA features of Arabidopsis AGO3 as a new component in regulating DNA methylation.

  20 Apr 2016

• 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