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Open AccessTranscriptional reprogramming strategies and miRNA-mediated regulation networks of Taxus media induced into callus cells from tissues
Taxus cells are a potential sustainable and environment-friendly source of taxol, but they have low survival ratios and slow grow rates. Despite these limitations, Taxus callus cells induced through 6 months of c...
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Open AccessNew different origins and evolutionary processes of AP2/EREBP transcription factors in Taxus chinensis
Taxus spp. produces the anticancer drug, taxol, and hence is planted as an industrial crop in China. APETALA2/ethylene response element binding proteins (AP2/EREBPs) are the key regulators of plant development, g...
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Open AccessSynteny analysis of genes and distribution of loci controlling oil content and fatty acid profile based on QTL alignment map in Brassica napus
Deciphering the genetic architecture of a species is a good way to understand its evolutionary history, but also to tailor its profile for breeding elite cultivars with desirable traits. Aligning QTLs from div...
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Improved eicosapentaenoic acid production in Pythium splendens RBB-5 based on metabolic regulation analysis
Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) is an essential polyunsaturated fatty acid for human beings. At present, the production of commercially available long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, mainly from wild-caught oce...
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Two jasmonate-responsive factors, TcERF12 and TcERF15, respectively act as repressor and activator of tasy gene of taxol biosynthesis in Taxus chinensis
Methyl jasmonate (MeJA) is one of the most effective inducers of taxol biosynthetic genes, particularly the tasy gene. However, the mechanism underlying the regulation of tasy by MeJA is still unknown. In this st...
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Open AccessNew insights into the genetic networks affecting seed fatty acid concentrations in Brassica napus
Rapeseed (B. napus, AACC, 2n = 38) is one of the most important oil seed crops in the world, it is also one of the most common oil for production of biodiesel. Its oil is a mixture of various fatty acids and diss...
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Identification of a fatty acid ∆6-desaturase gene from the eicosapentaenoic acid-producing fungus Pythium splendens RBB-5
A new full-length cDNA (PsD6) putatively encoding a ∆6-desaturase was cloned from the eicosapentaenoic acid-producing fungus Pythium splendens RBB-5. PsD6 contained an open reading frame of 1380 bp encoding a pro...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Strontium Ions are Functionally Replaceable with Calcium Ions in the Light-Harvesting 1 Reaction Center Core Complex from Thermophilic Purple Sulfur Bacterium Thermochromatium Tepidum
Thermochromatium tepidum (TTP) is a themophilic purple sulfur photosynthetic bacterium of which light-harvesting 1 reaction center (LH1RC) complexes exhibit an unusual LH1 Qy absorption at 915 nm...
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Assessment of genetic and epigenetic variation during long-term Taxus cell culture
Gradual loss of secondary metabolite production is a common obstacle in the development of a large-scale plant cell production system. In this study, cell morphology, paclitaxel (Taxol®) biosynthetic ability, and...
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Δ6-Desaturase from Mortierella alpina: cDNA cloning, expression, and phylogenetic analysis
The open reading frame of the Δ6-desaturase gene was isolated from Mortierella alpina W15 and the gene was cloned into a pPIC3.5K vector. The vector was transformed into Pichia pastoris GS115 and expression was i...
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Lonicera confusa has an anatomical mechanism to respond to calcium-rich environment
Calcium (Ca) is an important nutrient element for plant growth and development. Nevertheless, excessive Ca restricts plant communities in Ca-rich environments. Lonicera confusa DC. is one species adapted to Ca-ri...
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Effect of CaCl2 treatment on the changing of drought related physiological and biochemical indexes of Brassica napus
Some experiments revealed that the Ca2+ has a relationship with drought resistance. In this paper, some physiological and biochemical indices were studied in order to analyze the effect of Ca2+ treatment on the d...
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A Magnetospirillum strain WM-1 from a freshwater sediment with intracellular magnetosomes
A helical shaped bacterium capable of producing magnetosomes, designated WM-1, was isolated from freshwater sediment through an improved isolated method that combined magnetic separation and the “race track” m...
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Schistosoma japonicum: The design and experimental evaluation of a multivalent DNA vaccine
The aim of this study was to construct and evaluate the immunity efficacy of the DNA multivalent vaccine pVIVO2SjFABP-23. The vaccine was constructed and produced as follows. Forty BALB/c mice were divided into f...