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    Cucumber CsHsfA2 improves thermotolerance through self-activation and activation of CsHsp70-1

    Heat stress poses a serious threat to crop growth and development, yield, and quality. The function of heat shock factor A2 (HsfA2) to heat tolerance and its regulatory genes, heat shock proteins (Hsps), has been...

    Zhiyuan Wang, Zhonghai Ren in Plant Growth Regulation (2024)

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    Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of Hsf and Hsp gene families in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

    Heat shock proteins (Hsps) are molecular chaperones that participate in plant growth and development, and in plant responses to environmental stresses, including heat stress, Hsps' expression is monitored and reg...

    Xueqian Chen, Zhiyuan Wang, Rui Tang, Lina Wang, Chunhua Chen in Plant Growth Regulation (2021)

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    Transcriptome profiling reveals response genes for downy mildew resistance in cucumber

    We discovered a potential defense pathway of cucumber to downy mildew. The signaling that activates the pathways of ROS and lignin accumulation may play an important role in the defense response. Many resistan...

    **nbin Gao, Pei Guo, Zhiyuan Wang, Chunhua Chen, Zhonghai Ren in Planta (2021)

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    Genome-wide analysis of the WRKY gene family in the cucumber genome and transcriptome-wide identification of WRKY transcription factors that respond to biotic and abiotic stresses

    Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) is an economically important vegetable crop species. However, it is susceptible to various abiotic and biotic stresses. WRKY transcription factors play important roles in plant growt...

    Chunhua Chen, Xueqian Chen, **g Han, Wenli Lu, Zhonghai Ren in BMC Plant Biology (2020)

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    Genome-wide identification and characterization of cucumber bHLH family genes and the functional characterization of CsbHLH041 in NaCl and ABA tolerance in Arabidopsis and cucumber

    The basic/helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factor family exists in all three eukaryotic kingdoms as important participants in biological growth and development. To date, the comprehensive genomic and func...

    Jialin Li, Ting Wang, **g Han, Zhonghai Ren in BMC Plant Biology (2020)

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    Comprehensive analysis of multiprotein bridging factor 1 family genes and SlMBF1c negatively regulate the resistance to Botrytis cinerea in tomato

    Multiprotein bridging factor 1 s (MBF1s) are members of the transcriptional co-activator family that have involved in plant growth, development and stress responses. However, little is known about the Solanum lyc...

    Xu Zhang, Zhixuan Xu, Lichen Chen, Zhonghai Ren in BMC Plant Biology (2019)

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    A fragment substitution in the promoter of CsHDZIV11/CsGL3 is responsible for fruit spine density in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

    The indel in the promoter of CsHDZIV11 co-segregates with fruit spine density and could be used for molecular breeding in cucumber.

    Haiyang Zhang, Lina Wang, Shuangshuang Zheng in Theoretical and Applied Genetics (2016)