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Jiwang Zhang
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Open AccessCaspase 8 deletion causes infection/inflammation-induced bone marrow failure and MDS-like disease in mice
Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are a heterogeneous group of pre-leukemic hematopoietic disorders characterized by cytopenia in peripheral blood due to ineffective hematopoiesis and normo- or hypercellularity ...
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Open AccessPAI-1 regulates AT2-mediated re-alveolarization and ion permeability
Acute lung injury is characterized by overwhelmingly elevated PAI-1 in both lung edema fluid and the circulating system. The role of increased PAI-1, encoded by Serpine1 gene, in the regeneration of injured lung ...
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Nitrogen rate effects reproductive development and grain set of summer maize by influencing fatty acid metabolism
The developmental status of the male and female spike determines grain number (GN) per ear and yield. A better understanding of the effect of N on male and female spike differentiation and GN formation could h...
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Spraying S-ABA Can Alleviate the Growth Inhibition of Corn (Zea mays L.) Under Water-Deficit Stress
Drought stress (water-deficit stress) is an important abiotic factor affecting the growth and yield of maize, which threatens food security worldwide. S-Abscisic acid (S-ABA) is widely used to alleviate plant ...
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Open AccessMaize (Zea mays L.) responses to salt stress in terms of root anatomy, respiration and antioxidative enzyme activity
Soil salt stress is a problem in the world, which turns into one of the main limiting factors hindering maize production. Salinity significantly affects root physiological processes in maize plants. There are ...
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Correction to: Root anatomical phenotypes related to growth under low nitrogen availability in maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids
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Mechanisms that regulate the activities of TET proteins
The ten–eleven translocation (TET) family of dioxygenases consists of three members, TET1, TET2, and TET3. All three TET enzymes have Fe+2 and α-ketoglutarate (α-KG)-dependent dioxygenase activities, catalyzing t...
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Root anatomical phenotypes related to growth under low nitrogen availability in maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids
To realize the so-called “Second Green Revolution”, it is imperative to study the roots of crop plants, and identify those traits that improve the efficiency of nitrogen (N) acquisition. We aimed to evaluate h...
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RIPK3 signaling and its role in the pathogenesis of cancers
RIPK3 (receptor-interacting protein kinase 3) is a serine/threonine-protein kinase. As a key component of necrosomes, RIPK3 is an essential mediator of inflammatory factors (such as TNFα-tumor necrosis factor ...
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The Fetal-to-Adult Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transition and its Role in Childhood Hematopoietic Malignancies
As with most organ systems that undergo continuous generation and maturation during the transition from fetal to adult life, the hematopoietic and immune systems also experience dynamic changes. Such changes l...
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Combined application of organic and inorganic fertilizers mitigates ammonia and nitrous oxide emissions in a maize field
This long-term study used a lysimeter platform to monitor the NH3 and N2O emissions of summer maize resulting from various fertilization treatments in the Huanghuaihai area, with the goal to assess the efficiency...
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Open AccessComparative proteomic analysis reveals that exogenous 6-benzyladenine (6-BA) improves the defense system activity of waterlogged summer maize
Exogenous 6-benzyladenine (6-BA) could improve leaf defense system activity. In order to better understand the regulation mechanism of exogenous 6-benzyladenine (6-BA) on waterlogged summer maize, three treatm...
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Effects of S-Abscisic Acid (S-ABA) on Seed Germination, Seedling Growth, and Asr1 Gene Expression Under Drought Stress in Maize
The objective of this study was to evaluate the ability of the phytohormone S-abscisic acid (S-ABA) to protect maize seedlings grown under drought stress and to measure their increased drought tolerance. The m...
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Regulations of 6-Benzyladenine (6-BA) on Leaf Ultrastructure and Photosynthetic Characteristics of Waterlogged Summer Maize
A field experiment was performed to study the effects of spraying exogenous 6-benzyladenine (6-BA) after waterlogging for 6 days at the third leaf stage on the leaf mesophyll cell ultrastructure, chlorophyll c...
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Interactive effects of water and controlled release urea on nitrogen metabolism, accumulation, translocation, and yield in summer maize
To investigate the interactive effects of water and N from controlled release urea (CRU) on N metabolism, accumulation, translocation, and yield in Zhengdan958 (a summer maize cultivar planted widely in China)...
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Effects of plant density on the photosynthetic and chloroplast characteristics of maize under high-yielding conditions
Plant density has been recognized as a major factor determining the grain yield. The photosynthetic performance changes as the density increases. The main objective of this research was to evaluate responses o...
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Open AccessProteomic analysis of maize grain development using iTRAQ reveals temporal programs of diverse metabolic processes
Grain development in maize is an essential process in the plant’s life cycle and is vital for use of the plant as a crop for animals and humans. However, little is known regarding the protein regulatory networ...
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Effects of shading on the photosynthetic characteristics and mesophyll cell ultrastructure of summer maize
A field experiment was conducted to study the effects of shading on the photosynthetic characteristics and mesophyll cell ultrastructure of two summer maize hybrids Denghai605 (DH605) and Zhengdan958 (ZD958). ...
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Application of nitric oxide and calcium nitrate enhances tolerance of wheat seedlings to salt stress
Nitric oxide and calcium are two kinds of signaling molecules that are the key secondary messenger. An experiment was conducted in saline culture solution to examine the cross-talk interactions of nitric oxide...
