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Yanjun Dong
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Responsive mechanism of Hemerocallis citrina Baroni to complex saline-alkali stress revealed by photosynthetic characteristics and antioxidant regulation
Saline-alkali stress induces oxidative damage and photosynthesis inhibition in H. citrina, with a significant downregulation of the expression of photosynthesis- and antioxidant-related genes at high concentratio...
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Open AccessMammalian sterile 20-like kinase 1 acts as a candidate biomarker of mortality of emergency surgical repair for acute type a aortic dissection
Acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) is a life-threatening pathological change of the aorta. Patients who have undergone aortic surgery are usually at high risk of mortality.
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Comparison in phytoplankton diversity-productivity-community stability between river-type reservoir and lake-type reservoir
Relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem function is one of the core issues in ecological research. Phytoplankton, as the main producer of aquatic ecosystem, its diversity, productivity, and community s...
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Stimulation of melanin synthesis by UVB is mediated by NO/cGMP/PKG cascade targeting PAK4 in vitro
The coat color of mammals is primarily determined by the type, quantity, and distribution of melanin in the skin and hair. As an endogenous gas molecule, nitric oxide (NO) regulates tyrosinase production by mo...
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Present-day Tectonic Stress Field and GPS Observations in Hubei Province, Central China
Here, we show the present-day tectonic stress field and regional GPS velocity and strain rate fields in Hubei Province, central China. Our results are calculated based on the digital observation data from 01 J...
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Open AccessChloroplast development at low temperature requires the pseudouridine synthase gene TCD3 in rice
Low temperature affects a broad spectrum of cellular components in plants, such as chloroplasts, as well as plant metabolism. On the other hand, pseudouridine (Ψ) synthases are required for the most abundant p...
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Open AccessBacillus velezensis LG37: transcriptome profiling and functional verification of GlnK and MnrA in ammonia assimilation
In recent years, interest in Bacillus velezensis has increased significantly due to its role in many industrial water bioremediation processes. In this study, we isolated and assessed the transcriptome of Bacillu...
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Early Paleozoic Granulite-Facies Metamorphism and Magmatism in the Northern Wulan Terrane of the Quanji Massif: Implications for the Evolution of the Proto-Tethys Ocean in Northwestern China
The nature and evolution of the Proto-Tethys Ocean originated from the breakup of the supercontinent Rodinia remain controversial. Early Paleozoic magmatism and metamorphism can provide important constraints o...
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Open AccessIncorporation of a skeletal muscle-specific enhancer in the regulatory region of Igf1 upregulates IGF1 expression and induces skeletal muscle hypertrophy
In this study, we upregulated insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF1) expression specifically in skeletal muscle by engineering an enhancer into its non-coding regions and verified the expected phenotype in a mous...
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Open AccessThe Rice Pentatricopeptide Repeat Gene TCD10 is Needed for Chloroplast Development under Cold Stress
Chloroplast plays a vital role in plant development and growth. The pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) gene family is one of the largest gene families in plants. In addition, cold stress affects a broad spectrum o...
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Open AccessThe Rice TCM5 Gene Encoding a Novel Deg Protease Protein is Essential for Chloroplast Development under High Temperatures
High temperature affects a broad spectrum of cellular components and metabolism in plants. The Deg/HtrA family of ATP-independent serine endopeptidases is present in nearly all organisms. Deg proteases are req...
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Open AccessThe rice ALS3 encoding a novel pentatricopeptide repeat protein is required for chloroplast development and seedling growth
Pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins play essential roles in modulating the expression of organelle genes and have expanded greatly in higher plants. However, molecular mechanisms of most rice PPR genes rem...
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The rice OsDG2 encoding a glycine-rich protein is involved in the regulation of chloroplast development during early seedling stage
OsDG2 gene encoded a novel chloroplast-targeted GRP in rice. Disruption of the OsDG2 would lead to delayed greening phenotype and affected expression levels of genes associated with chloroplast...
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Characterization of the quantitative trait locus OilA1 for oil content in Brassica napus
Increasing seed oil content has become one of the most important breeding criteria in rapeseed (Brassica napus). However, oil content is a complex quantitative trait. QTL map** in a double haploid population (S...
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Nitric oxide enhances melanogenesis of alpaca skin melanocytes in vitro by activating the MITF phosphorylation
Ultraviolet (UV) B radiation can cause skin-tanning via the synthesis of melanin which is synthesized by specific tyrosinase and tyrosinase-related enzymes expressed in melanocytes. It is reported that several...
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Molecular Genetic Analysis of QTLs for Ferulic Acid Content in Dried Straw of Rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Phenolic acids are secondary metabolic organic compounds produced by plants and often are mentioned as allelochemicals. This study was conducted to determine the genetic basis controlling the ferulic acid cont...
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Map** of QTLs for leaf developmental behavior in rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Leaf developmental behavior in rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the important agronomic characteristics, which not only determines vegetative growth but also influences grain yield. This study was conducted to id...
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Potential biological control of weeds in rice fields by allelopathy of dwarf lilyturf plants
Dwarf lilyturf (Ophiopogonjaponicus Ker-Gawl), a medicinal plant, hasbeen used for sore throat therapy andinhibition of physiological thirst sinceancient times. Experimental studies wereconducted to determine the...
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Trisomic genetic analysis of aroma in three Japanese native rice varieties (Oryza sativa L.)
Information on the genetics of aroma in rice facilitates breeding and selection of new aromatic varieties with high yield and good quality. Objective of the present study was to make clear the number of genes ...
