supported by the State Key Basic Research Program of China(No.2007CB108800);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.30630008)
Plant secondary metabolites play critical roles in plant-environment interactions. They are synthesized in different organs or tissues at particular developmental stages, and in response to various environmental stimu...
This research was supported by State Key Basic Research Program of China (2007CB108800), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30630008), and the National HighTech Program of China (2007AA021501 ).ACKNO WLEDGMENTS We thank CYP71AV1. discussions Ke-Xuan Tang for supplying the promoter sequence of We thank Ji-Rong Huang and Gao-Jie Hong for he pfu No conflict of interest declared
Plants of Artemisia annua produce artemisinin, a sesquiterpene lactone widely used in malaria treatment. Amorpha-4,11-diene synthase (ADS), a sesquiterpene synthase, and CYP71AV1, a P450 monooxygenase, are two key e...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. 2010CB945401, 2007CB108800);National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 30870575,31071162,31000590);Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (Grant No. 11DZ2260300)
RNA-Seq technology is becoming widely used in various transcriptomics studies;however,analyzing and interpreting the RNA-Seq data face serious challenges.With the development of high-throughput sequencing technologies...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. 2010CB945401, 2007CB108800);National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 30870575, 31071162,31000590);the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (Grant No. 11DZ2260300)
De novo transcriptome assembly is an important approach in RNA-Seq data analysis and it can help us to reconstruct the transcriptome and investigate gene expression profiles without reference genome sequences.We carri...
supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2007CB108800 and 2009CB118504 to J. H.);Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (09ZR1436300 to L. Z.);National Special Grantfor Transgenic Crops (2009ZX08009-081B to J. H.)
Leaf variegation resulting from nuclear gene mutations has been used as a model system to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of chloroplast development. Since most variegation genes also function in photosynthesis, it...
Supported by National Natural Sciences of China (Grant No.30630008);National Key Basic Research and Development Program of China (Grant No.2007CB108800)
The discovery of RNA interference(RNAi) has augmented our knowledge of gene regulation and presents a fascinating technology that has a great potential for application in genetic analysis,disease therapy,plant protect...