supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30870211, 30970174);the National Basic Research Program of China (2007CB108700);the Chinese Transgenic Project (2009ZX08009-059B) to H. Ren
In eukaryotic cells, the course of the cell cycle depends on correct cytoskeleton arrangement. The cell cycle consists of several phases, and in each of them the cytoskeleton has a unique structure and set of characte...
supported by the funds from the National Basic Research Program of China(Nos.2009CB941500 and 2007CB108700);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.30725022);the Chinese Transgenic Project(No. 2009ZX08009-108B);the National 863 High-Tech Project (No.2011AA10A101)
Microsporogenesis and male gametogenesis are essential for the alternating life cycle of flowering plants between diploid sporophyte and haploid gametophyte generations. Rice (Oryza sativa) is the world's major sta...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2007CB108700);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 30821064 and 30771131)
Double fertilization is one of the predominant features of sexual reproduction in flowering plants but, because of the physical inaccessibility of gametes, the essential molecular mechanisms in these processes are lar...
Supported by the National Key Basic Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2007CB108700)
Previously, OsRAA1, an AtFPF1 homologue gene, was found to play an important role in modulating rice root development. In the current study, OsRAA1 was overexpressed in Arabidopsis, and the transgenic plants showed ea...
Supported by "National Basic Research Program of China" project(2007CB108700);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(30800085);Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (20070486049)
Double fertilization is a key process of sexual reproduction in higher plants. The role of calcium in the activation of female sex cells through fertilization has recently received a great deal of attention. The estab...
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.30630005,30470176);National Key Basic Research and Development Program of China(Grant Nos.2006CB100100,2007CB108700)
The phragmoplast is a special apparatus that functions in establishing a cell plate in dividing plant cells. It is known that microfilaments (MFs) are involved in constituting phragmoplast structure, but the dynamic d...
This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (grant no. 2007CB108700, 2006CB100100) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30630005, 30470176)to H.R. No conflict of interest declared.
ABP41 is identified as a novel member of plant villin/gelsolin/fragmin superfamily proteins from lily pollen, which binds stoichiometrically to actin filaments and severs them in vitro. To further understand its in-vi...