supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFC2103300);National Natural Science Foundation of China(32161133019 and 32200067);Major Science and Technology Support Program Project in Hebei Province(24292902Z);Key Research and Development Program Projects of Hebei Province(22322905D);Industry University Research Cooperation Project of Shijiazhuang and University of Hebei province(241490062A);supported by Tianjin Industrial Synthetic Biology Innovation Team.
The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a well-studied unicellular eukaryote with a significant role in the biomanufacturing of natural products,biofuels,and bulk and value-added chemicals,as well as the principal model...
supported by grants from the National Natural ScienceFoundation of China(32393973 and 32370033)to Y.S.;the National Key Research and Development Program ofChina(2020YFA0906800)to J.N.and Q.H.
In Sulfolobales cells,transcription of the Ups(UV-inducible pili of Sulfolobus)and Ced(Crenarchaeal system for exchange ofDNA)genes is highly induced by DNA damage,and the two systems play key roles in pili-mediated c...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31930003 and 41976087);the National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFA0901300).
Cytochrome c maturation(CCM),a posttranslational modification involving covalent attachment of heme to polypeptides(apocyt c),is essential for the activity and cellular function of cytochromes c.Here,we identify and s...
supported by the National Key R&D Programof China(2022YFD1400800);the National Natural ScienceFoundation of China grant(No.32270204);BiologicalBreeding of Early Maturing and Disease Resistant CottonVarieties(Project No.2023ZD04041).
RNAi technologies have been exploited to control viruses,pests,oomycetes,and fungal phytopathogens that cause disasters inhost plants,including many agronomically significant crops.Double-stranded RNA(dsRNA)or small in...
supported by the National Key Research and DevelopmentProgram of China(2021YFD1800203 and 2021YFD1800204);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(32192453,32272979,and 32172847);the China PostdoctoralScience Foundation(2019M660897);the Innovation Program ofChinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences(CAAS-CSLPDCP-202401);the Earmarked Fund for China Agriculture Re-search System(CARS-41-G12)。
The global dissemination of H5 avian influenza viruses represents a significant threat to both human and animal health.In thisstudy,we conducted a genome-wide siRNA library screening against the highly pathogenic H5N1 i...
supported by the NationalNatural Science Foundation of China(Nos.32001092,91851106,and 91951103).
Anaerobic methanotrophic(ANME)microbes play a crucial role in the bioprocess of anaerobic oxidation of methane(AOM).However,due to their unculturable status,their diversity is poorly understood.In this study,we establ...
Supported by the National Natural ScienceFoundation of China(12374206)to K.Z.;National Key R&DProgram of China(2023YFC3402401)to K.Z.;National KeyR&D Program of China(2020YFA0906900)to F.J.;China,Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2023M740523)to J.Z.;Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital Research Fund ofthe Academy(2022B1013)to J.Z。
In Pseudomonas aeruginosa,the dynamic activity of type IV pilus(TFP)is essential for various bacterial behaviors.While PilU isconsidered a homolog of the TFP disassembling motor PilT,its specific roles remain unclear.U...
supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.42077210 and 41930758 to Ke Huang and Fang-jie Zhao,respectively).
Impact statement Arsenic is the most common toxic metalloid in the environment.Nearly all organisms have genes for arsenic detoxification.Arsenic detoxification genes are frequently organized in chromosomal or plasmid...
approved by the Animal Ethics Committee ofthe Institute of Microbiology,Chinese Academy of Sciences(Approval Number:APIMCAS2018034 and APIMCAS2021112).
Impact statementThis study identifies avian tuberculosis as a potential cause of mass mortality in wild migratory birds in Inner Mongolia,China.Combining meta-transcriptomic sequencing and histopathological analysis,it...