supported by a Future Leader Fellowship(106605)from the National Heart Foundation of Australia;HK and ZJC are supported by the Research Training Scholarship from the University of Queensland.
The Smad transcription factors are well known for their role at the core of transforming growth factor-β(TGF-β)signalling.However,recent evidence shows that the Smad transcription factors play a vital role downstrea...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32160681 and 32060663);the National Guidance Foundation for Local Science and Technology Development of China(2023-009);the Guizhou Provincial Basic Research Program(Natural Science)(ZK[2022]YB132);the Foundation of Postgraduate of Guizhou Province,China(YJSKYJJ[2021]057)。
Hylocereus polyrhizus,also known as pitaya or dragon fruit,is a climbing cactus grown worldwide because of its excellent performance under drought stress and appealing red-purple fruits.In practice,accelerating flower...
supported by a Future Leader Fellowship (106605)from the National Heart Foundation of Australia.
Transforming growth factor-β(TGF-β)signaling is initiated by activation of transmembrane TGF-βreceptors(TGFBR),which deploys Smad2/3 transcription factors to control cellular responses.Failure or dysregulation in t...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.32188102 to L.X),Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Lab(Grant No.B23CJ0208 to L.X);the Central Public-interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund(Grant No.ZDXM2308 to L.X);National Engineering Research Centre of Crop Molecular Breeding.
Engineering of a new type of plant base editor for simultaneous adenine transition and transversion within the editing window will greatly expand the scope and potential of base editing in directed evolution and crop ...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant no.32188102 to L.X.);the Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Lab(grant no.B23CJ0208 to L.X.);the Central Publicinterest Scientific Institution-Based Research Fund(grant no.ZDXM2308 to L.X.);the National Engineering Research Centre of Crop Molecular Breeding.
Dear Editor,Base editors(BEs)are promising tools that enable single-nucleotide substitutions in specific target genes,generating loss-offunction or gain-of-function mutations,which can greatly accelerate plant functio...
This work was,in part,supported by the Youth Thousand Talents Program of China,start-up grants from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University(WF220408211);This work was also supported by the grants from the State Key Laboratory of Onco-genes and Related Genes(90-17-02);from the Interdisciplinary Program of Shanghai Jiao Tong University(YG2017MS18).
Many G-protein-coupled receptor(GPCR)agonists have been studied for transactivating epidermal growth factor receptor(EGFR)signaling through extracellular or intracellular pathways.Accumulated evidence has confirmed th...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK20200561);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32101671 and 31670255);the National Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK20200282 and BK20161447);the National Science Fund for Outstanding Young Scholars(21922702);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2019M661860);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(KYZ201859).
Osmotic stress caused by drought and high salinity is a significant environmental threat that limits plant growth and agricultural yield. Redox regulation plays an important role in plant stress responses, but the mec...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31670255);the National Natural Science Foundation of China of Jiangsu Province(BK20200561,BK20200282,BK20161447);the National Science Fund for Outstanding Young Scholars(21922702);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2019M661860);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(KYZ201859);the European Regional Development Fund through the Agenda Estatal de Investigacion(grant no.PID2019-109785GB-IOO).
Hydrogen sulfide(H2S)is a signaling molecule that regulates plant hormone and stress responses.The phytohormone abscisic acid(ABA)plays an important role in plant adaptation to unfavorable environmental conditions and...
supported in part by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81773808);the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality(Nos.17140901000,17140901001 and 18430760400,China).
Vitamin D3(VD3)is a multifunctional nutrient which can be either synthesized or absorbed from the diet.It plays a pivotal role in systemic calcium and phosphate homeostasis,as well as in various physiological and path...
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC grant nos. 31420103909, 31711530146, 31511130131);the Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to the Universities of the Ministry of Education (grant no. B08029), Natural Science Foundation of.
Metabotropic glutamate receptor 2 (mGlu2) belongs to the group-ll metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptors and is a neurotransmitter G protein-coupled receptor. The group-ll mGlu receptors are promising antipsychotic t...