Agave americana L.callus were exposed to different concentrations of ethyl methanesulphonate(EMS)0,15,30,45 and 60 mM and to different times of exposure(2 and 4 h).The viability and capacity of shoot formation were sh...
financial support from the High Technology Research and Development Program of China (2013AA102501);the National Key Technology Research and Development Program (2014BAD08B08);the China Agriculture Research System (CARS-41-G03,CARS-41-Z17)
Background: The feed conversion ratio(FCR) and residual feed intake(RFI) are common indexes in measuring feed efficiency for livestock. RFI is a feed intake adjusted for requirements for maintenance and production so ...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China[grant number 31472278];the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(863 Program)[grant number 2012AA10A400-3];the Shanghai Universities Knowledge Service Platform[grant number ZF1206].
We identified the FOXO gene and five single-nucleotide polymorphisms(SNPs)in its coding region in the Sanmen breeding population of the razor clam Sinonovacula constricta.The ScFOXO gene encodes a protein of 625 amino...
Project supported by the Science Technology Development Fund(STDF,No.2585),Ministry of Scientific Research,Egypt
The insulin-like growth factor 1(IGF1) gene is a member of the group of somatotropin axis genes that play a significant role in cell proliferation and growth of muscles. Here, we searched for polymorphisms in buffal...
Supported by the National Science Foundation for Young Scientists of China(No.31402296);the National Science Foundation for Post-Doctoral Scientists of China(No.2014M562077);the Wuhan Chenguang Project for Young Scholars(No.201372304010832)
Myostatin (MSTN) is a member of the transforming growth factor-β gene superfamily that negatively regulates skeletal muscle development and growth. In the present study, partial genomic fragments of Myostatin-1 (M...
Objective: Vascular calcification is the consequence of the complex interaction between genetic, environmental, and vascular factors, which ultimately lead to the deposition of calcium in the tunica intima (atherosc...
This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Plan (SQ2016YFSF110100 and 2016YFC0905000), National Natural Science Foundation of China (81373490, 81573508, and 81573463), Hunan Provincial Science and Technology Plan of China (2015JC3025), and Open Foundation of Innovative Platform in University of Hunan Province of China (421530004).
Platinum-based chemotherapy is the standard first-line treatment for most lung cancer patients. However, the toxicity induced by platinum-based chemotherapy greatly impedes its clinical use. Previous studies showed ...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41206147,31302187);the Scientific and Technological Innovation Project Financially Supported by Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology(No.2015ASKJ02)
Clip domain serine proteases (cSPs) and their homologs (SPHs) play an important role in various biological processes that are essential components of extracellular signaling cascades, especially in the innate immu...
KCNQ1 channel is a member of the voltage-gated potassium channel KQT-like subfamily. The KCNQ1 gene has recently been identified as a susceptibility locus for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). In the present study, w...
financially supported by the Vietnam National University,Hanoi,Vietnam(Grant No.QG.14.22)
Rice (Oryza sativa) is sensitive to salinity, but the salt tolerance level differs among cultivars,which might result from natural variations in the genes that are responsible for salt tolerance. High-affinitypotass...