Telomeres have been a subject of genetic research since the 1930s. They play a crucial role in cancer biology, as they influence both cellular senescence and genomic stability. In cancer cells, dysfunctional telomeres...
Supported by the Scientific Research Development Plan Project or the Scientific Research Foundation for Advanced Talents,Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College,No.2023MPZK017,No.2023ZD001,No.2023-2ZD002,and No.2023GC009;Science and Technology Support Program of Nanchong,No.22SXQT0001;Youth Medical Innovation Research Project,or Medical Research Project of Sichuan Province,No.Q23047 and No.S23020;Development of a Scientific Research Plan for the Doctoral Scientific Research Foundation of the North Sichuan Medical College,No.CBY22-ZDA03.
BACKGROUND Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma(ESCC)is a malignant tumor with high morbidity and mortality,and easy to develop resistance to chemotherapeutic agents.Telomeres are DNA-protein complexes located at the te...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program(2023YFD1202800);the Key Research Project of the Shennong Laboratory(SN01-2022-03);the China Agriculture Research System of MOF and MARA(CARS-13);Key Projects of Henan Province(222301420026);Major Science and Technology Projects of Henan Province(221100110300);the Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars from Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences(2025ZC13,2023JQ02 and 2024JQ06);the Henan Provincial Agriculture Research System,China(S2012-5).
Dear Editor,Cultivated peanut(peanut in short)(Arachis hypogaea,2n=4x=40,genome type AABB)is a legume crop serving globally as a crucial source of edible oil and protein.Available peanut reference genome sequences obt...
The importance of telomeres as special structures at the ends of chromosomes is gradually gaining prominence. They are composed of short, multi-repeated non-transcribed sequences (TTAGGG) and binding proteins, and the...
supported by the Key R&D Program of Shandong Province,China(grant no.ZR202211070163);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant nos.32170574 and 32200249);the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(grant nos.ZR2023QC026 and ZR2023QC106);the Young Taishan Scholars Program and Yuandu Scholars Program.
The pursuit of complete telomere-to-telomere(T2T)genome assembly in plants,challenged by genomic complexity,has been advanced by Oxford Nanopore Technologies(ONT),which offers ultra-long,realtime sequencing.Despite it...
supported by the Key R&D Program of Shandong Province(ZR202211070163);the Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of Shandong Province(ZR2023JQ010);L.G.is also supported by the Taishan Scholars Program of Shandong Province。
Dear Editor,Lettuce(Lactuca sativa L.)is an annual plant of the Asteraceae family,commonly used as a fresh-cut vegetable and a primary ingredient in salads.It is rich in vitamins,minerals,polyphenols,and carotenoids,p...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(32272677);National Key R&D Program of China(2019YFD1001104);Central Publicinterest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund for Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences(1630032024026,1630032024001,1630052023011);Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(323QN279)。
Pineapple is the third most crucial tropical fruit worldwide and available in five varieties.Genomes of different pineapple varieties have been released to date;however,none of them are complete,with all exhibiting su...
supported by funding for Clinical Trials from the Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital,Medical School of Nanjing University(2022-LCYJ-MS-06).
Objective:To evaluate the performance of optical genomemapping(OGM)in identifying an inversion located in the short armof chromosome 8(8p,8p23.1),flanked by regions of complex segmental duplication(SD),using the GRCh3...
supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province for Young Scholars(ZR2023QC153);the Key R&D Program of Shandong Province(2021LZGC025,2022LZGC022,and 2023LZGC001);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32201736);the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Project of SAAS(CXGC2023F13 and CXGC2023C02)。
Dear Editor,Soybean(Glycine max)is a critical crop worldwide,renowned as a major source of edible oil and protein.It was domesticated approximately 5000-9000 years ago in China,between latitudes 32°N and 40°N,from i...
supported by the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences(grant 2021-I2M-1-032).The funders had no role in the design of the study;the collection,analyses,or interpretation of data;the writing of the manuscript;or the decision to publish the results.
Dear Editor,Gynostemma pentaphyllum(Thunb.)Makino,a perennial climbing vine in the Cucurbitaceae family,has been widely used in traditional medicine for over 600 years(Blumert and Liu,1999).It serves as a valuable nat...