supported by the grants from National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (2011AA100402-2);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (31271356, 31030062, 81070455);National Basic Research Program of China (2012CB947600);the Jiangsu Distinguished Professorship Program (SR13400111);the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK2012052);the Priority Academic Program Development (PAPD) of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (YX13400214);the High-Level Innovative Team of Jiangsu Province;the ‘‘333” project of Jiangsu Province (BRA2015328)
Sp7/Osterix as a zinc finger transcription factor is expressed specifically in osteoblasts. Embryonic lethality of Sp7 knockout mice, however, has prevented from examining the functions of Sp7 in osteoblast and bone f...
supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(2012AA101108);National Natural Science Foundation of China(31171614);Ministry of Agriculture of China(2014ZX08001)
Vascular tissues are very important for providing both mechanical strength and long-distance transport. The molecular mechanisms of regulation of vascular tissue develop- ment are still not fully understood. In this s...
supported by National High Technology Research and Development Program(2011AA100605);Shanghai Key Discipline Cultivation and Construction Project(Horticulture;ZXDF150005);Shanghai Jiao Tong University Agri-Engineering Program(AF1500028)
Artemisinin, also known as qinghaosu, a sesquiterpene endoperoxide lactone isolated from the Chinese medicinal plant Artemisia annua L., is the most effective antimalarial drug which has saved millions of lives.Due to...
supported by grants from the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (2008AA02Z103);the Program of NSFC (30671332);the Key Program of Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation (Z304430);the Zhejiang Province Community Technology Research Projects (2012C22037)
Photosynthesis in“green”seeds, such as rapeseed, soybean, and Arabidopsis, plays a substantial role in the improved efficiency of oil accumulation. However, the molecular mecha-nism underpinning the coordinated expr...
supported by grants from Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. 7122032);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 81071672);the National Basic Research Program of China (973 program) (Grant No. 2010CB529303);National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program, Grant No. 2008AA02Z131)
Objective: We previously found that hUTP14a binds P53 and promotes P53 degradation. However, if hUTP14a is a downstream gene of P53 remains to be determined. This study aimed to identify the promoter of h UTP14a and ...
Supported by National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(2006AAl0ZlE8);Special Fund for Developing Super Rice from Ministry of Agriculture(200906);Project of Basic Research for National Non-profit Institute of China(2009RG005)
Rice is moderately sensitive to salinity,and the response to salt stress is a complex process,including the perception and transduction of salt stress signal,the activation of specific transcriptional factors and the ...
Acknowledgments We are grateful to Dr DA Melton (Harvard University) for shar- ing his human ES cells with us. The study was supported by grants from the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (2006CB943900), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program, 30500088), the Shang- hai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, and the Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The study was also supported by the Shanghai Leading Academic Deciline Project (S30201).
POU transcription factor OCT4 not only plays an essential role in maintaining the pluripotent and self-renewing state of embryonic stem (ES) cells but also acts as a cell fate determinant through a gene dosage effec...
This work was supported by the National 863 Project(Grant No.2002AA224081);National Special Project for Plant Transgenic and Industry(Grant No.JY03-A-18).
Under stress conditions such as droughthigh-salinity and low-temperature, the transcription factorof DREB (dehydration responsive element binding proteins)improved efficiently stress resistance by regulating the ex-pr...
The copper-regulated gene expression system has been developed to control spacial and temporal expression of transgene in plant. It comprises two parts: (1) ace I gene encoding copper-responsive transcription factor u...