GLP-1 agonists are popular weight loss and diabetes drugs.These drugs are peptide ligands that recognize the GLP-1 receptor,suppress appetite,and increase insulin sensitivity.Although not yet approved for human use,GL...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31925004 and 32430008 to Y.-L.G.,and 32100175 to Y.-C.X.);CAS Project for Young Scientists in Basic Research(YSBR-078 to Y.-C.X.)。
To elucidate the process of adaptation,particularly the traits subject to natural selection and the molecular mechanisms underlying their natural variation,is one of the primary objectives of evolutionary biology.The ...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32170238,32400191);Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(2023A1515111029);the Science,Technology and Innovation Commission of Shenzhen Municipality(RCYX20200714114538196);the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Elite Youth Program(grant 110243160001007);the Guangdong Pearl River Talent Program(2021QN02N792)。
Single-stranded DNA-binding proteins(SSBs)play essential roles in the replication,recombination and repair processes of organellar DNA molecules.In Arabidopsis thaliana,SSBs are encoded by a small family of two genes(...
supported by the National Science Foundation of China (No.22106098);the Youth Science and Technology Research Foundation of Shanxi Province (No.20210302124298);the Scientific and Technological Innovation Programs of Higher Education Institutions in Shanxi (Nos.2020L0174,and 2020L0025);the Startup Foundation for Doctors of Shanxi Province (No.SD1917);the Startup Foundation for Doctors of Shanxi Medical University (No.XD1917).
Bisphenol compounds(BPs)have various industrial uses and can enter the environment through various sources.To evaluate the ecotoxicity of BPs and identify potential gene candidates involved in the plant toxicity,Arabi...
supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China(No.32270302 and No.32030006);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2020SCUNL207 and SCU2022D003);Natural Science Foundation of Sichuan Province(2024NSFSC0340 and 25QNJJ4460);Sichuan Forage Innovation Team Program(SCCXTD-2024-16).
Submergence stress tolerance is a complex trait governed by multiple loci.Because of its wide distribution across arid and humid regions,Arabidopsis thaliana offers an opportunity to explore the genetic components and...
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna and by MUR-PRIN2022(PRIN 2022-2022YHWH9R;Next Generation EU)to P.P.and E.L.;Agritech National Research Center and received funding from the European Union Next-Generation EU(PIANO NAZIONALE DI RIPRESA E RESILIENZA(PNRR)–MISSIONE 4 COMPONENTE 2,INVESTIMENTO 1.4–D.D.103217/06/2022,CN00000022).
In an era characterized by rapidly changing and less-predictable weather conditions fueled by the climate crisis,understanding the mechanisms underlying local adaptation in plants is of paramount importance for the co...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32225006);the Beijing Natural Science Foundation(5232011);the Chinese Universities Scientific Fund(2024TC166);by the Postdoctoral Fel owship Program of CPSF under Grant Number GZC20230717。
ABSCISIC ACID-INSENSITIVE 4(ABI4) is a pivotal transcription factor which coordinates multiple aspects of plant growth and development as well as plant responses to environmental stresses.ABI4has been shown to be invo...
This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(31970332).
Hetero-tetrameric soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptors(SNAREs)complexes are critical for vesicle-target membrane fusion within the endomembrane system of eukaryotic cells.SNARE assemb...
a European Union contract LONGFLOW,MSCAIF-2018-838317 and CSIC LONGFLOW,CONV_EXT_014.The financial support of the Spanish Ministry for Science and Innovations(MICINN/FEDER)PID2020-117018RB-I00 to F.V.is also acknowledged.We thank Prof.George Coupland(MPiPZ,Cologne,Germany)for discussion and critical reading of the manuscript.
Plants are sessile organisms that have acquired highly plastic developmental strategies to adapt to the environment.Among these processes,the floral transition is essential to ensure reproductive success and is finely...