The c/s-regulatory elements facilitate the binding of sequencespecific transcription factors for activating or repressing the expression of target genes.The expression level of each gene may vary in different cell typ...
Despite the presence of about 21%O2 in the atmosphere,organs of plants and mammals are inevitably subject to lower O2 tensions(pO2)due to high O2 demand in metabolic active cells and limited O2 transport efficiency.In...
The root system is a major determinant of a plant's access to water and nutrients.The architecture of the root system to a large extent depends on the repeated formation of new lateral roots.In this review,we discuss ...
Work in the authors' laboratory was supported by grant 2015CB910200 of the National Key Basic Research Foundation of China, grants 31430046, 91535104, and 31271300 (to X.W.) of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and initiative grants 2662015PY020 and 2014RC002 of Huazhong Agricultural University (to X. W.).
Plants must constantly integrate various environment stimuli and many endogenous hormones to optimize their growth and development. BRI1-EMS-SUPPRESSOR 1 (BES1) and BRASSINAZOLE RESISTANT 1 (BZR1) act not only as ...
Environmental sensitivity varies across developmental phases in flowering plants. In the juvenile phase, mi- croRNA156 (miR156)-mediated repression of SQUAMOSA PROMOTER-BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE (SPL) transcription fac...
Integration of internal and external cues into developmental programs is indispensable for growth and development of plants, which involve complex interplays among signaling pathways activated by the internal and exte...
ABSTRACT A large proportion of eukaryotic genomes is tranScribed from both positive and negative strands of DNA and thus may generate overlapping sense and antisense transcripts. Some of these so-called natural antise...
Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), a major plant auxin, is produced in both tryptophan-dependent and tryptophan-independent pathways. A major pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana generates IAA in two reactions from tryptophan. ...
Histone acetylation/deacetylation is a dynamic process and plays an important role in gene regulation. Histone acetylation homeostasis is regulated by antagonist actions of histone acetyltransferases (HAT) and deace...
Little is known about how plants regulate their folate content, including whether the expression of folate biosynthesis genes is orchestrated during development or modulated by folate levels. Nor is much known about h...