supported by funds awarded to X.J.by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32070506&32372542).
Insects have to obtain sterols from food due to the inability to synthesize this essential nutrient de novo.For lepidopteran insects,they can convert a variety of phytosterols into cholesterol to meet their growth nee...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U2202202);the National Key Research,Development Program of China(2023YFD1400000);Chongqing China Three Gorges Museum independent project(3GM2022-KTZ06).
Short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases(SDRs)are ubiquitously distributed across diverse organisms and play pivotal roles in the growth,as well as endogenous and exogenous metabolism of various substances,including drug...
supported by the Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province(Grant No.2020B020220003);National Natural Science Foundation of China(32202504);Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(Grant No.2023A1515030049);Guangdong Rural Revitalization Strategy Special Project(Grant No.2023-NJS-00-003);Special fund for scientific and technological talents introduction of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences(Grant No.R2021YJ-YB2004)。
Wax gourd(Benincasa hispida)is an important cucurbit crop with economic and medicinal value.The myeloblastosis(MYB)gene family is one of the largest gene families in plants and regulates various biological processes,w...
Supported by The National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81901819;Peking University People’s Hospital Scientific Research Development Funds,No.RDX2024-08;Beijing Natural Science Foundation,No.7232187.
BACKGROUND Extramural venous invasion(EMVI)is a critical prognostic factor in gastric cancer(GC);however,its detection and underlying molecular mechanisms remain underexplored.AIM To investigate the relationship betwe...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81970454.
BACKGROUND ATP-binding cassette subfamily B member 4(ABCB4)deficiency is associated with cholestatic liver disease primarily because of missense mutations,and many variants remain unidentified.Here,we validate the pat...
funded by a Talent Research Project of Anhui Agricultural University(rc342219);by an Anhui Province Key R&D Project(202204c06020020).
The yellow gene family plays a crucial role in insect pigmentation.It has potential for use as a visible marker gene in genetic manipulation and transgenic engineering in several model and non-model insects.Sadly,yell...
supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China(32302623 and 32172639)。
The plant growth process is accompanied by dynamic changes in the microtubules,and the rearrangement of microtubules is regulated by diverse microtubule-associated proteins(MAPs).Plant MAP65s have been exhaustively ch...
supported by the Sichuan Province International Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation(2024YFHZ0299);the Project of Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province(2022YFH0031);Chengdu Science and Technology Bureau(2024-YF05-02168-SN).
Rice sheath blight(RSB)is a major destructive disease impeding rice production.Identifying key germplasm resources with increased resistance remains a challenge.However,the mechanisms underlying disease resistance are...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32025001,32071266 and 32200017);the Shandong Provin-cial Natural Science Foundation(ZR2022QC070 and ZR2019ZD20).
Cytochrome P450 enzymes(CYPs or P450s)and ferredoxins(Fdxs)are ubiquitously distributed in all domains of life.Bacterial P450s are capable of catalyzing various oxidative reactions with two electrons usually donated b...
supported by the grants from Biological Breeding-National Science and Technology Major Project (2023ZD0407104);National Natural Science Foundation of China (32372080);Yunnan Fundamental Research Project (202201AS070071).
Rice is a major crop susceptible to chilling stress.The identification of quantitative trait loci and genes for cold tolerance is crucial for the rice breeding.Of 30 quantitative-trait loci affecting seedling cold tol...