In most eukaryotes, small RNA(sRNA)-mediated RNA silencing(or RNA interference, RNAi) is an evolutionarily conserved mechanism that regulates gene expression in a sequence-specific manner.Generally, s RNAs are produce...
supported by grants from the National Basic Research Program of China(2011CBA01103);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31171254);the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities(WK2060190018)
Most eukaryotes employ a variety of mechanisms to defend the integrity of their genome by recognizing and silencing parasitic mobile nucleic acids.However,recent studies have shown that genomic DNA undergoes extensive...
supported by U.S. National Institutes of Health (Grant No. GM62484)
Heterochromatin is characteristically more compact than chromatin is mediated by special histone modifications, euchromatin in the eukaryotic genome. The establishment of hetero- recruitment and propagation of heteroc...
supported by the Special Fund for Agro-Scientific Research in the Public Interest (Grant No. 3-20) from the Chinese government;the Priority Academic Program Development for Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
In many eukaryotic organisms, Cdcl4 phosphatase regulates multiple biological events during anaphase and is essential for mitosis. It has been shown that Cdcl4 is required for sporulation in the potato blight pathogen...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No 30570225)
ERα36,a variant of estrogen receptor-α,acts as a dominant-negative factor in both estrogen-dependent and estrogen-independent transactivation signaling pathways,and is a key factor in the promotion,progression and p...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.30270875);Shandong Province Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.Z2000D02);Shandong Province Science and Technology Development Project.
We have reported that cDNA derived from entire coat protein (CP) gene of potato virus Y (PVY) could induce resistance to PVY infection in transgenic tobacco plants, and the resistance was further demonstrated to be RN...