supported by a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.NSFC #31371364)
Insect is the largest group of animals on land.Many insect species inflict economical and health losses to humans.Yet many more benefit us by helping to maintain balances in our ecosystem.The benefits that insects off...
supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFA0506900,2018YFA0800901);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA12030211);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31671226,31871194)。
Acyl-coenzyme A thioesters(acyl-CoAs)denote a key class of intermediary metabolites that lies at the hub of major metabolic pathways.The great diversity in polarity between short-and long-chain acylCoAs makes it techn...
supported by an internal Quinnipiac University Grant-In-Aid to LCK between the years of 2012-2014
Neurodegenerative diseases are extremely prevalent in today’s society and,according to the World Health Organization,are currently listed as the third leading cause of death,following cancer and heart disease(Gammon...
This project has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grants 91853108,92153301,31771589,and 32170821 to K.Y,32101034 to F.C);Department of Science and Technology of Hunan Province(grants 2017RS3013,2017XK2011,2018DK2015,2019SK1012,and 2021JJ10054 to K.Y,and the innovative team program 2019RS1010);Central South University(2018CX032 to K.Y,2019zzts046 to Y.Z,2019zzts339 to X.L,2021zzts497 to H.Y,and the innovation-driven team project 2020CX016);D.M.F.v.A.is supported by Wellcome Trust Investigator Award(110061);a Novo Nordisk Foundation Laureate award(NNF21OC0065969).
Protein O-GlcNAcylation is a monosaccharide post-translational modification maintained by two evolutionarily conserved enzymes, O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) and O-GlcNAcase (OGA). Mutations in human OGT have recently be...
supported by the National Natural Science foundation of China (No.30300035);by the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars,State Education Ministry[No. (2004)527].
Copper is an important ingredient in fungicides,which are used for many economic plants.However,there is concern about the side-effects of copper-based fungicides due to their potential to affect beneficial mites.The ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32072646,31772373,and 32001832).
Ergothioneine is a natural amino acid with powerful antioxidant activity.Previous studies have demonstrated that ergothioneine can increase the lifespan of Drosophila melanogaster and Caenorhabditis elegans,and enhanc...
The pathogenic Wolbachia strain wMelPop rapidly over-replicates in the brain, muscles, and retina of Drosophila melanogaster, causing severe tissue degeneration and premature death of the host. The unique features of ...