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  JIN Jingbo's lab characterized a molecular mechanism by which SUMO modification regulates photomorphogenesis

  May 18, 2016
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  The Brachypodium distachyon-wheat stripe rust as a model pathosystem for studying the nonhost resistance was established by QI Xiaoquan group

  May 18, 2016
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  Very-long-chain fatty acids act as signals in confining the regeneration capacity of plants

  Apr 26, 2016
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  LIU Chunming's group deciphered the machiney underling the zygote activation in plants

  Apr 14, 2016
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  When Hippo meets auxin: a new player in auxin-mediated plant development identified

  Mar 10, 2016
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  Flavone synthases from Lonicera japonica and L. macranthoides reveal differential flavones accumulation patterns

  Mar 10, 2016
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  Structural Basis for the Regulation of Glutamyl-tRNA Reductase in Chloroplast

  Feb 02, 2016
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  Why Flowers Look so Different: Scientists Make Progress in the Flexibility of Floral Structure and Its Underlying Mechanisms

  Arrangement of floral organs can be whorled or spiral. In whorled flowers, the numbers of floral organs are usually fixed; in spiral flowers, in contrast, the numbers of floral organs usually show considerable variation, suggestive of the flexibility in the basic structure of the flower. The underlying mechanisms of the flexibility, however, remain unclear. Using Nigella damascena (Ranunculaceae) as a model, Prof. KONG Hongzhi’s research group at Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, attempted to address this question.

  Dec 10, 2015
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  Why Roots Grow Vertically: New Breakthrough in the Research on Roots Gravitropism

  Prof. LE Jie’s group in the Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, recently reported that FLP and MYB88 act redundantly but differentially in regulating the transcription of PIN3 and PIN7 in gravity-sensing cells of primary and lateral roots.

  Nov 23, 2015
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  New Findings in the evolutionary mechanism of molecular regulation in floral symmetry

  CYCLOIDEA (CYC)-like TCP genes have conserved dorsal identity function in patterning floral zygomorphy. Their expression changes are usually related to morphological diversity of zygomorphic flowers. However, it is still a challenge to elucidate the molecular mechanism underlying their expression differentiation.

  Nov 20, 2015