Ancient Energy Gene Revealed as Hidden Drought Shield in Wheat
A new BMC Plant Biology study traces the evolution of the GAPDH gene family across wheat species of different ploidy ...
Tag: Arabidopsis thaliana
Sacred Lotus Gene Offers New Shield Against Cadmium’s Toxic Grip
Scientists identified a lotus E3 ubiquitin ligase, NnRNF217, that boosts cadmium tolerance in plants by supercharging antioxidant enzyme activity and ...
Cold Temperatures Rewire Plant Recombination Through a Chromosome Brake Called SNI1
A chromosome-architecture protein called SNI1 acts as a cold-sensitive brake on class II crossovers in Arabidopsis, revealing how temperature reshapes ...
Scientists Engineer Stachyose Production in Maize to Boost Heat Stress Tolerance
Scientists engineered maize to produce stachyose by introducing an Arabidopsis stachyose synthase gene, extending the raffinose family oligosaccharide pathway and ...
Single Disulfide Bond Sculpts SCREW Peptide for Plant Immune Receptor Activation
A new crystal structure reveals how a single disulfide bond locks the plant immune peptide SCREW into a neck-ring-like shape ...
Splicing Factor BRR2a Keeps Plant Stress Genes Silent Until Trouble Hits
New research shows the essential splicing factor BRR2a doubles as a repressor that keeps stress-inducible genes silent in Arabidopsis until ...
Molecular Switchboard Revealed: How Plant Sex Cells Coordinate Two Ancient Signalling Systems
A newly identified Arabidopsis protein, REAP1/AtSWAP70, physically links RAB5 endosomal trafficking with ROP polarity signalling to ensure successful pollen tube ...
Bacterial Functions, Not Species Names, Decide Who Wins a Place on Plant Roots
A large synthetic community study shows that plant roots recruit bacteria based on functional capacities rather than taxonomy, identifying 266 ...
Hidden Antisense RNA May Fine-Tune a Stress Gene in Arabidopsis
A new study suggests that a natural antisense transcript overlapping the stress-responsive DOXC21-A gene in Arabidopsis may regulate its expression ...
The World’s Most Famous Plant Is Secretly Splintering Into Many Strains
Genome and methylome sequencing of 78 supposedly identical Col-0 Arabidopsis strains reveals that the world's standard laboratory plant has quietly ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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