According to the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), agriculture and land-use change account for about 24% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Drug repurposing has become an important strategy for the development of novel anti-cancer drugs. Ciclopirox olamine (CPX), a broad-spectrum fungicide, was recently identified as a potential anticancer agent. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the anti-cancer effect of CPX are still unclear.
Most species in Pleurotus have great dietary and economic importance. Species in P. ostreatus species complex are widely cultivated in East Asia. Recently, researchers from Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences (KIB/CAS) rediscovered P. placentodes (Berk.) Sacc.
Flowering plants bring pollinators into contact with reproductive structures by providing olfactory or visual signals, and by rewarding visitors with nectar, pollen, and oils. In turn, pollinator preference and abundance influence a plant’s reproductive success.
Cimicifuga spp. is well-known phytomedicine in world, its extraction have been generally used to treatment for women climacteric syndrome,osteoporosis etc.
Chlorella zofingiensis Donz, a unicellular microalga, is able to accumulate astaxanthin and lipids under certain environmental stresses or culture conditions.Transcriptome data revealed a great number of gene coding sequences involved in most primary and secondary metabolisms, including full coding sequences of all the genes for astaxanthin and TAG biosynthesis.
DNA methylation, one of important epigenetic markers, has shown broad-ranging functions, including regulation of gene expression and genomic imprinting, involvement in chromatin organization and protection of genome from invading and mobile DNA elements.
The oxidative decarboxylation of prenyl 4-hydroxybenzoate to prenylhydroquinone has been frequently proposed for the biosynthesis of prenylated (hydro) quinone derivates (sometimes meroterpenoids), yet corresponding genes or enzymes remained elusive. Still unknown are the enzymes responsible for the successive decarboxylation and hydroxylation of 5-methoxy-4-hydroxy-3-hexaprenyl benzoate in the...
Soybean (Glycine max) is one of the most important crops, and insects and drought cause large economic losses in soybean production every year.
Ca2+ is a ubiquitous second messenger that is critical for signal transduction in eukaryotes by activating various cellular processes in response to developmental and stress stimuli. Calcium-dependent protein kinases (CDPKs) are plant-specific calciu...
