CmNAC25 targets CmMYB6 to positively regulate anthocyanin biosynthesis during the post-flowering stage in chrysanthemum
Anthocyanin is a class of important secondary metabolites that determines colorful petals in chrysanthemum, a famous cut flower. ‘Arctic Queen’ is a white chrysanthemum cultivar that does not accumulate anthoc... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - October 9, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Yuxi Wang, Yiguang Wang, Li-Jie Zhou, Jialin Peng, Chuwen Chen, Shenhui Liu, Aiping Song, Jiafu Jiang, Sumei Chen and Fadi Chen Tags: Research article Source Type: research
GADD45A regulates subcutaneous fat deposition and lipid metabolism by interacting with Stat1
Obesity, characterized by excessive white adipose tissue expansion, is associated with several metabolic complications. Identifying new adipogenesis regulators may lead to effective therapies for obesity-induc... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - October 9, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Wenjing You, Shiqi Liu, Jie Li, Yuang Tu and Tizhong Shan Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Genetic and cultural adaptations underlie the establishment of dairy pastoralism in the Tibetan Plateau
Domestication and introduction of dairy animals facilitated the permanent human occupation of the Tibetan Plateau. Yet the history of dairy pastoralism in the Tibetan Plateau remains poorly understood. Little ... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - October 5, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Min-Sheng Peng, Yan-Hu Liu, Quan-Kuan Shen, Xiao-Hua Zhang, Jiajia Dong, Jin-Xiu Li, Hui Zhao, Hui Zhang, Xiaoming Zhang, Yaoxi He, Hong Shi, Chaoying Cui, Ouzhuluobu, Tian-Yi Wu, Shi-Ming Liu, Gonggalanzi & hellip; Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Protein secretion zones during overexpression of amylase within the Gram-positive cell wall
Whereas the translocation of proteins across the cell membrane has been thoroughly investigated, it is still unclear how proteins cross the cell wall in Gram-positive bacteria, which are widely used for indust... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - October 4, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Manuel Strach, Felicitas Koch, Svenja Fiedler, Klaus Liebeton and Peter L. Graumann Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Impacts of maternal microbiota and microbial metabolites on fetal intestine, brain, and placenta
The maternal microbiota modulates fetal development, but the mechanisms of these earliest host-microbe interactions are unclear. To investigate the developmental impacts of maternal microbial metabolites, we c... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - October 4, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Aleksi Husso, Tiina Pessa-Morikawa, Ville Mikael Koistinen, Olli K ärkkäinen, Hyuk Nam Kwon, Leo Lahti, Antti Iivanainen, Kati Hanhineva and Mikael Niku Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Cross-reactive antibody response to Monkeypox virus surface proteins in a small proportion of individuals with and without Chinese smallpox vaccination history
After the eradication of smallpox in China in 1979, vaccination with the vaccinia virus (VACV) Tiantan strain for the general population was stopped in 1980. As the monkeypox virus (MPXV) is rapidly spreading ... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - October 2, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Anqi Xia, Xiaojie Wang, Jiaying He, Wei Wu, Weiyu Jiang, Song Xue, Qianqian Zhang, Yidan Gao, Yuru Han, Yaming Li, Xiaofang Peng, Minxiang Xie, Christian T. Mayer, Jie Liu, Chen Hua, Yiou Sha & hellip; Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Author Correction: Genomic insights into biased allele loss and increased gene numbers after genome duplication in autotetraploid Cyclocarya paliurus
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Source: BMC Biology - September 29, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Rui-Min Yu, Ning Zhang, Bo-Wen Zhang, Yu Liang, Xiao-Xu Pang, Lei Cao, Yi-Dan Chen, Wei-Ping Zhang, Yang Yang, Da-Yong Zhang, Er-Li Pang and Wei-Ning Bai Tags: Author Correction Source Type: research
Interaction between phenylpropane metabolism and oil accumulation in the developing seed of Brassica napus revealed by high temporal-resolution transcriptomes
Brassica napus is an important oilseed crop providing high-quality vegetable oils for human consumption and non-food applications. However, the regulation between embryo and seed coat for the synthesis of oil and... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - September 29, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Liangqian Yu, Dongxu Liu, Feifan Yin, Pugang Yu, Shaoping Lu, Yuting Zhang, Hu Zhao, Chaofu Lu, Xuan Yao, Cheng Dai, Qing-Yong Yang and Liang Guo Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Efficient targeted recombination with CRISPR/Cas9 in hybrids of Caenorhabditis nematodes with suppressed recombination
Homology-based recombination (HR) is the cornerstone of genetic mapping. However, a lack of sufficient sequence homology or the presence of a genomic rearrangement prevents HR through crossing, which inhibits ... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - September 29, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Dongying Xie, Bida Gu, Yiqing Liu, Pohao Ye, Yiming Ma, Tongshu Wen, Xiaoyuan Song and Zhongying Zhao Tags: Methodology article Source Type: research
Multi-omic insights into the formation and evolution of a novel shell microstructure in oysters
Molluscan shell, composed of a diverse range of architectures and microstructures, is a classic model system to study the relationships between molecular evolution and biomineralized structure formation. The s... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - September 29, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Yitian Bai, Shikai Liu, Yiming Hu, Hong Yu, Lingfeng Kong, Chengxun Xu and Qi Li Tags: Research article Source Type: research
The genome and sex-dependent responses to temperature in the common yellow butterfly, Eurema hecabe
Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) is one of the most geographically widespread insect orders in the world, and its species play important and diverse ecological and applied roles. Climate change is one of th... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - September 25, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Ivy H. T. Lee, Wenyan Nong, Wai Lok So, Chris K. H. Cheung, Yichun Xie, Toby Baril, Ho Yin Yip, Thomas Swale, Simon K. F. Chan, Yingying Wei, Nathan Lo, Alexander Hayward, Ting Fung Chan, Hon-ming Lam and Jerome H. L. Hui Tags: Research article Source Type: research
An intelligent workflow for sub-nanoscale 3D reconstruction of intact synapses from serial section electron tomography
As an extension of electron tomography (ET), serial section electron tomography (serial section ET) aims to align the tomographic images of multiple thick tissue sections together, to break through the volume ... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - September 25, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Sheng Chang, Linlin Li, Bei Hong, Jing Liu, Yuxuan Xu, Keliang Pang, Lina Zhang, Hua Han and Xi Chen Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Meta-analysis reveals the vaginal microbiome is a better predictor of earlier than later preterm birth
High-throughput sequencing measurements of the vaginal microbiome have yielded intriguing potential relationships between the vaginal microbiome and preterm birth (PTB; live birth prior to 37 weeks of gestatio... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - September 25, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Caizhi Huang, Craig Gin, Jennifer Fettweis, Betsy Foxman, Bizu Gelaye, David A. MacIntyre, Akila Subramaniam, William Fraser, Negar Tabatabaei and Benjamin Callahan Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Nuclear receptor RXR α binds the precursor of miR-103 to inhibit its maturation
The maturation of microRNAs (miRNAs) successively undergoes Drosha, Dicer, and Argonaute ˗mediated processing, however, the intricate regulations of the individual miRNA maturation are largely unknown. Retinoi... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - September 21, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Xiaohong Ye, Yun Yang, Jiayue Yao, Mo Wang, Yixin Liu, Guobin Xie, Zhiping Zeng, Xiao-kun Zhang and Hu Zhou Tags: Research article Source Type: research
The chromosome-scale reference genome of mirid bugs (Adelphocoris suturalis) genome provides insights into omnivory, insecticide resistance, and survival adaptation
Adelphocoris suturalis (Hemiptera: Miridae) is a notorious agricultural pest, which causes serious economic losses to a diverse range of agricultural crops around the world. The poor understanding of its genomic ... (Source: BMC Biology)
Source: BMC Biology - September 19, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Zhongping Xu, Guanying Wang, Jing Luo, Mingju Zhu, Lisong Hu, Sijia Liang, Bo Li, Xingxing Huang, Ying Wang, Guangyu Zhang, Can Zhang, Yi Zhou, Daojun Yuan, Taiyu Chen, Lizhen Chen, Weihua Ma & hellip; Tags: Research article Source Type: research
