Zeins are maize seed storage proteins, but are notoriously low in the amino acids lycine and tryptophan. Therefore, to improve maize’s nutritional properties, efforts have been made to decrease zein levels. However, such efforts often lead to abnormal (opague) kernels. Previous work has demonstrated that the 27-kD γ-zein gene is extremely highly expressed in the […]
There are pros and cons to growing plants in controlled conditions. On the one hand, controlling light, temperature, humidity and other environmental factors should aid reproducibility between experiments and labs. But what if the conditions used profoundly and unexpectedly affect the process you are studying? This is what Song et al. show in their new […]
Junpeng Zhan, first author of Opaque-2 regulates a complex gene network associated with cell differentiation and storage function of maize endosperm Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri Education: Ph.D. in Plant Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona; B.E. in Bioengineering and M.S. in Microbiology, Northwest A&F University, China. Non-scientific Interests: […]
Chi Zhang, first author of The MAPK kinase kinase GmMEKK1 regulates cell death and defense responses Current Position: Postgraduate Student in the College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China 321004 Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Biology, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, China Non-scientific Interests: Badminton, music, reading and travelling Brief bio: I obtained […]
Zhi-Rong Wang, first author of The MAPK kinase kinase GmMEKK1 regulates cell death and defense responses Current Position: Research Manager, Zhejiang Tian-Feng Bio-Science Company, Jinhua, China 321004 Education: Master Degree in Plant Genetics from Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China 321004 Non-scientific Interests: reading，music, and playing basketball. Brief bio: I received my master degree in Plant […]
Zhen-Chao Li, first author of The MAPK kinase kinase GmMEKK1 regulates cell death and defense responses Current Position: Postgraduate Student, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Biology, Ludong University, Yantai, Shangdong, China Non-scientific Interests: reading books, playing volleyball, fishing and travelling Brief bio: I am […]
Hui-Yang Xu, first author of The MAPK kinase kinase GmMEKK1 regulates cell death and defense responses Current Position: Education Counselor, Zhejiang Post and Telecommunication College, Shaoxing, China. Education: MS in Plant Genetics from Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China Non-scientific Interests: Basketball, football, and table tennis. Brief bio: I graduated from the College of Chemistry and […]
(From a press release written in Chinese – original here) On September 10th , The Plant Cell published a research paper entitled Maize Oxalyl-CoA Decarboxylase1 Degrades Oxalate and Affects the Seed Metabolome and Nutritional Quality by the Wu Yongrui Research Group of the Institute of Plant and Plant Science and Excellence in Plant and Physiology, […]
Qian Zhang, first author of Blue light regulates secondary cell wall thickening via MYC2/MYC4 activation of the NST1-directed transcriptional network in Arabidopsis Current Position: PhD candidate. National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics ＆ CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, […]