Archive: Developmental biology
Developmental biology 2008 Research Highlights
Synaptic development: Making long-term changes this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 12 November 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.273
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, , & GABAB receptor activation mediates frequency-dependent plasticity of developing GABAergic synapses. Nature Neurosci. doi:10.1038/nn.2215 (2008).
Top of pageRice genetics: Better buds
Felix Cheung
Published online: 29 October 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.252
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et al. Genetic control of rice plant architecture under domestication. Nature Genet. doi: 10.1038/ng.247 (2008).
Top of pageRice genetics: Good harvest this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 22 October 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.245
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et al. Control of rice grain-filling and yield by a gene with a potential signature of domestication. Nature Genet. doi: 10.1038/ng.220 (2008).
Top of pageRice genetics: Erection problems
Felix Cheung
Published online: 22 October 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.246
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et al. Control of a key transition from prostrate to erect growth in rice domestication. Nature Genet. doi: 10.1038/ng.197 (2008).
Top of pageRice genetics: Flowering switch
Jane Qiu
Published online: 08 October 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.234
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et al. RID1, encoding a Cys2/His2–type zinc finger transcription factor, acts as a master switch from vegetative to floral development in rice. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 105, 12915–12920 (2008).
Top of pageHydrobiology: Out of air, but not out of action this content is Open !
Jane Qiu
Published online: 17 September 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.218
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, , & Inductive transcription and protective role of fish heme oxygenase-1 under hypoxic stress. J. Exp. Biol. 211, 2700–2706 (2008).
Top of pageAquaculture: Solely female
Tim Reid
Published online: 06 August 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.183
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et al. Molecular marker-assisted sex control in half-smooth tongue sole (Cynoglossus semilaevis). Aquaculture doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2008.07.015 (2008).
Top of pageNeurogenesis: Control factors this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 16 July 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.162
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et al. Ptf1a, Lbx1 and Pax2 coordinate glycinergic and peptidergic transmitter phenotypes in dorsal spinal inhibitory neurons. Dev. Biol. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.06.031 (2008).
Top of pageAquaculture: Stressful scallops
Felix Cheung
Published online: 16 July 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.166
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Catecholaminergic responses to environmental stress in the hemolymph of Zhikong scallop Chlamys farreri. J. Exp. Zool. 309, 289–296 (2008).
Top of pagePlant growth: Shaken, not soaked
Tim Reid
Published online: 21 May 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.117
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et al. Effects of shaking on the growth and mechanical properties of Hedysarum Laeve may be independent of water regimes. Int. J. Plant Sci. 169, 503–507 (2008).
Top of pageEpigenetics: Blooming time
Jane Qiu
Published online: 14 May 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.110
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et al. Small RNA-directed epigenetic natural variation in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS Genet. 4, e1000056 (2008).
Top of pageStem cell: A cocktail recipe
Wei Zeng
Published online: 30 April 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.98
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et al. Enhanced efficiency of generating induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells from human somatic cells by a combination of six transcription factors. Cell Res. doi: 10.1038/cr.2008.51 (2008).
Top of pageVascular remodelling: A counter balance this content is Open !
Wei Zeng
Published online: 23 April 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.91
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et al. Cross talk among Smad, MAPK, and integrin signalling pathways enhances adventitial fibroblast functions activated by transforming growth factor-
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1 and inhibited by Gax. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis Vascular Biol. 28, 725–731 (2008). Plant development: Day and night this content is Open !
Jasmine Farsarakis
Published online: 26 March 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.66
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et al. Coordinated regulation of Arabidopsis thaliana development by light and gibberelins. Nature 451, 475–480 (2008).
Top of pageLeaf polarity: Upside down
Wei Zeng
Published online: 26 March 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.68
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Ribosomal proteins promote leaf adaxial identity. Development 135, 1325–1334 (2008).
Top of pageGut microbiota: Scanning the belly this content is Open !
Wei Zeng
Published online: 05 March 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.47
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et al. Symbiotic gut microbes modulate human metabolic phenotypes. PNAS 105, 2117–2122 (2008).
Top of pageCell death: Corpse disposal
Wei Zeng
Published online: 27 February 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.45
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et al. C. elegans Rab GTPase 2 is required for the degradation of apoptotic cells. Development 135, 1069–1080 (2008).
Top of pagePlant reproduction: A fruitless life this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 20 February 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.31
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Reproduction strategy of Trias verrucosa (Orchidaceae) from China. Acta Ecol. Sinica 27, 4460–4468 (2007).
Top of pageGene evolution: History repeats itself
Wei Zeng
Published online: 06 February 2008 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.26
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et al. Repetitive element-mediated recombination as a mechanism for new gene origination in Drosophila. PLoS Genet. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0040003.eor (2008).
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