Publications by authors named "Ching-Ying Chu"
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- Plants face abiotic stresses like drought and salinity, which hinder their growth and reproduction, but they can develop signaling networks to enhance stress tolerance through specific gene expression.
- The study identified a gene, FaTEDT1L, in cultivated strawberries that is closely related to a known stress-responsive transcription factor, and showed that it acts as a transcriptional activator.
- Transgenic strawberry plants overexpressing FaTEDT1L demonstrated significantly better tolerance to osmotic stress—such as drought and salinity—by having increased root length and reduced water loss compared to wild-type plants, suggesting its potential for improving crop resilience.
The chloroplast relies on proteins encoded in the nucleus, synthesized in the cytosol and subsequently transported into chloroplast through the protein complexes Toc and Tic (Translocon at the outer/inner membrane of chloroplasts). A Tic complex member, Tic55, contains a redox-related motif essential for protein import into chloroplasts in peas. However, Tic55 is not crucial for protein import in .
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