Publications by authors named "Danpeng Zhu"
Article Synopsis
- Ferredoxins (Fds) play an important role in plant processes such as photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation, but their full function in different organisms is still not fully understood.
- This study focused on the impact of the MtFd protein from Methanothermobacter thermoautotrophicus on the photosynthetic efficiency of rice, finding that it localized to chloroplasts and significantly improved photosynthetic capacity in transgenic plants compared to wild types.
- The enhanced photosynthesis led to greater electron transport rates, increased NADPH and net photosynthetic rates, larger grain sizes, and raised levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) which boosted the antioxidant system's enzymatic activity.
To sustain high crop yield, a comprehensive understanding of the processes by which plants sense and acquire nutrients is of great importance. For the efficiency of crop fertilizer, it is essential to exploring the the signaling networks that coordinate the usage of nitrogen and phosphorus, the most demanding two mineral nutrients in plants. Here, we found that a protein OsCBL1 (Calcineurin B-like protein 1) is involved in the regulation of nitrogen and phosphorus signaling in rice.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: This study presents our experience with laparoscopic surgery for tubal ectopic pregnancy (EP), sums up the different features of two commonly utilized laparoscopic surgeries, and compares subsequent post-salpingectomy or -salpingotomy reproductive outcomes in women with tubal EPs.
Study Design: Medical history data of 95 patients diagnosed with tubal EP between January 2013 and December 2014 were analyzed in a retrospective, observational manner. All patients studied were offered two surgical management options: salpingectomy (removal of the entire fallopian tube), or salpingotomy (removal of products of gestation only, leaving the remainder of the tube intact).