affects grain protein content and various biological traits by regulating expression in rice.

Unlabelled: The grain protein content is an important quality trait in cereals, and the expression level of the can significantly affect the grain protein content in rice. Through site-directed mutagenesis, we found that the position from -7 to -12 bp upstream of the transcription start site of the was the functional variation site. By using the yeast single hybrid test, point-to-point in yeast, and the local surface plasmon resonance test, the OsNAC74 was screened and verified to be a regulator upstream of .

[Meta-analysis on the Effects of Nitrogen Addition on Soil Organic Carbon Content in Terrestrial Ecosystems].

Several studies have demonstrated that the increased deposition of nitrogen(N) has significantly affected the content of soil organic carbon(SOC); however, the change significantly varies in different regions. In this study, Meta-analysis, Meta-regression, and linear regression were performed to systematically evaluate the effects of climate, soil properties, and field design factors on the responses of SOC to N addition based on 408 data points from 49 field experiments in China. The results revealed that the response of SOC to N addition was significantly positively correlated with the mean annual temperature(MAT) and mean annual precipitation(MAP) of the sample sites(<0.

Meta-analysis on the effects of nitrogen deposition on soil NO flux in different habitats.

We carried out a meta-analysis to explore the effects of site characteristics (climatic factors and soil properties) and nitrogen (N) factors on soil nitrous oxide (NO) flux after N addition based on 290 data from 66 field N addition experiments in China. The results showed that mean annual precipitation, mean annual temperature, ambient N deposition rate, and soil C/N of sites were positively correlated with the increases of NO flux after N addition. Soil pH was negatively correlated with the increases of NO flux after N addition.

OsFBN7-OsKAS I module promotes formation of plastoglobules clusters in rice chloroplasts.

Plastoglobules (PGs) contiguous with the outer leaflets of thylakoid membranes regulate lipid metabolism, plastid developmental transitions, and responses to environmental stimuli. However, the function of OsFBN7, a PG-core fibrillin gene in rice, has not been elucidated. Using molecular genetics and physiobiochemical approaches, we observed that OsFBN7 overexpression promoted PG clustering in rice chloroplasts.

Identification of a Hypoxia-Related Signature as Candidate Detector for Schizophrenia Based on Genome-Wide Gene Expression.

Introduction: Schizophrenia (SCZ), a severe neuropsychiatric disorder with high genetic susceptibility, has high rates of misdiagnosis due to the unavoidably subjective factors and heterogeneous clinical presentations. Hypoxia has been identified as an importantly risk factor that participates in the development of SCZ. Therefore, development of a hypoxia-related biomarker for SCZ diagnosis is promising.

OsClo5 functions as a transcriptional co-repressor by interacting with OsDi19-5 to negatively affect salt stress tolerance in rice seedlings.

Caleosins constitute a small protein family with one calcium-binding EF-hand motif. They are involved in the regulation of development and response to abiotic stress in plants. Nevertheless, how they impact salt stress tolerance in rice is largely unknown.

Frontal-subcortical volumetric deficits in single episode, medication-naïve depressed patients and the effects of 8 weeks fluoxetine treatment: a VBM-DARTEL study.

Background: Convergent studies suggest that morphological abnormalities of frontal-subcortical circuits which involved with emotional and cognitive processing may contribute to the pathophysiology of major depressive disorder (MDD). Antidepressant treatment which has been reported to reverse the functional abnormalities of frontal-subcortical circuits in MDD may have treating effects to related brain morphological abnormalities. In this study, we used voxel-based morphometry method to investigate whole brain structural abnormalities in single episode, medication-naïve MDD patients.

Whiter matter abnormalities in medication-naive subjects with a single short-duration episode of major depressive disorder.

Convergent studies have implicated white matter abnormalities in the pathophysiology of major depressive disorder (MDD). In this study, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) was used to examine white matter abnormalities in 23 single-episode, medication-naive MDD participants versus 21 healthy control participants. Voxel-based analysis was used to investigate whole brain white matter abnormalities in the MDD group.