Publications by authors named "Er-Kui Yue"
Flowering time (or heading date in crops) is a critical agronomic trait for rice reproduction and adaptation. The circadian clock is an endogenous oscillator that is involved in controlling photoperiodic flowering. The rice LATE ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL (OsLHY), the core oscillator component of circadian clock, is a homolog of the LHY/CCA1 in Arabidopsis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFActive transposable elements (TEs) have drawn more attention as they continue to create new insertions and contribute to genetic diversity of the genome. However, only a few have been discovered in rice up to now, and their activities are mostly induced by artificial treatments (e.g.
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- The text discusses the significance of economically important vegetables and their diverse physical traits, highlighting their nutritional value and role in studying polyploidization.
- It reveals that transposable elements (TEs) make up about 40% of these vegetable genomes, greatly affecting genetic diversity and evolution, though their population dynamics remain poorly understood.
- By analyzing a large dataset of TE loci from various morphotypes, the study finds significant variations in TE insertions, which could help in understanding the evolutionary history and genetic differences among these vegetables.
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- A gene called OSBBS1/OsRLCK109 is crucial for both leaf aging and responding to salt stress in rice, impacting overall yield.
- The bbs1 mutant, which shows premature leaf senescence, was identified through a specific rice mutant population and confirmed to have a gene mutation linked to early leaf decay.
- OsBBS1 is primarily active in the veins of mature leaves and is significantly upregulated under salt stress, indicating its importance in plant stress responses.