AnWRKY29 from the desert xerophytic evergreen Ammopiptanthus nanus improves drought tolerance through osmoregulation in transgenic plants.

As a significant transcription factor family in plants, WRKYs have a crucial role in responding to different adverse environments. They have been repeatedly demonstrated to contribute to drought resistance. However, no systematic exploration of the WRKY family has been reported in the evergreen shrub Ammopiptanthus nanus under drought conditions.

Difunctionalization of Dienes, Enynes and Related Compounds via Sequential Radical Addition and Cyclization Reactions.

Radical reactions are powerful in creating carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bonds. Designing one-pot radical reactions with cascade transformations to assemble the cyclic skeletons with two new functional groups is both synthetically and operationally efficient. Summarized in this paper is the recent development of reactions involving radical addition and cyclization of dienes, diynes, enynes, as well as arene-bridged and arene-terminated compounds for the preparation of difunctionalization cyclic compounds.

Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of Transcription Factor Genes in Moso Bamboo ().

(GLK) transcription factors contribute significantly and extensively in regulating chloroplast growth and development in plants. This study investigated the genome-wide identification, phylogenetic relationships, conserved motifs, promoter cis-elements, MCScanX, divergence times, and expression profile analysis of genes in moso bamboo (). Overall, 78 putative (-) were identified and divided into 13 distinct subfamilies.

Difunctionalization of Alkenes and Alkynes via Intermolecular Radical and Nucleophilic Additions.

Popular and readily available alkenes and alkynes are good substrates for the preparation of functionalized molecules through radical and/or ionic addition reactions. Difunctionalization is a topic of current interest due to its high efficiency, substrate versatility, and operational simplicity. Presented in this article are radical addition followed by oxidation and nucleophilic addition reactions for difunctionalization of alkenes or alkynes.

Chinese herbal medicine Qinggongshoutao for the treatment of amnestic mild cognitive impairment: A 52-week randomized controlled trial.

Introduction: This randomized, double-blind trial aimed to test effect of a Chinese herbal medicine, Qinggongshoutao (QGST) pill, on the cognition and progression of amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI).

Methods: Patients with aMCI were randomly assigned to receive QGST, extract, or placebo for 52 weeks. The primary outcome measures were progression to possible or probable Alzheimer's disease (AD) and change in Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-cognitive subscale scores; secondary outcome measures included assessments for cognition and function.

Heterotrimeric G-proteins involved in the MeJA regulated ion flux and stomatal closure in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Heterotrimeric G-proteins play an important role in plant signalling pathways. The plant hormone methyl jasmonate (MeJA) can induce stomatal closure in many plant species. The signal cascade in MeJA-induced stomatal closure has been studied previously.

Isolation of lipids from photosystem I complex and its characterization with high performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization mass spectrometry.

A method for simultaneous analysis of lipids extracted from photosystem I complex was developed with high performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. The photosystem I complex was firstly solubilized and separated using deoxycholate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis method after ultrasonic treatment of the sample (leaves of pea, Pisum sativum L.).

Enantioseparation of 2-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-2H-1,4-benzoxazin-3(4H)-one and its 7-chloro-derivative by capillary zone electrophoresis using native and substituted beta-cyclodextrins as chiral additives.

Efficient, rapid and inexpensive methods were established for the chiral separation of two glucopyranosyl compounds from plant extracts, by capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE). Baseline separation was achieved for both compounds. Several native cyclodextrins and their derivatives were tried as chiral selectors.

The Tissue Distribution of a New Androgen Inducible Cytosol Protein.

As a preliminary but important step in the investigation of the function of the new androgen-dependent DNA binding cytosol protein (C(3)P(4)) discovered by using gel retardation assay with a 31 bp fragment of DNA of the promoter of the rat ventral prostatic binding protein (PSBP) C(3) gene as a probe, a general survey was carried out on the tissue distribution of this protein in rat mice, rabbit and monkey of both sexes and also in some human pathological tissues with the following findings: (1) C(3)P(4) is present in all the male sex organs in different amount, but none in female sex organs. (2) C(3)P(4) has been found in the brain of all the species studied. (3) Its occurrence in other tissues are rare and show species variation, but no sex difference.