Publications by authors named "Jiaru Zhao"

As a member of the Rho family, Rac plays important roles in many species, including proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, DNA damage responses, metabolism, angiogenesis, and immunosuppression. In this study, by constructing -deleted mutants in , it was found that the deletion of gene led to the decline of growth and development, conidia production, AFB1 toxin synthesis, and seed infection ability of . The deletion of gene also caused the disappearance of sclerotium, indicating that is required for sclerotium formation in .

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Deoxynivalenol (DON) is synthesized by species that frequently infect crops during storage, and it's harm risk to human is reflected in the consumption of infected food crops or indirectly through foods of animal origin. In this study, Hela and Chang liver cells were used to research the cellular apoptosis induced by deoxynivalenol. Cells were treated by DON toxin with a series of concentration and incubated for different time.

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As a pathogenic fungus, Aspergillus flavus can produce carcinogenic aflatoxins (AFs), which poses a great threat to crops and animals. Msb2, the signalling mucin protein, is a part of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway which contributes to a range of physiological processes. In this study, the roles of membrane mucin Msb2 were explored in A.

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