β-GaO nanorod arrays with high light-to-electron conversion for solar-blind deep ultraviolet photodetection.

Vertically aligned nanorod arrays (NRAs), with effective optical coupling with the incident light and rapid electron transport for photogenerated carriers, have attracted much interest for photoelectric devices. Herein, the monoclinic β-GaO NRAs with an average diameter/length of 500 nm/1.287 μm were prepared by the hydrothermal and post-annealing method.

OsGatB, the Subunit of tRNA-Dependent Amidotransferase, Is Required for Primary Root Development in Rice.

A short-root rice mutant was isolated from an ethyl methane sulfonate-mutagenized library. From map-based cloning strategy, a point mutation, resulting in an amino acid change from proline to leucine, was identified in the fourth exon of a glutamyl-tRNA (Gln) amidotransferase B subunit family protein (OsGatB, LOC_Os11g34210). This gene is an ortholog of Arabidopsis GatB and yeast PET112.

Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Analysis of the 14-3-3 Family Genes in Medicago truncatula.

The 14-3-3 gene family, which is conserved in eukaryotes, is involved in protein-protein interactions and mediates signal transduction. However, detailed investigations of the 14-3-3 gene family in Medicago truncatula are largely unknown. In this study, the identification and study of M.