Disruption of NADPH homeostasis by total flavonoids from Adinandra nitida Merr. ex Li leaves triggers ROS-dependent p53 activation leading to apoptosis in non-small cell lung cancer cells.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Adinandra nitida Merr. ex Li leaves serve as a herbal tea and hold a significant role in traditional Chinese medicine, being applied to assist in tumor treatment. Flavonoids present the primary bioactive constituents in Adinandra nitida Merr.

The proposed role of MSL-lncRNAs in causing sex lability of female poplars.

Labile sex expression is frequently observed in dioecious plants, but the underlying genetic mechanism remains largely unknown. Sex plasticity is also observed in many species. Here we carried out a systematic study on a maleness-promoting gene, , detected in the genome.

Time-sequential detection of quantitative trait loci and candidate genes underlying the dynamic growth of Salix suchowensis.

Elucidating the genetic factors underlying long-term biological processes remains challenging since the relevant genes and their effects may vary across different developmental stages. In this study, we carried out a large-scale field trial of the progeny of an F1 full-sib pedigree of Salix suchowensis and measured plant height and ground diameter periodically over a time course of 240 days. With the obtained data, we characterized plant growth rhythms and performed time-sequential analyses of quantitative trait loci underlying the dynamic growth of the plants.

Aux/IAA and ARF Gene Families in : Identification, Evolution, and Dynamic Transcriptome Profiling During the Plant Growth Process.

The phytohormone auxin plays a pivotal role in the regulation of plant growth and development, including vascular differentiation and tree growth. The auxin/indole-3-acetic acid (Aux/IAA) and auxin response transcription factor (ARF) genes are key components of plant auxin signaling. To gain more insight into the regulation and functional features of Aux/IAA and ARF genes during these processes, we identified 38 AUX/IAA and 34 ARF genes in the genome of and characterized their gene structures, conserved domains, and encoded amino acid compositions.

Evidences for a role of two Y-specific genes in sex determination in Populus deltoides.

Almost all plants in the genus Populus are dioecious (i.e. trees are either male or female), but it is unknown whether dioecy evolved in a common ancestor or independently in different subgenera.

The chromosome-scale assembly of the willow genome provides insight into Salicaceae genome evolution.

is an early-flowering shrub willow that provides a desirable system for studies on the basic biology of woody plants. The current reference genome of was assembled with 454 sequencing reads. Here, we report a chromosome-scale assembly of generated by combining PacBio sequencing with Hi-C technologies.

Identification of Genes Underlying the Resistance to in an Gene Supercluster of the Genome.

Identification of the particular genes in an genes supercluster underlying resistance to the rust fungus in poplar genome remains challenging. Based on the de novo assembly of the genome, all of the detected major genetic loci conferring resistance to were confined to a 3.5-Mb region on chromosome 19.

Corrigendum #2 to "VGSC: A Web-Based Vector Graph Toolkit of Genome Synteny and Collinearity".

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Uneven selection pressure accelerating divergence of and .

(poplars) and (willows) are sister genera in the Salicaceae family that arise from a common tetraploid ancestor. The karyotypes of these two lineages are distinguished by two major interchromosomal and some minor intrachromosomal rearrangements, but which one is evolutionarily more primitive remains debatable. In this study, we compare the selection pressure acting on the paralogous genes resulting from salicoid duplication (PGRS) within and between the genomes of the two lineages.

GEsture: an online hand-drawing tool for gene expression pattern search.

Gene expression profiling data provide useful information for the investigation of biological function and process. However, identifying a specific expression pattern from extensive time series gene expression data is not an easy task. Clustering, a popular method, is often used to classify similar expression genes, however, genes with a 'desirable' or 'user-defined' pattern cannot be efficiently detected by clustering methods.

Organellar genome assembly methods and comparative analysis of horticultural plants.

Although organellar genomes (including chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes) are smaller than nuclear genomes in size and gene number, organellar genomes are very important for the investigation of plant evolution and molecular ecology mechanisms. Few studies have focused on the organellar genomes of horticultural plants. Approximately 1193 chloroplast genomes and 199 mitochondrial genomes of land plants are available in the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), of which only 39 are from horticultural plants.

Detecting the Candidate Gender Determinants by Bioinformatic Prediction of miRNAs and Their Targets from Transcriptome Sequences of the Male and Female Flowers in .

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) belong to a class of small, noncoding, and endogenous single-stranded RNAs that negatively regulate gene expression at the posttranscriptional level. Potential miRNAs can be identified based on sequence homology since miRNAs are highly conserved in plants. In this study, we aligned the expressed sequence tags derived from flower buds of male and female to miRNAs in the miRBase, which enable us to identify 34 potential miRNAs from flower buds of the alternate sexes.

Assembly and analysis of the complete L. (Salicaceae) mitochondrial genome sequence.

Plant mitochondrial (mt) genomes possess several complex features, including a variable size, a dynamic genome structure, and complicated patterns of gene loss and gain throughout evolutionary history. Studies of plant mt genomes can, therefore, provide unique insights into organelle evolution. We assembled the complete L.

Corrigendum to "VGSC: A Web-Based Vector Graph Toolkit of Genome Synteny and Collinearity".

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The Whole Genome Assembly and Comparative Genomic Research of Thellungiella parvula (Extremophile Crucifer) Mitochondrion.

The complete nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial (mt) genome of an extremophile species Thellungiella parvula (T. parvula) have been determined with the lengths of 255,773 bp. T.

VGSC: A Web-Based Vector Graph Toolkit of Genome Synteny and Collinearity.

Background: In order to understand the colocalization of genetic loci amongst species, synteny and collinearity analysis is a frequent task in comparative genomics research. However many analysis software packages are not effective in visualizing results. Problems include lack of graphic visualization, simple representation, or inextensible format of outputs.

The complete mitochondrial genome of .

The complete mitochondrial genome of () was reported in this study. The mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) was assembled to 271 618 nt. The mitogenome contains 31 protein-coding genes, three rRNA genes and 16 tRNAs.