Albino lethal 13, a chloroplast-imported protein required for chloroplast development in rice.

Chloroplasts play a vital role in plant growth and development, which are the main sites of photosynthesis and the production of hormones and metabolites. Despite their significance, the regulatory mechanisms governing chloroplast development remain unclear. In our investigation, we identified a rice mutant with defective chloroplasts in rice ( L.

Computing intracoronary blood flow rate under incomplete boundary conditions: Combing coronary anatomy and fractional flow reserve.

Background: Accurate measurement of intracoronary blood flow rate is of great significance for the diagnosis of ischemic heart disease (IHD). Computational fluid dynamic (CFD) method, combining coronary angiography images and fractional flow reserve (FFR), provides a new way to calculate the mean flow rate. However, due to the incomplete boundary conditions obtained by FFR, side branches were ignored which was likely to have a significant impact on the accuracy.

Construction of a Novel Female Sterility System for Hybrid Rice.

The main constraints of current hybrid rice technology using male sterility (MS) are the low yield and high labor costs of hybrid rice seed (HRS) production. Therefore, there is an urgent need for innovative new hybrid rice technology. Fortunately, we discovered a unique spontaneous sporophytic rice mutant controlled by a single recessive locus in the nucleus.

Radiotherapy for Primary Tracheal Carcinoma: Experience at a Single Institution.

Background: There is limited understanding of tracheal carcinoma (TC) because of its rarity. We examined the efficacy of radiotherapy (RT) for patients with primary TC.

Methods: We analyzed the records of 32 patients with primary TC who received RT at our center between November 1996 and December 2016.

A LysM Domain-Containing Gene Involved in Embryo sac Development in Rice ( L.).

The embryo sac plays a vital role in sexual reproduction of angiosperms. LysM domain containing proteins with multiple lysin motifs are widespread proteins and are involved in plant defense responses against fungal chitins and bacterial peptidoglycans. Various studies have reported the role of LysM domain-containing proteins in plant defense mechanisms but their involvement in sexual reproduction remains largely unknown.