Publications by authors named "Xiule Yue"

Objectives: As a traditional Chinese medicine, Lepidium apetalum is commonly used for purging the lung, relieving dyspnea, alleviating edema, and has the significant pharmacological effects on cardiovascular disease, hyperlipidemia, etc. In addition, the seeds of L. apetalum are rich in unsaturated fatty acids, sterols, glucosinolates and have a variety of biological activity compounds.

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Plants that grow in extreme environments represent unique sources of stress-resistance genes and mechanisms. Ammopiptanthus mongolicus (Leguminosae) is a xerophytic evergreen broadleaf shrub native to semi-arid and desert regions; however, its drought-tolerance mechanisms remain poorly understood. Here, we report the assembly of a reference-grade genome for A.

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Many plants cope with cold stress by developing acquired freezing tolerance (AFT) through cold acclimation (CA), and some species have strong basal freezing tolerance (BFT) independent of CA. Although CA has been extensively studied, its potential in agricultural applications is still unclear. Here, carbohydrate metabolism and transcriptome in AFT plant Arabidopsis and BFT plant Chorispora bungeana were compared with each other.

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is a plant-specific gene family with four subfamilies: , , , and . Recently, this family was found to have regulatory functions in hormone stimulation, environmental response, and development. However, little is known about the roles of the family in Tartary buckwheat (), a significant crop for both food and medicine.

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Auxin and auxin-mediated signaling pathways are known to regulate lateral root development. Although exocytic vesicle trafficking plays an important role in recycling the PIN-FORMED (PIN) auxin efflux carriers and in polar auxin transport during lateral root formation, the mechanistic details of these processes are not well understood. Here, we demonstrate that BYPASS1-LIKE (B1L) regulates lateral root initiation via exocytic vesicular trafficking-mediated PIN recycling in Arabidopsis thaliana.

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The stress responses of plant compete for resources with growth and development. Resource allocations among these processes may have been optimized in plants adapted to natural habitats. Here, nitrogen (N) allocations were compared in leaves of Arabidopsis and Chorispora bungeana, a cryophyte with strong freezing tolerance.

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Abscisic acid responsive element binding factors (ABFs) play crucial roles in plant responses to abiotic stress. However, little is known about the roles of ABFs in alpine subnival plants, which can survive under extreme environmental conditions. Here, we cloned and characterized an homolog, , from the alpine subnival plant .

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ω-3 fatty acid desaturases (FADs) are thought to contribute to plant stress tolerance mainly through linolenic acid (C18:3)-induced membrane stabilization, but a comprehensive analysis of their roles in stress adaptation is lacking. Here, we isolated a microsomal ω-3 FAD gene (CbFAD3) from a cryophyte (Chorispora bungeana) and elucidated its functions in stress tolerance. CbFAD3, exhibiting a high identity to Arabidopsis AtFAD3, was up-regulated by abiotic stresses.

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As a result of global warming, vegetation suffers from repeated freeze-thaw cycles caused by more frequent short-term low temperatures induced by hail, snow, or night frost. Therefore, short-term freezing stress of plants should be investigated particularly in light of the current climatic conditions. Alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) plays a central role in the metabolism of alcohols and aldehydes and it is a key enzyme in anaerobic fermentation.

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Chilling (0-18°C) and freezing (<0°C) are two distinct types of cold stresses. Epigenetic regulation can play an important role in plant adaptation to abiotic stresses. However, it is not yet clear whether and how epigenetic modification (i.

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S-adenosylmethionine synthetase (SAMS) catalyzes the formation of S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) which is a molecule essential for polyamines and ethylene biosynthesis, methylation modifications of protein, DNA and lipids. SAMS also plays an important role in abiotic stress response. Chorispora bungeana (C.

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Heat stress is a major environmental constraint for crop production worldwide. To respond to and cope with heat stress, plants synthesize heat shock proteins (HSPs), which are often molecular chaperones and are under the control of heat stress transcription factors (HSFs). Very little is known about the upstream regulators of HSFs.

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Salt stress is an important environmental factor that significantly limits crop productivity worldwide. Studies on responses of plants to salt stress in recent years have identified novel signaling pathways and have been at the forefront of plant stress biology and plant biology in general. Thus far, research on salt stress in plants has been focused on cytoplasmic signaling pathways.

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