Publications by authors named "Zengqiang Zhao"

Background: The GT64 subfamily, belonging to the glycosyltransferase family, plays a critical function in plant adaptation to stress conditions and the modulation of plant growth, development, and organogenesis processes. However, a comprehensive identification and systematic analysis of GT64 in cotton are still lacking.

Results: This study used bioinformatics techniques to conduct a detailed investigation on the GT64 gene family members of eight cotton species for the first time.

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Chitinase genes, as a class of cell wall hydrolases, are essential for the development and pathogenesis of f.sp. () in cotton, but related research focused on chitinase genes are limited.

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Article Synopsis
  • Chromatin remodelers play a crucial role in regulating plant growth and stress responses, with a focus on a novel factor, HIT4, that has been under-researched in cotton's abiotic stress resilience.
  • A comprehensive analysis identified 18 HIT4 gene family members across four cotton species, highlighting their evolutionary relationships, genomic locations, and response to stress using various bioinformatics techniques.
  • Experimental results indicated that overexpressing HIT4 in tobacco led to enhanced disease resistance, suggesting its potential role in cotton's defense mechanisms against diseases like Verticillium wilt.
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The soil in Yuncheng Salt Lake has serious salinization and the biogeographic environment affects the composition and distribution of special halophilic and salt-tolerant microbial communities in this area. Therefore, this study collected soils at distances of 15, 30, and 45 m from the Salt Lake and used non-saline soil (60 m) as a control to explore the microbial composition and salt tolerance mechanisms using metagenomics technology. The results showed that the dominant species and abundance of salt-tolerant microorganisms changed gradually with distance from Salt Lake.

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Powdery mildew is a major disease in melon, primarily caused by Podosphaera xanthii (Px). Some melon varieties were resistant to powdery mildew, while others were susceptible. However, the candidate genes associated with resistance and the mechanism of resistance/susceptibility to powdery mildew in melon remain unclear.

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Worldwide, Verticillium wilt is among the major harmful diseases in cotton production, causing substantial reduction in yields. While this disease has been extensively researched at the molecular level of the pathogen, the molecular basis of V. dahliae host response association is yet to be thoroughly investigated.

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To analyze the impact of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection on liver function of patients after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), the transplantation outcome of 48 patients infected with HBV prior to transplantation among 185 patients received HSCT was investigated retrospectively. The results showed that during a follow-up for 6 months after HSCT, the alanine aminotransferase (ALT) peak average values of the patients with HBsAg(+), HBsAb(+) and control groups were (281.6 ± 414.

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Oral epidemic diseases of exposure personnel in long-term low-dose radiation yet have rarely been studied. Referred to WHO oral health survey method and symptom grading standard, data of 341 exposure persons in long-term low-dose radiation including α particle, β particle, and γ rays, etc., were collected from one camp in China in 2011 with cluster sampling and analyzed? with Foxpro 6.

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The sensitivity of cancer cells as well as normal cells in response to ionizing radiation (IR) is believed to be associated with the early inducible expression of specific genes. Using cDNA microarray technology, here we explored and compared the global transcriptional changes in human lymphoblastoid AHH-1 cells irradiated with 0.05-, 0.

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Objective: To investigate the expressions of RhoC, CD44v6 and ICAM-1 in gastric cancer and their correlations.

Methods: SABC immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expressions of RhoC, CD44v6 and ICAM-1 in the specimens from 40 cases with gastric cancer. Their correlations were reviewed by clinicopathological data.

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