Search Results - "Science in China. Series C, Life sciences"

RNA-directed DNA methylation and demethylation in plants by Chinnusamy, Viswanathan, Zhu, Jian-Kang

“…RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) is a nuclear process in which small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) direct the cytosine methylation of DNA sequences that are…”
Get full text

Developmental expression of amphioxus RACK1 by Huang, XiangWei, Zhang, Wei, Li, XinYi, Zhang, XiaoHui, Li, BaoJun, Mao, BingYu, Zhang, HongWei

Get full text

H5N1 avian influenza in China by Chen, HuaLan

“…H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus was first detected in a goose in Guangdong Province of China in 1996. Multiple genotypes of H5N1 viruses have been…”
Get full text

Above- and belowground biomass in relation to environmental factors in temperate grasslands, Inner Mongolia by Ma, WenHong, Yang, YuanHe, He, JinSheng, Zeng, Hui, Fang, JingYun

“…Above- and belowground biomasses of grasslands are important parameters for characterizing regional and global carbon cycles in grassland ecosystems. Compared…”
Get full text

An experimental study on the self-reference effect by ZHU, Ying

Get full text

Current status and future tendency of lake eutrophication in China by Jin, Xiangcan, Xu, Qiujin, Huang, Changzhu

“…Current trophic status and trend of Chinese freshwater lakes were investigated in this study. The results showed that all lakes studied were commonly…”
Get full text

Characterization of mitochondrial genome of Chinese wild mulberry silkworm, Bomyx mandarina (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) by Pan, MinHui, Yu, QuanYou, Xia, YuLing, Dai, FangYin, Liu, YanQun, Lu, Cheng, Zhang, Ze, Xiang, ZhongHuai

“…The complete mitochondrial genome of Chinese Bombyx mandarina (Ch Bm ) was determined. The circular genome is 15682 bp long, and contains a typical gene…”
Get full text

Dissection of genetic overlap of salt tolerance QTLs at the seedling and tillering stages using backcross introgression lines in rice by Zang, JinPing, Sun, Yong, Wang, Yun, Yang, Jing, Li, Fang, Zhou, YongLi, Zhu, LingHua, Jessica, Reys, Mohammadhosein, Fotokian, Xu, JianLong, Li, ZhiKang

“…QTLs for salt-tolerance (ST) related traits at the seedling and tillering stages were identified using 99 BC 2 F 8 introgression lines (IL) derived from a…”
Get full text

Screening and breeding of high taxol producing fungi by genome shuffling by Zhao, Kai, Ping, WenXiang, Zhang, LiNa, Liu, Jun, Lin, Yan, Jin, Tao, Zhou, DongPo

“…To apply the fundamental principles of genome shuffling in breeding of taxol-producing fungi, Nodulisporium sylviform was used as starting strain in this work…”
Get full text

Molecular cloning and functional characterization of a DREB1/CBF-like gene (GhDREB1L) from cotton by Huang, Bo, Jin, LongGuo, Liu, JinYuan

“…The transcription factors DREB1s/CBFs play important roles in the regulation of plant resistance to environmental stresses and are quite useful for generating…”
Get full text

Epigenetic regulation: methylation of histone and non-histone proteins by Lan, Fei, Shi, Yang

“…Histone methylation is believed to play important roles in epigenetic memory in various biological processes. However, questions like whether the methylation…”
Get full text

Immunization with chlamydial plasmid protein pORF5 DNA vaccine induces protective immunity against genital chlamydial infection in mice by Li, ZhongYu, Wang, ShiPing, Wu, YiMou, Zhong, GuangMing, Chen, Ding

“…To validate the immune protective efficacy of pORF5 DNA vaccine and to analyze potential mechanisms related to this protection. In this study, pORF5 DNA…”
Get full text

Reference ranges and age-related changes of peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets in Chinese healthy adults by Jiao, Yang, Qiu, ZhiFeng, Xie, Jing, Li, DongJing, Li, TaiSheng

“…This study was performed to build region-specific reference ranges of peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets for Chinese healthy adults from the young to the…”
Get full text

The complete mitochondrial genomes sequences of Asio flammeus and Asio otus and comparative analysis by SUN, Yi

Get full text

Cereal area and nitrogen use efficiency are drivers of future nitrogen fertilizer consumption by Dobermann, Achim, Cassman, Kenneth G

“…At a global scale, cereal yields and fertilizer N consumption have increased in a near-linear fashion during the past 40 years and are highly correlated with…”
Get full text

Construction of infectious cDNA clones of PRRSV: Separation of coding regions for nonstructural and structural proteins by Yuan, ShiShan, Wei, ZuZhang

“…Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV), the causative agent of the ongoing “porcine high fever syndrome” in China, is capable of genetic…”
Get full text

Impacts of increased atmospheric CO2 concentration on photosynthesis and growth of micro- and macro-algae by Wu, HongYan, Zou, DingHui, Gao, KunShan

“…Marine photosynthesis drives the oceanic biological CO 2 pump to absorb CO 2 from the atmosphere, which sinks more than one third of the industry-originated CO…”
Get full text

Increasing terrestrial vegetation activity in China, 1982?1999 by FANG, Jingyun

Get full text

Tissue and host tropism of influenza viruses:Importance of quantitative analysis by Zhang, Hong

“…It is generally accepted that human influenza viruses preferentially bind to cell-surface glycoproteins/ glycolipids containing sialic acids in α2,6-linkage;…”
Get full text

Molecular mapping of Verticillium wilt resistance QTL clustered on chromosomes D7 and D9 in upland cotton by Jiang, Feng, Zhao, Jun, Zhou, Lei, Guo, WangZhen, Zhang, TianZhen

“…Verticillium wilt is a destructive disease with international consequences for cotton production. Breeding broad-spectrum resistant cultivars is considered to…”
Get full text