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Molecular and Metagenomic Analyses Reveal High Prevalence and Complexity of Viral Infections in French-American Hybrids and North American Grapes by Xiao, Huogen, Meng, Baozhong

“…French-American hybrids and North American grape species play a significant role in Canada’s grape and wine industry. Unfortunately, the occurrence of viruses…”
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Seasonal dynamics and tissue distribution of two major viruses associated with grapevine Leafroll under cool climate condition by Shabanian, Mehdi, Xiao, Huogen, Meng, Baozhong

“…Grapevine leafroll-associated virus- 2 (GLRaV-2) and GLRaV-3 are both (+) ssRNA viruses of the family Closteroviridae and are involved in grapevine leafroll,…”
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Three grape CBF/DREB1 genes respond to low temperature, drought and abscisic acid by XIAO, HUOGEN, SIDDIQUA, MAHBUBA, BRAYBROOK, SIOBHAN, NASSUTH, ANNETTE

“…ABSTRACT The C‐repeat (CRT)‐binding factor/dehydration‐responsive element (DRE) binding protein 1 (CBF/DREB1) transcription factors control an important…”
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Survey for major viruses in commercial Vitis vinifera wine grapes in Ontario by Xiao, Huogen, Shabanian, Mehdi, Moore, Clayton, Li, Caihong, Meng, Baozhong

“…In recent years, the Ontario grape and wine industry has experienced outbreaks of viral diseases across the province. Little is known about the prevalence of…”
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Characterization of grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 genetic variants and application towards RT-qPCR assay design by Diaz-Lara, Alfredo, Klaassen, Vicki, Stevens, Kristian, Sudarshana, Mysore R, Rowhani, Adib, Maree, Hans J, Chooi, Kar Mun, Blouin, Arnaud G, Habili, Nuredin, Song, Yashu, Aram, Kamyar, Arnold, Kari, Cooper, Monica L, Wunderlich, Lynn, Battany, Mark C, Bettiga, Larry J, Smith, Rhonda J, Bester, Rachelle, Xiao, Huogen, Meng, Baozhong, Preece, John E, Golino, Deborah, Al Rwahnih, Maher

“…Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 (GLRaV-3) is the most widely prevalent and economically important of the complex of RNA viruses associated with grapevine…”
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Concerning the Etiology of Syrah Decline: A Fresh Perspective on an Old and Complex Issue Facing the Global Grape and Wine Industry by Xiao, Huogen, Roscow, Olivia, Hooker, Julia, Li, Caihong, Maree, Hans J, Meng, Baozhong

“…Syrah decline, first identified in Southern France in the 1990s, has become a major concern in the global grape and wine industry. This disease mainly affects…”
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Characterizing the Virome of Apple Orchards Affected by Rapid Decline in the Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys of British Columbia (Canada) by Xiao, Huogen, Hao, Wenjia, Storoschuk, Gavin, MacDonald, Jesse L, Sanfaçon, Hélène

“…Rapid apple decline disease (RAD) has been affecting orchards in the USA and Canada. Although the primary cause for RAD remains unknown, viruses may contribute…”
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Stress- and development-induced expression of spliced and unspliced transcripts from two highly similar dehydrin 1 genes in V. riparia and V. vinifera by Xiao, H, Nassuth, A

“…Dehydrins are proteins that accumulate in vegetative tissues subjected to various dehydrating stress conditions such as cold, drought, and salinity and in…”
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CBF4 is a unique member of the CBF transcription factor family of Vitis vinifera and Vitis riparia by XIAO, HUOGEN, TATTERSALL, ELIZABETH A.R, SIDDIQUA, MAHBUBA K, CRAMER, GRANT R, NASSUTH, ANNETTE

“…The CBF/DREB1 transcription factors control an important pathway for increased freezing and drought tolerance in plants. We report here the isolation of one…”
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Crystal structures of the free and inhibited forms of plasmepsin I (PMI) from Plasmodium falciparum by Bhaumik, Prasenjit, Horimoto, Yasumi, Xiao, Huogen, Miura, Takuya, Hidaka, Koushi, Kiso, Yoshiaki, Wlodawer, Alexander, Yada, Rickey Y., Gustchina, Alla

“…Plasmepsin I (PMI) is one of the four vacuolar pepsin-like proteases responsible for hemoglobin degradation by the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum, and…”
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Subcellular localization and membrane association of the replicase protein of grapevine rupestris stem pitting-associated virus, family Betaflexiviridae by Prosser, Sean W, Xiao, Huogen, Li, Caihong, Nelson, Richard S, Meng, Baozhong

“…As a member of the newly established Betaflexiviridae family, grapevine rupestris stem pitting-associated virus (GRSPaV) has an RNA genome containing five…”
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Crystal Structures of the Histo-Aspartic Protease (HAP) from Plasmodium falciparum by Bhaumik, Prasenjit, Xiao, Huogen, Parr, Charity L., Kiso, Yoshiaki, Gustchina, Alla, Yada, Rickey Y., Wlodawer, Alexander

“…The structures of recombinant histo-aspartic protease (HAP) from malaria-causing parasite Plasmodium falciparum as apoenzyme and in complex with two…”
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catalytic significance of the proposed active site residues in Plasmodium falciparum histoaspartic protease by Parr, Charity L, Tanaka, Takuji, Xiao, Huogen, Yada, Rickey Y

“…Alanine mutations of the proposed catalytically essential residues in histoaspartic protease (HAP) (H34A, S37A and D214A) were generated to investigate…”
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Characterization of the monomer–dimer equilibrium of recombinant histo-aspartic protease from Plasmodium falciparum by Xiao, Huogen, Briere, Lee-Ann K., Dunn, Stanley D., Yada, Rickey Y.

“…We report for the first time that the recombinant histo-aspartic protease (HAP), an enzyme critical to malaria infection, exists in a dynamic monomer–dimer…”
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Recombinant expression and partial characterization of an active soluble histo-aspartic protease from Plasmodium falciparum by Xiao, Huogen, Sinkovits, Andras F., Bryksa, Brian C., Ogawa, Masahiro, Yada, Rickey Y.

“…Malaria aspartic proteases are attractive drug targets for the treatment of malaria, however, recombinant expression of active histo-aspartic proteinase (HAP)…”
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Promoter analysis of grape CBF genes by Siddiqua, M, Xiao, Huogen, Nassuth, A

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Proteolytic Processing of Plant Proteins by Potyvirus NIa Proteases by Xiao, Huogen, Lord, Etienne, Sanfaçon, Hélène

“…The NIa protease of potyviruses is a chymotrypsin-like cysteine protease related to the picornavirus 3C protease. It is also a multifunctional protein known to…”
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Metagenomic Analysis of Riesling Grapevine Reveals a Complex Virome Including Two New and Divergent Variants of Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 by Xiao, Huogen, Li, Caihong, Al Rwahnih, Maher, Dolja, Valerian, Meng, Baozhong

“…The virome of a major white wine grape of cultivar Riesling showing decline and leafroll disease symptoms was analyzed through high-throughput sequencing (HTS)…”
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Activation mechanism of plasmepsins, pepsin‐like aspartic proteases from Plasmodium, follows a unique trans‐activation pathway by Rathore, Ishan, Mishra, Vandana, Patel, Chandan, Xiao, Huogen, Gustchina, Alla, Wlodawer, Alexander, Yada, Rickey Y., Bhaumik, Prasenjit

“…Plasmodium parasites that cause malaria produce plasmepsins (PMs), pepsin‐like aspartic proteases that are important antimalarial drug targets due to their…”
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A highly effective and versatile technology for the isolation of RNAs from grapevines and other woody perennials for use in virus diagnostics by Xiao, Huogen, Kim, Won-Sik, Meng, Baozhong

“…Isolation of pure RNA from woody perennials, especially fruit crops such as grapevine rich in complex secondary metabolites, has remained very challenging…”
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