Overriding Mendelian inheritance in Arabidopsis with a CRISPR toxin–antidote gene drive that impairs pollen germination

Y Liu, B Jiao, J Champer, W Qian - Nature Plants, 2024 - nature.com
Synthetic gene drives, inspired by natural selfish genetic elements and transmitted to
progeny at super-Mendelian (> 50%) frequencies, present transformative potential for …

NSUN2-mediated m5C modification of HBV RNA positively regulates HBV replication

J Feng, T Xu, M He, J Li, P Yao, C Ma, S Yang… - Plos …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major cause of liver cirrhosis and liver cancer,
despite strong prevention and treatment efforts. The study of the epigenetic modification of …

The first homosporous lycophyte genome revealed the association between the recent dynamic accumulation of LTR-RTs and genome size variation

JG Yu, JY Tang, R Wei, MF Lan, RC Xiang… - Plant Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
The contrasting genome size between homosporous and heterosporous plants is
fascinating. Different from the heterosporous seed plants and mainly homosporous ferns, the …

De novo genome assembly depicts the immune genomic characteristics of cattle

TT Li, T Xia, JQ Wu, H Hong, ZL Sun, M Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Immunogenomic loci remain poorly understood because of their genetic complexity and
size. Here, we report the de novo assembly of a cattle genome and provide a detailed …

Vitamin K2 supplementation improves impaired glycemic homeostasis and insulin sensitivity for type 2 diabetes through gut microbiome and fecal metabolites

Y Zhang, L Liu, C Wei, X Wang, R Li, X Xu, Y Zhang… - BMC medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background There is insufficient evidence for the ability of vitamin K2 to improve type 2
diabetes mellitus symptoms by regulating gut microbial composition. Herein, we aimed to …

m6A-TSHub: Unveiling the Context-Specific m6A Methylation and m6A-Affecting Mutations in 23 Human Tissues

B Song, D Huang, Y Zhang, Z Wei, J Su… - Genomics …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
As the most pervasive epigenetic marker present on mRNAs and long non-coding RNAs
(lncRNAs), N 6-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA methylation has been shown to participate in …

Single‐cell profiling reveals distinct immune phenotypes that contribute to ischaemia‐reperfusion injury after steatotic liver transplantation

X Yang, D Lu, R Wang, Z Lian, Z Lin, J Zhuo… - Cell …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The discrepancy between supply and demand of organ has led to an increased
utilization of steatotic liver for liver transplantation (LT). Hepatic steatosis, however, is a …

Combined transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis of alginate oligosaccharides alleviating salt stress in rice seedlings

YW Du, L Liu, NJ Feng, DF Zheng, ML Liu, H Zhou… - BMC Plant …, 2023 - Springer
Background Salt stress is one of the key factors limiting rice production. Alginate
oligosaccharides (AOS) enhance plant stress resistance. However, the molecular …

Acetylation of inorganic pyrophosphatase by S-RNase signaling induces pollen tube tip swelling by repressing pectin methylesterase

C Tang, P Wang, X Zhu, K Qi, Z Xie, H Zhang… - The Plant …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Self-incompatibility (SI) is a widespread genetically determined system in flowering plants
that prevents self-fertilization to promote gene flow and limit inbreeding. S-RNase–based SI …

Multiplexed base editing through Cas12a variant-mediated cytosine and adenine base editors

F Chen, M Lian, B Ma, S Gou, X Luo, K Yang… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Cas12a can process multiple sgRNAs from a single transcript of CRISPR array, conferring
advantages in multiplexed base editing when incorporated into base editor systems, which …