CRISPR-Cas has revolutionized genetic modification with its comparative simplicity and
accuracy, and it can be used even at the genomic level. Microalgae are excellent feedstocks …

Understanding the fundamental nature of a molecular process or a biological pathway is
often a catalyst for the development of new technologies in biology. Indeed, studies from late …

Plants evolve effective mechanisms to protect themselves from environmental stresses and
employ jasmonates as vital defense signals to defend against insect attack and pathogen …

We herein report the design of a dumbbell-shaped DNA probe that integrates target-binding,
amplification and signaling within one multifunctional design. The dumbbell probe can …

Tobacco rattle virus (TRV)-mediated virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) has been
frequently used in dicots. Here we show that it can also be used in monocots, by presenting …

Viral diseases of cultivated crops are responsible for the worldwide loss of billions of US
dollars in agricultural productivity every year. Historically, this loss has been reduced or …

Artificial microRNAs (amiRNA) provide a new feature in the gene silencing era.
Concomitantly, reducing the amount of lignin in fiber-yielding plants such as jute holds …

Long hairpin RNA (hp RNA) transgenes are a powerful tool for gene function studies in
plants, but a genomewide RNA i mutant library using hp RNA transgenes has not been …

Titin, a giant protein containing multiple tandem domains, is essential in maintaining the
superior mechanical performance of muscle. The consecutive and reversible unfolding and …

Background and aims Autotoxicity is a serious problem for continuous cropping of
cucumber, it can limit its own growth and that of nearby cucumber plants and decrease yield …