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Groundbreaking Structural Advances in Key Catalysts for Nitrogen and Carbon Fixation: Past, Present and Future Open

Qi Cheng, C.C. Ma, Elena Ermilova, Chunyang Wang, Kang Zhang , et al. · 2025

Photosynthesis, a crucial component of the global carbon cycle, and biological nitrogen fixation (BNF), a key step in the nitrogen cycle, are both requisite for maintaining life and sustainable agriculture on Earth, in which chlorophyll an…

Amino acid transporters mediate autonomous delivery of nanoparticle vehicles into living plants Open

Xue Xia, Jiawei Dong, Aijie Li, Yanlin Wang, Yang Liu , et al. · 2025

Presence of the cell wall and the lack of streamlined pathways for cellular delivery of external agents into plants is a core challenge of plant biotechnology and crop engineering development. However, both viral and bacterial transmission…

Correction: Characterization of two constitutive promoters RPS28 and EIF1 for studying soybean growth, development, and symbiotic nodule development Open

Shengcai Chen, Yaqi Peng, Qi Lv, Jing Liu, Zhihua Wu , et al. · 2024

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1007/s42994-022-00073-6.].

Front Cover: Nitrogen deficiency modulates carbon allocation to promote nodule nitrogen fixation capacity in soybean (EXP2 2/2024) Open

Xiaolong Ke, Han Xiao, Yaqi Peng, Xue Xia, Xuelu Wang · 2024

A multi-trait GWAS-based genetic association network controlling soybean architecture and seed traits Open

Mengrou Niu, Kewei Tian, Qiang Chen, Chunyan Yang, Mengchen Zhang , et al. · 2024

Ideal plant architecture is essential for enhancing crop yields. Ideal soybean ( Glycine max ) architecture encompasses an appropriate plant height, increased node number, moderate seed weight, and compact architecture with smaller branch …

Nitrogen deficiency modulates carbon allocation to promote nodule nitrogen fixation capacity in soybean Open

Xiaolong Ke, Han Xiao, Yaqi Peng, Xue Xia, Xuelu Wang · 2023

Previously, the effect of soil mineral N deficiency on nodule nitrogen fixation capacity (NFC) is unclear. In this study, we found that N deficiency would enhance sucrose allocation to nodules and PEP allocation to bacteroid to promote nod…

GmBES1-1 dampens the activity of GmNSP1/2 to mediate brassinosteroid inhibition of nodulation in soybean Open

Xu Chen, Xiaotong Hu, Haijiao Wang, Jing Liu, Yaqi Peng , et al. · 2023

Soybean (Glycine max) forms root nodules to house rhizobial bacteria for biological nitrogen fixation. The development of root nodules is intricately regulated by endogenous and exogenous cues. The phytohormones brassinosteroids (BRs) have…

Brassinosteroids promote thermotolerance through releasing BIN2-mediated phosphorylation and suppression of HsfA1 transcription factors in Arabidopsis Open

Jinyu Luo, Jianjun Jiang, Shiyong Sun, Xuelu Wang · 2022

High temperature adversely affects plant growth and development. The steroid phytohormones brassinosteroids (BRs) are recognized to play important roles in plant heat stress responses and thermotolerance, but the underlying mechanisms rema…

Full-Length Transcriptome Sequencing Reveals Alternative Splicing and lncRNA Regulation during Nodule Development in Glycine max Open

Jing Liu, Shengcai Chen, Min Liu, Yimian Chen, Wei Fan , et al. · 2022

Alternative splicing (AS) is a ubiquitous phenomenon among eukaryotic intron-containing genes, which greatly contributes to transcriptome and proteome diversity. Here we performed the isoform sequencing (Iso-Seq) of soybean underground tis…

Characterization of two constitutive promoters RPS28 and EIF1 for studying soybean growth, development, and symbiotic nodule development Open

Shengcai Chen, Yaqi Peng, Qi Lv, Jing Liu, Zhihua Wu , et al. · 2022

Genome assembly of the JD17 soybean provides a new reference genome for comparative genomics Open

Xinxin Yi, Jing Liu, Shengcai Chen, Hao Wu, Min Liu , et al. · 2022

Cultivated soybean (Glycine max) is an important source for protein and oil. Many elite cultivars with different traits have been developed for different conditions. Each soybean strain has its own genetic diversity, and the availability o…

Genome assembly of the JD17 soybean provides a new reference genome for Comparative genomics Open

Xinxin Yi, Jing Liu, Shengcai Chen, Hao Wu, Min Liu , et al. · 2021

Cultivated soybean ( Glycine max ) is an important source for protein and oil. Many elite cultivars with different traits have been developed for different conditions. Each soybean strain has its own genetic diversity, and the availability…

Strigolactone signaling regulates cambial activity through repression of WOX4 by transcription factor BES1 Open

Jie Hu, Xiaotong Hu, Yang Yang, Chunmei He, Hu Jin , et al. · 2021

During secondary growth, meristematic cells in the cambium can either proliferate to maintain the stem cell population or differentiate into xylem or phloem. The balance between these two developmental trajectories is tightly regulated by …

Light-Induced Dynamic Change of Phytochrome B and Cryptochrome 1 Stabilizes SINATs in Arabidopsis Open

Hu Jin, Yinmeng Hu, Mengran Yang, Xiaotong Hu, Xuelu Wang · 2021

Ubiquitin-dependent protein degradation plays an important role in many plant developmental processes. We previously identified a class of SINA RING-type E3 ligases of Arabidopsis thaliana (SINATs), whose protein levels decrease in the dar…

From mouse to mouse‐ear cress: Nanomaterials as vehicles in plant biotechnology Open

Xue Xia, Bingyang Shi, Lei Wang, Yang Liu, Yan Zou , et al. · 2021

Biological applications of nanomaterials as delivery carriers have been embedded in traditional biomedical research for decades. Despite lagging behind, recent significant breakthroughs in the use of nanocarriers as tools for plant biotech…

Editorial: An Update on Brassinosteroids: Homeostasis, Crosstalk, and Adaptation to Environmental Stress Open

Damian Gruszka, Andrzej Bajguz, Qian-Feng Li, Shamsul Hayat, Mats Hansson , et al. · 2021

EDITORIAL article Front. Plant Sci., 23 April 2021 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.673587

Publisher Correction: Glycine max NNL1 restricts symbiotic compatibility with widely distributed bradyrhizobia via root hair infection Open

Bao Zhang, Mengdi Wang, Yifang Sun, Peng Zhao, Chang Liu , et al. · 2021

GSK3-mediated stress signaling inhibits legume–rhizobium symbiosis by phosphorylating GmNSP1 in soybean Open

Chunmei He, Hui Gao, Haijiao Wang, Yun Guo, Miao He , et al. · 2020

Oryza sativa LIGULELESS 2s determine lamina joint positioning and differentiation by inhibiting auxin signaling Open

Rongna Wang, Chang Liu, Zhina Chen, Shiyong Sun, Xuelu Wang · 2020

The lamina joint (LJ) is a grass-specific organ that connects the leaf blade to the sheath and causes the leaf blade to bend away from the vertical axis. The angle between the leaf blade and the vertical axis is termed the leaf angle. The …

Platinum-grade soybean reference genome facilitates characterization of genetic underpinnings of traits Open

Xinxin Yi, Jing Liu, Shengcai Chen, Hao Wu, Min Liu , et al. · 2020

BackgroundCultivated soybean (Glycine max) is an important source for protein and oil. Each soybean strain has its own genetic diversity, and the availability of more soybean genomes may enhance comparative genomic analysis of soybean.Resu…

Spatiotemporal Resolved Leaf Angle Establishment Improves Rice Grain Yield via Controlling Population Density Open

Rongna Wang, Chang Liu, Qinzhong Li, Zhina Chen, Shiyong Sun , et al. · 2020

Leaf angle is mainly determined by the lamina joint (LJ) and contributes to ideal crop architecture for high yield. Here, we dissected five successive stages with distinct cytological features of LJs spanning organogenesis to leaf angle fo…

AtSK11 and AtSK12 Mediate the Mild Osmotic Stress-Induced Root Growth Response in Arabidopsis Open

Long Dong, Zhixin Wang, Jing Liu, Xuelu Wang · 2020

Although most osmotic stresses are harmful to plant growth and development, certain drought- or polyethylene glycol (PEG)-induced mild osmotic stresses promote plant root growth. The underlying regulatory mechanisms of this response remain…

The amino acid transporter AAP1 mediates growth and grain yield by regulating neutral amino acid uptake and reallocation in Oryza sativa Open

Yuanyuan Ji, Weiting Huang, Bowen Wu, Zhongming Fang, Xuelu Wang · 2020

Nitrogen (N) is a major element necessary for crop yield. In most plants, organic N is primarily transported in the form of amino acids. Here, we show that amino acid permease 1 (AAP1) functions as a positive regulator of growth and grain …

Regulation of Shoot Branching by Strigolactones and Brassinosteroids: Conserved and Specific Functions of Arabidopsis BES1 and Rice BZR1 Open

Jie Hu, Shiyong Sun, Xuelu Wang · 2020

Strigolactones and Brassinosteroids Antagonistically Regulate the Stability of the D53–OsBZR1 Complex to Determine FC1 Expression in Rice Tillering Open

Zhongming Fang, Yuanyuan Ji, Jie Hu, Renkang Guo, Shiyong Sun , et al. · 2019

BES1 Functions as the Co-regulator of D53-like SMXLs to Inhibit BRC1 Expression in Strigolactone-Regulated Shoot Branching in Arabidopsis Open

Jie Hu, Yuanyuan Ji, Xiaotong Hu, Shiyong Sun, Xuelu Wang · 2019

A global coexpression network of soybean genes gives insights into the evolution of nodulation in nonlegumes and legumes Open

Zhihua Wu, Meirong Wang, Siyu Yang, Shengcai Chen, Xu Chen , et al. · 2019

Summary A coexpression network is a powerful tool for revealing genes’ relationship with many biological processes. Mass transcriptomic and genomic data from different plant species provide the foundation for understanding the evolution of…

Reactive oxygen species‐mediatedBIN2 activity revealed by single‐molecule analysis Open

Song Song, Haijiao Wang, Mengyuan Sun, Jie Tang, Binglian Zheng , et al. · 2018

Summary Much evidence has shown that reactive oxygen species ( ROS ) regulate several plant hormone signaling cascades, but little is known about the real‐time kinetics and the underlying molecular mechanisms of the target proteins in the …

Natural selection of a GSK3 determines rice mesocotyl domestication by coordinating strigolactone and brassinosteroid signaling Open

Shiyong Sun, Tao Wang, Linlin Wang, Xiaoming Li, Yancui Jia , et al. · 2018

GSK3-like Kinases Are a Class of Positive Components in the Core ABA Signaling Pathway Open

Haijiao Wang, Xuelu Wang · 2018

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