Galactomannan biosynthesis in legume seed endosperms involves two Golgi membrane-bound glycosyltransferases, mannan synthase and galactomannan galactosyltransferase (GMGT). GMGT specificity is an important factor regulating the distribution and amount of (1-->6)-alpha-galactose (Gal) substitution of the (1-->4)-beta-linked mannan backbone. The model legume Lotus japonicus is shown now to have e...

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Grain chalkiness is an important grain quality related to starch granules in the endosperm. A high percentage of grain chalkiness is a major problem because it diminishes grain quality in rice. Here, we report quantitative trait loci identification for grain chalkiness using high-throughput single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping of a chromosomal segment substitution line population in which ...

Variation among lineages in the mutation process has the potential to impact diverse biological processes ranging from susceptibilities to genetic disease to the mode and tempo of molecular evolution. The combination of high-throughput DNA sequencing (HTS) with mutation-accumulation (MA) experiments has provided a powerful approach to genome-wide mutation analysis, though insights into mutation...

It is now well established that natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster harbor substantial genetic variation associated with physiological measures of immune function. In no case, however, have intermediate measures of immune function, such as transcriptional activity of immune-related genes, been tested as mediators of phenotypic variation in immunity. In this study, we measured bacteri...

A quantitative trait locus (QTL), dth1.1, was associated with transgressive variation for days to heading in an advanced backcross population derived from the Oryza sativa variety Jefferson and an accession of the wild rice relative Oryza rufipogon. A series of near-isogenic lines (NILs) containing different O. rufipogon introgressions across the target region were constructed to dissect dth1.1...

In the present work a series of novel 2,4-disubstituted -1, 5 -diphenyl substituted -1H-imidazole derivatives were screened for anticancer activity using human liver cancer cell line. Derivatives were evaluated for anticancer activities against Hep G2 (Human liver cancer) cell lines. Newly synthesized compounds A-IVn, A-IVo,B-IVb, B-IVc, B-IVd, and B-IVe showed highly significant cytotoxic acti...

Sheath blight, caused by Rhizoctonia solani, is one of the most serious diseases of rice. Among 33 rice accessions, mainly from National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS) Core Collection, we found three landraces from the Himalayas-Jarjan, Nepal 555 and Nepal 8-with resistance to sheath blight in 3 years' field testing. Backcrossed inbred lines (BILs) derived from a cross between Jarj...

*sN-substituted bacteriochlorophyll a (BChl a) was extracted from the cells of Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1 grown in a medium containing 15N-ammonium sulfate and yeast concentrate. The T, Raman spectra of 14Nand “N-BChl a were obtained as the difference spectra of high-power minus low-power of one-color, pump-and-probe measurements using 420 nm, 5 ns pulses. A set of empirical assignments of t...

The fine structure of amylopectin affects rice quality; in particular, the chain length distribution (ACLD) milled differs between subspecies Oryza sativa L. However, correlation ACLD and quality trait factors, genetic basis phenotypic variation, are still unknown. Here, correlations with cooking eating rapid viscosity analysis (RVA) index were studied using chromosome segment substitution line...