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Mark Mardell was left feeling 'humiliated' after he was told he could not board a flight.

Plant cells are connected to their neighbours via ‘tubes’ called plasmodesmata, creating an interconnected cytoplasm that joins cells within and between tissues and organs.

“It’s clear that any academically corrupt individual — particularly one with editorial connections — could easily “place” dozens of these Anzen products into indexed journals and collect a ha…

India unveils the world’s first genome-edited rice varieties—Kamala and Pusa DST Rice 1—promising 25–30% higher yields without foreign DNA. These non-GMO crops, exempt from GEAC approval, aim to boost...

Colossal Biosciences has genetically engineered the first dire wolf to live in over 10,000 years. Here's what that means for other extinct species.

The selective chemical control of wild grasses in wheat is primarily determined by the relative rates of herbicide metabolism, with the superfamily of cytochromes P450 (CYPs) playing a major role in catalyzing phase 1 detoxification reactions. This selectivity is enhanced by herbicide safeners, which induce CYP expression in cereals, or challenged by the evolution of nontarget site resistance (NTSR) in weeds such as blackgrass. Using transcriptomics, proteomics, and functional expression in recombinant yeast, CYPs linked to safener treatment and NTSR have been characterized in wheat and blackgrass. Safener treatment resulted in the induction of 13 families of CYPs in wheat and 5 in blackgrass, with CYP71, CYP72, CYP76, and CYP81 members active toward selective herbicides in the crop. Based on their expression and functional activities, three inducible TaCYP81s were shown to have major roles in safening in wheat. In contrast, a single AmCYP81 that was enhanced by NTSR, but not by safening, was found to dominate herbicide detoxification in blackgrass.

Die Max-Planck-Gesellschaft will Forscher, deren Arbeit durch die Trump-Regierung eingeschränkt wird, nach Europa holen.

Valorization of lignocellulosic biomass for sustainable production of high-value chemicals is challenged by the complexity of lignin, a phenolic biopo…

Publishing highly cited papers helps postdoctoral researchers to land a faculty job.