Overexpression of a Miscanthus lutarioriparius NAC gene MlNAC5 confers enhanced drought and cold tolerance in Arabidopsis

X Yang, X Wang, L Ji, Z Yi, C Fu, J Ran, R Hu, G Zhou - Plant cell reports, 2015 - Springer
Key message MLNAC5 functions as a stress-responsive NAC transcription factor gene and
enhances drought and cold stress tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis via the ABA …

Application of transposon insertion site sequencing method in the exploration of gene function in microalgae

X Hu, Y Fan, C Mao, H Chen, Q Wang - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Microalgae are a large group of organisms that can produce various useful substances
through photosynthesis. Microalgae need to be genetically modified at the molecular level to …

Discovery of a new Wolbachia supergroup in cave spider species and the lateral transfer of phage WO among distant hosts

GH Wang, LY Jia, JH Xiao, DW Huang - Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2016 - Elsevier
Wolbachia are widespread intracellular bacteria infecting the major classes of arthropods
and some filarial nematodes. In arthropods, Wolbachia have evolved various intriguing …

Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) production by Haloarchaeon Halogranum amylolyticum

YX Zhao, ZM Rao, YF Xue, P Gong, YZ Ji… - Applied microbiology and …, 2015 - Springer
Haloarchaea is an important group of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA)-accumulating
organisms. However, few promising haloarchaeal species for economical and efficient PHA …

Distribution and Evolution of the Bacteriophage WO and Its Antagonism With Wolbachia

Y Miao, J Xiao, D Huang - Frontiers in microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The symbiosis system comprising eukaryotic hosts, intracellular bacterium Wolbachia, and
temperate bacteriophages WO is widely spread through nearly half the number of arthropod …

Bacteriophage WO Can Mediate Horizontal Gene Transfer in Endosymbiotic Wolbachia Genomes

GH Wang, BF Sun, TL Xiong, YK Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Phage-mediated horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is common in free-living bacteria, and many
transferred genes can play a significant role in their new bacterial hosts. However, there are …

Wolbachia Endosymbiont of the Horn Fly (Haematobia irritans irritans): a Supergroup A Strain with Multiple Horizontally Acquired Cytoplasmic Incompatibility Genes

M Madhav, R Parry, JAT Morgan… - Applied and …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
The horn fly, Haematobia irritans irritans, is a hematophagous parasite of livestock
distributed throughout Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Welfare losses on livestock …

Multiple Horizontal Transfers of Bacteriophage WO and Host Wolbachia in Fig Wasps in a Closed Community

N Wang, S Jia, H Xu, Y Liu, D Huang - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Wolbachia-bacteriophage WO is a good model system for studying interactions between
bacteria and viruses. Previous surveys of insect hosts have been conducted via sampling …

N7-Ended Walker PCR: An Efficient Genome-Walking Tool

B Tian, H Wu, R Wang, H Chen, H Li - Biochemical Genetics, 2024 - Springer
As a tool for acquiring uncharacterized genomic DNA adjacent to characterized DNA,
genome-walking is integral to bioscience-related research works. Herein, a new genome …

The Wolbachia WO bacteriophage proteome in the Aedes albopictus C/wStr1 cell line: evidence for lytic activity?

GD Baldridge, TW Markowski, BA Witthuhn… - In Vitro Cellular & …, 2016 - Springer
Wolbachia pipientis (Rickettsiales), an obligate intracellular alphaproteobacterium in
insects, manipulates host reproduction to maximize invasion of uninfected insect …