An Achilles' heel for wheat rust infection
Researchers have found a gene in wheat that acts to promote rust fungal infection.
Researchers have found a gene in wheat that acts to promote rust fungal infection.
Plants & Animals
Feb 11, 2021
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RNA is the central tenet of molecular biology, the stepping-stone between DNA and proteins.
Biotechnology
Feb 4, 2021
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John Innes Centre researchers have helped in the development of pioneering gene stacking techniques to combat the growing threat of wheat rust.
Plants & Animals
Jan 15, 2021
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Scientists have used gene-editing advances to achieve a tenfold increase in the production of super-bug targeting formicamycin antibiotics.
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 12, 2021
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Humans have them, so do other animals and plants. Now research reveals that bacteria too have internal clocks that align with the 24-hour cycle of life on Earth.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 8, 2021
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Research has shed new light on the molecular mechanisms that allow crops to synchronize flowering with favorable conditions.
Plants & Animals
Dec 14, 2020
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Scientists have produced a tomato enriched in the Parkinson's disease drug L-DOPA in what could become a new, affordable source of one of the world's essential medicines.
Plants & Animals
Dec 9, 2020
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Researchers have used plants to produce virus-like particles (VLPs) of the dengue virus in a potential first step towards novel vaccines against the growing threat.
Biotechnology
Dec 3, 2020
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Wheat researchers at the John Innes Centre are pioneering a new technique that promises to improve gene discovery for the globally important crop.
Plants & Animals
Nov 25, 2020
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The latest advances in our understanding of the plant immune system are mapped out in a new review by John Innes Center researchers.
Biochemistry
Nov 2, 2020
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