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… Maize produces a family of compounds that protects it against infections — using … scientists a bigger bang for their buck. The research team reports that transferring just four genes encoding … plants in addition to maize, including the bioenergy crop switchgrass. The team confirmed just how important zealexins …

… Before 2006, Olpidium was one of the many obscure fungi of Chytridiomycota (the “chytrids”).  A collaborative team led by Joey Spatafora at Oregon State University, Jason … JGI user Ying Chang in the Spatafora lab describes the effort that led to the work published in Scientific Reports …

… By studying the structure and function of a cyanobacterial protein, researchers have new insights … in high-throughput This work builds on many other efforts to understand the Rube Goldberg machine of … unknown or uncertain function. These genes would allow the team to express this library of encoded proteins at high …

… Large-scale comparative analysis leads to identification of biosynthetic gene clusters for novel secondary … a study published November 11, 2022, in Cell Genomics , the team focused on Actinobacteria ( Actinomycetota ), a group … via antimicrobials) – and could have applications in many fields. The team discovered that rampant horizontal gene …

… In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a … an important feature in common with certain other cereal crops: It performs C4 photosynthesis, which is the fastest … A & M and Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center) and his team set out to compare different varieties of sorghum. …