Browsing Other Campus Research by Author "Zhang, Baohong"
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Comprehensive analysis of TCP transcription factors and their expression during cotton (Gossypium arboreum) fiber early development
Ma, Jun; Liu, Fang; Wang, Qinglian; Wang, Kunbo; Jones, Don C.; Zhang, Baohong (2016-02-09)TCP proteins are plant-specific transcription factors implicated to perform a variety of physiological functions during plant growth and development. In the current study, we performed for the first time the comprehensive ... -
Construction and characterization of a bacterial artificial chromosome library for Gossypium mustelinum
Liu, Yuling; Zhang, Baohong; Wen, Xinpeng; Zhang, Shulin; Wei, Yangyang; Lu, Quanwei; Liu, Zhen; Wang, Kunbo; Liu, Fang; Peng, Renhai (2018-05-17)A bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library for G. mustelinum Miers ex G. Watt (AD4) was constructed. Intact nuclei from G. mustelinum (AD4) were used to isolate high molecular weight DNA, which was partially cleaved ... -
Contribution and distribution of inorganic ions and organic compounds to the osmotic adjustment in Halostachys caspica response to salt stress
Zeng, Youling; Li, Ling; Yang, Ruirui; Yi, Xiaoya; Zhang, Baohong (2015-09)The mechanism by which plants cope with salt stress remains poorly understood. The goal of this study is to systematically investigate the contribution and distribution of inorganic ions and organic compounds to the osmotic ... -
Deep sequencing reveals important roles of microRNAs in response to drought and salinity stress in cotton
Xie, Fuliang; Wang, Qinglian; Sun, Runrun; Zhang, Baohong (2015-02)Drought and salinity are two major environmental factors adversely affecting plant growth and productivity. However, the regulatory mechanism is unknown. In this study, the potential roles of small regulatory microRNAs ... -
Differential expression of microRNAs during fiber development between fuzzless- lintless mutant and its wild-type allotetraploid cotton
Sun, Runrun; Li, Chengqi; Zhang, Jinbao; Li, Fei; Ma, Liang; Tan, Yangguang; Wang, Qinglian; Zhang, Baohong (2017-01-31)Cotton is one of the most important textile crops but little is known how microRNAs regulate cotton fiber development. Using a well-studied cotton fiberless mutant Xu-142-fl, we compared 54 miRNAs for their expression ... -
Effects of aluminum oxide nanoparticles on the growth, development, and microrna expression of tobacco (nicotiana tabacum)
Burklew, Caitlin E.; Ashlock, Jordan; Winfrey, William B.; Zhang, Baohong (2012-05-11)Nanoparticles are a class of newly emerging environmental pollutions. To date, few experiments have been conducted to investigate the effect nanoparticles may have on plant growth and development. It is important to study ... -
Genome-wide functional analysis of the cotton transcriptome by creating an integrated EST database
Xie, Fuliang; Sun, Guiling; Stiller, John W.; Zhang, Baohong (2011-11-08)A total of 28,432 unique contigs (25,371 in consensus contigs and 3,061 as singletons) were assembled from all 268,786 cotton ESTs currently available. Several in silico approaches [comparative genomics, Blast, Gene Ontology ... -
Genome-Wide Identification and Analysis of Class III Peroxidases in Allotetraploid Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) and their Responses to PK Deficiency
Duan, Pengfei; Wang, Guo; Chao, Maoni; Zhang, Zhiyong; Zhang, Baohong (2019-06-21)Class III peroxidases (PODs), commonly known as secretable class III plant peroxidases, are plant-specific enzymes that play critical roles in not only plant growth and development but also the responses to biotic and ... -
A high-efficiency CRISPR/Cas9 system for targeted mutagenesis in Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)
Zhang, Baohong; Li, Chao; Unver, Turgay (2017-03-03)The complex allotetraploid genome is one of major challenges in cotton for repressing gene expression. Developing site-specific DNA mutation is the long-term dream for cotton breeding scientists. The clustered regularly ... -
The infection and impact of Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS571 on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Liu, Huawei; Wang, Xiaojing; Qi, Huaiting; Wang, Qian; Chen, Yongchao; Li, Qiang; Zhang, Yuying; Qiu, Li; Fontana, Julia Elise; Zhang, Baohong; Wang, Weiling; Xie, Yingge (2017-11-30)Based on our previous study, cereal crop wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) could be infected by rhizobia Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS571, and form para-nodules with the induction of 2.4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, a common plant ... -
Integrated transcriptome, small RNA and degradome sequencing approaches provide insights into Ascochyta blight resistance in chickpea
Garg, Vanika; Khan, Aamir W.; Kudapa, Himabindu; Kale, Sandip M.; Chitikineni, Annapurna; Qiwei, Sun; Sharma, Mamta; Li, Chuanying; Zhang, Baohong; Xin, Liu; Kishor, P.B. Kavi; Varshney, Rajeev K. (2018-10-16)Ascochyta blight (AB) is one of the major biotic stresses known to limit the chickpea production worldwide. To dissect the complex mechanisms of AB resistance in chickpea, three approaches, namely, transcriptome, small RNA ... -
Isolation and molecular identification of endophytic diazotrophs from seeds and stems of three cereal crops
Liu, Huawei; Zhang, Lei; Meng, Aihua; Zhang, Junbiao; Xie, Miaomiao; Qin, Yaohong; Faulk, Dylan Chase; Zhang, Baohong; Yang, Shushen; Qiu, Li (2017-10-30)Ten strains of endophytic diazotroph were isolated and identified from the plants collected from three different agricultural crop species, wheat, rice and maize, using the nitrogen-free selective isolation conditions. The ... -
Lack of K-Dependent Oxidative Stress in Cotton Roots Following Coronatine-Induced ROS Accumulation.
Zhang, Zhiyong; Zhang, Xin; Wang, Sufang; Zhang, Jinbao; Wang, Xiaojing; Wang, Qinglian; Zhang, Baohong (2015)Coronatine [COR] is a novel type of plant growth regulator with similarities in structure and property to jasmonate. The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between increased root vitality induced by ... -
MicroRNA expression analysis in the cellulosic biofuel crop switchgrass (panicum virgatum) under abiotic stress
Sun, Guiling; Stewart, C. Neal Jr; Xiao, Peng; Zhang, Baohong (2012-03-28)Switchgrass has increasingly been recognized as a dedicated biofuel crop for its broad adaptation to marginal lands and high biomass. However, little is known about the basic biology and the regulatory mechanisms of gene ... -
MicroRNA expression profiles during cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L) fiber early development
Wang, Min; Sun, Runrun; Li, Chao; Wang, Qinglian; Zhang, Baohong (2017-03-22)The role of microRNAs (miRNAs) during cotton fiber development remains unclear. Here, a total of 54 miRNAs belonging to 39 families were selected to characterize miRNA regulatory mechanism in eight different fiber development ... -
Nicotine exposure and transgenerational impact: a prospective study on small regulatory microRNAs
Taki, Faten A.; Pan, Xiaoping; Lee, Myon-Hee; Zhang, Baohong (2014-12-17)Early developmental stages are highly sensitive to stress and it has been reported that pre-conditioning with tobacco smoking during adolescence predisposes those youngsters to become smokers as adults. However, the molecular ... -
De Novo Transcriptome Assembly and Comparative Analysis Elucidate Complicated Mechanism Regulating Astragalus chrysochlorus Response to Selenium Stimuli
Çakır, Özgür; Turgut-Kara1, Neslihan; Arı, Şule; Zhang, Baohong (2015)Astragalus species are medicinal plants that are used in the world for years. Some Astragalus species are known for selenium accumulation and tolerance and one of them is Astragalus chrysochlorus, a secondary selenium ... -
Selection of reliable reference genes in caenorhabditis elegans for analysis of nanotoxicity
Zhang, Yanqiong; Chen, Dongliang; Smith, Michael A.; Zhang, Baohong; Pan, Xiaoping (2012-03-15)Despite rapid development and application of a wide range of manufactured metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs), the understanding of potential risks of using NPs is less completed, especially at the molecular level. The nematode ... -
Small RNA Sequencing Reveals Regulatory Roles of MicroRNAs in the Development of Meloidogyne incognita
Liu, Huawei; Nichols, Robert L.; Qiu, Li; Sun, Runrun; Zhang, Baohong; Pan, Xiaoping (2019-11-02)MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are an extensive class of small regulatory RNAs. Knowing the specific expression and functions of miRNAs during root-knot nematode (RKN) (Meloidogyne incognita) development could provide fundamental ... -
Triclosan Disrupts SKN-1/Nrf2- Mediated Oxidative Stress Response in C. elegans and Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Yoon, Dong Suk; Choi, Yoorim; Cha, Dong Seok; Zhang, Peng; Choi, Seong Mi; Alfhili, Mohammad A.; Polli, Joseph Ryan; Pendergrass, DeQwon; Taki, Faten A.; Kapalavavi, Brahmam; Pan, Xiaoping; Zhang, Baohong; Blackwell, T. Keith; Lee, Jin Woo; Lee, Myon-Hee (2017-10-03)Triclosan (TCS), an antimicrobial chemical with potential endocrine-disrupting properties, may pose a risk to early embryonic development and cellular homeostasis during adulthood. Here, we show that TCS induces toxicity ...