Hao Zuo

TL;DR: This paper showed that CsMYB1 is involved in the regulation of trichome formation and galloylated cis-catechins biosynthesis in tea plants, and the variations in CsmyB1 expression levels are closely correlated with trichomes index and the amount of galloylated catechins contained in tea plant populations.

TL;DR: Zhao et al. as discussed by the authors found that the MYB184 gene in KKC showed the highest TCS1 promoter activation with 4.7-fold higher NMT activity compared with other tea cultivars.

TL;DR: It is reported that Synaptopodin‐2 (SYNPO2) intron sense‐overlapping lncRNA (SYISL) regulates myogenesis through an interaction with enhancer of zeste homologue 2 (EZH2), however, it remains unclear whether SYISL homologues exist in humans and pigs, and whether the functions and mechanisms of these homologue are conserved among species.

TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper showed that tea leaf cuticular wax changed drastically in tea leaf development, dehydration, or withering treatment during tea processing, which affected tea flavor formation.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors combined ionomic and transcriptomic profiling alongside biochemical characterization to probe the changes of metal nutrients and Al responsive genes in tea roots grown under increasing concentrations of Al, and found that a low level of Al (~ 0.4 mM) maintains proper nutrient balance, whereas a higher Al concentration (2.5 mM) compromised tea plants by altering micro-and macro-nutrient accumulation into roots, including a decrease in calcium (Ca), manganese (Mn), and magnesium (Mg) and an increase in iron (Fe), which corresponded with oxidative stress, cellular damage, and retarded root growth.