Xiaodong Liu

TL;DR: The work demonstrates that the CRISPR/Cas method can effectively create specific gene modifications in planta that are stably transmitted through the germ line to future generations and is a useful tool for generating versatile and heritable modifications specifically at target genes in plants.

TL;DR: The current understanding of the sophisticated molecular networks involving the critical roles of phytohormones in regulating seed dormancy and germination is summarized, in which AP2-domain-containing transcription factors play key roles.

TL;DR: The plant growth hormone auxin, which acts as a versatile trigger in many developmental processes, also plays a critical role in seed dormancy in Arabidopsis, and it is shown that disruptions in auxin signaling in MIR160-overexpressing plants, auxin receptor mutants, or auxin biosynthesis mutants dramatically release Seed dormancy, whereas increases in Auxin signaling or biosynthesis greatly enhance seed dormancies.

TL;DR: The results show that PYL13 is not an ABA receptor but can modulate the ABA pathway by interacting with and inhibiting both the PYL receptors and the PP2C co-receptors.

TL;DR: An organocatalytic enantioselective addition of oxazolones to N-tosyl aldimines has been developed and affords a series of valuable alpha-disubstituted alpha,beta-diamino acid derivatives with excellent enantiOSElectivities and diastereoselectivities.