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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Transcriptional regulation of thorn tip sclerification in plants.

Jie Ren, Yaoyuan Duan, Ruoqi Li, Xin Zhang, Yanfei Shi, Shiyun Zhou, Kaidong Xie, Xiaomeng Wu, Vivian F Irish, Xiuxin Deng and 2 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Jie RenNational Key Lab for Germplasm Innovation & Utilization of Horticultural Crops, College of Horticulture & Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.ORCID 0009-0009-2390-8082
Yaoyuan DuanNational Key Lab for Germplasm Innovation & Utilization of Horticultural Crops, College of Horticulture & Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.ORCID 0009-0002-5648-6815
Ruoqi LiNational Key Lab for Germplasm Innovation & Utilization of Horticultural Crops, College of Horticulture & Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.ORCID 0009-0001-2858-4023
Xin ZhangNational Key Lab for Germplasm Innovation & Utilization of Horticultural Crops, College of Horticulture & Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Yanfei ShiNational Key Lab for Germplasm Innovation & Utilization of Horticultural Crops, College of Horticulture & Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.ORCID 0009-0002-2123-1994
Shiyun ZhouNational Key Lab for Germplasm Innovation & Utilization of Horticultural Crops, College of Horticulture & Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Kaidong XieNational Key Lab for Germplasm Innovation & Utilization of Horticultural Crops, College of Horticulture & Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Xiaomeng WuNational Key Lab for Germplasm Innovation & Utilization of Horticultural Crops, College of Horticulture & Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5798-5734
Vivian F IrishDepartment of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520.ORCID 0000-0002-2943-6604
Xiuxin DengNational Key Lab for Germplasm Innovation & Utilization of Horticultural Crops, College of Horticulture & Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4490-4514
Fei ZhangNational Key Lab for Germplasm Innovation & Utilization of Horticultural Crops, College of Horticulture & Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.ORCID 0009-0002-9879-5165
Wenwu GuoNational Key Lab for Germplasm Innovation & Utilization of Horticultural Crops, College of Horticulture & Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2519-9672

Funding

Department of Agriculture & Rural Affairs of Hubei Province HBZY2023B00501MOA | Earmarked Fund for China Agriculture Research System CARS-26MOST | National Key Research and Development Program of China (NKPs) 2022YFF1003100MOST | National Key Research and Development Program of China (NKPs) 2024YFD1200501MOST | NSFC | National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars) 32425048National Science Foundation (NSF) 2306142
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A common characteristic of thorns, prickles, and spines is a hardened and sharp tip. This feature complicates cultivation and postharvest processing for many crops, yet the molecular mechanisms governing this specific sclerification process remain unclear. By genome editing screening, we identified a

Indexed as

CitrusGene Expression Regulation, PlantPlant ProteinsCell WallCRISPR-Cas SystemsGene EditingPlant StemsTranscription FactorsPlant ProteinsTranscription Factorscitrusligninthornstranscriptional regulation

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PMID40986360
PMCPMC12501164

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