DNA methylation is a well-known epigenetic modification that is essential for gene regulation and genome stability. Anomalies in plant development can result from aberrant DNA methylation patterns. DNA methylation is much more important in plants with more complicated genomes whe...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2022/v11i330267
Over the last few years, the use of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) for genetic manipulation has transformed life science. CRISPR was first found in bacteria and archaea as an adaptable immune system, and later modified to create specific DNA br...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2022/v10i430249
Rao Saad Rehman, Mujahid Ali, Syed Ali Zafar, Mubashar Hussain, Asad Pasha, Muhammad Saqib Naveed, Muhammad Ahmad & Muhammad Waseem·Asian Journal of Research in Crop Science·2022
Abiotic stress is one of the major environmental stresses that decrease crop growth and yield even in irrigated soils worldwide. An important plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) plays a vital role in addressing various stresses, such as thermal or heat stress, high salinity level,...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2022/v7i130128
Nuclear dicing bodies were found in plants as subcellular droplets of the Dicing complex that is involved in the creation of microRNA. They are also discovered to be liquid-liquid phase-separated condensates with intrinsically disordered areas of the Dicing component SERRATE driv...
Rao Saad Rehman, Mubashar Hussain, Mujahid Ali, Syed Ali Zafar, Asad Nadeem Pasha, Hassan Bashir, Naveed Ali Ashraf, Abdullah Javed & Waqar Ali Shah·International Journal of Pathogen Research·2022
This study summarizes the importance of melatonin in different plants and fungi. In this review, we discussed the biosynthetic pathway of melatonin, its metabolites, and its oxidative reduction. Melatonin is a molecule derived from tryptophan, with pleiotropic activity. It is pre...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2022/v10i230243
Plants cannot move, so they must endure abiotic stresses such as drought, salinity and extreme temperatures. These stressors greatly limit the distribution of plants, alter their growth and development, and reduce crop productivity. Recent progress in our understanding of the mol...
Rao Saad Rehman, Syed Ali Zafar, Mujahid Ali, Asad Nadeem Pasha, Muhammad Saqib Naveed, Muhammad Waseem, Muhammad Ahmad & Asad Raza·Asian Plant Research Journal·2022
CRISPR–Cas genome editing technology developed from prokaryotes has transformed the molecular biology of plants past all assumptions. CRISPR–Cas, which is distinguished by its resilience, relatively high specificity, and easy implementation, enables specific genetic modification...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2022/v9i130197
The comparison of several associated species and plant genome sequencing efforts has increased in recent years. The inflated level of the genomic variety leads to the discovery that the single reference genomes may not reflect the variability in a species, resulting in the evolut...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2022/v25i130260
Rao Saad Rehman, Hassan Bashir, Syed Ali Zafar, Mujahid Ali, Abdullah Javed, Naveed Ali Ashraf, Muzammal Hussain & Ayesha Hussain·Biotechnology Journal International·2022
A well-coordinated process is required to construct a complicated structure like the cell wall, which consists of several elements that must be joined appropriately from various sources inside the cell. In order to successfully moderate dynamic responses to developmental and envi...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2022/v26i4653
Rao Saad Rehman, Asad Nadeem Pasha, Syed Ali Zafar, Mujahid Ali, Hassan Bashir, Muhammad Usama Saeed, Naveed Ali Ashraf & Abdullah Javed·Asian Journal of Biology·2022
Crop plant architecture is an important agronomic trait that contributes greatly to crop yield. Tiller angle is one of the most critical components that determine crop plant architecture, which in turn substantially affects grain yield mainly owing to its large influence on plant...
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Research Article10.9734/ajob/2022/v14i430225
The breeding of crops is dependent on the potential to interrupt or maintain genetic links between characteristics, and the availability of genetic variability. CRISPR-Cas is a new genome-editing technique that has made it possible for breeders to introduce regulated and site-spe...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2022/v25i130262
Rao Saad Rehman, Khadar Khan, Syed Ali Zafar, Asad Nadeem Pasha, Mujahid Ali, Muhammad Awais Ashraf, Hassan Bashir & Faiza Rashid·Asian Journal of Research in Botany·2022
Increased aridity and desertification are one of the most threatening setbacks to present day agriculture throughout the globe. Pakistan, being a sub-tropical country, is on the verge of an overwhelmingly increased rate of desertification. Therefore, it needs abrupt interventions...
Legume crops are very important group of plants that belong to Fabaceae or leguminaceae family and are rich in different essential amino acids. These legumes prove to be the cheapest and most easily accessible source of required proteins. Humans need proper amount of proteins and...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcs/2019/v3i230045