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The Ten Abominations and the Ten Commandments are respective essential laws in traditional Chinese and Western legal systems. The Ten Abominations are actually the Chinese version of The Ten Commandments. They both defend moral bottom lines in the corresponding societies. Their basic idea of morality can be summarized as the Monarch-Father morality and the Father-in-Heaven morality respectively. The Monarch-Father morality emphasizes the absolute obedience of all the subjects to the monarch as the only son of the heaven, although the monarchs are supposed to love the subjects as sons. The Father-in-Heaven morality focuses on the equality of all the prodigal sons converted and welcomed by the Abba in Heaven, the sole creator of all the human beings. Even though there is a huge gap between the two moral systems, a promising link still exists between the two systems when it comes to the conscience theories underlying the moral values suggested by both The Ten Abominations and the Ten Commandments. This is where we can build an overlapping consensus as part of universal ethics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Pericentromeric DNA, consisting of high-copy-number tandem repeats and transposable elements, is normally silenced through DNA methylation and histone modifications to maintain chromosomal integrity and stability. Although histone deacetylase 6 (HDA6) has been known to participate in pericentromeric silencing, the mechanism is still yet unclear. Here, using whole genome bisulfite sequencing (WGBS) and chromatin immunoprecipitation-sequencing (ChIP-Seq), we mapped the genome-wide patterns of differential DNA methylation and histone H3 lysine 18 acetylation (H3K18ac) in wild-type and hda6 mutant strains. Results show pericentromeric CHG hypomethylation in hda6 mutants was mediated by DNA demethylases, not by DNA methyltransferases as previously thought. DNA demethylases can recognize H3K18ac mark and then be recruited to the chromatin. Using biochemical assays, we found that HDA6 could function as an 'eraser' enzyme for H3K18ac mark to prevent DNA demethylation. Oxford Nanopore Technology Direct RNA Sequencing (ONT DRS) also revealed that hda6 mutants with H3K18ac accumulation and CHG hypomethylation were shown to have transcriptionally active pericentromeric DNA., (© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Nucleic Acids Research.)

In plants, various phloem-mobile macromolecules including noncoding RNAs, mRNAs and proteins are suggested to act as important long-distance signals in regulating crucial physiological and morphological transition processes such as flowering, plant growth and stress responses. Given recent advances in high-throughput sequencing technologies, numerous mobile macromolecules have been identified in diverse plant species from different plant families. However, most of the identified mobile macromolecules are not annotated in current versions of species-specific databases and are only available as non-searchable datasheets. To facilitate study of the mobile signaling macromolecules, we compiled the PlaMoM (Plant Mobile Macromolecules) database, a resource that provides convenient and interactive search tools allowing users to retrieve, to analyze and also to predict mobile RNAs/proteins. Each entry in the PlaMoM contains detailed information such as nucleotide/amino acid sequences, ortholog partners, related experiments, gene functions and literature. For the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, protein-protein interactions of mobile transcripts are presented as interactive molecular networks. Furthermore, PlaMoM provides a built-in tool to identify potential RNA mobility signals such as tRNA-like structures. The current version of PlaMoM compiles a total of 17 991 mobile macromolecules from 14 plant species/ecotypes from published data and literature. PlaMoM is available at http://www.systembioinfo.org/plamom/., (© The Author(s) 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Nucleic Acids Research.)

The study with in-door experiment showed that the germination and seedling rates of Potamogeton crispus were increased under light but without matrix. Matrix promoted root growth, but light could not. The internode's length was obviously longer under dark than under light. After treated with dark, the permeability of leaf plasma membrane raised apparently. Under light condition, the Chla and Chlb contents and Chla/Chlb ratio of seedling' s leaf fluctuated, depending on with or without matrix. The maximum and minimum value of Chla/Chlb ratio was 4. 4 and 2. 8, respectively when the matrix existed, and was 4. 2 and 2. 7 when the matrix was absent. After 40 days of seedling growth, there was a significant difference in the permeability of leaf plasma membrane between the treatments with light and matrix, and with light but without matrix (P < 0.01). A significant difference was also observed in Fv/Fm, and Fv/Fo at the late growth period between the treatments of full (100%) and partial (50%, 20% and 10%) natural light, while no significant difference was found between the treatments of different partial natural light. It was suggested from the measurements of Fv/Fm, Fv/Fo, ETR, qP and qN that weak light promoted the photosynthesis, and slowed down the senile of P. crispus.