Among many other analyses on environmental influences on pearl oyster breading, the team around HE Mao-Xian has cloned a shell nuclear transcription factor (nf-kappa B) and analyzed biomineralization pathways as well as immune responses to pathogen exposure.
CAS press release, October 17, 2012
Team at CAS South China Marine Research Institute analyzes genomes, establishes transcription groups and metabolite clusters of 4 pearl oyster species