Enzyme technology and bioprocess engineering.

abstract：:Biotechnology applications require engineering complex multi-genic traits. The lack of knowledge on the genetic basis of complex phenotypes restricts our ability to rationally engineer them. However, complex phenotypes can be engineered at the systems level, utilizing directed evolution strategies that drive whole bio...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Bassalo MC,Liu R,Gill RT

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steady increases in the average sulfur content of petroleum and stricter environmental regulations concerning the sulfur content have promoted studies of bioprocessing to upgrade fossil fuels. Bioprocesses can potentially provide a solution to the need for improved and expanded fuel upgrading worldwide, because biopro...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Kilbane JJ 2nd

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cells reside in complex niches in which their behaviour is tightly regulated by various biochemical and biophysical signals. In order to unveil some of the crucial stem cell-niche interactions and expedite the implementation of stem cells in clinical and pharmaceutical applications, in vitro methodologies are bei...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Allazetta S,Lutolf MP

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various strategies have been developed to exploit plants as bioreactors for the production of pharmaceutical antibodies, to engineer antibody-mediated pathogen resistance or to alter the plant phenotype by immunomodulation. Recent research developments focus on the fine-tuning of expression systems and the detailed ch...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Stoger E,Sack M,Fischer R,Christou P

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drought, high salinity and low temperature are major environmental factors that limit plant productivity. Plants respond and adapt to these stresses in order to survive. Signaling pathways are induced in response to environmental stress and recent molecular and genetic studies have revealed that these pathways involve...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Seki M,Kamei A,Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K,Shinozaki K

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the next decade, the impact of library synthesis will play a major role in shortening the lead optimization phase of drug discovery. The prognosis for combinatorial chemistry to discover fundamentally different new classes of therapeutically active small molecules against some of the more difficult biological tar...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Myers PL

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenoviral vectors have proven to be excellent vehicles for gene delivery in vivo to a wide range of cell types. These vectors have been used to transfer genes such as CFTR to correct the defect in cystic fibrosis and, more recently, to supply serum blood factors and genetically modify tumors to enhance therapy. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Bramson JL,Graham FL,Gauldie J

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatty acid oxidation pathways are attractive for metabolic engineering purposes due to their cyclic nature as well as their reactions that allow for the selective functionalization of alkyl chains. These characteristics allow for the production of various chemicals, such as alcohols, alkanes, ketones and hydroxyacids,...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Kim S,Cheong S,Chou A,Gonzalez R

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaerobic digestion is the default process for biological conversion of residue organics to renewable energy and biofuel in the form of methane. However, its scope of application is expanding, due to availability of new technologies, and the emerging drivers of energy and nutrient conservation and recovery. Here, we o...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Batstone DJ,Virdis B

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rhizosphere in terrestrial systems is the region of soil surrounding plant roots where there is increased microbial activity; in aquatic plants, this definition may be less clear because of diffusion of nutrients in water, but there is still a zone of influence by plant roots in this environment [1]. Within that z...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Stout L,Nüsslein K

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the hierarchical structure of proteins at their fundamental length scales is essential to get insights into their functions and roles in fundamental biological processes. Near-field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM), which overcomes the diffraction limits of conventional optics, provides a powerful anal...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Yong YC,Wang YZ,Zhong JJ

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteome analysis is most commonly accomplished by the combination of two-dimensional gel electrophoresis for protein separation, visualization, and quantification and mass spectrometry for protein identification. Over the past year, exceptional progress has been made towards developing a new technology base for the p...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Gygi SP,Rist B,Aebersold R

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Naturally occurring microbial consortia have been utilized in a variety of bioremediation processes. Recent developments in molecular microbial ecology offer new tools that facilitate molecular analyses of microbial populations at contaminated and bioremediated sites. Information provided by such analyses aids in the ...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Watanabe K

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Driven by the demand to enhance the economic balance of chemical processes, the transformation of a racemate into a single stereoisomer (the deracemization process) is one of the most important areas of research. The recent development of the combined use of enzyme and metal catalysis has led to efficient deracemizati...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Pàmies O,Bäckvall JE

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dramatic technical progress in RNA synthesis and structure determination has allowed several difficulties inherent to the preparation, handling and structural analysis of RNA to be overcome, and this has led to a wealth of information about RNA structure and its relationship with biological function. It is now fully r...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Hermann T,Westhof E

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reductive catalytic fractionation (RCF) of lignocellulose is an emerging biorefinery scheme that combines biomass fractionation with lignin depolymerisation. Central to this scheme is the integration of heterogeneous catalysis, which overcomes the tendency of lignin to repolymerise. Ultimately, this leads to a low-Mw ...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Renders T,Van den Bossche G,Vangeel T,Van Aelst K,Sels B

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scanning transmission electron microscope provides structural and chemical information of a specimen at atomic-scale resolution and complements conventional transmission electron microscopy techniques. Mass measurements can now be performed routinely on a wide range of molecular and supramolecular structures using...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Engel A,Colliex C

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intestinal microbiota plays a profound role in human health and extensive research has been dedicated to identify microbiota aberrations that are associated with disease. Most of this work has been targeting the large intestine and fecal microbiota, while the small intestine microbiota may also have a profound imp...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： El Aidy S,van den Bogert B,Kleerebezem M

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characterization of the various microbial populations present in exoelectrogenic biofilms provides insight into the processes required to convert complex organic matter in wastewater streams into electrical current in bioelectrochemical systems (BESs). Analysis of the community profiles of exoelectrogenic microbial co...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Kiely PD,Regan JM,Logan BE

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a complex system characterized by multiple cell types with a determined architectural arrangement. Tissue engineering of the GI tract aims to reinstate the architecture and function of all structural layers. The key point for successful tissue regeneration includes the use of cells/b...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Bitar KN,Zakhem E

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data visualization has developed in several directions: theoretical; methodological; and in new application areas. Advances include the development of a grammar of graphics, deeper understanding of human perception and implications for graphical layout, and better approaches to visualizing multi-dimensional data and l...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Meyer RD,Cook D

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical testing of therapies for sepsis that target tumor necrosis factor and interleukin-1 is currently in progress. It is now clear from early clinical results that patients display a heterogeneous response to anti-cytokine therapies that may be related to the stage or severity of disease. Experimental results show...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Russell DA,Thompson RC

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ecophysiology of microorganisms has been at the heart of microbial ecology since its early days, but only during the past decade have methods become available for cultivation-independent, direct identification of microorganisms in complex communities and for the simultaneous investigation of their activity and sub...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Wagner M,Nielsen PH,Loy A,Nielsen JL,Daims H

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The delineation of the beta-globin locus control region has led to a new understanding of the developmental regulation of the beta-globin gene cluster. It now seems that globin gene switching is effected through the sequential and mutually exclusive interaction of the locus control region with the embryonic, fetal and...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Enver T,Greaves DR

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fermented foods and beverages are an integral part of the human diet globally. Understanding the microbial interactions within these fermenting ecosystems is required to deliver safe products with desirable consumer properties, and moreover, maintenance of these traditions. Effective tools are required for documentati...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： van Hijum SA,Vaughan EE,Vogel RF

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal bioactive polysaccharides deriving mainly from the Basidiomycetes family (and some from the Ascomycetes) and medicinal mushrooms have been well known and widely used in far Asia as part of traditional diet and medicine, and in the last decades have been the core of intense research for the understanding and the...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Giavasis I

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The past decade has witnessed rapid advance in microbial production of 'drop-in' biofuels from renewable resources. Various biosynthetic pathways have been constructed to produce biofuels with diverse structures, and multiple metabolic engineering strategies have been developed to increase biofuel titers, yields, prod...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Jiang W,Gu P,Zhang F

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioindustry is expanding to an increasing variety of food, chemical and pharmaceutical products, each requiring rapid development of a dedicated cell factory and bioprocess. Microfluidic tools are, together with tools from synthetic biology and metabolic modeling, being employed in cell factory and bioprocess developm...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Bjork SM,Joensson HN

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbe-mediated chemical production can replace traditional fossil-dependent production and hereby ensure sustainable production of chemicals that are important for our society. Significant success in economical chemical bioproduction has been accomplished by improving the cellular properties of microbial cells throu...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Liu Y,Nielsen J

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The design and construction of synthetic gene circuits with complex spatiotemporal dynamics was pioneered in bacteria, but it took almost a decade until synthetic biologists were able to construct genetic circuits with complex spatiotemporal dynamics in mammalian cells. This review highlights the most recent advances ...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Weber W,Fussenegger M

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00