Microbial biocatalyst developments to upgrade fossil fuels.

abstract：:Escherichia coli is still a very popular host for the production of recombinant proteins at an analytical or industrial scale. Secretion of the proteins into the culture medium or display at the cell surface would be preferred in many applications but is hampered by the complex two-layered cell envelope. The autotrans...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Jong WS,Saurí A,Luirink J

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tremendous advances in biocatalytic approaches to oligosaccharide synthesis have taken place in the past two years. The use of isolated enzymes, both glycosyltransferases and glycosidases, or engineered whole cells allows the preparation of natural oligosaccharides and analogs required for glycobiology research. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Palcic MM

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within Escherichia coli and other species, a clear codon bias exists among the 61 amino acid codons found within the population of mRNA molecules, and the level of cognate tRNA appears directly proportional to the frequency of codon usage. Given this situation, one would predict translational problems with an abundant...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Kane JF

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the ambitions of synthetic biology approach genome-scale engineering, comprehensive characterization of cellular systems is required, as well as a means to accurately model cell-scale molecular interactions. These requirements are coincident with the goals of systems biology and, thus, systems biology will become t...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Barrett CL,Kim TY,Kim HU,Palsson BØ,Lee SY

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past year there have been a number of recent advances in the fields of miniaturized reaction and separation systems, including the construction of fully integrated 'lab-on-a-chip' systems. Microreactors, which initially targeted DNA-based reactions such as the polymerase chain reaction, are now used in severa...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Krishnan M,Namasivayam V,Lin R,Pal R,Burns MA

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial communities are essential for most ecosystem processes and interact in highly complex ways with virtually all eukaryotes. Thus, a detailed understanding of the function of such communities is a fundamental prerequisite for microbial ecologists, applied microbiologists and microbiome researchers. Using single...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Wang Y,Huang WE,Cui L,Wagner M

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The alternative sigma factor sigmaB modulates the stress response of several Gram-positive bacteria, including Bacillus subtilis and the food-borne human pathogens Bacillus cereus, Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus. In all these bacteria, sigmaB is responsible for the transcription of genes that can con...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： van Schaik W,Abee T

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autonomous vehicles are becoming an essential tool in a wide range of environmental applications that include ambient data acquisition, remote sensing, and mapping of the spatial extent of pollutant spills. Among these applications, pollution source localization has drawn increasing interest due to its scientific and ...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Bayat B,Crasta N,Crespi A,Pascoal AM,Ijspeert A

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past year, significant progress in the field of gene transfer has been made possible by refinement of the technique of particle bombardment. The process has been utilized for the study of gene expression in plastids and mitochondria, the production of transgenic crop plants and gene transfer into live animals. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Klein TM,Fitzpatrick-McElligott S

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fc fusion proteins are molecules in which the immunoglobulin Fc is fused genetically to a protein of interest, such as an extracellular domain of a receptor, ligand, enzyme, or peptide. Fc fusion proteins have some antibody-like properties such as long serum half-life and easy expression and purification, making them ...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Huang C

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stable-isotope probing (SIP) of environmental genomic DNA allows populations in a natural microbial community to be identified through the incorporation of (13)C- or (15)N-labeled substrates into biomass. The isotopically labeled DNA is retrieved by density gradient centrifugation, and active microorganisms identified...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Friedrich MW

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The technique of protein stabilization has been improving steadily in recent years, but it is only in the past year or two that the stability of some protein molecules has been improved to the level of those from extreme thermophilic organisms. This was achieved by multiple mutations and often by utilizing the knowled...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Lee B,Vasmatzis G

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vernalization is the process by which flowering is promoted by prolonged exposure to the cold of a typical winter. In certain plant species, the role of vernalization is to suppress the expression of genes that encode repressors of flowering. In Arabidopsis, this suppression is an epigenetic phenomenon in the sense th...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Amasino RM

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progress in the field of protein nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy during the past year has included the elucidation of a number of new structures. In addition, several critical developments in the experimental methodology have opened up the potential for applying the nuclear magnetic resonance-based approach to...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Chazin WJ

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial cell wall hydrolases (BCWHs) display a remarkable structural and functional diversity that offers perspectives for novel food applications, reaching beyond those of the archetype BCWH and established biopreservative hen egg white lysozyme. Insights in BCWHs from bacteriophages to animals have provided concep...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Callewaert L,Walmagh M,Michiels CW,Lavigne R

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural products have demonstrated value across numerous application areas, with antibiotics a notable historical example. Native cellular hosts provide an initial option in efforts to harness natural product production. However, various complexities associated with native hosts, including fastidious growth traits and...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Park D,Swayambhu G,Pfeifer BA

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrotic diseases occur in virtually every tissue of the body and are a major cause of mortality, yet they remain largely untreatable and poorly understood on a mechanistic level. The development of anti-fibrotic agents has been hampered, in part, by the insufficient fibrosis biomimicry provided by traditional in vitr...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Porras AM,Hutson HN,Berger AJ,Masters KS

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solventogenic clostridia are strictly anaerobic, endospore forming bacteria that produce a large array of primary metabolites, like butanol, by anaerobically degrading simple and complex carbohydrates, including cellulose and hemicellulose. Two genomes have been sequenced and some genetic tools have been developed, bu...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Papoutsakis ET

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：:Aptamers are short single-stranded oligo(deoxy)nucleotides that are selected to bind to target molecules with high affinity and specificity. Because of their sophisticated characteristics and versatile applicability, aptamers are thought to become universal molecular probes in biotechnological and therapeutic applicat...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Pfeiffer F,Rosenthal M,Siegl J,Ewers J,Mayer G

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Much progress has been made in the development of techniques for constructing dense grids either of ligands, such as peptides and oligonucleotides, or of cloned nucleic acids. Such arrays are finding practical applications in the analysis of sequence variation and gene expression. Methods for carrying out large number...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Southern EM

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progress in biosensors has mainly been made by the improvement of the biological components and the implementation of microsystem technologies. Enzymes are still the most appropriate recognition elements because they combine high chemical specificity and inherent biocatalytic signal amplification. A breakthrough has b...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Scheller FW,Wollenberger U,Warsinke A,Lisdat F

更新日期：2001-02-01 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：:Dynamic regulation of gene expression in response to various molecules is crucial for both basic science and practical applications. RNA is considered an attractive material for creating dynamic genetic controllers because of its specific binding to ligands, structural flexibility, programmability, and small size. Her...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Jang S,Jang S,Yang J,Seo SW,Jung GY

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomaterials are increasingly being developed as in vitro microenvironments mimicking in vivo stem cell niches. However, current macroscale methodologies to produce these niche models fail to recapitulate the spatial and temporal characteristics of the complex native stem cell regulatory systems. Microfluidic technolo...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Kobel S,Lutolf MP

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The exposure of bacteria to pollutants induces frequently chemoattraction or chemorepellent reactions. Recent research suggests that the capacity to degrade a toxic compound has co-evolved in some bacteria with the capacity to chemotactically react to it. There is an increasing amount of data which show that chemoattr...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Krell T,Lacal J,Reyes-Darias JA,Jimenez-Sanchez C,Sungthong R,Ortega-Calvo JJ

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility of generating electricity with microbial fuel cells has been recognized for some time, but practical applications have been slow to develop. The recent development of a microbial fuel cell that can harvest electricity from the organic matter stored in marine sediments has demonstrated the feasibility o...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Lovley DR

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New biological inspired methods were recently developed to recover precious metals from waste streams and to concomitantly produce palladium nanoparticles on bacteria, that is, bio-Pd. This technology offers a variety of opportunities, as the process can considered to be green, tunable, affordable and scalable. The na...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Hennebel T,De Corte S,Verstraete W,Boon N

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The versatile functionality of microbial biocatalysts offers a promising solution to the growing need to replace conventional, petroleum-derived fuels, chemicals, and materials with sustainable alternatives from renewable biomass. Whereas metabolic pathway engineering and strain optimization have greatly expanded the ...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Thompson B,Moon TS,Nielsen DR

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organic chemistry has systematically probed the chemical determinants of function in nucleic acids by variation to the nucleobase, sugar ring and backbone moieties to build synthetic genetic polymers. Concomitantly, protein engineering has advanced to allow the discovery of polymerases capable of utilizing modified nu...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Houlihan G,Arangundy-Franklin S,Holliger P

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00