Strategies for extended serum half-life of protein therapeutics.

abstract：:The impact of directed evolution and site-specific mutagenesis on the industrial utility of enzymatic catalysis through the modification of enzyme structure and function is clearly an important area of research in bioprocess engineering. High-throughput screening for novel or improved enzyme activities, both by more e...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Panke S,Wubbolts MG

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The worldwide emergence of nanoscale science and engineering was marked by the announcement of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) in January 2000. Recent research on biosystems at the nanoscale has created one of the most dynamic science and technology domains at the confluence of physical sciences, molecula...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Roco MC

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent adoption of whole plasmid genome sequencing as a routine analytical technique has provided the basis for cataloging the historical events through which plasmids are assembled from the available families of modular plasmid components. Horizontal gene transfer mediated by plasmids plays an important role in t...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Dennis JJ

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To develop a viable H2 technology, production of H2 has to be significantly enlarged by using renewable resources. One option of generating H2 is the photosynthetic conversion of sunlight and water directly to H2 and O2. Photosystems and hydrogenases are currently being exploited for the design of efficient H2-produci...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Friedrich B,Fritsch J,Lenz O

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in emerging food-processing technologies, such as high hydrostatic pressure or high-intensity electric field pulses, allow targeted and sophisticated modification and preservation of foods. We are beginning to understand the mechanisms involved in pressure inactivation of bacterial spores and have been...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Knorr D

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen receptors are multi-domain proteins that interact with other proteins and DNA to fulfil their function: the regulation of transcription. During the past 2-3 years, our understanding of this complex process has increased tremendously as crystal structures of isolated ligand-binding domains in complex with vari...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Mueller-Fahrnow A,Egner U

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obtaining an abundant supply of human cells with specific differentiated properties is a key issue in many research studies and biotechnology applications. Recent advances in this area include the finding that forced expression of the enzyme telomerase can greatly increase the proliferative potential of at least some ...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Yeager TR,Reddel RR

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Much of the current knowledge on the hydrothermic liquefaction of biomass to biocrude is on the basis of laboratory benchtop findings, and the step up to industrial scale reactors will require a range of information that is currently either unavailable or insufficient. This work highlights a number of these issues suc...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Lee A,Lewis D,Kalaitzidis T,Ashman P

更新日期：2016-04-01 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：:Metabolic flux analysis (MFA) represents a powerful tool for systems biology research on eukaryotic cells. This review describes recent advances, the challenges as well as applications of metabolic flux analysis comprising fungi, mammalian cells and plants. While MFA is widely established and applied in microorganisms...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Niklas J,Schneider K,Heinzle E

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stabilization of enzymes without diminishing and diluting their activity is crucial for their use as industrial catalysts. One practically proven approach involves crystallization of the enzyme (size 1-200 microm) followed by subsequent crosslinking. In many cases, the resulting crosslinked enzyme crystals exhibit inc...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Govardhan CP

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laser light scattering comes in two major 'flavors': dynamic and static. This noninvasive technique provides a means for investigating key size and shape properties of macromolecules in solution. Light scattering has long been an indispensable tool to the polymer physical chemist, and is seeing increased use in explor...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Murphy RM

更新日期：1997-02-01 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：:Recombinant DNA technology has expanded the potential of the targeted screening approach in drug discovery. The use of cloned and expressed receptors as targets for the evaluation of novel compounds can significantly simplify the structure affinity/activity process. However, the patenting of cloned receptors, as well ...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Williams M

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transdifferentiation of one cell type to another has garnered significant research efforts in recent years. As cardiomyocyte loss following myocardial infarction becomes debilitating for cardiac patients, the option of an autologous source of cardiomyocytes not derived from multi/pluripotent stem cell sources is an at...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Monaghan MG,Holeiter M,Layland SL,Schenke-Layland K

更新日期：2016-08-01 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：: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：:The efficient and safe delivery of therapeutic proteins is the key to commercial success and, in some cases, the demonstration of efficacy in current and future biotechnology products. Numerous delivery technologies and companies have evolved over the past year. To critically evaluate the available options, each metho...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Cleland JL,Daugherty A,Mrsny R

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several cell-based tissue-engineering therapies are emerging to regenerate damaged tissues. These strategies use autologous cells in combination with bioresorbable delivery materials. Major functions of a delivery scaffold are to provide initial mechanical stability, homogenous three-dimensional cell distribution, imp...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Sittinger M,Hutmacher DW,Risbud MV

更新日期：2004-10-01 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：:Silk combines biological properties, such as non-toxicity and biodegradability, with physico-chemical ones, for example, mechanical strength. Base on molecular engineering, nowadays also new non-silk functions can be implemented in silk materials. Driven by rational design and ingenuity, innovative recombinant silk pr...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Saric M,Scheibel T

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The selection of an expression platform for recombinant biopharmaceuticals is often centered upon suitable product titers and critical quality attributes, including post-translational modifications. Although notable differences between microbial, yeast, plant, and mammalian host systems exist, recent advances have gre...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Meehl MA,Stadheim TA

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phage display of proteins continues to be an important technology with a variety of applications. In the past year, advances have been made in coupling rational protein design with the power of the display selection process. In addition to the widely used filamentous phage, other bacteriophage surface expression syste...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Dunn IS

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccharomyces cerevisiae has decisive advantages in industrial processes due to its tolerance to alcohols and fermentation conditions. Butanol isomers are considered as suitable fuel substitutes and valuable biomass-derived chemical building blocks. Whereas high production was achieved with bacterial systems, metaboli...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Generoso WC,Schadeweg V,Oreb M,Boles E

更新日期：2015-06-01 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：: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：: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

abstract：:Compared to 'live' vaccines, the immunogenicity of 'split' vaccines based on recombinant antigen (Ag) is poor, presumably because exogeneous recombinant Ag fails to efficiently access the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I processing pathway needed for 'cross-presentation'. Here we discuss recent evidence ...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Wagner H,Heit A,Schmitz F,Bauer S

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial cell factory performance is significantly affected by the cell morphology and membrane homeostasis. It is important to ensure that cell factories are able to regulate cell morphology and maintain membrane homeostasis. Cell morphology can be controlled by regulating the formation of elongasomes and divisomes,...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Guo L,Pang Z,Gao C,Chen X,Liu L

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic engineering is not another form of classic manipulation of intermediary metabolism; rather, it is the purposeful design of metabolic networks. The metabolic engineering approach examines biochemical reactions in their entirety, rather than individually, and is concerned with the construction of novel pathway...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Stephanopoulos G

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00