The genome editing toolbox: a spectrum of approaches for targeted modification.

abstract：:Fungal ligninolytic enzymes have broad biotechnological applications. Particularly laccases and certain fungal class II peroxidases from white-rot basidiomycetes are considered in degradation of persistent organic pollutants. Promising processes with reusable immobilized laccases in special reactors have been develope...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Kües U

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of whole genome amplification is something that has arisen in the past few years as the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has been adapted to replicate regions of genomes that are of biological interest. The applications are many--forensic science, embryonic disease diagnosis, bioterrorism genome detection, ...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Hawkins TL,Detter JC,Richardson PM

更新日期：2002-02-01 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 continuing expansion of protein and genome sequence databases is an opportunity to identify novel enzymes with biotechnological applications. Whether applied to enzymology, chemical biology, systems biology, and microbiology, database mining must be 'user-friendly' so that experimentalists can devise focused strat...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Zallot R,Oberg N,Gerlt JA

更新日期：2021-01-05 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：:Recombinant DNA technology allows the manipulation of the physical properties of proteins that perform electron transport and photochemical processes. Recent work is reviewed that has a potential impact on the development of molecular electronic devices, within a general framework outlining strategies for device fabri...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Sligar SG,Salemme FR

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Realizing the economic benefits of alternative substrates for commodity chemical bioproduction typically requires significant metabolic engineering of common model organisms, such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae. A growing toolkit is enabling engineering of non-conventional yeast that have robust native metabolism for xyl...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Yaguchi A,Spagnuolo M,Blenner M

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phytodegradation of organic compounds can take place inside the plant or within the rhizosphere of the plant. Many different compounds and classes of compounds can be removed from the environment by this method, including solvents in groundwater, petroleum and aromatic compounds in soils, and volatile compounds in...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Newman LA,Reynolds CM

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Semisynthesis is used to create defined analogues of proteins by the chemical manipulation of peptide fragments largely derived from the natural protein and the subsequent reassembly of those fragments into a near-native conformation. In common with the total synthesis of proteins, it requires efficient and non-destru...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Wallace CJ

更新日期：1995-08-01 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：:Both cyanobacteria and eukaryotic microalgae are promising organisms for sustainable production of bulk products such as food, feed, materials, chemicals and fuels. In this review we will summarize the potential and current biotechnological developments. Cyanobacteria are promising host organisms for the production of...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Wijffels RH,Kruse O,Hellingwerf KJ

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of novel materials in the nano-scale size range for applications in devices, drugs and diagnostic agents comes with a number of new opportunities, and also serious challenges to human applications. The larger size of particulate-based agents, as compared to traditional drugs, allows for the significant advanta...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Scheinberg DA,Grimm J,Heller DA,Stater EP,Bradbury M,McDevitt MR

更新日期：2017-08-01 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：: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：: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：:The information encoded in the base sequence of DNA provides substantial structural and functional information for the instructive self-assembly of one-dimensional (1D) functional DNA nanostructures. The hybridization chain reaction (HCR) and the formation of HCR-stimulated DNAzyme nanochains are presented, as a means...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Wang F,Willner B,Willner I

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past years, recombinase-based approaches for integrating transgenes into defined chromosomal loci of mammalian cells have gained increasing attention. This method is attractive since it enables to precisely integrate transgenes of interest into pre-defined integration sites, thereby allowing to predict the expr...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Wirth D,Gama-Norton L,Riemer P,Sandhu U,Schucht R,Hauser H

更新日期：2007-10-01 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：:Recent advances in protein expression in E. coli have focused primarily on the enhancement of protein quality. Problems in mRNA translation such as inefficient initiation, mistranslation, frame-shifting and frame-hopping can often be addressed by altering heterologous gene-coding sequences. Fusion technology can also ...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Olins PO,Lee SC

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in the separation of microbial subpopulations and in proteomics technologies have paved the way for the global molecular characterization of microbial cells that share common functional characteristics. Quantitative characterization of the dynamics of microbial proteomes enables an unprecedented view of the a...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Bernhardt J,Michalik S,Wollscheid B,Völker U,Schmidt F

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent field and laboratory studies have evaluated the potential for aerobic co-metabolism of chlorinated solvents. Different co-metabolic substrates and different methods of application have been tried, including growing indigenous microbes in situ, and injecting into the soil subsurface strains grown in subsurface r...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Semprini L

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro display techniques are powerful tools to select polypeptide binders against various target molecules. Novel applications include maturation of protein affinity and stability, selection for enzymatic activity, and the display of cDNA and random polypeptide libraries. Taken together, these display techniques ha...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Amstutz P,Forrer P,Zahnd C,Plückthun A

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies (Abs) are ubiquitous reagents for biological and biochemical research and are rapidly expanding into new therapeutic areas. They are one of the most important probes for determining how proteins function under normal and pathophysiological conditions. Abs are required for the quantification of targets, dete...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Basu K,Green EM,Cheng Y,Craik CS

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

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：:The ultimate goal of genome research on the model flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana is the identification of all of the genes and understanding their functions. A major step towards this goal, the genome sequencing project, is nearing completion; however, functional studies of newly discovered genes have not yet ke...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Parinov S,Sundaresan V

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterologous production of polyketide compounds, an important class of natural products with complex chemical structures, was first demonstrated with Streptomyces parvulus in 1984. Although Streptomyces strains are good first options for heterologous polyketide biosynthesis, their slow growth kinetics prompt other hos...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Yuzawa S,Kim W,Katz L,Keasling JD

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The commercialization of high-precision microcalorimeters has led to a sharp increase in the acquisition and utilization of calorimetric data on the binding and folding reactions of proteins. This thermodynamic database, together with high-resolution structures of proteins and their complexes with ligands, has facilit...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Connelly PR

更新日期：1994-08-01 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：:Whole genome sequences have shown that bacteria possess a significant number of genes that have no known function. It is probable that many of these are required for survival in environments other than the agar plate. In vivo selection strategies provide a means of obtaining genes active in complex natural environment...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Rainey PB,Preston GM

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactococcus lactis is the primary model organism for lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and is widely used in the production of fermented dairy products. In recent years there has been increasing interest in strains isolated from non-dairy environments, as these exhibit a high metabolic diversity and have unique flavour-formi...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： van Hylckama Vlieg JE,Rademaker JL,Bachmann H,Molenaar D,Kelly WJ,Siezen RJ

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00