Recent advances in small RNA mediated plant-virus interactions.

abstract：:Innovation holds the potential for economic prosperity. Biotechnology (BT) has proved to be a viable vehicle for the development and utilization of technologies, which has brought not only advances to society, but also career opportunities to nation-states that have enabling conditions. In this review, we assess the c...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Dettenhofer M,Ondrejovič M,Slavica A,Kurtanjek Ž,Tapaloaga D,Rodian Tapaloaga P,Kapur Pojskić L,Durmić-Pašić A,Begović J,Nedović V,Dundar M,Gartland KMA,Miertuš S

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cypripedium orchids have high horticultural value. The populations of most species are very geographically restricted and they are becoming increasingly rare due to the destruction of native habitats and illegal collection. Reduction of the commercial value through large-scale propagation in vitro is a preferable opti...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Zeng S,Zhang Y,Teixeira da Silva JA,Wu K,Zhang J,Duan J

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Second generation biofuel production depends on lignocellulosic (LC) biomass transformation into simple sugars and their subsequent fermentation into alcohols. However, the main obstacle in this process is the efficient breakdown of the recalcitrant cellulose to sugar monomers. Hence, efficient feedstock pretreatment ...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Portillo Mdel C,Saadeddin A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, foods that contain omega-3 lipids have emerged as important promoters of human health. These lipids are essential for the functional development of the brain and retina, and reduction of the risk of cardiovascular and Alzheimer's diseases. The global market for omega-3 production, particularly docosah...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Finco AMO,Mamani LDG,Carvalho JC,de Melo Pereira GV,Thomaz-Soccol V,Soccol CR

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Vitamin K series, particularly menaquinone, have been attracting research attention, due to the potential in reducing both osteoporosis and cardiovascular diseases. This review provides an overview of the types of vitamin K and their health benefits. This is followed by a critical review of the various biotechnolo...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Berenjian A,Mahanama R,Kavanagh J,Dehghani F

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since several decades ago, the application of pervaporation (PV) technology has been mainly aimed at the separation of different types of water-organic, organic-water and organic-organic mixtures, reaching its large-scale application in industry for the dehydration of organics. Today, the versatility and high selectiv...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Castro-Muñoz R,Galiano F,Figoli A

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrilases are widely distributed in nature and are able to hydrolyze nitriles into their corresponding carboxylic acids and ammonia. In industry, nitrilases have been used as green biocatalysts for the production of high value-added products. To date, biocatalysts are considered to be important alternatives to chemic...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Shen JD,Cai X,Liu ZQ,Zheng YG

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability of binders to different functional domains of the same protein or to physiologically co-operating proteins allows for the simultaneous inhibition of independent downstream signaling pathways. This multi-target approach represents a promising therapeutic strategy, as demonstrated in the case of the syn...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： de Marco A

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), the major component of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria, often pose a serious risk not only when delivered in the bloodstream but also in air, the environment and several industrial fields such as pharmaceutics or food. LPS is constituted of three regions; the O-specific chain, th...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Basauri A,González-Fernández C,Fallanza M,Bringas E,Fernandez-Lopez R,Giner L,Moncalián G,de la Cruz F,Ortiz I

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural cellular microenvironment consists of spatiotemporal gradients of multiple physical (e.g. extracellular matrix stiffness, porosity and stress/strain) and chemical cues (e.g. morphogens), which play important roles in regulating cell behaviors including spreading, proliferation, migration, differentiation and a...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Wang L,Li Y,Huang G,Zhang X,Pingguan-Murphy B,Gao B,Lu TJ,Xu F

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calf rennet, which consists of over 90% chymosin, is commonly used in cheese industries for the curdling of milk. Various animal, plant and microbial sources have been exploited as possible alternatives to calf rennet. The coagulating properties of the enzymatic preparations (coagulants) from these sources differ in t...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Kumar A,Grover S,Sharma J,Batish VK

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alginate has been widely used in various applications since its first extraction. What makes this biopolymer useful is its high biocompatibility and humid gelation conditions. Both of these features bring it into prominence as an ideal immobilization material. However, there are some complicated aspects of cell immobi...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Selimoglu SM,Elibol M

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beneficial effects of endophytes on plant growth are important for agricultural ecosystems because they reduce the need for fertilizers and decrease soil and water pollution while compensating for environmental perturbations. Endophytic fungi are a novel source of bioactive secondary metabolites; moreover, recentl...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Khan AL,Hussain J,Al-Harrasi A,Al-Rawahi A,Lee IJ

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Briskly evolving phytopathogens are dire threats to our food supplies and threaten global food security. From the recent advances made toward high-throughput sequencing technologies, understanding of pathogenesis and effector biology, and plant innate immunity, translation of these means into new control tools is bein...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Nejat N,Rookes J,Mantri NL,Cahill DM

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chitosan, copolymer of glucosamine and N-acetyl glucosamine is mainly derived from chitin, which is present in cell walls of crustaceans and some other microorganisms, such as fungi. Chitosan is emerging as an important biopolymer having a broad range of applications in different fields. On a commercial scale, chitosa...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Dhillon GS,Kaur S,Brar SK,Verma M

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a host for therapeutic protein expression, Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells are widely utilized in the mainstream biopharmaceutical industry. Cell culture process development plays an important role in transitioning laboratory research to manufacturing. Among different mathematic tools, kinetic modeling is commonl...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Tang P,Xu J,Louey A,Tan Z,Yongky A,Liang S,Li ZJ,Weng Y,Liu S

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 2014 Ebola outbreak, the largest recorded, took us largely unprepared, with no available vaccine or specific treatment. In this context, the World Health Organization declared that the humanitarian use of experimental therapies against Ebola Virus (EBOV) is ethical. In particular, an experimental treatment consist...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： González-González E,Alvarez MM,Márquez-Ipiña AR,Trujillo-de Santiago G,Rodríguez-Martínez LM,Annabi N,Khademhosseini A

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large number of rice agronomic traits are complex, multi factorial and polygenic. As the mechanisms and genes determining grain size and yield are largely unknown, the identification of regulatory genes related to grain development remains a preeminent approach in rice genetic studies and breeding programs. Genes re...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Azizi P,Osman M,Hanafi MM,Sahebi M,Rafii MY,Taheri S,Harikrishna JA,Tarinejad AR,Mat Sharani S,Yusuf MN

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Global gel-free proteomic analysis by mass spectrometry has been widely used as an important tool for exploring complex biological systems at the whole genome level. Simultaneous analysis of a large number of protein species is a complicated and challenging task. The challenges exist throughout all stages of a global ...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Nie L,Wu G,Zhang W

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prokaryotic expression systems are superior in producing valuable recombinant proteins, enzymes and therapeutic products. Conventional microbial technology is evolving gradually and amalgamated with advanced technologies in order to give rise to improved processes for the production of metabolites, recombinant biophar...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Gupta SK,Shukla P

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biocatalysis in non-aqueous media has undergone tremendous development during the last decade, and numerous reactions have been introduced and optimized for synthetic applications. In contrast to aqueous enzymology, biotransformations in organic solvents offer unique industrially attractive advantages, such as: drasti...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Castro GR,Knubovets T

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythritol is a natural sweetener commonly used in the food and pharmaceutical industries. Produced by microorganisms as an osmoprotectant, it is an ideal sucrose substitute for diabetics or overweight persons due to its almost zero calorie content. Currently, erythritol is produced on an industrial scale through the ...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Rzechonek DA,Dobrowolski A,Rymowicz W,Mirończuk AM

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acetic acid bacteria (AAB) have important roles in food and beverage production, as well as in the bioproduction of industrial chemicals. In recent years, there have been major advances in understanding their taxonomy, molecular biology, and physiology, and in methods for their isolation and identification. AAB ar...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Raspor P,Goranovic D

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With more and more plastics being employed in human lives and increasing pressure being placed on capacities available for plastic waste disposal, the need for biodegradable plastics and biodegradation of plastic wastes has assumed increasing importance in the last few years. This review looks at the technological adv...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Zheng Y,Yanful EK,Bassi AS

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triacylglycerol (TAG) serves as an energy reservoir and phospholipids as build blocks of biomembrane to support plant life. They also provide human with foods and nutrients. Multi-compartmentalized biosynthesis, trafficking or cross-membrane transport of lipid intermediates or precursors and their regulatory mechanism...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Manan S,Chen B,She G,Wan X,Zhao J

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Grapes are one of the most cultivated fruit crops worldwide. Either for wine or juice production, grape processing generates a large amount of residues that must be treated, disposed of or reused properly to reduce their pollution load before being applied to the soil. In this review, a special focus is given to the t...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Gómez-Brandón M,Lores M,Insam H,Domínguez J

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Filamentous fungi play an important role not only in the bio-manufacturing of value-added products, but also in bioenergy and environmental research. The bioprocess manipulation of filamentous fungi is more difficult than that of other microbial species because of their different pellet morphologies and the presence o...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Zhang J,Zhang J

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein glycosylation is post-translational modification (PTM) which is important for pharmacokinetics and immunogenicity of recombinant glycoprotein therapeutics. As a result of variations in monosaccharide composition, glycosidic linkages and glycan branching, glycosylation introduces considerable complexity and het...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Goh JB,Ng SK

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytoremediation uses plants and associated microbes to remove pollutants from the environment and is considered a promising bioremediation method. Compared with well-described single contaminant treatments, the number of studies reporting phytoremediation of soil mixed pollutants has increased recently. Endophytes, i...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： He W,Megharaj M,Wu CY,Subashchandrabose SR,Dai CC

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) form widespread symbiotic associations with 80% of known land plants. They play a major role in plant nutrition, growth, water absorption, nutrient cycling and protection from pathogens, and as a result, contribute to ecosystem processes. Salinity stress conditions undoubtedly limit ...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Kumar A,Dames JF,Gupta A,Sharma S,Gilbert JA,Ahmad P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00