Directed evolution and synthetic biology applications to microbial systems.

abstract：:The pathway of monolignol biosynthesis involves many components interacting in a metabolic grid to regulate the supply and ratios of monolignols for lignification. The complexity of the pathway challenges any intuitive prediction of the output without mathematical modeling. Several models have been presented to quanti...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Wang JP,Matthews ML,Naik PP,Williams CM,Ducoste JJ,Sederoff RR,Chiang VL

更新日期：2019-04-01 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：:The fundamental role of glycoconjugates in many biological processes is now well appreciated and has intensified the development of innovative and improved synthetic strategies. All areas of synthetic methodology have seen major advances and many complex, highly branched carbohydrates and glycoproteins have been prepa...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Hölemann A,Seeberger PH

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on projections for global population growth, current techniques for improving agricultural yields will not be able to address future demands for major food crops. Improving photosynthetic efficiency by engineering carbon fixation has been identified as one of the most important approaches for increasing agricult...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Giessen TW,Silver PA

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to its enormous relevance the corona formation of adsorbed proteins around nanoparticles is widely investigated. A comparison of different experimental techniques is given. Direct measurements of proteins, such as typically performed with mass spectrometry, will be compared with indirect analysis, in which instead...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Carrillo-Carrion C,Carril M,Parak WJ

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in the use of fluorescence spectroscopy to study protein interactions have primarily involved combinations of classic fluorescence techniques, novel probe and coupling chemistries, and advances in laser excitation and detection capabilities. For example, new coupling strategies for fluorescent probes h...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Brown MP,Royer C

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fermentation of syngas is a means through which unutilized organic waste streams can be converted biologically into biofuels and commodity chemicals. Despite recent advances, several issues remain which limit implementation of industrial-scale syngas fermentation processes. At the cellular level, the energy conservati...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Latif H,Zeidan AA,Nielsen AT,Zengler K

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：: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：:Herbicides are economically important, but the non-point pollution that they cause may disrupt the surrounding environment. Phytoremediation of herbicides has been well studied using conventional plants. Transgenic plants produced for metabolizing herbicides and long-persisting pollutants can be used for phytoremediat...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Kawahigashi H

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：:Synthetic biology uses engineering principles to design and assemble biological components and systems for a variety of applications. On the basis of genetic engineering, synthetic gene switches can be interconnected to construct complex gene circuits, capable of sensing and integrating diverse input signals for preci...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Tolle F,Stücheli P,Fussenegger M

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Culture-independent approaches, such as next-generation sequencing and microarray-based tools, provide insight into the identity and functional diversity of microbial communities. Although these approaches are potentially powerful tools in understanding microbial structure and function, there are a number of limitatio...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Hazen TC,Rocha AM,Techtmann SM

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An intense interest has grown in the unique interactions of nucleic acids with metal ions, which lead to the formation of metal-base pairs and the generation of fluorescent nanomaterials. In this review, different types of metal-base pairs, especially those formed from naturally occurring nucleosides, are described wi...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Park KS,Park HG

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterotrophic bacteria are an integral part of any environmental biotechnology process (EBP). Therefore, factors controlling bacterial abundance, activity, and community composition are central to the understanding of such processes. Among these factors, top-down control by bacteriophage predation has so far received ...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Shapiro OH,Kushmaro A

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fundamental biological processes such as cell-cell communication, signal transduction, molecular transport and energy conversion are performed by membrane proteins. These important proteins are studied best in their native environment, the lipid bilayer. The atomic force microscope (AFM) is the instrument of choice to...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Fotiadis D

更新日期：2012-08-01 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：:Bacterial cells have a limited number of resources that can be allocated for gene expression. The intracellular competition for these resources has an impact on the cell physiology. Bacteria have evolved mechanisms to optimize resource allocation in a variety of scenarios, showing a trade-off between the resources use...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Kim J,Darlington A,Salvador M,Utrilla J,Jiménez JI

更新日期：2020-04-01 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：:The conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources is of global importance. Microorganisms are not only the most abundant organisms in natural freshwater systems, but are also key players in ecological processes controlling water quality. Detailed knowledge of the diversity and function of microorganisms dwe...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Hahn MW

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The demand for validated analytical methods for botanicals has grown in response to the increasing consumer market for botanical supplements. Government initiatives to increase the availability of validated analytical methods and botanical reference material have led to the publication of numerous validation studies i...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Brown PN,Lister P

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As bacterial resistance to currently used antibiotics increases, so too must efforts to identify novel agents and strategies for the prevention and treatment of bacterial infection. In the past, antimicrobial drug discovery efforts have focused on eradicating infection by either cidal or static agents, resulting in cl...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Alksne LE,Projan SJ

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years a number of aglycosylated therapeutic antibodies have entered the clinic. The clinical evaluation of these antibodies has served to dispel concerns that the absence of the ubiquitous N297 glycan in the Fc of IgG might result in immunogenicity, poor in vivo stability or unfavorable pharmacokinetics. Imp...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Jung ST,Kang TH,Kelton W,Georgiou G

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The organization of biochemical networks that make up the living cell can be defined by studying the dynamics of protein-protein interactions. To this end, experimental strategies based on protein fragment complementation assays (PCAs) have been used to map biochemical networks and to identify novel components of thes...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Michnick SW

更新日期：2003-12-01 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：:Microorganisms play important roles in the environmental fate of toxic metals and radionuclides with a multiplicity of mechanisms effecting transformations between soluble and insoluble forms. These mechanisms are integral components of natural biogeochemical cycles and are of potential for both in situ and ex situ bi...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Gadd GM

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quantification of intracellular fluxes via 13C metabolic flux analysis has become one of the major techniques to support systems-based metabolic engineering of industrial production hosts. Commonly, 13C studies are conducted using minimal media, however, a great variety of industrial processes rely on complex medi...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Schwechheimer SK,Becker J,Wittmann C

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is becoming increasingly evident that intermediates observed in protein folding in vitro may be closely related to conformational states that are important in various intracellular processes. This review focuses on recent advances in in vitro protein-folding studies with particular reference to the molten globule s...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Kuwajima K

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The past year has witnessed several excellent advances in basic and applied research on nucleic acids in the environment. Improved methods for extracting nucleic acids from environmental samples have been published, as well as information on the use of reporter genes in bacteria, natural genetic transformation in soil...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Trevors JT

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells respond to the accumulation of unfolded proteins by increasing the transcription of genes encoding molecular chaperones and other stress-responsive proteins. Different sets of genes are activated when particular cellular compartments are burdened with unfolded proteins. Cells thus...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： McMillan DR,Gething MJ,Sambrook J

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00