Transport and transcriptional regulation of oil production in plants.

abstract：:The role of selenium (Se) in human health and diseases has been discussed in detail in several recent reviews, with the main conclusion being that selenium deficiency is recognised as a global problem which urgently needs resolution. Since selenium content in plant-based food depends on its availability from soil, the...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Fisinin VI,Papazyan TT,Surai PF

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:α-d-Galactosidases (EC 3.2.1.22) are enzymes employed in a number of useful bio-based applications. We have depicted a comprehensive general survey of α-d-galactosidases from different origin with special emphasis on marine example(s). The structures of natural α-galactosyl containing compounds are described. In addit...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Bakunina IY,Balabanova LA,Pennacchio A,Trincone A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microorganisms produce biosurfactant (BS)/bioemulsifier (BE) with wide structural and functional diversity which consequently results in the adoption of different techniques to investigate these diverse amphiphilic molecules. This review aims to compile information on different microbial screening methods, surface act...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Satpute SK,Banpurkar AG,Dhakephalkar PK,Banat IM,Chopade BA

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：:Plant based medicines have gained popularity worldwide due to their almost negligible side effects. In India, the three traditional medicinal systems, namely homeopathy, Ayurveda and Siddha rely heavily on plants for medicinal formulations. To prevent the indiscriminate collection of these valuable medicinal plants an...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Sarwat M,Nabi G,Das S,Srivastava PS

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biogas technology provides an alternative source of energy to fossil fuels in many parts of the world. Using local resources such as agricultural crop remains, municipal solid wastes, market wastes and animal waste, energy (biogas), and manure are derived by anaerobic digestion. The hydrolysis process, where the compl...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Parawira W

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to serious eutrophication in water bodies, nitrogen removal has become a critical stage for wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) over past decades. Conventional biological nitrogen removal processes are based on nitrification and denitrification (N/DN), and are suffering from several major drawbacks, including subs...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Liu T,Hu S,Guo J

更新日期：2019-08-01 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：:Cancer is a clinical situation caused by uncontrolled cell division and is responsible for a large number of deaths worldwide. Colchicine is a classical antimitotic, tubulin-binding agent (TBA) which is being explored for its antitumor activities, although its tubulin-binding ability leads to some toxicity toward norm...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Dubey KK,Kumar P,Labrou NE,Shukla P

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs) can interfere with endocrine systems and bio-accumulate through the food chain and even decrease biodiversity in contaminated areas. This review discusses a critical overview of recent research progress in the biotransformation of EDCs (including polychlorinated biphenyl and nonyl...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Huang D,Guo X,Peng Z,Zeng G,Xu P,Gong X,Deng R,Xue W,Wang R,Yi H,Liu C

更新日期：2018-08-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:Microbial diversity provides an immense reservoir of functions and supports key steps in maintaining ecosystem balance through matter decomposition processes and nutrient recycling. The use of microorganisms for biomolecule production is now common, but often involves single-strain cultures. In this review, we highlig...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Jobard M,Pessiot J,Nouaille R,Fonty G,Sime-Ngando T

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mushrooms have become increasingly important as a reliable food source. They have also been recognized as an important source of bioactive compounds of high nutritional and medicinal values. The nucleobases, nucleosides and nucleotides found in mushrooms play important roles in the regulation of various physiological ...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Phan CW,Wang JK,Cheah SC,Naidu M,David P,Sabaratnam V

更新日期：2018-08-01 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：:Corynebacterium glutamicum, a Gram-positive bacterium, has been widely used for the industrial production of amino acids, such as glutamate and lysine, for decades. Due to several characteristics - its ability to secrete properly folded and functional target proteins into culture broth, its low levels of endogenous ex...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Liu X,Zhang W,Zhao Z,Dai X,Yang Y,Bai Z

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:l-Leucine, as an essential branched-chain amino acid for humans and animals, has recently been attracting much attention because of its potential for a fast-growing market demand. The applicability ranges from flavor enhancers, animal feed additives and ingredients in cosmetic to specialty nutrients in pharmaceutical ...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Wang YY,Xu JZ,Zhang WG

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of new gene-editing technologies is profoundly transforming human therapeutics, agriculture, and industrial biotechnology. Advances in clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) have created a fertile environment for mass-scale manufacturing of cost-effective products ranging from...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Brinegar K,K Yetisen A,Choi S,Vallillo E,Ruiz-Esparza GU,Prabhakar AM,Khademhosseini A,Yun SH

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Filamentous fungi comprise an abundance of gene clusters that encode high-value metabolites, whereas affluent gene clusters remain silent during laboratory conditions. Complex cellular metabolism further limits these metabolite yields. Therefore, diverse strategies such as genetic engineering and chemical mutagenesis ...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Deng H,Bai Y,Fan TP,Zheng X,Cai Y

更新日期：2020-03-01 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：:In recent years, the advances in microbiology show that biofilms are structurally complex, dynamic and adaptable systems including attributes of multicellular organisms and miscellaneous ecosystems. One may distinguish between beneficial and harmful biofilms appearing in daily life as well as various industrial proces...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Böl M,Ehret AE,Bolea Albero A,Hellriegel J,Krull R

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endophytic microbes are present in nearly all of the plant species known to date but how they enter and flourish inside a host plant and display multiple benefits like plant growth promotion (PGP), biodegradation, and stress alleviation are still unexplored. Until now, the majority of the research has been conducted a...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Dubey A,Malla MA,Kumar A,Dayanandan S,Khan ML

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salt-tolerant plants grow in a wide variety of saline habitats, from coastal regions, salt marshes and mudflats to inland deserts, salt flats and steppes. Halophytes living in these extreme environments have to deal with frequent changes in salinity level. This can be done by developing adaptive responses including th...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Ksouri R,Ksouri WM,Jallali I,Debez A,Magné C,Hiroko I,Abdelly C

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：:Microorganisms have the tendency to accumulate at interfaces through the release of extracellular polymeric substances to form aggregates such as films or flocs. This physical association leads to different modes of interactions among cells and the subsequent development of functionally and metabolically diverse conso...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Srivastava A,Seo SH,Ko SR,Ahn CY,Oh HM

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzyme α-galactosidase (α-D-galactoside galactohydrolase; EC 3.2.1.22) catalyzes the hydrolysis of α-1,6-linked galactose residues in oligosaccharides and polymeric galactomannan. The α-galactosidases are of particular interest in view of their many potential biotechnological and medical applications. These enzyme...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Katrolia P,Rajashekhara E,Yan Q,Jiang Z

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal biopolymers have gained considerable attention from the scientific community for various applications due to their biological and physicochemical properties. The wide applications in several areas, especially in the food industry as a bioemulsifier and in the agricultural area as a biosurfactant, have expanded ...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Luft L,Confortin TC,Todero I,Zabot GL,Mazutti MA

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00