Microalgae biofuels: A critical review of issues, problems and the way forward.

abstract：:For many proteins and peptides, disulfide bridges are prerequisite for their proper biological function. Many commercialized proteins are crosslinked by disulfide bridges that increase their resistance to destructive effects of extreme environment used in industrial processes or protect protein-based therapeutics from...

journal_title：Biotechnology advances

authors： Bulaj G

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transition from the vegetative to reproductive stage followed by inflorescence is a critical step in plant life; therefore, studies of the genes that influence flowering time have always been of great interest to scientists. Flowering is a process controlled by many genes interacting mutually in a genetic network,...

journal_title：Biotechnology advances

authors： Milec Z,Valárik M,Bartoš J,Safář J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae is currently used for the production of recombinant DNA-generated proteins derived from a variety of eukaryotic organisms. The applications of a yeast-based technology in the production of proteins for pharmaceutical and industrial purposes is discussed including current methods for...

journal_title：Biotechnology advances

authors： Martin CE,Scheinbach S

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bioactive flavonoids are considered as the most important phytochemicals in food, which exert a wide range of biological benefits for human being. Microbial biotransformation strategies for production of flavonoids have attracted considerable interest because they allow yielding novel flavonoids, which do not exis...

journal_title：Biotechnology advances

authors： Cao H,Chen X,Jassbi AR,Xiao J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assessment of ecological risk in genetically modified (GM) biological systems is critically important for decision-making and public acceptance. Cellular automata (CA) provide a potential modeling and simulation framework for representing relationships and interspecies interactions both temporally and spatially. I...

journal_title：Biotechnology advances

authors： Yang J,Wang ZR,Yang DL,Yang Q,Yan J,He MF

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Food additives and colorants are extensively used in the food industry to improve food quality and safety during processing, storage and packing. Sourcing of these molecules is predominately through three means: extraction from natural sources, chemical synthesis, and bio-production, with the first two being the most ...

journal_title：Biotechnology advances

authors： Sun L,Xin F,Alper HS

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compared with the better-studied canonical amino acids, the distribution, metabolism and functions of natural non-canonical amino acids remain relatively obscure. Natural non-canonical amino acids have been mainly discovered in plants as secondary metabolites that perform diversified physiological functions. Due to th...

journal_title：Biotechnology advances

authors： Zou H,Li L,Zhang T,Shi M,Zhang N,Huang J,Xian M

更新日期：2018-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Biotechnological processes based on immobilized viable cells have developed rapidly over the last 30 years. For a long time, basic studies of the physiological behaviour of immobilized cells (IC) have remained in the shadow of the applications. Natural IC structures, i.e. biofilms, are being increasingly investigated ...

journal_title：Biotechnology advances

authors： Junter GA,Jouenne T

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present review provides up-to-date information on the occurrence and methodologies used for producing and purifying endo-β-mannanases and a comprehensive comparison of their biochemical properties. The amalgamation of biochemical, molecular and structural biology approaches which have been used for understanding e...

journal_title：Biotechnology advances

authors： Srivastava PK,Kapoor M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrolysis of the whey protein alpha-lactalbumin with a specific serine protease has been shown to result in regular nanotubes of approximately 20 nm in outer diameter and reaching several mum in length. Tubular assembly depends on the concentration of protein as this determines how far the hydrolysis proceeds. A conc...

journal_title：Biotechnology advances

authors： Ipsen R,Otte J

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:β-Galactosidases, an important class of glycosidases, naturally catalyze the hydrolysis of β-galactosidic bonds in oligosaccharides and polysaccharides. Traditionally, these enzymes have been used to degrade lactose in dairy products, which are beneficial for lactose-intolerant people. Attractively, β-galactosidases e...

journal_title：Biotechnology advances

authors： Lu L,Guo L,Wang K,Liu Y,Xiao M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Competitive sustainable production in industry demands new and better biocatalysts, optimized bioprocesses and cost-effective product recovery. Our review sheds light on the progress made for the individual steps towards these goals, starting with the discovery of new enzymes and their corresponding genes. The enzymes...

journal_title：Biotechnology advances

authors： Wiltschi B,Cernava T,Dennig A,Galindo Casas M,Geier M,Gruber S,Haberbauer M,Heidinger P,Herrero Acero E,Kratzer R,Luley-Goedl C,Müller CA,Pitzer J,Ribitsch D,Sauer M,Schmölzer K,Schnitzhofer W,Sensen CW,Soh J,Steine

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The marine ecosystem is still an untapped reservoir of biologically active compounds, which have considerable potential to supply food ingredients towards development of new functional foods. With the goal of increasing the availability and chemical diversity of functional marine ingredients, much research has been de...

journal_title：Biotechnology advances

authors： Freitas AC,Rodrigues D,Rocha-Santos TA,Gomes AM,Duarte AC

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomass, a renewable, sustainable and carbon dioxide neutral resource, has received widespread attention in the energy market as an alternative to fossil fuels. Thermal-chemical conversion of biomass to produce biofuels is a promising technology with many commercial applications. This paper reviewed the state-of-the-a...

journal_title：Biotechnology advances

authors： Ma L,Wang T,Liu Q,Zhang X,Ma W,Zhang Q

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the major bottlenecks in automation and process control of industrial bioprocesses is the lack of suitable sensing devices to accurately measure the concentrations of biomolecules. The measurement of ions (e.g., H(+), NH(4)(+)) and gases (e.g., O(2), CO(2), NH(3)) using standard ion-selective and gas sensing el...

journal_title：Biotechnology advances

authors： Graham A,Moo-Young M

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review elaborates on the recent development of microbial sterol biotransformation systems. Particular emphasis is laid on the new enzymatic approach investigating the cleavage of sterol side chain. New developments in the area of immobilized cell system and use of organic media along with recent reviews on side c...

journal_title：Biotechnology advances

authors： Ahmad S,Garg SK,Johri BN

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein structures contain highly complex systems of voids, making up specific features such as surface clefts or grooves, pockets, protrusions, cavities, pores or channels, and tunnels. Many of them are essential for the migration of solvents, ions and small molecules through proteins, and their binding to the functi...

journal_title：Biotechnology advances

authors： Brezovsky J,Chovancova E,Gora A,Pavelka A,Biedermannova L,Damborsky J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The filamentous fungus Ashbya gossypii has been safely and successfully used for more than two decades in the commercial production of riboflavin (vitamin B2). Its industrial relevance combined with its high genetic similarity with Saccharomyces cerevisiae together promoted the accumulation of fundamental knowledge th...

journal_title：Biotechnology advances

authors： Aguiar TQ,Silva R,Domingues L

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complete profiling would substantially facilitate the fundamental understanding of tumor angiogenesis and of possible anti-angiogenesis cancer treatments. We developed an integrated synchrotron-based methodology with excellent performances: detection of very small vessels by high spatial resolution (~1 μm) and nanopar...

journal_title：Biotechnology advances

authors： Chien CC,Kempson IM,Wang CL,Chen HH,Hwu Y,Chen NY,Lee TK,Tsai KK,Liu MS,Chang KY,Yang CS,Margaritondo G

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biopharmaceuticals present the fastest growing segment in the pharmaceutical industry, with an ever widening scope of applications. Whole plants as well as contained plant cell culture systems are being explored for their potential as cheap, safe, and scalable production hosts. The first plant-derived biopharmaceutica...

journal_title：Biotechnology advances

authors： Karg SR,Kallio PT

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasitic nematodes (roundworms) of livestock have major economic impact globally. In spite of the diseases caused by these nematodes and some advances in the design of new therapeutic agents (anthelmintics) and attempts to develop vaccines against some of them, there has been limited progress in the establishment of ...

journal_title：Biotechnology advances

authors： Roeber F,Jex AR,Gasser RB

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant oil based industrial oleochemistry leads to a large side stream of crude glycerol, which offers itself as a low price carbon source for microbial chemical production. Compared to sugar, glycerol is more reduced and less microorganisms are able to use it as carbon source. An interesting feature of glycerol conver...

journal_title：Biotechnology advances

authors： Russmayer H,Egermeier M,Kalemasi D,Sauer M

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NADPH oxidase (NOX) is a key player in the network of reactive oxygen species (ROS) producing enzymes. It catalyzes the production of superoxide (O2(-)), that in turn regulates a wide range of biological functions in a broad range of organisms. Plant Noxes are known as respiratory burst oxidase homologs (Rbohs) and ar...

journal_title：Biotechnology advances

authors： Kaur G,Sharma A,Guruprasad K,Pati PK

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactic acid, the most important hydroxycarboxylic acid, is now commercially produced by the fermentation of sugars present in biomass. In addition to its use in the synthesis of biodegradable polymers, lactic acid can be regarded as a feedstock for the green chemistry of the future. Different potentially useful chemic...

journal_title：Biotechnology advances

authors： Gao C,Ma C,Xu P

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleoside derivatives are a class of compounds that have attracted intense interest in biotechnology and medicine. Use of biocatalysts opens exciting opportunities for selective synthesis of many nucleoside derivatives, and such an approach offers simplicity, exquisite selectivity and environmentally benign processes...

journal_title：Biotechnology advances

authors： Li N,Smith TJ,Zong MH

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interest in biobutanol, a sustainable vehicle fuel, is increasing due to rising oil prices and concerns of surrounding climate change and the energy crisis. However, the costs of biobutanol with conventional ABE fermentation by Clostridium are higher than the cost of butanol from today's petrochemical processes. Two m...

journal_title：Biotechnology advances

authors： Huang H,Liu H,Gan YR

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has recently been discovered that a number of synthetic chemicals and naturally occurring compounds released into the environment can influence endocrine activity. These endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs) are highly varied in structure, provenance, and mode of action (MOA). Many EDCs are anthropogenic, products ...

journal_title：Biotechnology advances

authors： Francois E,Wang DY,Fulthorpe R,Liss SN,Edwards EA

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are a major contributor of cancer metastases and hold a promising prognostic significance in cancer detection. Performing functional and molecular characterization of CTCs provides an in-depth knowledge about this lethal disease. Researchers are making efforts to design devices and devel...

journal_title：Biotechnology advances

authors： Sharma S,Zhuang R,Long M,Pavlovic M,Kang Y,Ilyas A,Asghar W

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Commission (EC) approved Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutic, ONPATTRO™ (Patisiran), for the treatment of the polyneuropathy of hereditary transthyretin-mediated (hATTR) amyloidosis in adults. This is the first RNAi therap...

journal_title：Biotechnology advances

authors： Weng Y,Xiao H,Zhang J,Liang XJ,Huang Y

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Packed bed cultivation systems have potential for widespread application in solid-state cultivation (SSC), but they are poorly characterized. The effects of particle size and substrate loading on the growth of Rhizopus oligosporus on sago-beads in packed bed bioreactors were investigated. Pressure drop and protein wer...

journal_title：Biotechnology advances

authors： Gumbira-Sa'id E,Greenfield PF,Mitchell DA,Doelle HW

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00