Metabolic engineering of plant L-ascorbic acid biosynthesis: recent trends and applications.

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：:Terpenes are natural products with a remarkable diversity in their chemical structures and they hold a significant market share commercially owing to their distinct applications. These potential molecules are usually derived from terrestrial plants, marine and microbial sources. In vitro production of terpenes using p...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Paramasivan K,Mutturi S

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：:Abiotic stress has become a challenge to food security due to occurrences of climate change and environmental degradation. Plants initiate molecular, cellular and physiological changes to respond and adapt to various types of abiotic stress. Understanding of plant response mechanisms will aid in strategies aimed at im...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Srivastava AK,Penna S,Nguyen DV,Tran LS

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：: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：:Endotoxin is a type of pyrogen that can be found in Gram-negative bacteria. Endotoxin can form a stable interaction with other biomolecules thus making its removal difficult especially during the production of biopharmaceutical drugs. The prevention of endotoxins from contaminating biopharmaceutical products is paramo...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Dullah EC,Ongkudon CM

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Affinity tags are vital tools for the production of high-throughput recombinant proteins. Several affinity tags, such as the hexahistidine tag, maltose-binding protein, streptavidin-binding peptide tag, calmodulin-binding peptide, c-Myc tag, glutathione S-transferase and FLAG tag, have been introduced for recombinant ...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Soleimanpour S,Hassannia T,Motiee M,Amini AA,Rezaee SA

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：:Many reporter genes, such as gfp, gusA, and lacZ, are widely used for research into plants, animals, and microorganisms. Reporter genes, which offer high levels of sensitivity and convenience of detection, have been utilized in transgenic technology, promoter analysis, drug screening, and other areas. Directed molecul...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Xiong AS,Peng RH,Zhuang J,Davies J,Zhang J,Yao QH

更新日期：2012-06-01 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：:Utilization of microbial oil for biodiesel production has gained growing interest due to the increase in prices and the shortage of the oils and fats traditionally used in biodiesel production. However, it is still in the laboratory study stage due to the high cost of production. Employing organic wastes as raw materi...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Chen J,Li J,Zhang X,Tyagi RD,Dong W

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Semisynthetic cephalosporins are important antibacterials in clinical practice. Semisynthetic cephalosporins are manufactured by derivatizing 7-aminocephalosporanic acid (7-ACA) and its desacetylated form. Microbial enzymes such as D-amino acid oxidase, glutaryl-7-ACA acylase and cephalosporin esterase are being used ...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Sonawane VC

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aerobic granules are the potential tools to develop modern wastewater treatment technologies with improved nutrient removal efficiency. These granules have several promising advantages over conventional activated sludge-based wastewater treatment processes. This technology has the potential of reducing the infrastruct...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Sarma SJ,Tay JH

更新日期：2018-11-01 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：:Cross-linked enzyme aggregate (CLEA) technology has been regarded as an effective carrier-free immobilization method. This method is very attractive due to its simplicity and robustness, as well as for the possibility of using the crude enzyme extract and the opportunity to co-immobilize multiple different enzymes. Th...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Cui JD,Jia SR

更新日期：2015-03-01 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：: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：: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：:Heavy metals are found in their different forms in the environment. The distribution, mobility, and toxicity of metals are strongly related to these different forms. This necessitates the exploration of different methods for the remediation and speciation of heavy metals. Some direct and indirect physico-chemical meth...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Singh N,Gadi R

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:Small RNAs (sRNA) are reported to play pivotal roles in the epigenetic and post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression during growth, development, and stress response in plants. Recently, the involvement of two different classes of sRNAs namely, miRNAs (microRNAs), and siRNAs (small interfering RNAs) in biotic ...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Prasad A,Sharma N,Muthamilarasan M,Rana S,Prasad M

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial bio-transformations of the essential trace element selenium are now recognized to occur among a wide variety of microorganisms. These transformations are used to convert this element into its assimilated form of selenocysteine, which is at the active center of a number of key enzymes, and to produce selenium...

journal_title：Critical reviews in biotechnology

authors： Ojeda JJ,Merroun ML,Tugarova AV,Lampis S,Kamnev AA,Gardiner PHE

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：: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：: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：: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

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：: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：: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