Protein electrophoresis.

abstract：:Two methods recently developed to monitor the gene expression of microbial communities in soil are the extraction and detection of messenger RNA from soil microorganisms and the construction and use of lux-based bioreporter strains. The goal of these approaches is to assess microbial activity in natural and impacted s...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Sayler GS,Fleming JT,Nivens DE

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in emerging food-processing technologies, such as high hydrostatic pressure or high-intensity electric field pulses, allow targeted and sophisticated modification and preservation of foods. We are beginning to understand the mechanisms involved in pressure inactivation of bacterial spores and have been...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Knorr D

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phage display has proven to be a robust and convenient technology for the selection of high-quality human antibodies from diverse libraries. Besides enabling the identification of antibodies in a fast, high-throughput mode, which allows comprehensive protein expression analyses, phage display has been used to identify...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Kretzschmar T,von Rüden T

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the ambitions of synthetic biology approach genome-scale engineering, comprehensive characterization of cellular systems is required, as well as a means to accurately model cell-scale molecular interactions. These requirements are coincident with the goals of systems biology and, thus, systems biology will become t...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Barrett CL,Kim TY,Kim HU,Palsson BØ,Lee SY

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The commercialization of high-precision microcalorimeters has led to a sharp increase in the acquisition and utilization of calorimetric data on the binding and folding reactions of proteins. This thermodynamic database, together with high-resolution structures of proteins and their complexes with ligands, has facilit...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Connelly PR

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial whole-cell biosensors are very useful for toxicity measurements of various samples. Semi-specific biosensors, containing fusions of stress-regulated promoters and reporter genes, have several advantages over the traditional, general biosensors that are based on constitutively expressed reporter genes. Furthe...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Sørensen SJ,Burmølle M,Hansen LH

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the next decade, the impact of library synthesis will play a major role in shortening the lead optimization phase of drug discovery. The prognosis for combinatorial chemistry to discover fundamentally different new classes of therapeutically active small molecules against some of the more difficult biological tar...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Myers PL

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient-derived xenografts (PDXs) are obtained by transplanting fragments of a patient's tumour into immunodeficient mice. Growth and propagation of PDXs allows correlating therapeutic response in vivo with extensive, multi-dimensional molecular annotation, leading to identification of predictive biomarkers. PDXs are ...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Invrea F,Rovito R,Torchiaro E,Petti C,Isella C,Medico E

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Global aquaculture is projected to grow from 10 million to 20 million metric tons by the year 2000. To meet this projection, the aquaculture industry must bring some of its infectious disease problems under control without relying on antibiotics and chemotherapeutics. Thus, vaccines for fish and shellfish are being so...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Leong JA

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility of generating electricity with microbial fuel cells has been recognized for some time, but practical applications have been slow to develop. The recent development of a microbial fuel cell that can harvest electricity from the organic matter stored in marine sediments has demonstrated the feasibility o...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Lovley DR

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The initial report on APOE as a susceptibility gene for late-onset Alzheimer's disease was presented a little more than two years ago. During the past year, several significant events have given added impetus to research into Alzheimer's. The association of increased allele frequency of APOE4 with Alzheimer's disease ...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Roses AD,Saunders AM

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel biotechnological approaches such as Metabolic Engineering (ME) and New Plant Breeding Techniques (NPBTs) are currently being developed to produce biological compounds for food and non-food products. NPBTs span a range of methods for in vivo production in crops, some of which are classified as GMOs while others a...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Pei L,Schmidt M

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nature of DNA, the sequence of the human genome and our increased understanding of the genetic basis of many inherited and acquired disorders have made the possibility of curing diseases a reality. The modulation of a host's genome is now the ultimate goal in the treatment of genetic diseases. Historically, gene t...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Kren BT,Steer CJ

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of whole genome amplification is something that has arisen in the past few years as the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has been adapted to replicate regions of genomes that are of biological interest. The applications are many--forensic science, embryonic disease diagnosis, bioterrorism genome detection, ...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Hawkins TL,Detter JC,Richardson PM

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyphenols are secondary metabolites produced by higher plants, which play multiple essential roles in plant physiology and have potential healthy properties on human organism, mainly as antioxidants, anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, antihypertensive, and antimicrobial agents. In the present review the a...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Daglia M

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New methods and applications in the separation of biomolecules are reviewed, with an emphasis on the large-scale recovery of proteins. Highlights include the advent of flow-through particles in perfusion chromatography, which allows for very high flow rates, while retaining a high chromatographic efficiency. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Glad M,Larsson PO

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Random peptide libraries displayed on phage are used as a source of peptides for epitope mapping, for the identification of critical amino acids responsible for protein-protein interactions and as leads for the discovery of new therapeutics. Efficient and simple procedures have been devised to select peptides binding ...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Cortese R,Monaci P,Luzzago A,Santini C,Bartoli F,Cortese I,Fortugno P,Galfrè G,Nicosia A,Felici F

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silk combines biological properties, such as non-toxicity and biodegradability, with physico-chemical ones, for example, mechanical strength. Base on molecular engineering, nowadays also new non-silk functions can be implemented in silk materials. Driven by rational design and ingenuity, innovative recombinant silk pr...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Saric M,Scheibel T

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative information about metabolic networks has been mainly obtained at the level of metabolite contents, transcript abundance, and enzyme activities. However, the active process of metabolism is represented by the flow of matter through the pathways. These metabolic fluxes can be predicted by Flux Balance Analy...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Junker BH

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biosynthesis of the solvents 1-butanol and acetone is restricted to species of the genus Clostridium, a diverse group of Gram-positive, endospore forming anaerobes comprising toxin-producing strains as well as terrestrial non-pathogenic species of biotechnological impact. Among solventogenic clostridia, Clostridiu...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Lütke-Eversloh T,Bahl H

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in retooling microorganisms have enabled bioproduction of 'drop-in' biofuels, fuels that are compatible with existing spark-ignition, compression-ignition, and gas-turbine engines. As the majority of petroleum consumption in the United States consists of gasoline (47%), diesel fuel and heating oil (21%), and ...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Zargar A,Bailey CB,Haushalter RW,Eiben CB,Katz L,Keasling JD

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given that protein-protein interactions (PPIs) regulate nearly every living process; the exploration of global and pathway-specific protein interaction networks is expected to have major implications in the understanding of diseases and for drug discovery. Consequently, the development and application of methodologies...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Suter B,Kittanakom S,Stagljar I

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efforts to develop culture technologies capable of eliciting robust human blood stem cell growth have met with limited success. Considering that adult stem cell cultures are complex systems, comprising multiple cell types with dynamically changing intracellular signalling environments and cellular compositions, this i...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Kirouac DC,Zandstra PW

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several cell-based tissue-engineering therapies are emerging to regenerate damaged tissues. These strategies use autologous cells in combination with bioresorbable delivery materials. Major functions of a delivery scaffold are to provide initial mechanical stability, homogenous three-dimensional cell distribution, imp...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Sittinger M,Hutmacher DW,Risbud MV

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NMR methods in drug discovery have traditionally been used to obtain structural information for drug targets or target-ligand complexes. Recently, it has been shown that NMR may be used as an alternative approach for identification of ligands that bind to protein drug targets, shifting the emphasis of many NMR laborat...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Moore JM

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular tools for the regulation of protein expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae have contributed to rapid advances in pathway engineering for this yeast. This review considers new and enhanced additions to this toolbox, focusing on experimental approaches to modulate enzyme synthesis and enzyme fate. Methods for ...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Besada-Lombana PB,McTaggart TL,Da Silva NA

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical testing of therapies for sepsis that target tumor necrosis factor and interleukin-1 is currently in progress. It is now clear from early clinical results that patients display a heterogeneous response to anti-cytokine therapies that may be related to the stage or severity of disease. Experimental results show...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Russell DA,Thompson RC

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combinatorial biocatalysis is an emerging technology in the field of drug discovery. The biocatalytic approach to combinatorial chemistry uses enzymatic, chemoenzymatic, and microbial transformations to generate libraries from lead compounds. Important recent advances in combinatorial biocatalysis include iterative de...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Altreuter DH,Clark DS

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioremediation has historically been approached as a 'black box' in terms of our fundamental understanding. Thus it succeeds and fails, seldom without a complete understanding of why. Systems biology is an integrated research approach to study complex biological systems, by investigating interactions and networks at t...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Chakraborty R,Wu CH,Hazen TC

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oil prices and government mandates have catalyzed rapid growth of nonfossil transportation fuels in recent years, with a large focus on ethanol from energy crops, but the food crops used as first-generation energy crops today are not optimized for this purpose. We show that the theoretical efficiency of conversion of ...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Heaton EA,Flavell RB,Mascia PN,Thomas SR,Dohleman FG,Long SP

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00