Local sequence-structure correlations in proteins.

abstract：:RNA imaging probes help us investigate how transport and dynamics of RNA contribute to subcellular RNA localization or regulation of gene expression. Out of the plethora of strategies that have been developed to image RNA in living cells, genetically encoded probes are interesting because they can be produced by the c...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Rath AK,Rentmeister A

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the review period, a significant amount of literature has been published documenting the impact of biofilms on engineered and biomedical systems. Reactor systems and analytical techniques have evolved to study the molecular chemistry and microbial ecology within biofilm layers only tens of micrometers thick, and ...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Bryers JD

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Originally proposed one decade ago, the idea of engineering proteins outside the immunoglobulin family for novel binding functions has evolved as a powerful technology. Several classes of protein scaffolds proved to yield reagents with specificities and affinities in a range that was previously considered unique to an...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Skerra A

更新日期：2007-08-01 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：:Progress in the field of protein nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy during the past year has included the elucidation of a number of new structures. In addition, several critical developments in the experimental methodology have opened up the potential for applying the nuclear magnetic resonance-based approach to...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Chazin WJ

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Use of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has become increasingly widespread in virtually all aspects of molecular biology. Recently, novel ligation-independent methods have been developed for the cloning of DNA fragments amplified using PCR. Ligation-independent cloning utilizing the enzyme uracil DNA glycosylase (t...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Rashtchian A

更新日期：1995-02-01 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：:Biological pulping has the potential to improve the quality of pulp, properties of paper and to reduce energy costs and environmental impact relative to traditional pulping operations. It has been suggested that energy savings alone could make the process economically viable. Other benefits include improved burst stre...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Breen A,Singleton FL

更新日期：1999-06-01 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：:Studies of biological systems in which there is a direct link between the challenges faced by marine organisms and biotechnologies enable us to rationally search for active natural compounds and other novel biotechnologies. This approach is proving successful in developing new methods for the prevention of marine biof...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： de Nys R,Steinberg PD

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nutritional interventions are associated with transient deviations of homeostasis within the human body. The role of a balanced nutrition is, firstly, to ensure an adequate intake of nutrients to efficiently enable all metabolic processes and, secondly, to contribute to sustained human health. This is a new challenge ...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Schwager J,Mohajeri MH,Fowler A,Weber P

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a complex system characterized by multiple cell types with a determined architectural arrangement. Tissue engineering of the GI tract aims to reinstate the architecture and function of all structural layers. The key point for successful tissue regeneration includes the use of cells/b...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Bitar KN,Zakhem E

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial microcompartments (BMCs) are organelles that encapsulate enzymes involved in CO2 fixation or carbon catabolism in a selectively permeable protein shell. Here, we highlight recent advances in the bioengineering of these protein-based nanoreactors in heterologous systems, including transfer and expression of B...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Plegaria JS,Kerfeld CA

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The information encoded in the base sequence of DNA provides substantial structural and functional information for the instructive self-assembly of one-dimensional (1D) functional DNA nanostructures. The hybridization chain reaction (HCR) and the formation of HCR-stimulated DNAzyme nanochains are presented, as a means...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Wang F,Willner B,Willner I

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Technoeconomic analysis (TEA) is an approach for conducting process design and simulation, informed by empirical data, to estimate capital costs, operating costs, mass balances, and energy balances for a commercial scale biorefinery. TEA serves as a useful method to screen potential research priorities, identify cost ...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Scown CD,Baral NR,Yang M,Vora N,Huntington T

更新日期：2021-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Naturally occurring microbial consortia have been utilized in a variety of bioremediation processes. Recent developments in molecular microbial ecology offer new tools that facilitate molecular analyses of microbial populations at contaminated and bioremediated sites. Information provided by such analyses aids in the ...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Watanabe K

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing body of evidence indicates that many cellular reactions within metabolic pathways are catalyzed not by free-floating 'soluble' enzymes, but via one or more membrane-associated multienzyme complexes. This type of macromolecular organization has important implications for the overall efficiency, specificity, a...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Conrado RJ,Varner JD,DeLisa MP

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：:Organ-on-chip systems integrate microfluidic technology and living cells to study human physiology and pathophysiology. These human in vitro models are promising substitutes for animal testing, and their small scale enables precise control of culture conditions and high-throughput experiments, which would not be econo...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Luni C,Serena E,Elvassore N

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our ability to dissect and understand the principles of gene regulatory circuits is partly limited by the resolution of our experimental assays. In this brief review, we discuss aspects of gene expression in microbial organisms apparent only when increasing the experimental resolution from populations to single cells ...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Wallden M,Elf J

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent technological advances in next generation sequencing have brought the field closer to the goal of reconstructing all genomes within a community by presenting high throughput sequencing at much lower costs. While these next-generation sequencing technologies have allowed a massive increase in available raw s...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Scholz MB,Lo CC,Chain PS

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic building blocks bearing hydroxylated chiral centers are important targets for biocatalysis. Many C-C bond forming enzymes have recently been investigated for new applications and new strategies towards the synthesis of natural products and related oxygenated compounds. Several old catalysts have been studied...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Fessner WD,Helaine V

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccines against mutating pathogens such as influenza, HIV, or plasmodium are poorly protective towards new evolving strains. Rare individuals naturally mount broadly neutralizing antibodies covering most strains, but the requirements for their induction are unknown. The antibody response to vaccination has been recap...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Robert PA,Marschall AL,Meyer-Hermann M

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of many efforts and achievements to optimize the prokaryotic expression systems, there are still general and specific problems in obtaining sufficient yields of the functionally active gene products. The main problems concern the formation of inclusion bodies, incorrect folding, toxicity for the producer cell...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Gumpert J,Hoischen C

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stable-isotope probing (SIP) of environmental genomic DNA allows populations in a natural microbial community to be identified through the incorporation of (13)C- or (15)N-labeled substrates into biomass. The isotopically labeled DNA is retrieved by density gradient centrifugation, and active microorganisms identified...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Friedrich MW

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene expression control is critical to increase production of recombinant proteins, fine-tune metabolic pathways and reliably express synthetic pathways. The importance of transcriptional control seems to be most important in eukaryotic systems. In this review, we highlight recent developments in the field of transcri...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Leavitt JM,Alper HS

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phytodegradation of organic compounds can take place inside the plant or within the rhizosphere of the plant. Many different compounds and classes of compounds can be removed from the environment by this method, including solvents in groundwater, petroleum and aromatic compounds in soils, and volatile compounds in...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Newman LA,Reynolds CM

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen years have passed since T-cell receptor (TCR) genes were identified (reviewed in [1]). Unlike the situation for antibodies, no direct structural information on the TCR proteins has been available for most of this time. Recently, however, the crystal structures of isolated alpha and beta chains were determined,...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Garcia KC,Teyton L

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the development of desorption electrospray ionization (DESI), many other ionization methods for ambient and atmospheric pressure mass spectrometry have been developed. Ambient ionization mass spectrometry has now been used for a wide variety of biological applications, including plant science, microbiology, neur...

journal_title：Current opinion in biotechnology

authors： Hsu CC,Dorrestein PC

更新日期：2015-02-01 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