State of the Art on the Microbial Production of Industrially Relevant Organic Acids by Raffaella Desirè Di Lorenzo, Immacolata Serra, Danilo Porro, Paola Branduardi

“…This was possible because of a joint effort of microbial biotechnologists and biochemical and process engineers that boosted natural production up to the titer, yield and productivity needed to be industrially competitive. …”
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Innovative trends in breeding disease resistant rice varieties by Zelensky Grigory, Dubina Elena, Ladatko Maxim, Zelenskaya Olga

“…The creation of new varieties of rice in Russia has been carried out using the methods of complex multistage hybridization and marker selection with close cooperation of breeders and biotechnologists. The result of this work is a mid-season variety Utyos that combines high yields with resistance to blast, the main fungal disease of rice that affects leaves, stems and panicles of the plant. …”
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GlycoForm and Glycologue: two software applications for the rapid construction and display of <it>N</it>-glycans from mammalian sources by Tipton Keith F, McDonald Andrew G, Stroop Corné JM, Davey Gavin P

“…It is anticipated that these programs will be useful to glycobiologists, systems biologists and biotechnologists interested in <it>N</it>-glycosylation systems in mammalian cells.…”
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Grapevine mono- and sesquiterpenes: Genetics, metabolism, and ecophysiology by Robin Nicole Bosman, Justin Graham Lashbrooke

“…The ever-increasing grapevine genome sequence data will potentially allow for future breeders and biotechnologists to tailor the aroma profiles of novel grapevine cultivars through exploitation of the significant genetic variation observed in terpene synthase genes.…”
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Nanoparticle classification, physicochemical properties, characterization, and applications: a comprehensive review for biologists by Nadeem Joudeh, Dirk Linke

“…This transdisciplinary approach to nanoparticle synthesis requires that biologists and biotechnologists understand and learn to use the complex methodology needed to properly characterize these processes. …”
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Estimating the number of integrations in transformed plants by quantitative real-time PCR by Vaira Anna Maria, Provero Paolo, Mason Giovanna, Accotto Gian Paolo

“…New approaches to the problem could be of great help for plant biotechnologists.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>By using a quantitative real-time PCR method that requires limited preliminary optimisation steps, we achieved statistically significant estimates of 1, 2 and 3 copies of a transgene in the primary transformants. …”
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Plasma Dermatology: Skin Therapy Using Cold Atmospheric Plasma by Fei Tan, Fei Tan, Fei Tan, Yang Wang, Shiqun Zhang, Runying Shui, Jianghan Chen

“…This comprehensive review endeavors to serve as a mini textbook for clinical dermatologists and a practical manual for plasma biotechnologists. Our collective goal is to consolidate plasma dermatology’s lead in modern personalized medicine.…”
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An Overview of In Vitro Assays of ⁶⁴Cu-, ⁶⁸Ga-, ¹²⁵I-, and ^99mTc-Labelled Radiopharmaceuticals Using Radiometric Counters in the Era of... by Viviana Benfante, Alessandro Stefano, Muhammad Ali, Riccardo Laudicella, Walter Arancio, Antonino Cucchiara, Fabio Caruso, Francesco Paolo Cammarata, Claudia Coronnello, Giorgio Russo, Monica Miele, Alessandra Vieni, Antonino Tuttolomondo, Anthony Yezzi, Albert Comelli

“…This review has been designed for researchers, such as biologists and biotechnologists, who would like to approach the radiobiology field and conduct in vitro assays for cellular radioactivity evaluations using radiometric counters. …”
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Diversity of culturable thermophilic bacteria from Tata Pani hotspring of Kotli Azad Jammu and Kashmir by Kazima Ishaq, Asad Shah, Anila Fariq, Sajida Rasheed, Sammyia Jannat

“…These thermophiles are revealing new capabilities and are being manipulated by biotechnologists in utilizing them in different unique ways.…”
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Comparing de novo genome assembly: the long and short of it. by Giuseppe Narzisi, Bud Mishra

“…It is hoped that, based on these evaluations, computational biologists will identify innovative sequence assembly paradigms, bioinformaticists will determine promising approaches for developing "next-generation" assemblers, and biotechnologists will formulate more meaningful design desiderata for sequencing technology platforms. …”
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Advances in engineering the production of the natural red pigment lycopene: A systematic review from a biotechnology perspective by Ya-Hui Wang, Rong-Rong Zhang, Yue Yin, Guo-Fei Tan, Guang-Long Wang, Hui Liu, Jing Zhuang, Jian Zhang, Fei-Yun Zhuang, Ai-Sheng Xiong

“…Key scientific concepts of review: Using conventional microbial fermentation approaches, biotechnologists have enhanced the yield of lycopene by selecting suitable host strains, utilizing various additives, and optimizing culture conditions. …”
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Intracellular delivery of fluorescent protein into viable wheat microspores using cationic peptides by Andriy eBilichak, Justin eLuu, Francois eEudes

“…The ability to produce mature double haploid plant from a single cell has also attracted attention of the plant biotechnologists in the past few years. More importantly, the possibility to deliver proteins for improvement of embryogenesis and the genome modification purposes holds great potential for transgene-free wheat biotechnology. …”
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Photosynthesis monitoring to optimize growth of microalgal mass cultures: application of chlorophyll fluorescence techniques by JRF Malapascua, CG Jerez, M Sergejevová, FL Figueroa, J Masojídek

“…This paper aims to provide practical instructions for microalgal physiologists and biotechnologists on how fluorescence monitoring can be used to explain changes in photosynthetic activity of microalgal mass cultures. …”
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Beyond lectures and practical courses: Teaching pharmacology using imaginative pedagogical tools by J.E. Baños, E. Blanco-Reina, I. Bellido-Estévez, F. Bosch, M.R. Cabello, I. Cambra-Badii, J.P. De la Cruz, P. D’Ocón, M.D. Ivorra, M. Ferrándiz, J.A. González-Correa, E. Martín-Montañez, F. Martos, J. Pavía, E. Sanz

“…In recent years, however, it has been incorporated into the teaching of biologists, molecular biologists, biotechnologists, chemical engineers and many health professionals, among others. …”
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Impacts, Tolerance, Adaptation, and Mitigation of Heat Stress on Wheat under Changing Climates by Malu Ram Yadav, Mukesh Choudhary, Jogendra Singh, Milan Kumar Lal, Prakash Kumar Jha, Pushpika Udawat, Narendra Kumar Gupta, Vishnu D. Rajput, Nitin Kumar Garg, Chirag Maheshwari, Muzaffar Hasan, Sunita Gupta, Tarun Kumar Jatwa, Rakesh Kumar, Arvind Kumar Yadav, P. V. Vara Prasad

“…Over the last decade, different omics approaches have revolutionized the way plant breeders and biotechnologists investigate underlying stress tolerance mechanisms and cellular homeostasis. …”
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Fungal Mushrooms: A Natural Compound With Therapeutic Applications by Rishi Man Chugh, Pooja Mittal, Namratha MP, Tanu Arora, Tanima Bhattacharya, Tanima Bhattacharya, Hitesh Chopra, Simona Cavalu, Rupesh K. Gautam

“…The safety and therapeutic effectiveness of the fungal mushrooms had shifted the interest of biotechnologists toward fungal nanobiotechnology as the drug delivery system due to the vast advantages of nanotechnology systems. …”
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Magnetofection approach for the transformation of okra using green iron nanoparticles by Naila Farooq, Laraib Ather, Muhammad Shafiq, Muhammad Shah Nawaz-ul-Rehman, Muhammad Haseeb, Tehmina Anjum, Qamar Abbas, Mujahid Hussain, Numan Ali, Syed Agha Armaghan Asad Abbas, Sehrish Mushtaq, Muhammad Saleem Haider, Saleha Sadiq, Muhammad Adnan Shahid

“…Abstract Climate change, pesticide resistance, and the need for developing new plant varieties have galvanized biotechnologists to find new solutions in order to produce transgenic plants. …”
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Chemistry and Biochemistry of Oxygen Therapeutics : From Transfusion to Artificial Blood / by Mozzarelli, Andrea, editor 525728, Bettati, Stefano, editor 525729

“…Chemistry and Biochemistry of Oxygen Therapeutics: From Transfusion to Artificial Blood is an essential reference for clinicians, haematologists, medicinal chemists, biochemists, molecular biologists, biotechnologists and blood substitute researchers.…”

A review of the role and function of promoters in cereal crops by Mehdi Sohani, Tayebeh Fallahi, Saideh Alidoost

“…Transgenes are cloned together with different types of non-institutional promoters (from other sources) or co-institutional (studied plant) during the construction of chimeric genes within transgenic vectors, thus providing biotechnologists with a wide range of expression patterns that Suitable for their research and testing. …”
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Gene-for-Gene Tolerance to Bacterial Wilt in Arabidopsis by Liesl Van der Linden, Jane Bredenkamp, Sanushka Naidoo, Joanne Fouché-Weich, Katherine J. Denby, Stephane Genin, Yves Marco, Dave K. Berger

“…In addition, the results alert biotechnologists to the risk that deployment of RRS1 in transgenic crops may result in persistence of the pathogen in the field.…”
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