Synthetic biology for plant genetic engineering and molecular farming

Y Wang, GS Demirer - Trends in Biotechnology, 2023 - cell.com
Many efforts have been put into engineering plants to improve crop yields and stress
tolerance and boost the bioproduction of valuable molecules. Yet, our capabilities are still …

Plant synthetic biology innovations for biofuels and bioproducts

Y Yang, TA Chaffin, AH Ahkami, E Blumwald… - Trends in …, 2022 - cell.com
Plant-based biosynthesis of fuels, chemicals, and materials promotes environmental
sustainability, which includes decreases in greenhouse gas emissions, water pollution, and …

[HTML][HTML] Biological parts for engineering abiotic stress tolerance in plants

B SinghMohan, L BhallaPrem - BioDesign Research, 2022 - spj.science.org
It is vital to ramp up crop production dramatically by 2050 due to the increasing global
population and demand for food. However, with the climate change projections showing that …

Simple and accurate transcriptional start site identification using Smar2C2 and examination of conserved promoter features

A Murray, JP Mendieta, C Vollmers… - The Plant …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The precise and accurate identification and quantification of transcriptional start sites (TSSs)
is key to understanding the control of transcription. The core promoter consists of the TSS …

Tunable control of insect pheromone biosynthesis in Nicotiana benthamiana

K Kallam, E Moreno‐Giménez… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Previous work has demonstrated that plants can be used as production platforms for
molecules used in health, medicine, and agriculture. Production has been exemplified in …

Advances in plant synthetic biology approaches to control expression of gene circuits

J Koukara, KK Papadopoulou - Biochemical and Biophysical Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
The applications of synthetic biology range from creating simple circuits to monitor an
organism's state to complex circuits capable of reconstructing aspects of life. The latter has …

Using synthetic biology to improve photosynthesis for sustainable food production

P da Fonseca-Pereira, JA Siqueira… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Photosynthesis is responsible for the primary productivity and maintenance of life on Earth,
boosting biological activity and contributing to the maintenance of the environment. In the …

A quantitative autonomous bioluminescence reporter system with a wide dynamic range for Plant Synthetic Biology

C Calvache, M Vazquez‐Vilar… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Plant Synthetic Biology aims to enhance the capacities of plants by designing and
integrating synthetic gene circuits (SGCs). Quantitative reporting solutions that can produce …

[HTML][HTML] Biological parts for plant biodesign to enhance land-based carbon dioxide removal

J WestonDavid, HM Mahmudul, C KalluriUdaya… - BioDesign …, 2021 - spj.science.org
A grand challenge facing society is climate change caused mainly by rising CO 2
concentration in Earth's atmosphere. Terrestrial plants are linchpins in global carbon cycling …

Expression elements derived from plant sequences provide effective gene expression regulation and new opportunities for plant biotechnology traits

JPC To, IW Davis, MS Marengo, A Shariff… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Plant biotechnology traits provide a means to increase crop yields, manage weeds and
pests, and sustainably contribute to addressing the needs of a growing population. One of …