The sustainable production of chemicals from renewable, nonedible biomass has emerged
as an essential alternative to address pressing environmental issues arising from our heavy …

This review summarizes our current understanding of translation in prokaryotes, focusing on
the mechanistic and structural aspects of each phase of translation: initiation, elongation …

The ease of genetic manipulation, low cost, rapid growth and number of previous studies
have made Escherichia coli one of the most widely used microorganism species for …

Engineered RNA elements are programmable tools capable of detecting small molecules,
proteins, and nucleic acids. Predicting the behavior of these synthetic biology components …

The pET series of expression plasmids are widely used for recombinant protein production
in Escherichia coli. The genetic modules controlling transcription and translation in these …

Marina V. Rodnina is the winner of the 2015 Hans Neurath Award. Abstract The cellular
proteome is shaped by the combined activities of the gene expression and quality control …

Gene expression models greatly accelerate the engineering of synthetic metabolic pathways
and genetic circuits by predicting sequence-function relationships and reducing trial-and …

A mRNA's translation rate is controlled by several sequence determinants, including the
presence of RNA structures within the N-terminal regions of its coding sequences. However …

Programmable control over an addressable global regulator would enable simultaneous
repression of multiple genes and would have tremendous impact on the field of synthetic …

Photosynthetic cyanobacteria are important primary producers and model organisms for
studying photosynthesis and elements cycling on earth. Due to the ability to absorb sunlight …