Polyhydroxyalkanoates synthesis by halophiles and thermophiles: towards sustainable production of microbial bioplastics

S Obruča, P Dvořák, P Sedláček, M Koller… - Biotechnology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are microbial polyesters produced by numerous prokaryotes.
These materials are generally considered to be renewable and biodegradable alternatives …

Engineered bacteriophage therapeutics: rationale, challenges and future

M Łobocka, K Dąbrowska, A Górski - BioDrugs, 2021 - Springer
The current problems with increasing bacterial resistance to antibacterial therapies, resulting
in a growing frequency of incurable bacterial infections, necessitates the acceleration of …

Mouse embryonic stem cells self-organize into trunk-like structures with neural tube and somites

JV Veenvliet, A Bolondi, H Kretzmer, L Haut… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Vertebrate development comprises multiple complex morphogenetic
processes that shape the embryonic body plan through self-organization of pluripotent stem …

Exercise induces cerebral VEGF and angiogenesis via the lactate receptor HCAR1

C Morland, KA Andersson, ØP Haugen… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Physical exercise can improve brain function and delay neurodegeneration; however, the
initial signal from muscle to brain is unknown. Here we show that the lactate receptor …

GPR41/FFAR3 and GPR43/FFAR2 as cosensors for short-chain fatty acids in enteroendocrine cells vs FFAR3 in enteric neurons and FFAR2 in enteric leukocytes

MK Nøhr, MH Pedersen, A Gille, KL Egerod… - …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The expression of short-chain fatty acid receptors GPR41/FFAR3 and GPR43/free fatty acid
receptor 2 (FFAR2) was studied in the gastrointestinal tract of transgenic monomeric red …

A versatile genetic engineering toolkit for E. coli based on CRISPR-prime editing

Y Tong, TS Jørgensen, CM Whitford, T Weber… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
CRISPR base editing is a powerful method to engineer bacterial genomes. However, it
restricts editing to single-nucleotide substitutions. Here, to address this challenge, we adapt …

Broadly targeted CD8+ T cell responses restricted by major histocompatibility complex E

SG Hansen, HL Wu, BJ Burwitz, CM Hughes… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Major histocompatibility complex E (MHC-E) is a highly conserved, ubiquitously expressed,
nonclassical MHC class Ib molecule with limited polymorphism that is primarily involved in …

Precise and in situ genetic humanization of 6 Mb of mouse immunoglobulin genes

LE Macdonald, M Karow, S Stevens… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Genetic humanization, which involves replacing mouse genes with their human
counterparts, can create powerful animal models for the study of human genes and …

A gene expression atlas of the central nervous system based on bacterial artificial chromosomes

S Gong, C Zheng, ML Doughty, K Losos, N Didkovsky… - Nature, 2003 - nature.com
The mammalian central nervous system (CNS) contains a remarkable array of neural cells,
each with a complex pattern of connections that together generate perceptions and higher …

An efficient recombination system for chromosome engineering in Escherichia coli

D Yu, HM Ellis, EC Lee, NA Jenkins… - Proceedings of the …, 2000 - National Acad Sciences
A recombination system has been developed for efficient chromosome engineering in
Escherichia coli by using electroporated linear DNA. A defective λ prophage supplies …