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    06 2015

    Novel Inducible Genetic Operation System for Clostridium

    Clostridium cellulolyticum and other cellulolytic clostridium strains can degrade lignocellulose and produce lignocellulosic biofuels and chemicals. The Metabolomics Group of Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) is wor...

  • 09

    06 2015

    Accumulation both Neutral Lipids and Biomass in Microalgae

    Microalgal triacylglycerols (TAGs) are one of the most promising feedstocks for biofuel production. By systematically analyzing the lipid accumulation and metabolic mechanism of microalgae, the Metabolomics Group in Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy ...

  • 02

    05 2015

    Power of Phytohormones in Microalgal Biotechnology

    Phytohormones are a class of signaling molecules that are produced intrinsically in plants. In higher plants, phytohormones are usually synthesized in one location and then transported to another location, exerting their physiological effects at e...

  • 24

    04 2015

    Regulatory Mechanism of Cellulosome Stoichiometry

    Efficient biological degradation of cellulosic biomass has been recognized as one major bottleneck in production of cellulosic liquid fuels or biogas, and as the one key step in the carbon cycle of biosphere. In a new work published online in Natu...

  • 17

    04 2015

    Bio-based Nanofibrils: Extending Au 2D Nanomaterials to Macroscopic Scale

    The fascinating roles of two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials in natural super-strong bio-composites (i.e. aragonite platelets in nacre and apatite platelets in bone) have aroused great interest in scientific communities to synthesize their artificial counterparts with controllable geometric and physical properties. Though much endeavor has been made to achieve a shape/size controlling synthesis, the lateral dimension of 2D Au nanocrystals had been long limited within the microscopic scale. In 2015, Prof. Chaoxu Li at the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Chinese Academy of Sciences, reported that amyloid fibrils, a unique type of protein assembling nanostructures, may help extend the lateral length of 2D Au nanocrystals close to half a millimeter. The fascinating roles of two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials in natural super-strong bio-composites (i.e. aragonite platelets in nacre and apatite platelets in bone) have aroused great interest in scientific communities to synthesize their artifici...

  • 13

    02 2015

    Translationally-controlled Tumor Protein Interacts with Eukaryotic Elongation Factor 1B

    Translationally-controlled tumor protein is conserved in eukaryotes and is an abundant protein involved in cellular growth, differentiation, and apoptosis, as well as in the progress of carcinogenesis and inflammation. Translationally-controlled tumor protein is conserved in eukaryotes and is an abundant protein involved in cellular growth, differentiation, and apoptosis, as well as in the progress of carcinogenesis and inflammation. The study of interaction between TCTP and eukaryotic elongation factor 1B revealed that the interaction with eEF1B is one of primary biological functions of TCTP. Translationally-controlled tumor protein (TCTP) is conserved in eukaryotes and is an abundant protein involved in cellular growth, differentiation, and apoptosis, as well as in the progress of carcinogenesis and inflammation. In 2007, prof. FENG Y...