Overview

This volume highlights recent breakthroughs in the interdisciplinary areas of synthetic biology, metabolic engineering and bioprocess engineering for the production of green chemicals. It also presents practical experimental and computational tools for the design, construction and manipulation of cyanobacteria cell factories. The respective contributions cover new technologies in the field, such as novel genetic transformation techniques and bioinformatics analysis methods and address various aspects of cyanobacterial synthetic biology, offering a valuable resource for students and researchers in the fields of industry microbiology and biomedical engineering.

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Author:   Weiwen Zhang ,  Xinyu Song
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Volume:   1080
Weight:   0.757kg
ISBN:  

9789811345180

ISBN 10:   981134518
Pages:   355
Publication Date:   30 January 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Challenges in the application of synthetic biology towards synthesis of commodity products by cyanobacteria via ‘direct conversion’.- Transporters related with stresses responses and their potential application in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.- Discovery and application of stress-responsive sRNAs in cyanobacteria.- Photoresponse mechanism in cyanobacteria-- Key factor in photoautotrophic chassis.- Production of Industrial Chemicals from CO2 by Engineering Cyanobacteria.- Cyanobacterial enzymes for bioalkane production.- Production of bioplastic compounds by genetically manipulated and metabolic engineered cyanobacteria.- Rewiring of cyanobacterial metabolism for hydrogen production: synthetic biology approaches and challenges.- Photosynthetic production of plastic building block chemicals directly from CO2.- Engineering cyanobacteria for photosynthetic production of C3 platform chemicals and terpenoids from CO2.- Synthetic biology approaches to the sustainable production of p-coumaric acid and its derivatives in cyanobacteria.- Regulatory tools for controlling gene expression in cyanobacteria.- Synthetic Gene Regulation in Cyanobacteria.

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Dr. Weiwen Zhang is a Professor of Microbiology and Biochemical Engineering at the Laboratory of Synthetic Microbiology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China Dr. Xinyu Song is a Lecturer at the Center for Biosafety Research and Strategy, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China

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