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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Utilization Pathway"”.
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Economic and Environmental Assessment of an Integrated Carbon Capture and Utilization Pathway
… value, often referred to as carbon capture and utilization (CCU), is receiving growing momentum globally. Many proposals for CCU technologies assume that the capture and utilization facilities are geographically isolated, necessitating transport of captured CO2 and raising questions on the …
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Engineering a novel pathway for isoprenoid synthesis
… biosynthesis has been performed through pathways inextricably linked to glycolysis. Furthermore, these pathways are inherently limited due to their extensive cofactor requirements, complex regulation and large number of steps. In this thesis we present a novel pathway for isoprenoid …
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Metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for efficient ethanol production from pentose sugars
… S. cerevisiae. To this end, heterologous pentose utilization pathways have been introduced into S. cerevisiae in order to enable the assimilation of pentose sugars. However, pentose utilization of recombinant S. cerevisiae strains are inefficient due to the poor sugar uptake ability, the low …
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Alternative Carbon Utilization As A Virulence Determinant For Candida Albicans
… phagosome by upregulating alternative carbon utilization processes. The utilization of three alternative carbon sources particularly contribute to <em>C. albicans </em>pathogenesis: carboxylic acids, amino acids, and <em>N</em>-acetylglucosamine. Studied individually, utilization of each …
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Pathway optimization and engineering for biofuel production
Optimizing metabolic pathways is paramount for effective and economical production of biofuels and specialty chemicals. One such significant pathway is the cellobiose utilization pathway, identified as a promising route for efficient biomass utilization. Here we describe the simultaneous …
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Combinatorial biosynthetic pathway engineering for microbial production of biofuels
… comes from the optimization of the biosynthetic pathway. We investigated and developed new combinatorial strategies for the optimization of the cellobiose utilization pathway, a pathway which is important in biofuel production. One strategy focused on optimizing enzyme combinations by creating a …
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Signal processing and decision making in single cells
… are propagated in the Hog1 osmotic response pathway of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Utilizing systems identification tools from control engineering, we study how the cells rapidly and robustly maintain osmotic homeostasis. By measuring the expression level of key proteins we …
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Improving advanced biofuels production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae via protein engineering and synthetic biology approaches
… of cellulosic biofuels, such as the sequential utilization of sugar mixtures caused by glucose repression and the low efficiency of synthesizing fatty acid derived advanced biofuels. In this thesis, we aim to improve the production of advanced biofuels in S. cerevisiae using protein engineering …
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The Role of Class I Histone Deacetylases in Cardiovascular Development and Disease
… and oxidation, down-regulation of the glucose utilization pathway, and ligand induced myocardial lipid accumulation. Additionally, these hearts show mitochondrial dysfunction and decreased cardiac efficiency. These studies have identified HDAC3 as a central regulator of myocardial energy …
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Adsorption Performance and Cold Plasma Activation of Biochar for On-Site CH₄ Storage and Energy Recovery in Oil Fields
… Developing a field-deployable, integrated utilization pathway that captures methane (CH₄)-rich APG for on-site generation of electricity and heat at low cost could significantly reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the oil industry. This thesis evaluates …
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Strain engineering and biosensor development for efficient biofuel production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae
… Great efforts have been made to improve the co-utilization efficiency of sugars derived from lignocellulose hydrolysates. A lot of research has been carried out to lower the effect of glucose repression that leads to inefficient pentose sugars utilization in the presence of glucose, but it …
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Regulation and switching in bacterial gene expression networks in response to nutrients
… bacterial gene expression networks: sugar utilization networks in Escherichia coli and flagellar assembly networks in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium in response to nutrients. Firstly, chapters 3-5 focus on sugar utilization pathways in E. coli. Bacteria rely on utilizing various …