Bennis, Nicole X Anderson, Jonah P Kok, Siebe M C Daran, Jean-Marc G
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ErCas12a is a class 2 type V CRISPR-Cas nuclease isolated from Eubacterium rectale with attractive fundamental characteristics, such as RNA self-processing capability, and lacks reach-through royalties typical for Cas nucleases. This study aims to develop a ErCas12a-mediated genome editing tool applicable in the model yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae...
Maestroni, Letizia Butti, Pietro Senatore, Vittorio Giorgio Branduardi, Paola
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CRISPR-Cas9 technology is widely used for precise and specific editing of Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome to obtain marker-free engineered hosts. Targeted double-strand breaks are controlled by a guide RNA (gRNA), a chimeric RNA containing a structural segment for Cas9 binding and a 20-mer guide sequence that hybridises to the genomic DNA target. I...
Shen, Dongxu He, Xiaoli Weng, Peifang Liu, Yanan Wu, Zufang
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Yeast is widely used in the fermentation industry, and the major challenges in fermentation production system are high capital cost and low reaction rate. High cell-density culture is an effective method to increase the volumetric productivity of the fermentation process, thus making the fermentation process faster and more robust. During fermentat...
Gardner, Jennifer M Alperstein, Lucien Walker, Michelle E Zhang, Jin Jiranek, Vladimir
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A key driver of quality in wines is the microbial population that undertakes fermentation of grape must. Winemakers can utilise both indigenous and purposefully inoculated yeasts to undertake alcoholic fermentation, imparting wines with aromas, flavours and palate structure and in many cases contributing to complexity and uniqueness. Importantly, h...
Ramos-Viana, Verónica Møller-Hansen, Iben Kempen, Paul Borodina, Irina
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The cell wall is a dynamic organelle that determines the shape and provides the cell with mechanical strength. This study investigated whether modulation of cell wall composition can influence the production or secretion of small metabolites by yeast cell factories. We deleted and upregulated several cell wall-related genes KRE2, CWP1, CWP2, ECM33,...
de Celis, Miguel Ruiz, Javier Vicente, Javier Acedo, Alberto Marquina, Domingo Santos, Antonio Belda, Ignacio
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Wine fermentations are dominated by Saccharomyces yeast. However, dozens of non-Saccharomyces yeast genera can be found in grape musts and in the early and intermediate stages of wine fermentation, where they co-exist with S. cerevisiae. The diversity of non-Saccharomyces species is determinant for the sensorial attributes of the resulting wines, b...
Fenton, Darren A Kiniry, Stephen J Yordanova, Martina M Baranov, Pavel V Morrissey, John P
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Kluyveromyces marxianus is an interesting and important yeast because of particular traits such as thermotolerance and rapid growth, and for applications in food and industrial biotechnology. For both understanding its biology and developing bioprocesses, it is important to understand how K. marxianus responds and adapts to changing environments. F...
Adler, Stephan O Spiesser, Thomas W Uschner, Friedemann Münzner, Ulrike Hahn, Jens Krantz, Marcus Klipp, Edda
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The cell division cycle in eukaryotic cells is a series of highly coordinated molecular interactions that ensure that cell growth, duplication of genetic material, and actual cell division are precisely orchestrated to give rise to two viable progeny cells. Moreover, the cell cycle machinery is responsible for incorporating information about extern...
Nielsen, Jens Tamás, Markus J
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Bohner, Flora Papp, Csaba Gácser, Attila
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In recent years, the relevance of diseases associated with fungal pathogens increased worldwide. Members of the Candida genus are responsible for the greatest number of fungal bloodstream infections every year. Epidemiological data consistently indicate a modest shift toward non-albicans species, albeit Candidaalbicans is still the most recognizabl...