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Plant biotechnology Biochemical engineering Web alert Jean-Louis Boulay* and Sylvie Miot† A selection of World Wide Web sites relevant to papers published in this issue of Current Opinion in Biotechnology. Addresses Department of Research, University Hospital, Hebelstrasse 20, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland *e-mail: [email protected] † e-mail: [email protected] Current Opinion in Biotechnology 2001, 12:121.
virus-resistant and herbicide-resistant plants and their agronomic and ecological implications. German version available. Metabolic Engineering: Plant Primary Metabolism http://soil-physics.nmsu.edu:8080/molbio This on-line database on plant metabolism, provided by the New Mexico State University, contains over 900 references to journal articles covering carbon and nitrogen metabolism in plants, references to genes, enzymes and transgenic plants. This server is maintained by Laura Haas, Champa Sengupta-Gopalan, Tao Wei, Tim Jones and Mary O’Connell.
Plant biotechnology Plant Biotechnology http://www.biores-irl.ie/biozone/plants.html BioResearch Ireland (BRI), led by Jim Ryan, is a national agency commercialising biotechnology, as a partnership between government and Irish universities. BRI provides Biozone, an educational website on biotechnology. The plant biotechnology section outlines current techniques and developments in this field. Transgenic Plants http://www.ultranet.com/~jkimball/BiologyPages/T/Transgenic Plants.html Among all the information available in Kimball’s Biology Pages, one chapter is dedicated to transgenic plants. Applications such as resistance to insects, herbicides and diseases, the use of antisense techniques and production of exogenous proteins for biopharmaceutical purposes are introduced. Plant Biotechnology Institute http://www.pbi.nrc.ca/pbi.html This website presents research performed at the Plant Biotechnology Institute of the Canadian National Research Council. Projects include growth regulation by abscisic acid-like hormones in physiological and developmental processes, legume biotechnology, as well as seed oil modification. Forever Flowers and Fruits http://agriculture.tusk.edu/biotech/Prakash_publications/forever_ flowers.html This article by CS Prakash, head of the Center for Plant Biotechnology Research at Tuskegee University, describes how introduction of the Arabidopsis gene etr1-1 into tomatoes and petunias, confers loss of responsiveness to ethylene, thereby delaying fruit ripening and flower senescence. Plant Hormones and Growth Regulatory Substances http://www.plant-hormones.bbsrc.ac.uk/education/Kenhp.htm This page on plant hormones was created by Ken Maas at Northern Illinois University. Information available includes biochemical and physiological aspects of plant hormones and growth regulatory substances, and subsequent applications in biotechnology. Workshop http://www.bba.de/gentech/workshop.htm This page summarises the workshop on key biosafety aspects of GMOs organised by the German Federal Biological Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry (BBA). Proceedings focus on
Biochemical engineering Department of Food Science and Technology http://www.rdg.ac.uk/AcaDepts/af/courses/fs560/index.htm RA Rastall is a lecturer in biotechnology at the Department of Food Science and Technology of the University of Reading. He has designed and maintains this learning resource on industrial enzymology. Topics include biosensors, biotransformations, protein engineering, immobilised enzymes and applied enzyme kinetics. Centre for Extremophile Research http://www.bath.ac.uk/Centres/CER/ Research at the Centre for Extremophile Research of the University of Bath, conducted by Michael Danson, mainly focuses on enzymes from extremophiles for industrial and environmental applications. Pages, designed by Philip Retter, Ellen Simms and Peter Culshaw, include an introduction, examples and applications. Extremophiles IGM Orsay http://www-archbac.u-psud.fr/ The Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Extremophiles of the University of Paris-South in Orsay focuses research on archaea and hyperthermophilic bacteria. This website details achievements and current projects, including the brochure of the ‘Biology of Extremophiles’, a programme funded by the European Union. Access to relevant links and resources. French version available. Fermentation Technology http://www.kfa-juelich.de/ibt/ferm/ferm.html Research at the Institute of Biotechnology 2 of the Jülich Research Centre is conducted by Christian Wandrey. Sections detail ongoing projects on cell-culture technology, enzymatic biotransformation, bioorganic chemistry and fermentation process. German version available.
On-line journals Journal of Experimental Botany http://jxb.oupjournals.org/ Journal of Plant Physiology http://www.urbanfischer.de/journals/frame_template.htm?/jour nals/jpp/p_physio.htm Extremophiles http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00792/ Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/5/0/5/5/1/6/
Plant biotechnology Biochemical engineering Web alert Jean-Louis Boulay* and Sylvie Miot† A selection of World Wide Web sites relevant to papers published in this issue of Current Opinion in Biotechnology. Addresses Department of Research, University Hospital, Hebelstrasse 20, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland *e-mail: [email protected] † e-mail: [email protected] Current Opinion in Biotechnology 2001, 12:121.
virus-resistant and herbicide-resistant plants and their agronomic and ecological implications. German version available. Metabolic Engineering: Plant Primary Metabolism http://soil-physics.nmsu.edu:8080/molbio This on-line database on plant metabolism, provided by the New Mexico State University, contains over 900 references to journal articles covering carbon and nitrogen metabolism in plants, references to genes, enzymes and transgenic plants. This server is maintained by Laura Haas, Champa Sengupta-Gopalan, Tao Wei, Tim Jones and Mary O’Connell.
Plant biotechnology Plant Biotechnology http://www.biores-irl.ie/biozone/plants.html BioResearch Ireland (BRI), led by Jim Ryan, is a national agency commercialising biotechnology, as a partnership between government and Irish universities. BRI provides Biozone, an educational website on biotechnology. The plant biotechnology section outlines current techniques and developments in this field. Transgenic Plants http://www.ultranet.com/~jkimball/BiologyPages/T/Transgenic Plants.html Among all the information available in Kimball’s Biology Pages, one chapter is dedicated to transgenic plants. Applications such as resistance to insects, herbicides and diseases, the use of antisense techniques and production of exogenous proteins for biopharmaceutical purposes are introduced. Plant Biotechnology Institute http://www.pbi.nrc.ca/pbi.html This website presents research performed at the Plant Biotechnology Institute of the Canadian National Research Council. Projects include growth regulation by abscisic acid-like hormones in physiological and developmental processes, legume biotechnology, as well as seed oil modification. Forever Flowers and Fruits http://agriculture.tusk.edu/biotech/Prakash_publications/forever_ flowers.html This article by CS Prakash, head of the Center for Plant Biotechnology Research at Tuskegee University, describes how introduction of the Arabidopsis gene etr1-1 into tomatoes and petunias, confers loss of responsiveness to ethylene, thereby delaying fruit ripening and flower senescence. Plant Hormones and Growth Regulatory Substances http://www.plant-hormones.bbsrc.ac.uk/education/Kenhp.htm This page on plant hormones was created by Ken Maas at Northern Illinois University. Information available includes biochemical and physiological aspects of plant hormones and growth regulatory substances, and subsequent applications in biotechnology. Workshop http://www.bba.de/gentech/workshop.htm This page summarises the workshop on key biosafety aspects of GMOs organised by the German Federal Biological Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry (BBA). Proceedings focus on
Biochemical engineering Department of Food Science and Technology http://www.rdg.ac.uk/AcaDepts/af/courses/fs560/index.htm RA Rastall is a lecturer in biotechnology at the Department of Food Science and Technology of the University of Reading. He has designed and maintains this learning resource on industrial enzymology. Topics include biosensors, biotransformations, protein engineering, immobilised enzymes and applied enzyme kinetics. Centre for Extremophile Research http://www.bath.ac.uk/Centres/CER/ Research at the Centre for Extremophile Research of the University of Bath, conducted by Michael Danson, mainly focuses on enzymes from extremophiles for industrial and environmental applications. Pages, designed by Philip Retter, Ellen Simms and Peter Culshaw, include an introduction, examples and applications. Extremophiles IGM Orsay http://www-archbac.u-psud.fr/ The Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Extremophiles of the University of Paris-South in Orsay focuses research on archaea and hyperthermophilic bacteria. This website details achievements and current projects, including the brochure of the ‘Biology of Extremophiles’, a programme funded by the European Union. Access to relevant links and resources. French version available. Fermentation Technology http://www.kfa-juelich.de/ibt/ferm/ferm.html Research at the Institute of Biotechnology 2 of the Jülich Research Centre is conducted by Christian Wandrey. Sections detail ongoing projects on cell-culture technology, enzymatic biotransformation, bioorganic chemistry and fermentation process. German version available.
On-line journals Journal of Experimental Botany http://jxb.oupjournals.org/ Journal of Plant Physiology http://www.urbanfischer.de/journals/frame_template.htm?/jour nals/jpp/p_physio.htm Extremophiles http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00792/ Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/5/0/5/5/1/6/