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Microfluidic Coaxial Bioprinting of Hollow, Standalone, and Perfusable Vascular Conduits
Three-dimensional bioprinting represents promising approach for fabricating standalone and perfusable vascular conduits using biocompatible materials. Here we describe a step-by-step method by using a multicha...
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Open AccessEngineering multifunctional bactericidal nanofibers for abdominal hernia repair
The engineering of multifunctional surgical bactericidal nanofibers with inherent suitable mechanical and biological properties, through facile and cheap fabrication technology, is a great challenge. Moreover,...
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Local Delivery of CTGF siRNA with Poly(sorbitol-co-PEI) Reduces Scar Contraction in Cutaneous Wound Healing
Healing process in scarring inevitably produces a considerable amount of non-organized dense collagen-rich matrix called scar thus impairing the native structure of skin. Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF)...
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Gene therapy for bone tissue engineering
Gene therapy holds a great promise and has been extensively investigated to improve bone formation and regeneration therapies in bone tissue engineering. A variety of osteogenic genes can be delivered by combi...
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Biosynthesis of the nargenicin A1 pyrrole moiety from Nocardia sp. CS682
A number of structurally diverse natural products harboring pyrrole moieties possess a wide range of biological activities. Studies on biosynthesis of pyrrole ring have shown that pyrrole moieties are derived ...
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Metabolic engineering of Streptomyces venezuelae for malonyl-CoA biosynthesis to enhance heterologous production of polyketides
Using metabolic engineering, we developed Streptomyces venezuelae YJ028 as an efficient heterologous host to increase the malonyl-CoA pool to be directed towards enhanced production of various polyketides. To pro...
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Heterologous expression of metK1-sp and afsR-sp in Streptomyces venezuelae for the production of pikromycin
Two regulator genes, metK1-sp and afsR-sp, from Streptomyces peucetius ATCC 27952 were heterologously expressed in S. venezuelae ATCC 15439, to produce 14-membered pikromycin antibiotics. The production of pikrom...