Feb 28, 2014
Prochlooroccus is the most abundant phototroph on earth. Based on extensive transcriptome analysis, it was found that gene expression, gene necessity, and mRNA turnover contribute to core genome maintenance during cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus genus evolution. Bang...
Feb 27, 2014
Corn is China’s largest crop and maintains an important position in China’s grdain security. The program which covers more than 10 R&D institutions including CAAS Institute of Crop Science and CAAS Institute of Biotechnology will focus on corn yield and quality...
Feb 26, 2014
The study was done by Professor ZHANG Xueli’s group at TIB. The pathway engineering involved is based on a synergistic effect of transhydrogenase and NAD kinase to increase NADPH supply and led to 10.8 g/L isobutanol production in 24 hrs with a yield of 0.62 mol/mol...
Feb 25, 2014
Rapeseed oil is China’s largest source of edible vetetable oil (55 % of total), but oil content of rape is 4 % lower compared to Canadian rapeseed oil (41 %). The Hubei institute has started a breeding program to bridge this gap and reports good progress, with up to...
Feb 25, 2014
Jilin Fuel Ethanol LLC is a joint venture of China Petroleum (55 %), Jilin Alcohol Industry (25 %) and the COFCO group (20 %) started in 2001. By the end of 2003, a 300.000 to fuel ethanol plant was started with a total investment of 2.09 billion Yuan. Meanwhile,...
