Synthetic alkane-inducible biosensors have applications as detectors for environmental
hydrocarbon contamination and as novel inducible expression systems with low-cost …

Intracellular metabolic sensors can be used for efficient screening and optimization of
microbial cell factories. In particular, the sensors are useful in acquiring information about …

Construction of highly efficient microbial cell factories producing drop-in biofuel alkanes is
severely limited due to the lack of a fast detection method against alkanes. Here we first …

Biosynthetic alkane using acyl-ACP aldehyde reductase (AAR) and aldehyde-deformylating
oxygenase (ADO) from cyanobacteria is considered a promising alternative for the …

Effective application of whole-cell devices in synthetic biology and biocatalysis will always
require consideration of the uptake of molecules of interest into the cell. Here we …

The ability of bacteria to sense specific molecules within their environment and trigger
metabolic responses in accordance is an invaluable biotechnological resource. While many …

In recent years, small-molecule biosensors have become increasingly important in synthetic
biology and biochemistry, with numerous new applications continuing to be developed …

In recent years, transcriptional biosensors have become valuable tools in metabolic
engineering as they allow semiquantitative determination of metabolites in single cells …

Many bacteria utilize polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) as carbon and energy sources
for growth. These bacteria play an important role in the amelioration of PAH pollution in …

Robust fluorescence-based biosensors are emerging as critical tools for high-throughput
strain improvement in synthetic biology. Many biosensors are developed in model …