Cannabis sativa L. is an important herbaceous species originating from Central Asia, which
has been used in folk medicine and as a source of textile fiber since the dawn of times. This …

Plant transformation has enabled fundamental insights into plant biology and revolutionized
commercial agriculture. Unfortunately, for most crops, transformation and regeneration …

Our ability to generate bacterial strains with unique and increasingly complex functions has
rapidly expanded in recent times. The capacity for DNA synthesis is increasing and costing …

Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an increasingly attractive host for synthetic biology because of
its long history in industrial fermentations. However, until recently, most synthetic biology …

Carotenoids are vital phytonutrients widely recognised for their health benefits. Therefore, it
is vital to thoroughly investigate the metabolic regulatory network underlying carotenoid …

Plant Synthetic Biology requires robust and efficient methods for assembling multigene
constructs. Golden Gate cloning provides a precision module-based cloning technique for …

The continual demand for specialized molecular cloning techniques that suit a broad range
of applications has driven the development of many different cloning strategies. One method …

Plant synthetic biology aims to apply engineering principles to plant genetic design. One
strategic requirement of plant synthetic biology is the adoption of common standardized …

Inventors in the field of mechanical and electronic engineering can access multitudes of
components and, thanks to standardization, parts from different manufacturers can be used …

DNA assembly is a key part of constructing gene expression systems and even whole
chromosomes. In the past decade, a plethora of powerful new DNA assembly methods …