Plant natural products (PNPs) are the main sources of drugs, food additives, and new
biofuels and have become a hotspot in synthetic biology. In the past two decades, the …

Plant natural products (PNPs) are specialized metabolites with diverse bioactivities. They
are extensively used in the pharmaceutical, cosmeceutical and food industries. PNPs are …

Artemisinin-based therapies are the only effective treatment for malaria, the most
devastating disease in human history. To meet the growing demand for artemisinin and …

Leading researchers working on synthetic biology technologies and their applications
gathered at the University of Edinburgh in May 2018 to discuss the latest challenges and …

Insect pests cause significant global agricultural damage and lead to major financial and
environmental costs. Crops contain intrinsic defenses to protect themselves from such pests …

With distribution of genetic materials and advance molecular characteristics, the chloroplast
is prokaryotic compartments within the eukaryotic plants that have turned into a crucial …

Photosynthetic microalgae harbor enormous potential as light-driven green-cell factories for
sustainable bio-production of a range of natural and heterologous products such as …

Molecular farming intends to use crop plants as biofactories for high value-added
compounds following application of a wide range of biotechnological tools. In particular, the …

Highlights•A new selectable marker and an improved inducible expression system for
plastids.•Plastid engineering provides access to a large repertoire of metabolic pathways.• …

Monoterpene indole alkaloids (MIAs) are a diverse class of plant natural products that
include a number of medicinally important compounds. We set out to reconstitute the …