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ArticleBiotechnology for biofuels2017

Screening and evolution of a novel protist xylose isomerase from the termite

Satoshi Katahira, Nobuhiko Muramoto, Shigeharu Moriya, Risa Nagura, Nobuki Tada, Noriko Yasutani, Moriya Ohkuma, Toru Onishi, Kenro Tokuhiro

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Article in Biotechnology for biofuels, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Metabolic Engineering ofFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2020
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  14. Structure-based directed evolution improvesBiotechnology for biofuels · 2020
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  15. Xylose fermentation efficiency of industrialBiotechnology for biofuels · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Satoshi KatahiraBioinspired Systems Research-Domain, Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc., 41-1, Yokomichi, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1192 Japan.
Nobuhiko MuramotoBioinspired Systems Research-Domain, Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc., 41-1, Yokomichi, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1192 Japan.
Shigeharu MoriyaRIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045 Japan.
Risa NaguraBioinspired Systems Research-Domain, Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc., 41-1, Yokomichi, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1192 Japan.
Nobuki TadaBiotechnology and Afforestation Laboratory, New Business Planning Div, Toyota Motor Corporation, 1099 Marune, Kurozasa-cho, Miyoshi, Aichi 470-0201 Japan.
Noriko YasutaniBiotechnology and Afforestation Laboratory, New Business Planning Div, Toyota Motor Corporation, 1099 Marune, Kurozasa-cho, Miyoshi, Aichi 470-0201 Japan.
Moriya OhkumaRIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 3-1-1 Koyadai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0074 Japan.
Toru OnishiBiotechnology and Afforestation Laboratory, New Business Planning Div, Toyota Motor Corporation, 1099 Marune, Kurozasa-cho, Miyoshi, Aichi 470-0201 Japan.
Kenro TokuhiroBioinspired Systems Research-Domain, Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc., 41-1, Yokomichi, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1192 Japan.
Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories (Japan) · JPToyota Motor Corporation (Japan) · JPRIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe yeast

resultsEight novel XI genes were obtained from a cDNA library, prepared from the protists of the

conclusionsA novel XI gene conferring superior xylose utilization in

Indexed as

Cloning and functional expression of XI geneEthanol productionMutagenesisSaccharomyces cerevisiaeTermiteXylose fermentationXylose isomerase

Identifiers

PMID28852424
PMCPMC5569483
OpenAlexW2746393806

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