Search

… all genes have completely unknown functions — like a vast library of books written in a yet-to-be-deciphered language. … over a billion years of evolution offers catalogs of enzymes, secondary metabolites, and other parts lists for … paper highlights how fungi produce "an incredible array of enzymes and secondary metabolites, many of which hold great …

… So a few years ago, when they set out to analyze 500 metagenomes, it was the biggest project the JGI had ever put … Mendota. In this episode: the software evolution that made metagenome assemblies like this possible. …

… into an expression vector to create an sgRNA plasmid library. The team was then able to screen for the most … growth. By contrast, an initial screen using an unvetted library (with both active and inactive sgRNAs) appeared to …