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GI-1208
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BIOTECHNOLOGY
Group info
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GI-1208 |
| Short Name: |
BIOTEC |
| Name: |
Biotechnology |
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Departamento de Microbioloxía e Parasitoloxía
Departamento de Bioloxía Funcional
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| Contact: |
REVILLA LOPEZ, MARIA GLORIA - mgloria.revilla@usc.es
Telf.
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Research field - Genetic fitness of yeast and bacteria of industrial interest
- Cloning of genes from Higher Plantas and Microorganisms with Biotechnological and Industrial interest
- Fermentation Pilot Plant optimization to Biotechnological Processes and exploitation of cloned genes from higher plants and microorganisms
- Plant growth regulation
- • Regulation of gene expression of apoplastic enzymes
- • Role of apoplastic factors on the regulation of the mechanical properties of plant cell walls (extensibility) and of the tissues (texture)
- • Plant cell wall structure
- Carbohydrates
- • In vitro plant cell culture. Plants and transformed plants micropropagation and adventitious regeneration .
- • Plant secondary metabolism. Isolation a characyterization of the metabolites with pharmacological utility
- • Postharvest physiology of fruits. Plant cell wall function.
- • Germplasm conservation of endangered endemic plants
- Histology and ultrastructural studies in plants
- Cloning of car genes from microbial and higher plants sources for the industrial production of polyisoprenes
- Use of Plants and Microorganisms for Bioremediation
Technology services - Support to Biotechnological Companies in processes related to gene cloning and exploitation of industrial genes/strains
- • Strucutral and functional characterization of complex carbohydrates by GC-MS, FTIR and HPLC
- • Analysis of phenolic compounds by GC-MS, FTIR and HPLC
- • Study of mechanical properties of plant materials by stress-relaxation and creep techniques
- • Application of glycanases for complex carbohydrates modification
- • Plant conservation by micropropagation and adventitious regeneration
- Plant secondary metabolites with pharmacological application and their optimization by in vitro cell culture
Key words - CLoning, astaxanthin, cantaxanthin, industrial enzymes, cell wall, micropopagation, polysaccharides, glycanases
Researchers External collaborators | Name | Institution | | ALMUDENA DIAZ PEREIRA | Centro de Transfusión de Galicia | | Manuel Ángel Rey Fraile | Universidade de Vigo | | M. LUZ CENTENO MARTIN | Universidad de León | | M. LUZ CENTENO MARTIN | Universidad de León |
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