Improved performance of Eimeria-infected chickens fed corn expressing a single-domain antibody against interleukin-10.

Antimicrobial resistance is a significant challenge for human and animal health, and developing effective antibiotic-free treatments is a strategy to help mitigate microbial resistance. The global poultry industry faces growing challenges from Eimeria-induced coccidiosis, a serious enteric disease of chickens that currently requires treatment using ionophore antibiotics. Eimeria stimulates interleukin-10 (IL-10) expression in the small intestine and caecum of infected chickens, suppressing their immune response and facilitating disease progression.

Engineering a thermoregulated intein-modified xylanase into maize for consolidated lignocellulosic biomass processing.

Plant cellulosic biomass is an abundant, low-cost feedstock for producing biofuels and chemicals. Expressing cell wall-degrading (CWD) enzymes (e.g.

Global and grain-specific accumulation of glycoside hydrolase family 10 xylanases in transgenic maize (Zea mays).

In planta expression of cell wall degrading enzymes is a promising approach for developing optimized biomass feedstocks that enable low-cost cellulosic biofuels production. Transgenic plants could serve as either an enzyme source for the hydrolysis of pretreated biomass or as the primary biomass feedstock in an autohydrolysis process. In this study, two xylanase genes, Bacillus sp.

Characterization and plant expression of a glyphosate-tolerant enolpyruvylshikimate phosphate synthase.

Background: Glyphosate tolerance is a dominant trait in modern biotech crops.

Results: A gene encoding a glyphosate-tolerant EPSP synthase (aroA(1398)) from bacterial strain ATX1398 was cloned and characterized. The protein is initiated at a GTG translational start codon to produce a protein that provides robust glyphosate resistance in Escherichia coli (Mig) Cast & Chalm.