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| Title |
Synthesis of an antiviral drug precursor from chitin using a saprophyte as a whole-cell catalyst
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| Published in |
Microbial Cell Factories, December 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-2859-10-102 |
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| Authors |
Matthias G Steiger, Astrid R Mach-Aigner, Rita Gorsche, Erwin E Rosenberg, Marko D Mihovilovic, Robert L Mach |
| Abstract |
Recent incidents, such as the SARS and influenza epidemics, have highlighted the need for readily available antiviral drugs. One important precursor currently used for the production of Relenza, an antiviral product from GlaxoSmithKline, is N-acetylneuraminic acid (NeuNAc). This substance has a considerably high market price despite efforts to develop cost-reducing (biotechnological) production processes. Hypocrea jecorina (Trichoderma reesei) is a saprophyte noted for its abundant secretion of hydrolytic enzymes and its potential to degrade chitin to its monomer N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc). Chitin is considered the second most abundant biomass available on earth and therefore an attractive raw material. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profile of 1 X user who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 40 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 40 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 9 | 23% |
| Lecturer | 5 | 13% |
| Professor | 4 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 8% |
| Other | 7 | 18% |
| Unknown | 9 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 23% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 13% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 5% |
| Chemistry | 2 | 5% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 4 | 10% |
| Unknown | 16 | 40% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 September 2012.
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#7,173,115
of 22,675,759 outputs
Outputs from Microbial Cell Factories
#489
of 1,582 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#66,858
of 240,356 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Microbial Cell Factories
#16
of 32 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 22,675,759 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 67th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1,582 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 4.4. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 67% of its peers.
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