Filamentous actinomycetes are commercially widely used as producers of natural products. However, the mycelial life-style of actinomycetes has been a major bottleneck in their commercialization, and screening is difficult due to the poor 5 growth in microtitre plates. We previously demonstrated that the enhanced expression of the cell division activator protein SsgA results in fragmented growth...

Since the mid 1980s, applied general equilibrium (AGE) models have been used to analyze the effects of regional economic policies. Unfortunately, most regional AGE models use assumptions that are too restrictive to yield reliable results. This paper presents an AGE model for regional policy analysis that has four major improvements compared to existing regional AGE models. First, the model is d...

This paper describes the theoretical and empirical features of G-Cubed, a multicountry, multi-sector intertemporal general equilibrium model. G-Cubed combines the attractive features of macroeconometric models and computable general equilibrium models into a unified framework. It has been used to study a variety of topics including: greenhouse gas policy, trade liberalization, tax policy and ma...

Filamentous actinomycetes are commercially widely used as producers of natural products. However, the mycelial lifestyle of actinomycetes has been a major bottleneck in their commercialization, and screening is difficult due to their poor growth on microtiter plates. We previously demonstrated that the enhanced expression of the cell division activator protein SsgA results in the fragmented gro...

As the chances of a successful conclusion to the Doha Round of trade liberalization under the WTO become increasingly problematic, so the pace of negotiating local free trade agreements (FTAs) is increasing. According to the WTO report, countries in the Asia-Pacific region are “consolidating their drive towards regionalism at an accelerated pace”. After the trade agreements between China an...