High temperature cDNA synthesis by AMV reverse transcriptase improves the specificity of PCR.

abstract：:Costimulatory signal(s) in addition to engagement of T cell receptor is important for optimal activation of T lymphocytes. During last decade several dozens of new costimulatory molecules, including 4-1BB, CD40, OX40, CD27, and ICOS, have been identified. It is likely that in Post-Genome Era more molecules with potent...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Chapoval AI,Zhu G,Chen L

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laccases are polyphenol oxidoreductases used in a number of industrial applications. Due to the increasing demand for these "green catalysis" enzymes, the identification and biochemical characterisation of their novel properties is essential. In our study, cloned Madurella mycetomatis laccase (mmlac) genes were hetero...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Tülek A,Karataş E,Çakar MM,Aydın D,Yılmazcan Ö,Binay B

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant adenovirus vectors have proven to be useful tools in facilitating gene transfer. Construction of such vectors requires a knowledge of the adenovirus genome structure and its life cycle. A commonly used recombinant adenovirus involves deletion of the E1 region; such a recombinant is traditionally produced b...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Davis AR,Wivel NA,Palladino JL,Tao L,Wilson JM

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Technological achievements in the last 5 to 10 yr and their application to sequencing and polymorphism discovery in the human genome have fostered a renewed interest in the genetic basis of drug response. Consequently, the field of pharmacogenetics/pharmacogenomics has been gaining momentum, fueled not only on technol...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： McCarthy JJ

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diversity and complexity of bioinformatics tools currently available for protein sequence analysis can make it difficult to know where to begin when presented with a new sequence. In this article, we present a protocol outlining one approach to sequence analysis that should give as comprehensive a picture as possi...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Russell RB

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Megaprimer-based methodology has been widely applied in site-directed mutagenesis, but rarely used in gene splicing. In this article, we describe a modification of the megaprimer PCR method, which can efficiently create and amplify a specific ligated chimeric gene segment in a PCR reaction and under a common PCR progr...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Chen JR,Lü JJ,Wang HF

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of photoprotection by dietary means is gaining momentum. Plant constituents such as carotenoids and flavonoids are involved in protection against excess light in plants and contribute to the prevention of UV damage in humans. As micronutrients, they are ingested with the diet and are distributed into light...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Stahl W,Sies H

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PREP1/p160 is a protein complex with relevant physiopathological roles in vivo. p160 regulates PREP1 transcriptional activity by preventing the formation of other PREP1-containing complexes, whereas PREP1 regulates p160 activity by increasing its stability. This induces the repression of the insulin-regulated glucose ...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Lorenzo V,Mascanzoni F,Vitagliano L,Ruvo M,Doti N

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) cascade is a central intracellular signaling pathway that is activated by a variety of extracellular stimuli, and thereby regulates cellular processes such as proliferation, differentiation, and oncogenic transformation. To execute these functions, the signals of those s...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Chuderland D,Seger R

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several mutations were introduced into the Cry1Ac toxin gene, resulting in four variants with altered sequences that were responsible for low expression of the toxin in transgenic plants. These variants were as follows: V1, with modified three A/T-rich regions, including the first signal of transcription termination; ...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Misztal LH,Mostowska A,Skibinska M,Bajsa J,Musial WG,Jarmolowski A

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A computer program (PCBI) was developed to quickly calculate codon bias index (CBI). PCBI can analyze a gene containing introns. The 22 preferred codons defined from Saccharomyces cerevisiae were used in PCBI as the standard to measure the CBI values. However, users can modify the preferred codons to suit each organis...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Wang TT,Cheng WC,Lee BH

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiomyocytes are terminally differentiated cells that to date have been characterized as poor targets for nonviral gene transfer. This study was therefore designed to determine the optimal nonviral gene transfer parameters in cell cultures of neonatal rat cardiomyocytes and to compare them with the efficiency of gen...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Djurovic S,Iversen N,Jeansson S,Hoover F,Christensen G

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electron microscopic study of DNA-protein complexes can yield valuable information that is often not easily available by other methods. In this article we give a number of examples that were chosen to illustrate the utility of electron microscopy. Along with the strategy used are protocols that allow such experime...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Schnos M,Inman RB

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dye-based protein determination assays are widely used to estimate protein concentration, however various reports suggest that the response is dependent on the composition and sequence of the protein, limiting confidence in the resulting concentration estimates. In this study a diverse set of model proteins representi...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Noble JE,Knight AE,Reason AJ,Di Matola A,Bailey MJ

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The induction of several secondary metabolites in plants is one of the most commonly observed effects after the external addition of methyl jasmonate (MeJA). After the elicitation of Catharanthus roseus hairy roots with different concentrations of MeJA, changes in the accumulation of alkaloids such as ajmalicine, serp...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Ruiz-May E,Galaz-Avalos RM,Loyola-Vargas VM

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Production of monoclonal antibodies and pharmaceutical proteins in transgenic plants has been the focus of many research efforts for close to 30 years. Use of plants as bioreactors reduces large-scale production costs and minimizes risk for human pathogens contamination. Stable nuclear transformation of the plant geno...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Zvirin T,Magrisso L,Yaari A,Shoseyov O

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deficiency of the lysosomal glucocerebrosidase (GCR) enzyme results in Gaucher's disease, the most common inherited storage disorder. Treatment consists of enzyme replacement therapy by the administration of recombinant GCR produced in Chinese hamster ovary cells. The production of anti-GCR antibodies has already been...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Novo JB,Oliveira ML,Magalhães GS,Morganti L,Raw I,Ho PL

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are the fastest growing class of biopharmaceuticals reflecting their diverse applications in research and the clinic. The correct glycosylation of mAbs is required to elicit effector functions such as complement-dependent and antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity, although these ma...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Hristodorov D,Fischer R,Joerissen H,Müller-Tiemann B,Apeler H,Linden L

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virus crystallography can provide atomic resolution structures for intact isometric virus particles and components thereof. The methodology is illustrated by reference to a particularly complex example, the core of the bluetongue virus (700 A). ...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Fry EE,Grimes J,Stuart DI

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since it was first introduced in late 1990s Wave bioreactor has been used for protein production by mammalian and insect cell lines. However, using Wave bioreactor to produce human monoclonal antibody by stable Drosophila Schneider 2 (S2) cell transfectants has not been reported before. In this study, S2 cells were co...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Wang L,Hu H,Yang J,Wang F,Kaisermayer C,Zhou P

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major online single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) databases freely available as research tools for genetic analysis are explained, reviewed, and compared. An outline is given of the search strategies that can be used with the most extensive current SNP databases: National Centre for Biotechnology Information (NCBI...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Phillips C

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, human alpha-1,4-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (alpha4GnT) fused with GFP(uv) (GFP(uv)-alpha4GnT) was expressed using both a transformed cell system and silkworm larvae. A Tn-pXgp-GFP(uv)-alpha4GnT cell line, isolated after expression vector transfection, produced 106 mU/ml of alpha4GnT activity in sus...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Nakajima M,Kato T,Kanamasa S,Park EY

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The simple use of nonisotopic hybridization probes to detect complementary sequences provides valuable information in a large number of research and commercial applications. In hybridization assays, the four "S's (speed, simplicity, sensitivity, and specificity) are important criteria for determining the choice of pro...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Ruth JL

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small ubiquitin-related modifier (SUMO) fusion system has been shown to be efficient for enhancing expression and preventing degradation of the target protein. We showed herein that SUMO fusion to human keratinocyte growth factor 2 (hKGF-2) gene was feasible and it significantly enhanced protein expression and its eff...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Wu X,Nie C,Huang Z,Nie Y,Yan Q,Xiao Y,Su Z,Huang Y,Xiao J,Zeng Y,Tan Y,Feng W,Li X

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G-quartets are square planar arrangements of four guanine bases, which can form extraordinarily stable stacks when present in nucleic acid sequences. Such G-quadruplex structures were long regarded as an in vitro phenomenon, but the widespread presence of suitable sequences in genomes and the identification of protein...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Bryan TM,Baumann P

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies (Mabs) against human chorionic gonadotropin hormone (hCG) were raised by hybridoma technology using Sp2/0 myeloma cells as fusion partner. Sixty-five percent of the total culture wells exhibited hybrid growth and 8% of the total wells (13 culture wells) contained anti-hCG secreting hybrids. A pos...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Novo C,Domingos A,Karmali A

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Menstrual blood has been recognized as an easily accessible and inexpensive source of stem cells, in recent years. To establish a safe and efficient protocol for development of menstrual blood-derived stem cells (MenSCs) into osteoblasts, the effect of substitution of fetal bovine serum (FBS) with human platelet deriv...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Kazemnejad S,Najafi R,Zarnani AH,Eghtesad S

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we investigated the relative expression of the Rous sarcoma virus (RSV) promoter-driven expression of enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) in fibroblasts of transgenic quails. We analyzed the direct influence of CpG methylation of the RSV promoter on the transcriptional activity of delivered transg...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Jang HJ,Choi JW,Kim YM,Shin SS,Lee K,Han JY

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A detailed method is presented for the creation of head-to-tail multimers of short blunt restriction fragments, ligated into a plasmid vector in a single-tube reaction. Random priming of the concatemer insert readily yields hybridization probes of high specificity, unattainable from the short monomer fragments. ...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Kapros T,Robertson AJ,Waterborg JH

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considering the fact that Prays oleae is one of the most pathogenic insects to the olive tree in the Mediterranean basin, particularly in Tunisia, the mode of action of Cry insecticidal toxins of Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki in Prays oleae midgut was investigated. The proteolysis of Bacillus thuringiensis delta-end...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Rouis S,Chakroun M,Saadaoui I,Jaoua S

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00