Improved method for generating microarray probes using submicrogram amounts of total RNA.

abstract：:DNA beta is an approx 1350 nucleotide, single-stranded DNA molecule which has been shown to be associated with some monopartite geminiviruses of the genus Begomovirus. This component requires the helper begomovirus for replication in the cells of host plants and for insect transmission, possibly by trans-encapsidation...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Briddon RW,Bull SE,Mansoor S,Amin I,Markham PG

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA editing is one of the post-transcriptional RNA processes. RNA editing generates RNA and protein diversity in eukaryotes and results in specific amino acid substitutions, deletions, and changes in gene expression levels. Adenosine-to-inosine RNA editing represents the most important class of editing in human and af...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Tang W,Fei Y,Page M

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucellosis, one of the most important re-emerging zoonoses in many countries, is caused by bacteria belonging to the genus Brucella. Furthermore these bacteria represent potential biological warfare agents and the identification of species and biovars of field strains may be crucial for tracing back source of infecti...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： De Santis R,Ancora M,De Massis F,Ciammaruconi A,Zilli K,Di Giannatale E,Pittiglio V,Fillo S,Lista F

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To develop combined vaccine systems, we have generated Edwardsiella tarda ghosts (ETG) displaying a foreign protein on the outer membrane and also Ed. tarda cadaver (ETC) expressing a heterologous protein in the cytoplasm. Green fluorescent protein (GFP) was used as a model foreign protein. A constitutive promoter (Et...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Choi SH,Nam YK,Kim KH

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transgenic rice seed can be utilized as a bioreactor to produce high-value recombinant proteins. Mouse interleukin 4 (mIL-4) and mIL-6 were specifically expressed as secretory proteins in rice endosperm by ligating the N-terminal glutelin B-1 (GluB-1) signal peptide and the C-terminal KDEL endoplasmic reticulum retent...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Fujiwara Y,Yang L,Takaiwa F,Sekikawa K

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:L-Cysteine desulfhydrase (DES; EC 4.4.1.1) is the most important enzyme that catalyzes the decomposition of L-cysteine to pyruvate, ammonia, and hydrogen sulfide (H2S), the latter of which has recently been recognized as the third gasotransmitter for multiple signaling events in plants. Previous results showed the exi...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Xie Y,Lai D,Mao Y,Zhang W,Shen W,Guan R

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tea, a beverage crop, is a rich source of polyphenols and polysaccharides which greatly attribute to its importance. However, oxidation and precipitation of these compounds during nucleic acids extraction is a limitation to molecular biology and genomic studies. On isolation of total RNA from root tissue using establi...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Muoki RC,Paul A,Kumari A,Singh K,Kumar S

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a growing pharmaceutical market for protein-based drugs for use in therapy and diagnosis. The rapid developments in molecular and cell biology have resulted in production of expression systems for manufacturing of recombinant proteins and monoclonal antibodies. These proteins are glycosylated when expressed i...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Nilsson B

更新日期：1994-12-01 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：:D-Stereospecific amidohydrolase (DAH) from Streptomyces sp. 82F2 has potential utility for the synthesis of D/L configuration dipeptides by an aminolysis reaction. Structural comparison of DAH with substrate-bound D-amino acid amidase revealed that three residues located in the active site pocket of DAH (Thr145, Ala26...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Elyas YYA,Miyatani K,Shimizu K,Arima J

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Association studies using genome scans to identify quantitative trait loci for multifactorial disorders, with anything approaching reasonable power, have been compromised by the need for a very dense array of genetic markers and large numbers of affected individuals. These requirements impose enormous burdens on the g...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Curran S,Hill L,O'Grady G,Turic D,Asherson P,Taylor E,Sham P,Craig I,Vaughan P

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (T-RFLP) or Fluorescent Polymerase Chain Reaction/Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (FluRFLP) have made a significant impact on the way in which PCR products amplified from mixed community DNA extracts have been assessed. Technically, these approaches are essent...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Bruce KD,Hughes MR

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants synthesize amino acids by collateral metabolic pathways using primary elements carbon and oxygen from air, hydrogen from water in soil and nitrogen from soil. Following synthesis, amino acids are immediately used for metabolism, transient storage or transported to the phloem. Different families of transporters ...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Chakraborty N,Besra A,Basak J

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng. (Rutaceae), is an aromatic plant and much valued for its flavor, nutritive and medicinal properties. In this study, three DNA fingerprinting methods viz., random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD), directed amplification of minisatellite DNA (DAMD), and inter-simple sequence repeat (...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Verma S,Rana TS

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we investigated expression and dimerization of an ER-associated degradation (ERAD) substrate, a null Hong Kong variant of α-1-antitrypsin (NHK) using immunoblotting assay and a novel NanoLuc complementary reporter system called the NanoBiT (NB) assay. This NB-tagged NHK made it possible to monitor the i...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Norisada J,Fujimura K,Amaya F,Kohno H,Hirata Y,Oh-Hashi K

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The monomeric bacteriophage RNA polymerases allow the synthesis of virtually any RNA molecule in unlimited quantity. In this protocol, we describe the preparation of plasmid and PCR-derived templates. A basic transcription protocol is provided with several optional modifications. The use of RNA probes in Northern blot...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Belin D

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficient display of antibody on filamentous phage M13 coat is crucial for successful biopanning selections. We applied a directed evolution strategy to improve the oligovalent display of a poorly behaving Fab fragment fused to phage gene-3 for minor coat protein (g3p). The Fab displaying clones were enriched from a r...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Huovinen T,Sanmark H,Ylä-Pelto J,Vehniäinen M,Lamminmäki U

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：:This study uses PCR-derived marker systems to investigate the extent and distribution of genetic variability of 53 Garnacha accessions coming from Italy, France and Spain. The samples studied include 28 Italian accessions (named Tocai rosso in Vicenza area; Alicante in Sicily and Elba island; Gamay perugino in Perugia...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Meneghetti S,Costacurta A,Frare E,Da Rold G,Migliaro D,Morreale G,Crespan M,Sotés V,Calò A

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brn-3a, a member of the POU gene family (so-called because of the similarity with the group of transcription factors Pit, Oct, and Unc), was found in neuronal cells engaged in the transcription activity of the p1 and p2 promoters of the most powerful antiapoptotic gene, namely, Bcl-2. The alternative splicing of Brn-3...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Chiarugi V,Del Rosso M,Magnelli L

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The REDOX-RESPONSIVE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1 (RRTF1) gene encodes a member of the ERF/AP2 transcription factor family involved in redox homeostasis. The RRTF1 gene shows tissue-specific responsiveness to various abiotic stress treatments including a response to salt stress in roots. An interesting feature of this respo...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Soliman ERS,Meyer P

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:De novo design provides an in silico toolkit for the design of novel small molecular structures to a set of specified structural constraints. With the avalanche of bioinformatics data, de novo design is ideally suited for exploring molecules that could be useful for chemical genomics. The design process involves manip...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Dean PM

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biobanks, more formally known as biological resource centers (BRCs), form an "unsung" yet critical component of the infrastructures for scientific research, industry and conservation, without which much of the current scientific activity involving microbial cultures and cell-lines would be effectively impossible. BRCs...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Day JG,Stacey GN

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA interference methodology suppresses specific gene expression, thus mimicking loss-of-function mutation and enabling in vitro and in vivo gene function analysis. Lipofectamine RNAiMAX, a new transfection reagent, has been confirmed high efficiency in delivering small interfering RNA (siRNA) into mesenchymal stem ce...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Zhao M,Yang H,Jiang X,Zhou W,Zhu B,Zeng Y,Yao K,Ren C

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that mRNA-electroporated dendritic cells (DCs) are able to process and present tumor-associated antigens, leading to the activation of tumor-specific T cells in vitro and in vivo. However, the optimal maturation state of antigen loading and half-life of the mRNA-translated protein product a...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Met O,Eriksen J,Svane IM

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of certain transgenes from an adenovirus vector can be deleterious to its own replication. This can result in the inhibition of virus rescue, reduced viral yields, or, in the worst case, make it impossible to construct a vector expressing the inhibiting transgene product. A gene regulation system based on t...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Gall JG,Lizonova A,EttyReddy D,McVey D,Zuber M,Kovesdi I,Aughtman B,King CR,Brough DE

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a unified rapid betaine-based-PCR protocol for amplification of the (CAG)n region in Huntington disease (HD) and the (CGG)n region in Fragile X syndrome (FXS), followed by an electrophoretic separation on automated sequencer for precise determination of the triplet numbers. The high betaine concentration ...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Todorov T,Todorova A,Georgieva B,Mitev V

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD151 is an abundantly expressed eukaryotic transmembrane protein on the cell surface. It is involved in cell adhesion, angiogenesis and signal transduction as well in disease conditions such as cancer and viral infections. However, the molecular mechanism of CD151 activation is poorly understood due to the lack of st...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Purushothaman G,Thiruvenkatam V

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary cancers account for approximately 10 % of breast and ovarian cancers. Mutations of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, encoding two proteins involved in DNA repair, underlie most cases of such hereditary cancers. Women with BRCA mutations develop breast cancer in 50-80 % of cases and ovarian cancer in 10-40 % of cas...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Vuttariello E,Borra M,Calise C,Mauriello E,Greggi S,Vecchione A,Biffali E,Chiappetta G

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA molecular analyses together with ampelography, ampelometry, and biochemistry are essential for grapevine identification and investigation of genetic differences among the Vitis vinifera L. cultivars and clones. Ten Malvasia cultivars (i.e., Istrian Malvasia; M. delle Lipari; M. bianca di Candia; M. di Candia A...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Meneghetti S,Poljuha D,Frare E,Costacurta A,Morreale G,Bavaresco L,Calò A

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00