Methods to quantify the biotin-binding capacity of streptavidin-coated polypropylene PCR plates.

abstract：:A novel cDNA for the flavonoid-3',5'-hydroxylase (F35H) gene was cloned from petals of Phalaenopsis, and designated as Phf35h (accession number DQ148458 in GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ). The genomic clone of Phf35h was isolated by a PCR-based strategy. Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed that its genomic clone contains one int...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wang J,Ming F,Han Y,Shen D

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We truncated the VP2 protein of infectious bursal disease virus into five fragments: V1-5. All fragments were displayed on the inner membrane of the Escherichia coli periplasm. After disruption of the outer membrane, spheroplasts that had anchored with the VP2 fragment were incubated with an anti-VP2 polyclonal antibo...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Guo M,Xu LM,Zhou B,Yin JC,Ye XL,Ren GP,Li DS

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solubilization of lignin and carbohydrates from the lignin-holocellulose structure of cotton seed-coat fragments was investigated by UV/VIS spectrometry. Xylanase (Pulpzyme HC) pre-treatment partially destroyed the lignocellulosic structure of the seed-coat fragments, producing reducing sugars and soluble lignin in th...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Csiszár E,Losonczi A,Koczka B,Szakács G,Pomlényi A

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dicistronic expression vector was constructed for Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells that produce both selectable marker-DHFR (dihydrofolate reductase) gene and recombinant antibody cDNA from a single primary transcript via differential splicing. The vector was derived from a pDHL vector and contained the human const...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Xiong KH,Liang QC,Xiong H,Zou CX,Gao GD,Zhao ZW,Zhang H

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipase-catalyzed synthesis of potential multifunctional ribavirin derivatives was performed in acetone. Divinyl dicarboxylates with different chain lengths (C4, C6, C9, C10) were used as acyl donors and the reactions were catalyzed by lipase immobilized on acrylic resin from Candida antarctica (CAL-B). Ribavirin was r...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Liu BK,Wang N,Wu Q,Xie CY,Lin XF

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Washed cells (62 mg) of Kitasatospora sp. GF12 in 4 ml buffer (pH 7) catalyzed the regioselective hydroxylation of 60 mM 1,3-adamantanediol [1,3-ad(OH)(2)] to 30.9 mM 1,3,5-adamantanetriol [1,3,5-ad(OH)(3)] over 120 h at 24 °C. Glycerol at 400 mM was added to the reaction mixture to recycle the intracellular NADH/NADP...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Mitsukura K,Yamanaka N,Yoshida T,Nagasawa T

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Heterotrophic manganese (Mn)-oxidizing microorganisms responsible for biogenic manganese oxide (Bio-MnOx) production are fastidious. Their enrichment is not easily accomplished by merely adding a soluble organic substrate to non-sterile mixed cultures. The objective of this study was to evaluate polycaprolact...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Aoki M,Miyashita Y,Tran PT,Okuno Y,Watari T,Yamaguchi T

更新日期：2021-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Motif analysis of PGa4 indicated that eight consecutive guanine residues were most important for pyrroloquinoline quinine glucose dehydrogenase (PQQGDH) recognition. Because the truncated mutants minimized unexpected interactions between PGa4 and the target-binding aptamer, they will now facilitate the construction of...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Abe K,Sode K,Ikebukuro K

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF WORK:To increase the bioproduction of L-phenylacetylcarbinol (PAC), a precursor molecule in the synthesis of the decongestants ephedrine and pseudoephedrine and which suffers from substrate, product, and by-product inhibition, by ensuring that the delivery of the substrate, benzaldehyde, is maintained within...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Khan TR,Daugulis AJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The industrial-scale production of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) mainly uses strains of Rhodotorula. However, the PAL gene from Rhodotorula has not been cloned. Here, the full-length gene of PAL from Rhodotorula glutinis was isolated. It was 2,121 bp, encoding a polypeptide with 706 amino acids and a calculated MW...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zhu L,Cui W,Fang Y,Liu Y,Gao X,Zhou Z

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A purified recombinant enzyme from Spirochaeta thermophila, that is suggested to be a cellobiose 2-epimerase, was a 47 kDa monomer with a specific activity of 29.2 U min(-1) for mannobiose. The epimerization activity of the recombinant enzyme for mannobiose was maximal at pH 7.0 and 60 °C with a half-life of 124 h. Th...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Park CS,Kim JE,Lee SH,Kim YS,Kang LW,Oh DK

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracts of Salvia species are used in traditional medicine to treat various diseases. The economic importance of this genus has increased in recent years due to evidence that some of its secondary metabolites have valuable pharmaceutical and nutraceutical properties.The bioactivity of sage extracts is mainly due to t...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Marchev A,Haas C,Schulz S,Georgiev V,Steingroewer J,Bley T,Pavlov A

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The exposure of CHO DG44 cells to an osmotic shock, after DNA uptake, results in a cellular volume decrease of approx. 55%. Repetitive osmotic shocks targeted different sub-populations of cells as was demonstrated using two different fluorescent reporter genes. Also the exposure of a calcium phosphate-DNA coprecipitat...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Grosjean F,Bertschinger M,Hacker DL,Wurm FM

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The maltose-binding protein (MBP), which possesses a large number of exposed hydrophobic zones, can be used as a link for the immobilization of growth factors. The amount of immobilized MBP-vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGFs) for polystyrene surface was increased with respect to increasing protein, showing 101...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Han M,Park IS,Kim SH,Kim BS,Kim SH

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding a novel short-chain alcohol dehydrogenase in the thermophilic bacterium, Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans, was identified and overexpressed in Escherichia coli. The enzyme was thermally stable and displayed the highest activity at 70 °C and pH 6.0. It preferred NAD(H) over NADP(H) as a cofactor and ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zhou S,Zhang SC,Lai DY,Zhang SL,Chen ZM

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The open reading frame of the Δ(6)-desaturase gene was isolated from Mortierella alpina W15 and the gene was cloned into a pPIC3.5K vector. The vector was transformed into Pichia pastoris GS115 and expression was induced with methanol. The Δ(6)-desaturase expressed in P. pastoris GS115 catalyzed the conversion of lino...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Liu J,Li D,Yin Y,Wang H,Li M,Yu L

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ammonium is a substrate of the anaerobic ammonium oxidation (Anammox) process but it has been suggested as a substrate-inhibitor because of the action of its unionized form, free ammonia. High pH of the medium is also an important limiting factor of the Anammox bacteria. Both effects are difficult to discriminate. In ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Puyol D,Carvajal-Arroyo JM,Li GB,Dougless A,Fuentes-Velasco M,Sierra-Alvarez R,Field JA

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To establish an automated high-throughput mimic perfusion scale-down model (SDM) in ambr® 15 system. RESULTS:An optimized SDM for mimic perfusion was developed in ambr® 15 system. Cell retention in ambr® 15 was realized by sedimentation and supernatant removal with a retention rate > 95%. Although the SDM c...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Jin L,Wang ZS,Cao Y,Sun RQ,Zhou H,Cao RY

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF WORK:Thymidine is an important precursor in antiviral drugs. We have enhanced thymidine production in E. coli by eliminating the repressors in the transcription of the gene coding for carbamoyl phosphate synthetase. The operon for carbamoyl phosphate synthetase (CarAB) in the thymidine biosynthesis regulator...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Koo BS,Hyun HH,Kim SY,Kim CH,Lee HC

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salt stress is considered one of the main abiotic factors to limit crop growth and productivity by affecting morpho-physiological and biochemical processes. Genetically, a number of salt tolerant Brassica varieties have been developed and introduced, but breeding of such varieties is time consuming. Therefore, current...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Shah N,Anwar S,Xu J,Hou Z,Salah A,Khan S,Gong J,Shang Z,Qian L,Zhang C

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorella protothecoides, a lutein-producing microalga, was grown aerobically in a mineral medium prepared with 70% (v/v) deuterated water. HPLC/atmospheric pressure chemical ionization-mass spectrometry (HPLC/APCI-MS) analysis revealed approximately 58% replacement of hydrogen by deuterium atoms as indicated by the m...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Bhosale P,Serban B,Bernstein PS

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we constructed a genetically modified luciferase of Photinus pyralis that generates more than 10-fold higher luminescence intensity than the wild-type enzyme. In this study, we demonstrate that this modified luciferase enables us to detect ATP at 10(-18) mol, which is almost equal to the quantity contained...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Noda K,Matsuno T,Fujii H,Kogure T,Urata M,Asami Y,Kuroda A

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brevibacterium epidermis DSM 20659 is a halotolerant Gram-positive bacterium which can synthesize the osmolyte, ectoine, but prefers to take it up from its environment. The present study revealed that B. epidermis is equipped with at least one transport system for ectoine, with a maximal transport velocity of 15.7 +/-...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Onraedt A,De Mey M,Walcarius B,Soetaert W,Vandamme EJ

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of the study is to generate a spherical three-dimensional (3D) aggregate of hepatocyte-like cells (HLCs) differentiated from human embryonic stem cells and to investigate the effect of the 3D environment on hepatic maturation and drug metabolism. RESULTS:Quantitative real-time PCR analysis indicated...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Choi YJ,Kim H,Kim JW,Yoon S,Park HJ

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the effectiveness of evoglow-Pp1 as a reporter to study gene expression in bifidobacteria. To choose a strong and constitutive promoter to track fluorescently labelled bifidobacteria in environments under anaerobic conditions. RESULTS:The elongation factor P (EF-P) promoter from Bifidobacterium...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Montenegro-Rodríguez C,Peirotén A,Sanchez-Jimenez A,Arqués JL,Landete JM

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pleurotus eryngii was transformed using a polyethylene glycol-mediated method. A plasmid, pEPUGH, containing a reporter gene (enhanced green fluorescent protein gene, egfp) and a positive selectable marker gene (hygromycin phosphotransferase gene, hph) was constructed. The fused egfp-hph gene was placed under the cont...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Yin Y,Liu Y,Jin H,Wang S,Zhao S,Geng X,Li M,Xu F

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic relationship among commercial cultivars of Citrus limon (lemon) was analysed by inter-simple sequence repeats (ISSR) and flow cytometry techniques. Two cultivars with a close germplasm were distinguished by screening 10 SSR primers and by measuring DNA content of prestained nuclei. ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Capparelli R,Viscardi M,Amoroso MG,Blaiotta G,Bianco M

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decrystallized chitosan was produced from shrimp shells with a low degree of crystallinity (10%) and a high anionic dye binding capacity. Raw, mixed dye wastewater from a textile factory was efficiently decolorized using decrystallized chitosan that was more efficient than using normal chitosan and activated carbon. D...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Trung TS,Ng CH,Stevens WF

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some recombinant proteins expressed by baculovirus expression vector systems (BEVS) aggregate because the BEVS can produce large amounts of protein late during infection, when post-translational modification and protein quality control mechanisms are inactive. For expression during earlier stages than that driven by t...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Ishiyama S,Ikeda M

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deacetoxy/deacetylcephalosporin C synthase (acDAOC/DACS) from Acremonium chrysogenum is a bifunctional enzyme that catalyzes both the ring-expansion of penicillin N to deacetoxycephalosporin C and the hydroxylation of the latter to deacetylcephalosporin C. The R308 residue located in close proximity to the C-terminus ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wu XB,Tian XY,Ji JJ,Wu WB,Fan KQ,Yang KQ

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00