Over-expression of the gene (bglBC1) from Bacillus circulans encoding an endo-beta-(1-->3),(1-->4)-glucanase useful for the preparation of oligosaccharides from barley beta-glucan.

abstract：:A brief historical perspective on metagenomics is given followed by a discussion of the rapid progress in this field largely defined by transition to the next generation sequencing technologies. Problems and challenges connected to this transition are also addressed. The review focuses on recent literature describing ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Chistoserdova L

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Passiflora garckei cell cultures were used as a model to describe a reproducible sample preparation method. Solid phase extraction (SPE) was employed to isolate the plant metabolites for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) analysis and to subsequently detect the differences between yeast extract elicited and control cell...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Fraccaroli M,Nicoletti S,Maltese F,Choi YH,Guzzo F,Levi M,Verpoorte R

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unexpected inversion of the 3':5'-regioselectivity was observed in the enzymatic methacryloylation, crotonylation and cinnamoylation of floxuridine (1.5:1, 2.3:1 and 4.4:1, respectively), where Thermomyces lanuginosus lipase preferentially catalyzed the acylation of 3'-hydroxyl rather than that of 5'-hydroxyl group. T...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Li N,Zong MH,Ma D

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterologous expression in Escherichia coli often leads to production of the expressed proteins as insoluble and inactive inclusion bodies. The general strategy for protein recovery includes isolation and washing of inclusion bodies, solubilization of aggregated protein and refolding of solubilized protein. The proces...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Ferreira S,Sousa F,Queiroz JA,Domingues FC

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibition of protein-tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) is a potential target for treatment of type 2 diabetes. Vanadium and zinc metal coordinated complexes have insulin-enhancing activities, and while vanadium compounds inhibit PTP1B, little is known on the mode of action of zinc compounds. In this study we develo...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Seale AP,de Jesus LA,Kim SY,Choi YH,Lim HB,Hwang CS,Kim YS

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fusion protein consisting of streptavidin and firefly luciferase was constructed to establish an accurate measuring technique of local ATP concentration. The fusion protein retained the binding ability of streptavidin and enzymatic activity of luciferase. Also, it could detect the concentration of antigens and could...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Nakamura M,Mie M,Funabashi H,Kobatake E

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methods for the preparation of carrier-free insoluble enzymes are reviewed. The technology of cross-linked enzyme aggregates has now been applied to a range of synthetically useful activities. Fusion proteins are also gaining momentum because they allow a relatively selective aggregation or even a specific self-assemb...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Roessl U,Nahálka J,Nidetzky B

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mutant ofS. chrysomallus with a D-glucose isomerase inducible by D-glucose or its catabolites was characterized. In contrast to the wild-type strain it showed a decreased catabolite repression by D-glucose of D-xylose consumption and a constitutive pentose phosphate pathway as well. A hypothesis concerning altered i...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Hänel F,Roth M,Neigenfind M,Gräfe U,Bormann EJ

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial fuel cells can be designed to remove nitrogenous compounds out of wastewater, but their performance is at present limited to 0.33 kg NO(3) (-)-Nm(-3) net cathode compartment (NCC) d(-1). By maintaining the pH in the cathode at 7.2, nitrogen removal was increased from 0.22 to 0.50 kg NO(3) (-)-Nm(-3) NCC d(-1...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Clauwaert P,Desloover J,Shea C,Nerenberg R,Boon N,Verstraete W

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-two fungal isolates obtained from seawater were screened for anti-nematode activity. One isolate, an Acremonium sp., exhibited the highest activity against the pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. When it was grown at pH 7.0 and 24-26 °C, nematicidal metabolites were produced. These were heat-stable, w...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Meng Q,Shi X,Meng F,Feng X,Sun J

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) beads, recombinantly produced in Escherichia coli, were functionalized to display lipase B from Candida antarctica as translational protein fusion. The respective beads were characterized in respect to protein content, functionality, long term storage capacity and re-usability. The direct fu...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Jahns AC,Rehm BH

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Catalytic efficiency of a nitrogen-doped, mesoporous carbon aerogel cathode catalyst was investigated in a two-chambered microbial fuel cell (MFC) applying graphite felt as base material for cathode and anode, utilizing peptone as carbon source. RESULTS:This mesoporous carbon aerogel containing catalyst lay...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Tardy GM,Lóránt B,Lóka M,Nagy B,László K

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A plasmid, pBGFP, carrying green fluorescent protein (gfp) and benomyl-resistance genes was constructed and transformed into Metarhizium anisopliae. The transformants grew normally and GFP fluorescence was detected. No change was found in virulence for the transformants. Fluorescence was detected in hyphae from the ha...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Cao Y,Peng G,He Z,Wang Z,Yin Y,Xia Y

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop a peptide probe that could be used for gastric cancer detection via binding to CD44 protein with specificity and affinity. RESULTS:A 12-mer phage peptide library was screened against immobilized CD44 protein. Bound phage counts using ELISA were performed to identify phage clones carrying the most ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zhang D,Jia H,Wang Y,Li WM,Hou YC,Yin SW,Wang TD,He SX,Lu SY

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzymatic polymerization can offer metal-free routes to polymer materials that could be used in biomedical applications. To take advantage of the unique properties of ionic liquids (ILs) for enzyme stability, monocationic ionic liquid (MIL) and dicationic ionic liquid (DIL) were used to promote the ring-opening polyme...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wu C,Zhang Z,He F,Zhuo R

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylokinase (SAK) is a promising thrombolytic agent for treating blood-clotting disorders. Recombinant SAK (rSAK) was produced after integration of the gene into Pichia pastoris genome. The recombinant Pichia carrying multiple insertions of the SAK gene yielded high-level (approximately 1 g/l) of extracellular glyc...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Apte-Deshpnade A,Mandal G,Soorapaneni S,Prasad B,Kumar J,Padmanabhan S

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural cortical cells, isolated from prenatal rat cerebra, were grown on surface-modified poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid, 65:35) (PLGA) films coated with poly-D: -lysine (PDL) with either laminin (LN), fibronectin (FN) or collagen (CN). Immunocytochemistry showed that the isolated cells were highly immunopositive for bo...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Han DW,Sub Lee M,Park BJ,Kim JK,Park JC

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a method for producing polyclonal antibody (PAb) against peptide antigen (the epitope region of cytochromes P450 1A2 and 3A4, HA tag, FLAG tag, and c-myc tag) using a polymer bead as a carrier. Carboxylated polystyrene beads (0.05, 0.5, 1, and 2 microm diam) were conjugated with the peptide, which is known...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Kim M,Yun CH,Park SK,Seo JH,Ahn T

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To design and construct a novel bio-anode electrode based on the oxidation of glutamic acid to produce 2-oxoglutarate, generating two electrons from NADH. RESULTS:Efficient enzyme reaction and electron transfer were observed owing to immobilization of the two enzymes using a mixed self-assembled monolayer. ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Sakamoto H,Komatsu T,Yamasaki K,Satomura T,Suye SI

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a great need for the development of biomimetic human tissue models that allow elucidation of the pathophysiological conditions involved in disease initiation and progression. Conventional two-dimensional (2D) in vitro assays and animal models have been unable to fully recapitulate the critical characteristics...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Memic A,Navaei A,Mirani B,Cordova JAV,Aldhahri M,Dolatshahi-Pirouz A,Akbari M,Nikkhah M

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An automated sequential injection analysis (SIA) system using stop-flow technique was developed to determine methanol concentration by means of the enzymatic reactions of alcohol oxidase and peroxidase. Its application as an on-line device for monitoring Pichia pastoris fermentations producing an heterologous protein ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Surribas A,Cos O,Montesinos JL,Valero F

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To produce (S)-3-hydroxy-1-(3-(trifluoromethyl)-5,6-dihydro[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]pyrazin-7(8H)-yl]-4-(2,4,5-trifluorophenyl)butan-1-one (S)-1 from 4-oxo-4-[3-(trifluoromethyl)-5,6-dihydro [1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]pyrazin-7(8H)-yl)-1-(2,4,5-trifluorophenyl)butan-2-one (2) by microbial bioreduction. RESULTS:A new...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wei Y,Xia S,He C,Xiong W,Xu H

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The developmental ability among embryos produced by three different techniques were examined: there were no significant differences in the developmental rate in porcine embryos produced by in vitro fertilization (IVF) and first generation of somatic cell nucleus transfer (SCNT), but the developmental rate dropped shar...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Huang Y,Xie W,Yao C,Han Y,Tan G,Zhou Y,Zhu J,Pang D,Li Z,Tang X

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recombinant laccase from Thermus thermophilus was applied to the biobleaching of wheat straw pulp. The best bleaching effect was when the pulp was treated with 3 U laccase g(-1) dry pulp at 90°C, pH 4.5, 8% consistency for 1.5 h. Under these conditions, the pulp brightness was increased by 3.3% ISO, and the pulp k...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zheng Z,Li H,Li L,Shao W

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethanol, added as a de-emulsifier to separate oil and biocatalyst (or bacterial cells) from a three-phase (oil/biocatalyst/aqueous phase) emulsion, formed in diesel biodesulfurization employing Gordonia nitida, improved oil recovery by centrifugation from about 50% in its absence to almost 100% at 3% (v/v). The biocat...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Choi OK,Choi KS,Ryu HW,Chang YK

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of the two adaptation-induced mutations in an improved xylose-fermenting Zymomonas mobilis strain was investigated. The chromosomal mutation at the xylose reductase gene was critical to xylose metabolism by reducing xylitol formation. Together with the plasmid-borne mutation impacting xylose isomerase activ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Agrawal M,Wang Y,Chen RR

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To improve the efficiency, reproducibility and consistency of the PEI-based transfection method that is often used in preparation of recombinant lentiviral or retroviral vectors. RESULTS:The contributions to transfection efficiency of multi-factors including concentration of PEI or DNA, dilution buffer for ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Yang S,Shi H,Chu X,Zhou X,Sun P

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phanerochaete chrysoporium morphology and manganese peroxidase (MnP) productivity was characterised in a scalable, modularised 1145 cm(3) membrane gradostat reactor in response to switching between an enhanced production medium and a nutrient limited feed (50% C and N reduction). Irrespective of the feed composition u...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Govender S

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) reverse transcriptase (RT) is a heterodimer containing 66 kDa p66 and 51 kDa p51 subunits. We previously showed that HIV-1 group M (HIV-1 M) RT and HIV-1 group O (HIV-1 O) RT have higher affinities for dTTP and template-primer (T/P) than Moloney murine leukemia virus RT, whi...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Nishimura K,Shinomura M,Konishi A,Yasukawa K

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant coagulation factor VII (FVII) is used as a potential therapeutic intervention in hemophilia patients who produce antibodies against the coagulation factors. Mammalian cell lines provide low levels of expression, however, the Spodoptera frugiperda Sf9 cell line and baculovirus expression system are powerful...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Masroori N,Halabian R,Mohammadipour M,Roushandeh AM,Rouhbakhsh M,Najafabadi AJ,Fathabad ME,Salimi M,Shokrgozar MA,Roudkenar MH

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00