Molecular cloning and purification of an endochitinase from Serratia marcescens (Nima).

abstract：:HOX genes are highly conserved transcription factors that determine the identity of cells and tissues along the anterior-posterior body axis in developing embryos. Aberrations in HOX gene expression have been shown in various tumors. However, the correlation of HOX gene expression patterns with tumorigenesis and cance...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Hur H,Lee JY,Yun HJ,Park BW,Kim MH

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) cloning systems enable the cloning of DNA stretches of 50 to well over 2000 kb. This makes it possible to study large intact regions of DNA in detail, by restriction mapping the YAC to produce a physical map and by examining the YAC for coding sequences or genes. YACs are important fo...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Ramsay M

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rhoptry 2 protein (Rop2) is an interesting protein of Toxoplasma gondii that is involved in the parasite invasion of host cell, it has three T-cell epitopes and high antigenic value. However, the expression of Rop2 as a recombinant protein in Escherichia coli is not an easy task, showing low levels of expression o...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Nigro M,Martin V,Kaufer F,Carral L,Angel SO,Pszenny V

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The implementation of efficient technologies for the production of recombinant mammalian membrane receptors is an outstanding challenge in understanding receptor-ligand actions and the development of therapeutic antibodies. In order to improve the solubility of recombinant extracellular domains of human membrane recep...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Endo S,Tomimoto Y,Shimizu H,Taniguchi Y,Onizuka T

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IMGT, the International ImMunoGeneTics information system ( http://imgt.cines.fr ), was created in 1989 by the Laboratoire d'ImmunoGénétique Moléculaire (LIGM) (Université Montpellier 2 and CNRS) at Montpellier, France, in order to standardize and manage the complexity of immunogenetics data. IMGT is recognized as the...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Lefranc MP

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are generally sensitive to hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)), Lactobacillus sakei YSI8 is one of the very few LAB strains able to degrade H(2)O(2) through the action of a heme-dependent catalase. Lactobacillus rhamnosus strains are very important probiotic starter cultures in meat product ferment...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： An H,Zhou H,Huang Y,Wang G,Luan C,Mou J,Luo Y,Hao Y

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single-stage polymerase-based procedure is described that allows extensive modifications of DNA. The version described here uses the QuikChange Site-Directed Mutagenesis System kit supplied by Stratagene. The original protocol is replaced by a single-stage method in which linear production of complementary strands i...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Salerno JC,Jones RJ,Erdogan E,Smith SM

更新日期：2005-03-01 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：:Gene reporter systems play a key role in gene expression and regulation studies. This review describes the ideal reporter systems, including reporter expression vector design. It summarizes the many uses of genetic reporters and outlines the currently available and commonly used reporter systems. Each system is descri...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Schenborn E,Groskreutz D

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are upregulated in response to stress and play a protective function in refolding of cellular proteins. In hypertension, the heart is a vital organ that requires examination and investigation, and primary induction of HSPs is predominantly effected. Hypertension results from osmotic imbalanc...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Mala JG,Takeuchi S

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypermethylated in Cancer-1 (HIC-1) is a novel tumor suppressor plays crucial role in tumor formation through loss of function by hypermethylation. HIC-1 is known as transcriptional factor whereas little known about its structure and function. Requirement felt to clone and express full coding protein and reveal variou...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Kumar S

更新日期：2014-11-01 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：:Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the causal agent of cervical cancer, one of the most common causes of death in women worldwide, and its E7 antigen is the major candidate for a therapeutic vaccine. The large scale production of E7 by molecular farming that would lead to the development of a safe and inexpensive vaccine i...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Morgenfeld M,Lentz E,Segretin ME,Alfano EF,Bravo-Almonacid F

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positional cloning of rare disease genes depends on the availability of highly polymorphic markers near the disease loci. The most abundant class of polymorphic markers in the human genome is CA-repeats. We have developed a strategy for the rapid isolation of highly polymorphic CA-repeats from YAC clones. Total DNA of...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Rotman G,Vanagaite L,Collins FS,Shiloh Y

更新日期：1995-04-01 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：:Alternaria blight caused by Alternaria brassicicola (Schwein.) Wiltshire and A. brassicae (Berk.) Sacc., is one of the most important disease of rapeseed-mustard, characterized by the formation of spots on leaves, stem, and siliquae with premature defoliation and stunting of growth. These two species are very difficul...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Singh R,Kumar S,Kashyap PL,Srivastava AK,Mishra S,Sharma AK

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the limited number of molecular studies focused on European gene pool investigation, it is necessary to perform plant material recognition. Eighteen accessions of three Miscanthus species, namely, M. × giganteus, M. sinensis, M. sacchariflorus were evaluated with the use of molecular marker systems such as: int...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Cichorz S,Gośka M,Litwiniec A

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date only a few neutralizing antibodies against HIV-1 exist. Since these neutralizing antibodies are only rarely found in sera of HIV-1 infected individuals an active vaccine is required. We recently developed murine anti-idiotypic antibody Ab2/3H6 against monoclonal antibody (mAb) 2F5, which is one of the most pro...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Gach JS,Quendler H,Ferko B,Katinger H,Kunert R

更新日期：2008-06-01 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：:ATP-binding cassette transporter G2 (ABCG2) gene encodes a protein that has a wide variety of substrates and is responsible for the active secretion of clinically and toxicologically important molecules into milk. Although known in many species, this marks the first time this gene product has been reported in goats. I...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Wu HJ,Luo J,Wu N,Matand K,Zhang LJ,Han XF,Yang BJ

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The macrofungus Cordyceps militaris contains many kinds of bioactive ingredients that are regulated by functional genes, but the functions of many genes in C. militaris are still unknown. In this study, to improve the frequency of homologous integration, a genetic transformation system based on a split-marker approach...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Lou H,Ye Z,Yun F,Lin J,Guo L,Chen B,Mu Z

更新日期：2018-05-01 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：:Oenococcus oeni is the main bacterial species that drives malolactic fermentation in wine. Most O. oeni strains produce capsular exopolysaccharides (EPS) that may contribute to protect them in the wine hostile environment. In O. oeni genome sequences, several genes are predicted to encode priming glycosyltransferases ...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Dimopoulou M,Claisse O,Dutilh L,Miot-Sertier C,Ballestra P,Lucas PM,Dols-Lafargue M

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenoviruses are attracting increasing attention as general purpose mammalian cell expression vectors, as recombinant vaccines, and potentially as vectors for gene therapy. Not only is the adenovirus genome relatively easy to manipulate by recombinant DNA techniques, but adenovirus vectors are relatively stable, grow ...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Graham FL,Prevec L

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enamel is the covering tissue of teeth, made of regularly arranged hydroxyapatite crystals deposited on an organic matrix composed of 90% amelogenin that is completely degraded at the end of the enamel formation process. Amelogenin has a biomineralizing activity, forming nanoparticles or nanoribbons that guide hydroxy...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Pegoraro M,Matić S,Pergolizzi B,Iannarelli L,Rossi AM,Morra M,Noris E

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new lipase gene designated as SlLipA was isolated from Serratia liquefaciens S33 DB-1 by the genomic-walking method. The cloned gene contained an open reading frame (ORF) of 1,845 bp encoding 615 amino acids with a conserved GXSXG motif. Genome sequence analysis showed that an aldo/keto reductase gene closed to the ...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Yao H,Yu S,Zhang L,Zuo K,Ling H,Zhang F,Tang K

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA interference (RNAi) efficiently induces sequence-specific gene silencing in mammalian cells through short interfering RNA (siRNA) of 21-23 nucleotides synthesized in vitro or expressed by DNA-based vector. However, introduction of siRNA into mammalian cells by transfection limits the application of RNAi, especiall...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Zhao N,Zu ZX,Liu CM,Dong WJ,Liu DP,Liang CC

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene encoding maltogenic amylase from acidic Bacillus sp. US149 (maUS149) was cloned, sequenced and over-expressed in Escherichia coli. The nucleotide sequence analysis revealed an open reading frame (ORF) of 1749 bp encoding a protein of 582 residues. The alignment of deduced amino acid sequence revealed a relative...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Mabrouk SB,Messaoud EB,Ayadi D,Jemli S,Roy A,Mezghani M,Bejar S

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to develop microalgae as a robust system for the production of valuable proteins, we analyzed some of the factors affecting recombinant protein expression in the chloroplast of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. We monitored mRNA accumulation, protein synthesis, and protein turnover for three codon...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Coragliotti AT,Beligni MV,Franklin SE,Mayfield SP

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimization of gene coding-sequence, including preferred codon usage and removal of cryptic splice sites and mRNA-destabilizing motifs, has been shown to improve recombinant protein production of different proteins. Here, we present data to show that gene optimization can also be used to improve the production of a c...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Kalwy S,Rance J,Young R

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00