A novel tissue-specific plantain beta-1,3-glucanase gene that is regulated in response to infection by Fusarium oxysporum fsp. cubense.

abstract：:Growth of Ruta graveolens shoots was induced when Bacillus sp. cell lysates were added to the culture medium. Elicitation of coumarin by this lysate was also very effective; the concentrations of isopimpinelin, xanthotoxin and bergapten increased to 610, 2120 and 1460 microg g(-1) dry wt, respectively. It also had a s...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Orlita A,Sidwa-Gorycka M,Malinski E,Czerwicka M,Kumirska J,Golebiowski M,Lojkowska E,Stepnowski P

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A carboxylesterase gene from thermophilic bacterium, Alicyclobacillus tengchongensis, was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3). The gene coded for a 513 amino acid protein with a calculated molecular mass of 57.82 kDa. The deduced amino acid sequence had structural features highly conserved among serine...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Xie Z,Xu B,Ding J,Liu L,Zhang X,Li J,Huang Z

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combined analysis of peptide mass fingerprinting and 2-DE/MS using the induced and selected protein spots following growth of Pseudomonas sp. DU102 on benzoate or p-hydroxybenzoate revealed not only alpha- and beta-subunits of protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase but also catechol 1,2-dioxygenase responsible for ortho-...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Kim SI,Park SH,Kim JW,Leem SH,Shin DJ,Kim SH,Lee DH,Kahng HY

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organophosphorus hydrolase (OPH) hydrolyzes organophosphorus esters. We constructed the yeast-displayed OPH using Flo1p anchor system. In this system, the N-terminal region of the protein was fused to Flo1p and the fusion protein was displayed on the cell surface. Hydrolytic reactions with paraoxon were carried out du...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Fukuda T,Tsuchiyama K,Makishima H,Takayama K,Mulchandani A,Kuroda K,Ueda M,Suye S

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-viral vector, pCMV-Pth, with full-length human parathyroid hormone (prepro-hPTH) cDNA was constructed and delivered into the ovariectomized mouse quadriceps to explore the effects of electroporational gene transfer of PTH on the bone. The expression of hPTH in the transfected mice was detected by RT-PCR and radioi...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Liu B,Tang J,Ji J,Gu J

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of biodiesel by transesterification employing acid or base catalyst has been industrially accepted for its high conversion and reaction rates. Downstream processing costs and environmental problems associated with biodiesel production and byproducts recovery have led to the search for alternative produc...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Bisen PS,Sanodiya BS,Thakur GS,Baghel RK,Prasad GB

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Establish a method to indirectly measure evaporation in microwell-based cell culture systems and show that the proposed method allows compensating for liquid losses in fed-batch processes. RESULTS:A correlation between evaporation and the concentration of Na+ was found (R2 = 0.95) when using the 24-well-bas...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wiegmann V,Martinez CB,Baganz F

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate antioxidative and biotransformation enzyme responses in Mucor hiemalis towards cyanotoxins considering its use in mycoremediation applications. RESULTS:Catalase (CAT), glutathione reductase (GR), and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) in M. hiemalis maintained their activities at all tested microcy...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Balsano E,Esterhuizen-Londt M,Hoque E,Lima SP

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of several types of chemical surfactants and biosurfactants, only the culture broth of Bacillus subtilis C1 containing surfactin at 10 mg l(-1) completely inhibited the growth of Microcystis aeruginosa, a bloom-forming cyanobacterium in highly eutrophic lakes. The broth with 10 mg surfactin l(-1) also removed 85% of t...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Ahn CY,Joung SH,Jeon JW,Kim HS,Yoon BD,Oh HM

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucosylceramide and galactosylceramide were detected in three Aspergillus species: Aspergillus oryzae, Aspergillus sojae and Aspergillus. awamori, using borate-coated TLC. The cerebrosides from A. oryzae were further purified by ion exchange and iatrobeads column chromatographies with or without borate, and determine...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Tani Y,Amaishi Y,Funatsu T,Ito M,Itonori S,Hata Y,Ashida H,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lipase-catalyzed reaction is useful to obtain sugar esters with chemically defined structures and will contribute to the synthesis of sugar-based compounds by a chemo-enzymatic pathway. The synthesis of sugar esters in nonaqueous media has been attempted for a quarter century. To facilitate the reactions, they hav...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Kobayashi T

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review concerns basic research on cellulases and cellulose-specific carbohydrate-binding modules (CBMs). As a background, glycosyl hydrolases are also briefly reviewed. The nomenclature of cellulases and CBMs is discussed. The main cellulase-producing organisms and their cellulases are described. Synergy, enantio...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Hildén L,Johansson G

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four Cr(VI)-reducing bacterial strains (Ochrobactrum intermedium, CrT-2, CrT-3 and CrT-4) previously isolated from chromium-contaminated sites were inoculated on to seeds of sunflower (Helianthus annuus var SF-187), which were germinated and grown along with non-inoculated controls with chromate salts (300 microg CrCl...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Faisal M,Hasnain S

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Chiral building blocks [(S)-1-(3-methylphenyl)ethanol, (S)-1-(3,4-dimethylphenyl)ethanol and (S)-1-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)ethanol] for drug synthesis were prepared using two green approaches: (1) the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as the biocatalyst and (2) the natural deep eutectic solvents (NADES) as the al...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Panić M,Delač D,Roje M,Radojčić Redovniković I,Cvjetko Bubalo M

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-based therapeutics are promising routes for the regeneration of damaged cells and organs. The recovery of cells cultured in vitro for such applications requires the use of proteolytic enzymes which deteriorate its property by disruption of cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions. Intact cell sheets can be retrieve...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Mukundan LM,Nirmal R,Thomas LV,Sajeev US,Nair PD

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the roles and mechanisms of HuR in cancer stem cell maintenance of lung cancer. RESULTS:HuR expression was increased in tumor spheres of lung cancer cells. Knockdown of HuR suppressed spheroid formation and size, inhibited the expression of stemness-related marker, Oct4, Nanog and ALDH in lung canc...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zhang Y,Yang L,Ling C,Heng W

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microcycle conidiation is a survival mechanism of fungi encountering unfavorable conditions. In this phenomenon, asexual spores germinate secondary spores directly without formation of mycelium. As Penicillium camemberti conidia have the ability to produce conidiophores after germination in liquid culture induced by a...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Boualem K,Gervais P,Cavin JF,Waché Y

更新日期：2014-11-01 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：:The role of transglutaminase II (TGase II) in hyaluronic acid (HA)-promoted melanoma cell motility was investigated. HA induced the expression of TGase II via the nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kB) in melanoma cells. HA increased the Rac1 activity and phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase (FAK). Transfection by lipofect...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Kim Y,Park YW,Lee YS,Jeoung D

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An alginate lyase gene, algA, encoding a new poly β-D-mannuronate (polyM)-specific alginate lyase AlgA, was cloned from Pseudomonas sp. E03. The recombinant AlgA with (His)6-tag, consisting of 364 amino acids (40.4 kDa),was purified using Ni-NTA Sepharose. The purified lyase had maximal activity (222 EU/mg) at pH 8 an...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zhu BW,Huang LS,Tan HD,Qin YQ,Du YG,Yin H

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strain of Pseudomonas stutzeri ZWLR2-1 was isolated from soil contaminated with chloronitrobenzenes and identified by 16S rDNA sequencing. This bacterium released chloride and nitrite into the medium when grown on 0.5 mM 2-chloronitrobenzene. PCR amplification and DNA sequencing revealed a DNA fragment encoding a po...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Liu H,Wang SJ,Zhou NY

更新日期：2005-02-01 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：:Seventeen independent transgenic rice plants with the maize anthocyanin regulatory gene Lc under control of the CaMV 35S promoter were obtained and verified by molecular identification. Ten plants showed red spikelets during early development of florets, and the degenerate florets were still red after heading. Additio...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Li Y,Zhang T,Shen ZW,Xu Y,Li JY

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to investigate the inhibitory effect of berberine hydrochloride (BH) on Candida albicans (C.albicans) ATCC10231 biofilm formation. RESULTS:This paper found a positive correlation between the concentration of BH and its inhibitory effect on the cellular activity of early biofilms because we f...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Huang X,Zheng M,Yi Y,Patel A,Song Z,Li Y

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a need for a deeper understanding of the biochemical events affecting embryonic stem (ES) cell culture by analyzing the expansion of mouse ES cells in terms of both cell growth and metabolic kinetics. The influence of the initial cell density on cell expansion was assessed. Concomitantly, the biochemical prof...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Fernandes TG,Fernandes-Platzgummer AM,da Silva CL,Diogo MM,Cabral JM

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant Mycobacterium sp. strain MR65 carrying dszABCD genes was used for desulfurization of 10-methylbenzo[b]naphtho[2,1-d]thiophene (10-methyl BNT) in the hexadecane phase. The specific activity was 25% of that of dibenzothiophene (DBT). One of two major metabolites of 10-methyl BNT produced by strain MR65 was i...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Watanabe K,Noda K,Maruhashi K

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene cassette, p35S-CNO, was designed to express three gene products driven by a single constitutive CaMV 35S promoter. The individual coding regions were linked in frame to produce a single polyprotein, using spacer sequences encoding a specific heptapeptide cleavage recognition site (ENLYFQS) for the nuclear-inclu...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Liang H,Gao H,Maynard CA,Powell WA

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malic enzyme (ME) catalyses the oxidative decarboxylation of L-malate to pyruvate and provides NADPH for intracellular metabolism, such as fatty acid synthesis. Here, the mitochondrial ME (mME) gene from Mortierella alpina was homologously over-expressed. Compared with controls, fungal arachidonic acid (ARA; 20:4 n-6)...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Hao G,Chen H,Du K,Huang X,Song Y,Gu Z,Wang L,Zhang H,Chen W,Chen YQ

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To uncover key genes and pathways regulated by SCL3, a GRAS transcription factor, in the context of gibberellin (GA) in the roots of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. RESULTS:Gene expression profiles of ga1-3 mutant and ga1-3 and scl3 double mutant are considerably similar to each other, revealed by Pri...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Weng CY,Zhu MH,Liu ZQ,Zheng YG

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To optimize the production of active inclusion bodies (IBs) containing human D-amino acid oxidase (hDAAO) in Escherichia coli. RESULTS:The optimized initial codon region combined with the coexpressed rare tRNAs, fusion of each of the N-terminal partners including cellulose-binding module, thioredoxin, gluta...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wang W,Sun J,Xiao W,Jiang L,Wang R,Fan J

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00