Peptide mass fingerprinting- and 2-DE/MS-based analysis of the biodegradation potential for monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Pseudomonas sp.

abstract：:At the core of a biomanufacturing process for recombinant proteins is the production cell line. It influences the productivity and product quality. Its characteristics also dictate process development, as the process is optimized to complement the producing cell to achieve the target productivity and quality. Advances...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Le H,Vishwanathan N,Jacob NM,Gadgil M,Hu WS

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the therapeutic potential of human umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells (hUCBMSCs) on promoting erectile function in a rat model of bilateral cavernous nerve (CN) crush injury. RESULTS:Fifty male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned to sham + PBS group (n = 10), BCNI (bilateral caver...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zhu JQ,Lu HK,Cui ZQ,Wang YC,Li YH,Zhao W,Fu Q,Xu YM,Xu Y,Song LJ

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the effects of the surface modification of 316L stainless steel (SS) by low-temperature plasma nitriding on endothelial cells for stent applications. RESULTS:X-ray diffraction (XRD) confirmed the incorporation of nitrogen into the treated steel. The surface treatment significantly increased SS r...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Braz JKFS,Martins GM,Sabino V,Vitoriano JO,Barboza CAG,Soares AKMC,Rocha HAO,Oliveira MF,Alves Júnior C,Moura CEB

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetics governing the morphological switch from round or ovoid cells to filamentous growth in Saccharomyces cerevisiae has received significant interest in relation to sensing and signaling pathways as well as the control of cell processes including budding, elongation and adhesion. Little is known about the envi...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Ceccato-Antonini SR

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thermostablility and enzymatic activity of 1,3-1,4-β-glucanase (BglA) from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens was improved by modifying five (out of 12) ε-amino groups in lysine residues with nitrous acid. The optimal modification condition for BglA was determined as 30 mM nitrous acid at, 40 °C for 30 min. The optimally-...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Niu C,Zhu L,Wang J,Li Q

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dodecanol (1% v/v) and dodecanoic acid (1% w/v) inhibited growth of Yarrowia lipolytica in complex media supplemented with glucose but dodecanedioic acid (1% w/v) was not toxic. Dodecanol-tolerant strains were prepared from the wild type strain H222 as well as the acyl-CoA oxidase deleted (deltaPOX2, POX3, POX5) strai...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Smit MS,Mokgoro MM,Setati E,Nicaud JM

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Microalgae gained interest for potential use as biodiesel producers, since they synthesize and accumulate significant quantities of lipids. The aim of this work was to isolate indigenous microalgae strains from Greek habitats, study their physicochemical growth conditions and finally select the best ones with...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Savvides AL,Moisi K,Katsifas EA,Karagouni AD,Hatzinikolaou DG

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most animal cell culture media can be buffered using bicarbonate and high pressure CO(2) in a closed system. However, in an open system, the pH of the culture media increases continuously due to the marked difference in CO(2) pressure between the culture media and the atmosphere. Therefore, it is important to measure ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Jang J,Moon SJ,Hong SH,Kim IH

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The peptide, Ala-Pro-Ala-Arg (APAR), was selected from the screening of a tetrapeptide combinatorial synthetic library as the ligand for affinity purification of an anti-Granulocyte Macrophage-Colony Stimulating Factor (GM-CSF) monoclonal antibody (Mab) developed in mouse ascitis. The affinity chromatographic matrix o...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Camperi SA,Iannucci NB,Albanesi GJ,Oggero Eberhardt M,Etcheverrigaray M,Messeguer A,Albericio F,Cascone O

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some pest management programs employ PCR to identify cry1 genes from Bacillus thuringiensis to predict bacterial toxicity towards different insect pests. However, due to changes on the mode of action of the Cry proteins, new primers had to be designed to detect the new genes. Therefore, an 'in-silico' study of genetic...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Davolos CC,Guidelli-Thuler AM,de Abreu IL,Sena JA,Lemos MV

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quercetin was methylated with two O-methyltransferases (OMTs) expressed in E. coli. A construct (RSOMT) was designed to express two OMTs: ROMT-9, which methylates specifically at the 3'-hydroxyl group of quercetin and SOMT-2, which methylates at the 4'-hydroxyl group. Both OMT genes were driven by T7 promoters and had...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Kim BG,Shin KH,Lee Y,Hur HG,Lim Y,Ahn JH

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A maltose-inducible expression vector in Bacillus subtilis has been developed and characterized. The vector permitted beta-galactosidase expression at a high level (maximum activity, 8.16 U/ml) when induced and its expression was markedly repressed by glucose. Using this vector, we successfully expressed the other two...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Ming-Ming Y,Wei-Wei Z,Xi-Feng Z,Pei-Lin C

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the effects of operational process conditions on expression of MHC class II protein from a stable Drosophila S2 cell line. RESULTS:When the Drosophila S2 cells were grown in vented orbitally shaken TubeSpin bioreactor 600 containers, cell growth was improved three-fold and the yield of recomb...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Shen X,Dojcinovic D,Baldi L,Hacker DL,Luescher IF,Wurm FM

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To provide a simple method to make a stable ΔF508-CFTR-expressing T84 cell line that can be used as an efficient screening model system for ΔF508-CFTR rescue. RESULTS:CFTR knockout cell lines were generated by Cas9 with a single-guide RNA (sgRNA) targeting exon 1 of the CFTR genome, which produced indels th...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Chung WY,Song M,Park J,Namkung W,Lee J,Kim H,Lee MG,Kim JY

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To rationally identify targets for enhancing adenosine production, transcription level of genes involved in adenosine synthesis of Bacillus subtilis XGL was detected during the fermentation process, complemented with metabolite pool analysis. RESULTS:PurR-regulated genes (pur operon and purA) and prs were d...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zhang C,Du S,Liu Y,Xie X,Xu Q,Chen N

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene therapy is based on the principle of the genetic manipulation of DNA or RNA for treating and preventing human diseases. The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR associated nuclease9 (CRISPR/Cas9) system, derived from the acquired immune system in bacteria and archaea, has provided a ne...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Mollanoori H,Teimourian S

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An endo-beta-(1-->3),(1-->4)-glucanase gene (bglBC1) from Bacillus circulans ATCC21367 was modified by substituting its native promoter with a strong promoter, BJ27X, to increase expression of the gene when cloned into B. subtilis RM125 and B. megaterium ATCC14945. A 771-bp endo-beta-(1-->3),(1-->4)-glucanase open rea...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Kim KH,Kim YO,Ko BS,Youn HJ,Lee DS

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNA (miRNA) profiling is a first important step in elucidating miRNA functions. Real time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) and microarray hybridization approaches as well as ultra high throughput sequencing of miRNAs (small RNA-seq) are popular and widely used profiling methods. All of these profiling approaches face s...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Meyer SU,Pfaffl MW,Ulbrich SE

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to discover unknown differentially expressed genes (DEGs) associated with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), analyze their functions and enriched signaling pathways, and identify hub genes correlating with BPD incidence and evolvement. RESULTS:Of 1289 DEGs identified, 568 were...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Yan W,Jiang M,Zheng J

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indole-3-butyric acid at 25 microM with methyl jasmonate (MJ) at 100 microM in Panax ginseng synergistically stimulated both root growth and ginsenoside accumulation compared with 100 microM MJ alone. Productivity of ginsenoside was 10 mg l(-1) d(-1) compared to 7.3 mg l(-1) d(-1) with MJ elicitation alone. ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Kim YS,Yeung EC,Hahn EJ,Paek KY

更新日期：2007-11-01 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：: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 substrate specificity of alpha-chymotrypsin and other serine proteases, trypsin, elastase, proteinase K and subtilisin, towards hydrolysis of various polyesters was examined using poly(L-lactide) (PLA), poly(beta-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB), poly(ethylene succinate) (PES), poly(ethylene adipate) (PEA), poly(butylene su...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Lim HA,Raku T,Tokiwa Y

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tandem affinity purification (TAP) is a methodology for the isolation of protein complexes from endogenous sources. It involves incorporation of a dual-affinity tag into the protein of interest and introduction of the construct into desired cell lines or organisms. Using the two affinity handles, the protein complex a...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Li Y

更新日期：2011-08-01 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：:A coupled in silico thermodynamic and probabilistic metabolic control analysis methodology was verified by applying it to the glycerol biosynthetic pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The methodology allows predictions even when detailed knowledge of the enzyme kinetics is lacking. In a metabolic steady state, we fou...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Birkenmeier M,Mack M,Röder T

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although resistance of microorganisms to Hg(II) salts has been widely investigated and resistant strains have been reported from many eubacterial genera, there are few reports of mercuric ion resistance in extremophilic microorganisms. Moderately thermophilic mercury resistant bacteria were selected by growth at 62 de...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Glendinning KJ,Macaskie LE,Brown NL

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The shape of the hydrophobic tunnel leading to the active site of Penicillium expansum lipase (PEL) was redesigned by single-point mutations, in order to better understand enzyme enantioselectivity towards naproxen. A variant with a valine-to-glycine substitution at residue 237 exhibited almost no enantioselectivity (...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Tang L,Su M,Chi L,Zhang J,Zhang H,Zhu L

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:O-Acetylserine (thiol) lyase (OASTL, EC 2.5.1.47) catalyzes the final step in cysteine biosynthesis. The soybean GmOASTL4 gene was overexpressed in tobacco. Transgenic plants showed markedly increased accumulation of transcripts and higher cysteine content compared with the wild-type. Upon exposure to cadmium stress, ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Ning H,Zhang C,Yao Y,Yu D

更新日期：2010-04-01 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