Growth enhancement of shrimp (Litopenaeus schmitti) after transfer of tilapia growth hormone gene.

abstract：:The addresses given for the authors of this paper were incorrect. The correct assignments of the authors are given in this erratum. ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Li W,Chen Y,Sheng Y,Xie Z,Tang Y

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:A morphological parameter of polygonal index was defined as the ratio of cell adhesion area versus the square of the major cell axis, and cells that had an adhesion area larger than 4000 mum(2) and a polygonal index larger than 0.3 were considered large polygonal cells. Cell morphology tended to change from fibroblast...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Takagi M,Kitabayashi T,Koizumi S,Hirose H,Kondo S,Fujiwara M,Ueno K,Hiroaki M,Hosokawa Y,Masuhara H,Wakitani S

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the whole genome amplification strategy, known as multiple displacement amplification (MDA), for use with the TaqMan genotyping platform for DNA samples derived from two case-control studies nested in the Nurses' Health Study and the Physicians' Health Study. Our objectives were to (1) quantify DNA yield f...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Tranah GJ,Lescault PJ,Hunter DJ,De Vivo I

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:General methods for identification of usual carotenoids including C18-HPLC retention time and spectroscopic methods, such as absorption spectra, mass spectra, NMR spectra, are briefly summarized. ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Takaichi S

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental stresses are the major cause of crop loss worldwide. Polyamines are involved in plant stress responses. However, the precise role(s) of polyamine metabolism in these processes remain ill-defined. Transgenic approaches demonstrate that polyamines play essential roles in stress tolerance and open up the po...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Alcázar R,Marco F,Cuevas JC,Patron M,Ferrando A,Carrasco P,Tiburcio AF,Altabella T

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the sequential application of methyl jasmonate (MeJa), salicylic acid (SA) and yeast extract (YE) to Argemone mexicana cell cultures were compared to either the sole application of each elicitor, or to the three-partite mixture. The highest sanguinarine accumulation occurred using the sequential treatme...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Trujillo-Villanueva K,Rubio-Piña J,Monforte-González M,Ramírez-Benítez E,Vázquez-Flota F

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An index [kv: average isolation rate of viable protoplast (number/ml min)] was established to evaluate the optimal conditions for protoplast isolation from cultured plant cells. The optimal conditions for protoplasts isolation from Nicotiana tabacum BY2 cultured cells could be determined on the basis of the kv [31.7 x...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Aoyagi H

更新日期：2006-10-01 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：:Fourteen strains of Bacillus thuringiensis collected from both larvae showing disease symptoms and soil samples in northwest Argentina were characterized by insecticidal activity against Spodoptera frugiperda. First instar larvae and protein profile SDS-PAGE analysis of whole cell proteins not only allowed the differe...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Alvarez A,Pera LM,Loto F,Virla EG,Baigori MD

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and fluxomics are powerful omics-technologies that play a major role in today's research. For each of these techniques good sample quality is crucial. Major factors contributing to the quality of a sample is the actual sampling procedure itself and the way the sample is stored dir...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： van Eijsden RG,Stassen C,Daenen L,Van Mulders SE,Bapat PM,Siewers V,Goossens KV,Nielsen J,Delvaux FR,Van Hummelen P,Devreese B,Willaert RG

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the effect of the linker region (LR) on the enzymatic activity, stability, and flexibility of Bacillus subtilis cellulase CelI15, six mutants were constructed that contained increasing numbers of the LR. RESULTS:The CelI15 mutant with three copies of the LR (approx. 57 amino acids) showed the...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Li P,Zhou Y,Li Q,Zhang C,Sun Z,Tian L,Weng H

更新日期：2016-09-01 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：:Therapies for high-grade gliomas (HHG) that have strong tendency of infiltration and resistance to chemotherapies are currently unavailable. Here, we report that lower-dose combination therapy of Buthus martensii Karsch (BmK) CT, a type of scorpion toxin peptide, and LiCl, clinically used as mo...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Fu Y,Zheng S,Huang R,An N,Zheng Y,Zhang Z,Liang A

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：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：:Ganoderic acid, from Ganoderma lucidum, at 8 microg/ml inhibited replication of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in HepG2215 cells over 8 days. Production of HBV surface antigen and HBV e antigen were 20 and 44% of controls without ganoderic acid. Male KM mice were significantly protected from liver injury, induced with carbon...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Li YQ,Wang SF

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new full-length beta-1,3-glucanase cDNA, MpGlu, was isolated from a plantain (Musa paradisica) by the rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) technique. Recombinant GST-MpGlu protein, expressed in E. coli, hydrolyzed (1-->3),(1-->6)-beta-glucan of Laminaria digitata and inhibited the growth of Fusarium oxysporum fsp...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Jin X,Feng D,Wang H,Wang J

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify and characterize a novel antimicrobial peptide, catesbeianin-1. RESULTS:Catesbeianin-1 is 25 amino acids long and is α-helical, cationic and amphipathic. It had antimicrobial activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. It was resistant against trypsin and pepsin. Catesbeianin-1 ex...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Xu H,Zhang Y,Feng X,Tie K,Cao Y,Han W

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosylation of the phenolic hydroxyl group of the phenyl propanoid systems, eugenol 1 and curcumin 2, using an amyloglucosidase from Rhizopus and a beta-glucosidase from sweet almonds together with carbohydrates (D-glucose 3, D-mannose 4, maltose 5, sucrose 6 and D-mannitol 7) in di-isopropyl ether produced glycosid...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Vijayakumar GR,Divakar S

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:β-Xylosidase from Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum was purified by His-trap affinity chromatography giving a specific activity of 5.15 U mg(-1). From gel-filtration chromatography, the purified enzyme was a tetramer with a total molecular mass of 245 kDa. Maximal enzyme activity using o-nitrophenyl(NP)-β-D-...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Shin KC,Seo MJ,Oh DK

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene, rBmK Cta, encoding a chlorotoxin-like peptide from the scorpion, Buthus martensii Karsch, was synthesized according to the sequence optimized for codon usage in Escherichia coli and was expressed in E. coli BL21 (DE3) using a pExSecI expression system in which the IgG-binding domain-ZZ of protein A is fused to...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Fu YJ,Yin LT,Wang W,Chai BF,Liang AH

更新日期：2005-10-01 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：:Blakeslea trispora is used commercially to produce β-carotene. Isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerase (IPI) and geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase (GGPS) are key enzymes in the biosynthesis of carotenoids. The cDNAs of genes ipi and carG were cloned from the fungus and expressed in Escherichia coli. Greater GGPS activ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Sun J,Sun XX,Tang PW,Yuan QP

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：:L-Lactic acid was produced from raw cassava starch, by simultaneous enzyme production, starch saccharification and fermentation in a circulating loop bioreactor with Aspergillus awamori and Lactococcus lactis spp. lactis immobilized in loofa sponge. A. awamori was immobilized directly in cylindrical loofa sponge while...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Roble ND,Ogbonna JC,Tanaka H

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay system was employed for detecting Bacillus anthracis spores in pure cultures as well as in various simulated powder samples. The specificity of the designed LAMP primer sets was validated by assaying 13 B. anthracis strains and 33 non-B. anthracis species. The dete...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Qiao YM,Guo YC,Zhang XE,Zhou YF,Zhang ZP,Wei HP,Yang RF,Wang DB

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ligation-mediated-PCR was performed followed by the mapping of 177 and 150 integration sites from HepG2 and Hek293 transduced with chimera vector carrying recombinant human Factor IX (rhFIX) cDNA, respectively. The sequences were analyzed for chromosome preference, CpG, transcription start site (TSS), repetitive eleme...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Castilho-Fernandes A,Fontes AM,Abraham KJ,de Freitas MC,da Rosa NG,Picanço-Castro V,de Sousa Russo-Carbolante EM,Covas DT

更新日期：2015-05-01 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：: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