Induced hydrolytic enzymes of ectomycorrhizal fungi against pathogen Rhizoctonia solani.

abstract：:C3H/HeJ mice were sensitized with ovalbumin (OVA) and choleratoxin (CT) for 5 weeks, and then Bifidobacterium bifidum BGN4 was administered continuously for 7 weeks, starting 2 weeks before (pre-treatment group) and 2 weeks after (post-treatment group) the initial sensitization. After sensitization, the OVA-induced (s...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Kim H,Lee SY,Ji GE

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellobiose is a major intermediate from cellulase hydrolysis of pretreated plant biomass. Engineering biocatalysts for direct use of cellobiose could eliminate the need for exogenous β-glucosidase. Additionally, rapid removal of cellobiose in a simultaneous saccharification and fermentation facilitates enzymatic hydro...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Rutter C,Chen R

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:UV-induced DNA damage plays a key role in the etiology of certain diseases. The ability of blueberry anthocyanins and anthocyanidins (BA) to protect cellular DNA from UV-induced damage was investigated. BA were extracted by water (BAW), ethanol (BAE) or methanol (BAM). These extracts partially restored proliferation o...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Liu W,Lu X,He G,Gao X,Li M,Wu J,Li Z,Wu J,Wang J,Luo C

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 4 kb BamHI-HindIlI fragment, corresponding to the cry2A operon of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki strain BNS3, was cloned. The sequencing of the corresponding cry2Aa-type gene, termed crybns3-4, revealed an open reading frame of 1902 bp, encoding a protein of 633 amino-acid residues. Both nucleotide and amino...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Tounsi S,Jaoua S

更新日期：2003-08-01 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：OBJECTIVES:An extracellular protease inhibitor (BTPI-301) of trypsin was purified and characterized from an isolate of Pseudomonas mendocina. RESULTS:BTPI-301was purified to homogeneity by (NH4)2SO4, precipitation, DEAE Sepharose and CNBr-activated Sepharose chromatography. Homogeneity was proved by native PAGE and SD...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Sapna K,Manzur Ali PP,Rekha Mol KR,Bhat SG,Chandrasekaran M,Elyas KK

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Regenerative medicine approaches using reprogrammed or transdifferentiated cells require efficient single cell expression profiling to analyze culture homogeneity for quality control and recipients' safety. RESULTS:While antigen-antibody based systems have been developed for several proteins, probing at the...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Kraus P,Kocsis V,Williams C,Youngs B,Lufkin T

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Exogenous phytase improved the activity of hydrolases to decrease the malting time. RESULTS:Treatment with phytase during barley steeping increased activity of hydrolases (α-/β-amylase, proteinase, β-glucanase and xylanase) in green malt. Maximal activity was observed for α-/β-amylase, β-glucanase and xylan...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Qiu R,Lu J

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding Schwanniomyces occidentalis alpha-amylase (AMY) was introduced into the chromosomal delta sequences of an industrial strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. To obtain a strain suitable for commercial use, an delta-integrative cassette devoid of bacterial DNA sequences was constructed that contains the AM...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Kang NY,Park JN,Chin JE,Lee HB,Im SY,Bai S

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The maltose-binding protein (MBP), which possesses a large number of exposed hydrophobic zones, can be used as a link for the immobilization of growth factors. The amount of immobilized MBP-vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGFs) for polystyrene surface was increased with respect to increasing protein, showing 101...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Han M,Park IS,Kim SH,Kim BS,Kim SH

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To acquire a thermostable xylanase, that is suitable for xylooligosaccharide production from pretreated corncobs, the metagenomic method was used to obtain the gene from an uncultured environmental microorganism. RESULTS:A thermostable xylanase-encoding gene (xyn10CD18) was cloned directly from the metageno...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Sun MZ,Zheng HC,Meng LC,Sun JS,Song H,Bao YJ,Pei HS,Yan Z,Zhang XQ,Zhang JS,Liu YH,Lu FP

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brevibacterium epidermis DSM 20659 is a halotolerant Gram-positive bacterium which can synthesize the osmolyte, ectoine, but prefers to take it up from its environment. The present study revealed that B. epidermis is equipped with at least one transport system for ectoine, with a maximal transport velocity of 15.7 +/-...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Onraedt A,De Mey M,Walcarius B,Soetaert W,Vandamme EJ

更新日期：2006-11-01 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：: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：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：:The shuttle vector pGYC4α (6,157 bp) was constructed based on the sigma-replicon plasmid pYC2 from Lactobacillus sakei BM5 isolated from kimchi. The vector contained inserts of the ColE1 replicon, α-amylase gene from Bacillus licheniformis containing its own signal peptide, and lactococcal promoter P32. Transformation...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Yang EJ,Chang HC

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeted gene replacement in the thermotolerant yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus KCTC 17555 has been hampered by its propensity to non-homologous end joining (NHEJ). To enhance homologous recombination (HR) by blocking NHEJ, we identified and disrupted the K. marxianus KU80 gene. The ku80 deletion mutant strain (Kmku80∆)...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Choo JH,Han C,Kim JY,Kang HA

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The dye-decolorizing peroxidase from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, BaDyP, was identified to be an efficient catalyst for the degradation of phenolic β-ether lignin model dimer guaiacylglycerol-β-guaiacyl ether (GGE) and dyes. RESULTS:Efeb gene encoding BaDyP from B. amyloliquefaciens MN-13 consisted of 1257 bp...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Yang J,Gao T,Zhang Y,Wang S,Li H,Li S,Wang S

更新日期：2019-09-01 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：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 expression of the gene OsITL1 coding for the inositol 1,3,4-trisphosphate 5/6-kinase protein was induced by 200 mM NaCl or dehydration. The expression of OsITL1 in response to NaCl and dehydration suggests the possible functions of OsITL1 in osmotic stress responses; however, physiological tests indicate that the ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Niu X,Chen Q,Wang X

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium spp. produce n-butanol in the acetone/butanol/ethanol process. For sustainable industrial scale butanol production, a number of obstacles need to be addressed including choice of feedstock, the low product yield, toxicity to production strain, multiple-end products and downstream processing of alcohol mixt...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Jurgens G,Survase S,Berezina O,Sklavounos E,Linnekoski J,Kurkijärvi A,Väkevä M,van Heiningen A,Granström T

更新日期：2012-08-01 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：:A non-characterized gene, previously proposed as the D-tagatose-3-epimerase gene from Rhodobacter sphaeroides, was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. Its molecular mass was estimated to be 64 kDa with two identical subunits. The enzyme specificity was highest with D-fructose and decreased for other substrates i...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zhang L,Mu W,Jiang B,Zhang T

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Theabrownins (TB) are water-soluble phenolic compounds associated with the various health benefits of Pu-erh tea, a post-fermented Chinese dark tea. This work reports on the production of theabrownins from infusions of sun-dried green tea leaves using a pure culture of Aspergillus fumigatus isolated from a solid-state...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wang Q,Gong J,Chisti Y,Sirisansaneeyakul S

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium butyrate is commonly used in mammalian cell cultures to increase the productivity of recombinant proteins. A Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell line producing recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) was cultured in commercial medium. Addition of 0.5 mM butyrate inhibited the over-growth of the cells after the me...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Liu Y,Zhou X,Song Z,Zhang Y

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of H(2), He and O(2) during batch fermentation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae BRAS291 increased the final intracellular glycogen contents of the cells from 2-fold to 10-fold compared with a gas-free condition, and this depended on the gas applied. Differently, the intracellular trehalose contents increased from 2...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Pham TH,Mauvais G,Vergoignan C,De Coninck J,Cachon R,Feron G

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ochrobactrum anthropi cleaved the delta-(D-alpha-aminoadipoyl)-side chain from delta-(D-alpha-aminoadipoyl)-7-amino-4-methylcoumarin, a beta-lactamase-resistant cephalosporin C analogue. In whole cell conversions up to 1 nkat g(-1) dry cell wt were achieved. O. anthropi possesses also gamma-D-glutamyltranspeptidase ac...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Patett F,Fischer L

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To control the genetic quality during the whole process of tissue culture of the traditional Chinese medicinal plant, Saussurea involucrate Kar. et Kir., DNA polymorphisms and genetic variations were investigated using randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and inter-simple sequence repeats (ISSR) markers. The gene...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Yuan XF,Dai ZH,Wang XD,Zhao B

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A potent HIV vaccine should overcome some limitations such as polymorphism of human HLA, the diversity of HIV-1 virus, and the lack of an effective delivery system. In this study, a DNA construct encoding Nef60-84, Nef126-144, Vpr34-47, Vpr60-75, Gp16030-53, Gp160308-323, and P248-151 epitopes was designed u...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Davoodi S,Bolhassani A,Namazi F

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00