Effect of bacterial cell size on electricity generation in a single-compartmented microbial fuel cell.

abstract：:Bioreactors are essential in tissue engineering, not only because they provide an in vitro environment mimicking in vivo conditions for the growth of tissue substitutes, but also because they enable systematic studies of the responses of living tissues to various mechanical and biochemical cues. The basic principles o...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Chen HC,Hu YC

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Simplified version of rate equations for enzyme-catalyzed reactions has been developed in which the rate equation is analyzed with two different mechanisms: ordered bi-ter and Ping-Pong bi-bi mechanisms. This procedure is able to develop the rate expressions accurately. Random sequential order mechanism can be effec...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Thilakavathi M,Basak T,Panda T

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial desulfurization is potentially an alternative process to chemical desulfurization of fossil fuels and their refined products. The dibenzothiophene desulfurizing system of Rhodococcus erythropolis includes DszD which is an NADH-dependent FMN oxidoreductase with 192 residues that is responsible for supplying r...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Kamali N,Tavallaie M,Bambai B,Karkhane AA,Miri M

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salinispora arenicola CNS-205 was a first-isolated obligate marine actinomycete. A gene (sare0357), annotated as ''amino acid adenylation domain'' located on the genome of Salinispora arenicola CNS-205, was cloned and characterized. The recombinant target protein Sare0357 was expressed in E. coli. Sare0357 specificall...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Shu X,Ma Y,Lu C,Lei M,Liu Y,Liu K,Xiong G,Xia S,Zhao Z,Luo W,Fu Q,Qi C

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to characterize the growth of the fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus LEU18496, isolated from the fungus garden of the nest of leaf cutter ants Atta mexicana. The fungus garden was cultivated in an artificial laboratory nest and the fungus further grown in submerged (SmC) and solid state (SSC)...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Maya-Yescas ME,Revah S,Le Borgne S,Valenzuela J,Palacios-González E,Terrés-Rojas E,Vigueras-Ramírez G

更新日期：2021-01-02 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: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：OBJECTIVES:The aim of the study is to generate a spherical three-dimensional (3D) aggregate of hepatocyte-like cells (HLCs) differentiated from human embryonic stem cells and to investigate the effect of the 3D environment on hepatic maturation and drug metabolism. RESULTS:Quantitative real-time PCR analysis indicated...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Choi YJ,Kim H,Kim JW,Yoon S,Park HJ

更新日期：2018-05-01 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：:To elucidate the functional significance of heat-shock protein beta 1 (HSPB1) in androgen-mediated myogenesis of bovine cells, we conducted 'loss and gain of function of HSPB1' assays by siRNA inhibition and gene overexpression. siRNA inhibition of HSPB1 expression reduced the expression of desmin (a myogenic marker) ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zhang Q,Lee HG,Kang SK,Baik M,Choi YJ

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To improve the production of α-ketoglutaric acid (α-KG) from L-glutamate by whole-cell biocatalysis. RESULTS:A novel and highly active L-glutamate oxidase, SmlGOX, from Streptomyces mobaraensis was overexpressed and purified. The recombinant SmlGOX was approx. 64 kDa by SDS-PAGE. SmlGOX had a maximal activi...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Liu Q,Ma X,Cheng H,Xu N,Liu J,Ma Y

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ochratoxin A is a mycotoxin produced by several Aspergillus and some Penicillium species which may be present in food and feed products. It can be enzymatically hydrolyzed into ochratoxin alpha and L: -beta-phenylalanine, thereby decreasing its toxicity. The ochratoxin A degradation capacity of Aspergillus niger is we...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Abrunhosa L,Venâncio A

更新日期：2007-12-01 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：:Excretion of 1,3-propanediol (1,3-PD) by K. pneumoniae was compared in ammonium- and phosphate-limited chemostat cultures running with an excess of glycerol. 59 and 43% catabolic flux were directed to 1,3-PD in ammonia-limited cultures and phosphate-limited cultures at dilution rate of 0.1 h(-1), respectively. Ammonia...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zheng ZM,Xu YZ,Wang TP,Dong CQ,Yang YP,Liu DH

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluctuating light intensity had a more significant impact on growth of gametophytes of transgenic Laminaria japonica in a 2500 ml bubble-column bioreactor than constant light intensity. A fluctuating light intensity between 10 and 110 microE m(-2) s(-1), with a photoperiod of 14 h:10 h light:dark, was the best regime ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Gao J,Zhang Y,Zhang W,Wu S,Qin S,Zhang W,Yu X

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the effect of full-length fragment of DNA topoisomerase I gene (TOP1) matrix attachment regions (MARs) originating from the human genome on transgene expression in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells and explore the underlying mechanisms. RESULTS:Results showed that TOP1 MAR cannot only enhance...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Jia YL,Guo X,Wang XC,Wang TY

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proteome of rumen epithelial tissue was analysed by SDS-PAGE coupled with LC-MS/MS. 813 non-redundant proteins were identified of which 7.4 % featured membrane-spanning domains and 15.4 % harboured a signal peptide. According to the gene ontology annotation, the most abundant proteins exhibited binding activities ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Yang Y,Wang J,Yuan T,Bu D,Yang J,Sun P

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:KGLP-1, a 31-amino acid glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogue, has a great therapeutic potential for anti-diabetes. In this work, a strategy for expression and purification of functional KGLP-1 peptide has been established. KGLP-1 cDNA was fused with glutathione S-transferase (GST), with an enterokinase cleavage si...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Liu Y,Ren L,Ge L,Cui Q,Cao X,Hou Y,Bai F,Bai G

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：: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 gene, xynB, from Streptomyces olivaceoviridis A1 encoding xylanase, XYNB, with a high specific activity for xylan, was transformed into potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) by Agrobacterium tumefaciens. The integration of xynB into genomic DNA was confirmed by PCR and reverse transcriptase-PCR. The gene was expressed und...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Yang P,Wang Y,Bai Y,Meng K,Luo H,Yuan T,Fan Y,Yao B

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With ever-increasing molecular information about colorectal cancer (CRC), there is an expectation to detect more sensitive and specific molecular markers for new advanced diagnostic methods that can surpass the limitations of current screening tests. Moreover, enhanced molecular pathology knowledge about cancer has le...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Kavousipour S,Khademi F,Zamani M,Vakili B,Mokarram P

更新日期：2017-06-01 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：: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：:The Bacillus pumilus SG2 chitinase gene (ChiS) and its truncated form lacking chitin binding (ChBD) and fibronectin type III (FnIII) domains were transformed to Arabidopsis plants and the expression, functionality and antifungal activity of the recombinant proteins were investigated. Results showed that while the two ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Dehestani A,Kazemitabar K,Ahmadian G,Jelodar NB,Salmanian AH,Seyedi M,Rahimian H,Ghasemi S

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An endoxylanase gene, xynA, was cloned from Bacillus pumilus ARA and expressed in Escherichia coli. The open reading frame of the xynA gene was 687 bp encoding a signal peptide and a mature xylanase with a molecular mass of 23 kDa. The enzyme was categorized as a glycosyl hydrolase family 11 member based on the sequen...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Qu W,Shao W

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biomacromolecule, gelatin, has increasingly been used in biomedicine-beyond its traditional use in food and cosmetics. The appealing advantages of gelatin, such as its cell-adhesive structure, low cost, off-the-shelf availability, high biocompatibility, biodegradability and low immunogenicity, among others, have m...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Su K,Wang C

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel glucose-sensing molecule was created based on galactose/glucose-binding protein (GGBP). GGBP mutants at Asp14, a residue interacting with the 4th hydroxyl group of the sugar molecule, were constructed by mutagenesis to improve the ligand specificity of GGBP. The autofluorescence-based analysis of the binding a...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Sakaguchi-Mikami A,Taneoka A,Yamoto R,Ferri S,Sode K

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Constant medium feeding rate and intermittent fed-batch fermentation strategies were investigated aiming to increase the yields of γ-decalactone production by Yarrowia lipolytica, using methyl ricinoleate as substrate and ricinoleic acid source. The accumulation of another compound, 3-hydroxy-γ-decalactone, was also a...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Gomes N,Teixeira JA,Belo I

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alginate oligosaccharide (AOS) was reported to possess antioxidant and free radical scavenging activities, but the specific effects and mechanisms remain unclear. We investigated the effects of AOS on H2O2-induced oxidative stress and apoptosis in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and the associated mech...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zhao J,Han Y,Wang Z,Zhang R,Wang G,Mao Y

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00