Porcine testicular extract inhibits T cell proliferation by blocking cell cycle transition from G₁ phase to S phase.

abstract：:Fungal diseases damage crop plants and affect agricultural production. Transgenic plants have been produced by inserting antifungal genes to confer resistance against fungal pathogens. Genes of fungal cell wall-degrading enzymes, such as chitinase and glucanase, are frequently used to produce fungal-resistant transgen...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Ceasar SA,Ignacimuthu S

更新日期：2012-06-01 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：OBJECTS:To explore the roles of growth factor receptor-bound protein 14 (GRB14) in colorectal cancer (CRC) and its correlation with clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis of CRC patients. RESULTS:GRB14 was localized in the cytoplasm of CRC and benign glandular epithelium cells, showing higher levels in CRC ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Yang P,Wei J,Li W,He F,Zeng S,Zhang T,Sun Z,Cao J

更新日期：2016-06-01 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：:Recombinant coagulation factor VII (FVII) is used as a potential therapeutic intervention in hemophilia patients who produce antibodies against the coagulation factors. Mammalian cell lines provide low levels of expression, however, the Spodoptera frugiperda Sf9 cell line and baculovirus expression system are powerful...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Masroori N,Halabian R,Mohammadipour M,Roushandeh AM,Rouhbakhsh M,Najafabadi AJ,Fathabad ME,Salimi M,Shokrgozar MA,Roudkenar MH

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transfer of the IncP-7 carbazole degradative plasmid pCAR1 from Pseudomonas putida SM1443 (derived from strain KT2440) into bacteria of river water samples was monitored using a reporter gene encoding red fluorescent protein (RFP). The number of transconjugants drastically increased in the presence of carbazole, a...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Shintani M,Fukushima N,Tezuka M,Yamane H,Nojiri H

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the role of cytosine methylation in regulation of polyketide compounds biosynthesis in larvae of Strongylocentrotus intermedius. RESULTS:Treatment of S. intermedius larvae with 100 and 200 µM 5-azacytidine (5A) as a DNA demethylating agent significantly increased the amounts of spinochrome D a...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Tyunin AP,Ageenko NV,Kiselev KV

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptides are emerging as pharmaceutical agents in cancer therapy. The peptide, TLSGAFELSRDK (TLS) is a targeting ligand that can specifically triggers cellular uptake by binding to SKOV3 cells. Cell surface proteins and the C-terminal basic residues of the TLS are required for effective cell penetration, and the uptak...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Ma C,Yin G,You F,Wei Y,Huang Z,Chen X,Yan D

更新日期：2013-11-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To improve the potential value of feather, which is a valuable protein resource, we have separated and identified antioxidant peptide(s) from feather hydrolysate. RESULTS:Feather hydrolysate was prepared by fermentation with Bacillus subtilis S1-4. Antioxidative peptides were separated by sequential acid pr...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wan MY,Dong G,Yang BQ,Feng H

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Promoters belong to the most important regulatory domains in genomic sequences. A novel cloning method is described to produce various DNA fragments with the average size about 100 bp, which differ by 1 bp, for screening of the osmotic pressure-inducible promoters from the genome of Escherichia coli. An osmotic pressu...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wang Z,Jin L,Wegrzyn G,Wegrzyn A

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：:A single-compartmented microbial fuel cell composed of a graphite felt anode modified with Neutral Red (NR-anode) and a porous Fe(II)-carbon cathode (FeC-cathode) were compared for electricity generation from Microbacterium sp. and Pseudomonas sp. under identical conditions. Pseudomonas sp. was more than four times th...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Lee SW,Jeon BY,Park DH

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The profiles of carotenoids and production of β-carotene by six eustigmatophytes, Eustigmatos magnus, Eustigmatos polyphem, Eustigmatos vischeri, Vischeria helvetica, Vischeria punctata and Vischeria stellata, grown in a bubble column photobioreactor were measured. All eustigmatophytes contained β-carotene, violaxanth...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Li Z,Sun M,Li Q,Li A,Zhang C

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-Galactosidase isolated from Aspergillus oryzae was immobilized in lens-shaped polyvinylalcohol capsules (with activity 25 U g(-1)) giving 32% of its original activity. Immobilization did not change the pH optimum (4.5) of lactose hydrolysis. The relative enzyme activity during product inhibition testing was, in a...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Grosová Z,Rosenberg M,Rebros M,Sipocz M,Sedlácková B

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：:Cotton fabric samples were treated with a formulation of a total crude Trichoderma reesei cellulase in a two-step procedure. In the first step, samples were treated at a low liquor ratio by padding through the enzyme formulation at 21 degrees C and 55 degrees C with a wet pickup of 100% and batched for 12 h. The sampl...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Schimper CB,Ibanescu C,Keckeis R,Bechtold T

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：:Biotechnology using molecular biology, biochemistry, biophysics, and computational approaches provides an alternative approach for classical pharmacological screening to look at ligand-receptor interactions and receptor specificity, which should support the design of selective drugs based on detailed structural princi...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Ratnala VR

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alkyl glucosides were synthesized by the reaction of Leuconostoc mesenteroides dextransucrase with sucrose and various alcohols. Alkyl alpha-D-glucosides were obtained with a yield of 30% (mol/mol) with primary alcohols, but secondary alcohols or tertiary alcohols gave yields below 5%. The optimal yield was 50% using ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Kim YM,Kim BH,Ahn JS,Kim GE,Jin SD,Nguyen TH,Kim D

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of inducible materials (dexamethasone and ascorbate) on chondrogenic differentiation of rabbit chondrocytes have been examined. A hydrogel construct containing dexamethasone and ascorbate up-regulated gene expression of the cartilage matrix component of collagen to give three times the collagen content per...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Na K,Choi SJ,Kim S,Sun BK,Woo DG,Chung HM,Park KH

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The exploded bast, branch and stem of cotton stalk were degraded by alkalophilic Bacillus NT-19, with weight losses of 24%, 20% and 14%, respectively, after 14 d. Compared with a white-rot fungus (Phanerochaete chrysosporium), Bacillus NT- 19 preferentially degraded the non-cellulose components of cotton stem. The rel...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zheng L,Han X,Du Y

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand how molecular damage under harsh environmental conditions can be controlled, we investigated the properties of ATPase activity of the chaperonin molecular machinery from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus (PfCPN). PfCPN ATPase activity depended on K(+) and Mg(2+) and its optimal pH was 7....

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Chen HY,Tan XL,Lu J,Zhang CX,Zhang Y,Yang SL

更新日期：2009-11-01 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：: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：: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：OBJECTIVES:Developing an effective HIV vaccine that stimulates the humoral and cellular immune responses is still challenging because of the diversity of HIV-1 virus, polymorphism of human HLA and lack of a suitable delivery system. RESULTS:Using bioinformatics tools, we designed a DNA construct encoding multiple epit...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Davoodi S,Bolhassani A,Sadat SM,Irani S

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Semliki forest virus (SFV) is a pathogen causing lethal encephalitis in laboratory mice. In this study, we obtained three short hairpin RNAs (shRNAs) which could specifically target SFV sequence in GFP reporting systems and effectively suppress SFV replication in luciferase-containing reporter virus system. At a multi...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zhang K,Chen Y,Pan J,Ahola T,Guo D

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the potential of enzyme cocktails produced by five filamentous fungi to supplement the industrial cellulase cocktail, Celluclast 1.5L, in order to improve the efficiency of saccharification. RESULTS:The fungi were cultivated on wheat bran and the resulting supernatants were combined with Cellucl...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Peciulyte A,Pisano M,de Vries RP,Olsson L

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00