The capability of endophytic fungi for production of hemicellulases and related enzymes.

abstract：BACKGROUND:As one of the genetic mechanisms for adaptive immunity, V(D)J recombination generates an enormous repertoire of T-cell receptors (TCRs). With the development of high-throughput sequencing techniques, systematic exploration of V(D)J recombination becomes possible. Multiplex PCR has been previously developed t...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Gao F,Wang K

更新日期：2015-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interleukin-17 (IL-17), the characteristic cytokine secreted by T helper 17 lymphocytes (Th17 cells), plays a pivotal role in host defense and many inflammatory or autoimmune diseases. The aim of this study was to obtain purified protein caprine IL-17A (cIL-17A) as an antigen for preparing an IL-17A-specific...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Gao Y,Sang FF,Meng L,Wang Y,Ma WT,Chen K

更新日期：2019-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:DsRed the red fluorescent protein (RFP) isolated from Discosoma sp. coral holds much promise as a genetically and spectrally distinct alternative to green fluorescent protein (GFP) for application in mice. Widespread use of DsRed has been hampered by several issues resulting in the inability to establish and...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Long JZ,Lackan CS,Hadjantonakis AK

更新日期：2005-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Waste animal fat is a promising feedstock to replace vegetable oil that widely used in commercial biodiesel process, however the high content of free fatty acid in waste fat makes it unfeasible to be processed with commercial base-catalytic process. Enzymatic process is preferable to convert waste fat into b...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Pollardo AA,Lee HS,Lee D,Kim S,Kim J

更新日期：2017-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years, cold-active esterases have received increased attention due to their attractive properties for some industrial applications such as high catalytic activity at low temperatures. RESULTS:An esterase-encoding gene (estS, 909 bp) from Serratia sp. was identified, cloned and expressed in Escheri...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Jiang H,Zhang S,Gao H,Hu N

更新日期：2016-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Iron is an essential element in several pathways of microbial metabolism, and therefore low iron toxicity is expected on the usage of Fe nanoparticles (NPs). This study aims to determine the effect of Fe NPs on biosurfactant production by marine actinobacterium Nocardiopsis sp. MSA13A under solid state cultu...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Kiran GS,Nishanth LA,Priyadharshini S,Anitha K,Selvin J

更新日期：2014-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human TGF-β3 has been used in many studies to induce genes coding for typical cartilage matrix components and accelerate chondrogenic differentiation, making it the standard constituent in most cultivation media used for the assessment of chondrogenesis associated with various stem cell types on carrier matr...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Huang Y,Seitz D,Chevalier Y,Müller PE,Jansson V,Klar RM

更新日期：2020-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nanoparticles appear to be promising devices for application in the agriculture and food industries, but information regarding the response of plants to contact with nano-devices is scarce. Toxic effects may be imposed depending on the type and concentration of nanoparticle as well as time of exposure. A num...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Santos AR,Miguel AS,Macovei A,Maycock C,Balestrazzi A,Oliva A,Fevereiro P

更新日期：2013-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The CRISPR-Cas9 system is a powerful and versatile tool for crop genome editing. However, achieving highly efficient and specific editing in polyploid species can be a challenge. The efficiency and specificity of the CRISPR-Cas9 system depends critically on the gRNA used. Here, we assessed the activities and...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Arndell T,Sharma N,Langridge P,Baumann U,Watson-Haigh NS,Whitford R

更新日期：2019-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Advances in optical imaging modalities and the continued evolution of genetically-encoded fluorescent proteins are coming together to facilitate the study of cell behavior at high resolution in living organisms. As a result, imaging using autofluorescent protein reporters is gaining popularity in mouse trans...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Hadjantonakis AK,Papaioannou VE

更新日期：2004-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The CRISPR/Cas9 system is increasingly used for gene inactivation in mouse zygotes, but homology-directed mutagenesis and use of inbred embryos are less established. In particular, Rosa26 knock-in alleles for the insertion of transgenes in a genomic 'safe harbor' site, have not been produced. Here we applied...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Chu VT,Weber T,Graf R,Sommermann T,Petsch K,Sack U,Volchkov P,Rajewsky K,Kühn R

更新日期：2016-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Wax esters are important ingredients in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, lubricants and other chemical industries due to their excellent wetting property. Since the naturally occurring wax esters are expensive and scarce, these esters can be produced by enzymatic alcoholysis of vegetable oils. In an enzymatic rea...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Basri M,Rahman RN,Ebrahimpour A,Salleh AB,Gunawan ER,Rahman MB

更新日期：2007-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis (ANRE) is a potentially lethal disease attributed to auto-antibodies against the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR). Full recovery is possible if therapy is initiated early in the disease course. Detection of ANRE antibodies in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is essential for...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Sharma R,Al-Saleem FH,Puligedda RD,Rattelle A,Lynch DR,Dessain SK

更新日期：2018-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One of the most commonly used vectors for gene therapy is the adenoviral vector; its ability to tightly regulate transgene expression is critical for optimizing therapeutic outcomes. The tetracycline-regulated system (especially the Tet-On system) for gene expression is one of the most valuable tools for con...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Chen H,Wang D,Xia R,Mao Q,Xia H

更新日期：2015-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Quantum dots (QDs) have been considered as a new and efficient probe for labeling cells non-invasively in vitro and in vivo, but fairly little is known about how QDs are eliminated from cells after labeling. The purpose of this study is to investigate the metabolism of QDs in different type of cells. RESULT...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Pi QM,Zhang WJ,Zhou GD,Liu W,Cao Y

更新日期：2010-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Expression vector engineering technology is one of the most convenient and timely method for cell line development to meet the rising demand of novel production cell line with high productivity. Destabilization of dihydrofolate reductase (dhfr) selection marker by addition of AU-rich elements and murine orni...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Chin CL,Chin HK,Chin CS,Lai ET,Ng SK

更新日期：2015-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microarrays are powerful tools for DNA-based molecular diagnostics and identification of pathogens. Most target a limited range of organisms and are based on only one or a very few genes for specific identification. Such microarrays are limited to organisms for which specific probes are available, and often ...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Pasquer F,Pelludat C,Duffy B,Frey JE

更新日期：2010-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ligand-targeted approaches have proven successful in improving the therapeutic index of a number of drugs. We hypothesized that the specific targeting of TNF-alpha antagonists to inflamed tissues could increase drug efficacy and reduce side effects. RESULTS:Using uteroglobin (UG), a potent anti-inflammatory...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Ventura E,Balza E,Borsi L,Tutolo G,Carnemolla B,Castellani P,Zardi L

更新日期：2011-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aldehyde-deformylating oxygenase (ADO) is a key enzyme involved in the biosynthetic pathway of fatty alk(a/e)nes in cyanobacteria. However, cADO (cyanobacterial ADO) showed extreme low activity with the k cat value below 1 min-1, which would limit its application in biofuel production. To identify the activi...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Wang Q,Bao L,Jia C,Li M,Li JJ,Lu X

更新日期：2017-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heparan sulfate glycosaminoglycans are diverse components of certain proteoglycans and are known to interact with growth factors as a co-receptor necessary to induce signalling and growth factor activity. In this report we characterize heterogeneously glycosylated recombinant human perlecan domain 1 (HSPG2 a...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Ellis AL,Pan W,Yang G,Jones K,Chuang C,Whitelock JM,DeCarlo AA

更新日期：2010-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transformed cells of Escherichia coli DH5-alpha with pGFPuv, induced by IPTG (isopropyl-beta-d-thiogalactopyranoside), express the green fluorescent protein (gfpuv) during growth phases. E. coli subjected to the combination of selective permeation by freezing/thawing/sonication cycles followed by the three-p...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Vessoni Penna TC,Ishii M

更新日期：2002-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The identification of known mutations in a cell population is important for clinical applications and basic cancer research. In this work an immobilized form of the polymerase chain reaction, referred to as polony technology, was used to detect mutations as well as gene deletions, resulting in loss of hetero...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Butz J,Wickstrom E,Edwards J

更新日期：2003-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prostate cancer is the most-diagnosed non-skin cancer among males in the US, and the second leading cause of cancer-related death. Current methods of treatment and diagnosis are not specific for the disease. This work identified an antibody fragment that binds selectively to a molecule on the surface of andr...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Williams RM,Hajiran CJ,Nayeem S,Sooter LJ

更新日期：2014-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The detection of unknown mutations is important in research and medicine. For this purpose, a mismatch-specific endonuclease CEL I from celery has been established as a useful tool in high throughput projects. Previously, CEL I-like activities were described only in a variety of plants and could not be expre...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Pimkin M,Caretti E,Canutescu A,Yeung JB,Cohn H,Chen Y,Oleykowski C,Bellacosa A,Yeung AT

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), characterised by recurrent miscarriage and thrombosis, is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Domain I (DI) of human beta 2 glycoprotein I (beta2GPI) is thought to contain crucial antibody binding epitopes for antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL), which are criti...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Ioannou Y,Giles I,Lambrianides A,Richardson C,Pearl LH,Latchman DS,Isenberg DA,Rahman A

更新日期：2006-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dissolved oxygen tension (DOT) is hardly constant and homogenously distributed in a bioreactor, which can have a negative impact in the metabolism and product synthesis. However, the effects of DOT on plasmid DNA (pDNA) production and quality have not been thoroughly investigated. In the present study, the e...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Jaén KE,Sigala JC,Olivares-Hernández R,Niehaus K,Lara AR

更新日期：2017-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tetanus neurotoxin (TeNT) is taken up at nerve terminals and undergoes retrograde migration. The toxic properties of TeNT reside in the toxin light chain (L), but like complete TeNT, the TeNT heavy chain (TTH) and the C-terminal domain (TTC) alone can bind and enter into neurons. Here, we explored whether at...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Watanabe Y,Matsuba T,Nakanishi M,Une M,Hanajima R,Nakashima K

更新日期：2018-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the previous study, the cellulolytic Escherichia coli ZH-4 isolated from bovine rumen was found to show extracellular cellulase activity and could degrade cellulose in the culture. The goal of this work was to identify and characterize the secreted cellulase of E. coli ZH-4. It will be helpful to re-under...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Pang J,Wang J,Liu Z,Zhang Q,Qi Q

更新日期：2019-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The safety of mutagenized and genetically transformed plants remains a subject of scrutiny. Data gathered and communicated on the phenotypic and molecular variation induced by gene transfer technologies will provide a scientific-based means to rationally address such concerns. In this study, genomic structur...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Anderson JE,Michno JM,Kono TJ,Stec AO,Campbell BW,Curtin SJ,Stupar RM

更新日期：2016-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We have investigated the possibility and feasibility of producing the HPV-11 L1 major capsid protein in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana ecotype Columbia and Nicotiana tabacum cv. Xanthi as potential sources for an inexpensive subunit vaccine. RESULTS:Transformation of plants was only achieved with the HPV-1...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Kohl TO,Hitzeroth II,Christensen ND,Rybicki EP

更新日期：2007-09-12 00:00:00