Bioconversion of tea polyphenols to bioactive theabrownins by Aspergillus fumigatus.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare methods for erythroid differentiation of K562 cells that will be promising in the treatment of beta-thalassemia by inducing γ-globin synthesis. RESULTS:Cells were treated separately with: RPMI 1640 medium without glutamine, RPMI 1640 medium without glutamine supplemented with 1 mM sodium butyrate,...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Shariati L,Modaress M,Khanahmad H,Hejazi Z,Tabatabaiefar MA,Salehi M,Modarressi MH

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:16,17-Epoxysterol plays an important role in pharmaceutical steroid synthesis. To investigate the potential application of cytochrome P450 for epoxysterol synthesis, an approach to the epoxidation of 16,17-epoxysterol, based on directed evolution of cytochrome P450 BM-3, was developed. This comprised random gene mutag...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Jiang D,Tu R,Bai P,Wang Q

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We prepared ATP photosynthetic vesicles from inside-out membranes of Escherichia coli cells that express delta-rhodopsin (a novel light-driven H(+) transporter) and TF(0)F(1)-ATP synthase (a thermo-stable ATP synthase). These vesicles showed light-dependent ATP synthesis. Furthermore, coupling the ATP photosynthetic v...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Hara KY,Suzuki R,Suzuki T,Yoshida M,Kino K

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:miR-21 is highly expressed in a variety of cancers, suggesting that it might play a role in the process of oncogenesis, as supported by it directly causing pre-B cell lymphomas in transgenic mice. Rm21LG transgenic mice for the conditional co-expression of miR-21 and luciferase (Luc) mediated by Cre/lox P system were ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Du T,Jia J,Lin X,Xie R,Li J,Xiao D,Xu K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The peptide, Ala-Pro-Ala-Arg (APAR), was selected from the screening of a tetrapeptide combinatorial synthetic library as the ligand for affinity purification of an anti-Granulocyte Macrophage-Colony Stimulating Factor (GM-CSF) monoclonal antibody (Mab) developed in mouse ascitis. The affinity chromatographic matrix o...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Camperi SA,Iannucci NB,Albanesi GJ,Oggero Eberhardt M,Etcheverrigaray M,Messeguer A,Albericio F,Cascone O

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) alpha and gamma are key regulators of lipid homeostasis and insulin resistance. In this study we show that a novel compound, 3-{4-[2-(5-methyl-2-phenyl-oxazol-4-yl)-ethoxy]-phenyl}- 2-[2-(2-nitro-phenoxy)-acetyl amino]-propionic acid (O325H), is an agonist with dual ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Xu C,Wang LL,Liu HY,Ruan CM,Zhou XB,Cao YL,Li S

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virus-like particles (VLPs) are a promising and developing option for vaccination and gene therapy. They are also interesting as shuttles for drug targeting. Currently, several different gene expression systems are available, among which the silkworm expression system is known for its mass production capacity. However...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Minkner R,Park EY

更新日期：2018-04-01 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：:Our current knowledge of protein unfolding is overwhelmingly related to reversible denaturation. However, to engineer thermostable enzymes for industrial applications and medical diagnostics, it is necessary to consider irreversible denaturation processes and/or the entire quaternary structure. In this study we have u...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Kaneko H,Minagawa H,Shimada J

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three previously established cell lines (yellow, red and white) of Saussurea medusa were investigated for jaceosidin and hispidulin production. Maximum yields of the jaceosidin and hispidulin were obtained in the red cell line at 75+/-0.41 and 6.4+/-0.31 mg l-1. Production of jaceosidin and hispidulin correlated with ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Fu CX,Zhao DX,Huang Y,Ma FS

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deer antlers are the only mammalian appendages capable of repeated rounds of regeneration. Every year, deer antlers are shed and regrown from blastema into large branched structures of cartilage and bone. Little is known about the genes involved in antler development particularly during the later stages of ossificatio...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Yao B,Zhao Y,Zhang H,Zhang M,Liu M,Liu H,Li J

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microtiter plate-based assay was developed to evaluate the ability of lipases to perform transesterifications when employed in different organic solvents. A 4-nitrophenol assay was carried out employing seven different lipase formulations and two fatty acid methyl esters with different chain lengths in a total of si...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Pöhnlein M,Finkbeiner T,Syldatk C,Hausmann R

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An efficient synthesis of polymerizable 3'- and 5'-O-acyl-nucleoside derivatives has been developed from inosine and 2'-deoxyuridine by enzyme-catalyzed regioselective acylation with divinyl dicarboxylates. In acetone, Lipozyme (immobilized lipase from Mucor miehei) gave 5'-O-acyl-nucleoside products, and PPL (lipase ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Sun XF,Wang N,Wu Q,Lin XF

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To prepare recombinant tPep-(vascular endothelial growth factor) VEGF-B and assess its biological activity. RESULTS:This new VEGF fusion protein was constructed using a targeting peptide and prepared using E.coli. The tPep-VEGF-B was refolded from inclusion bodies and purified using affinity chromatography....

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zhang Y,Tong Y,Gao M,Luo C,Song X,Gao X,Yao W

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The astaxanthin biosynthesis gene cluster in Paracoccus haeundaensis consists of six genes: crtW, crtZ, crtY, crtI, crtB, and crtE contain 726, 486, 1158, 1503, 912, and 879 base pairs, respectively. Individual carotenoid biosynthesis genes of P. haeundaensis have now been expressed in E. coli and each gene product ha...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Lee JH,Kim YT

更新日期：2006-08-01 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：:A new method for fast transformation of competent bacterial cells has been developed. The transformation is induced with cholic acid analogues or saponins which cause reversible disruption of the bacterial membrane. This method shortens the time of transformation without significant loss of transformation efficiency i...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Ravnikar M,Irman A,Radić N,Lunder M,Strukelj B

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To develop a colorimetric assay for ATP based on the blue-pigment synthesising non-ribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) BpsA, and to demonstrate its utility in defining the substrate specificity of other NRPS enzymes. RESULTS:BpsA is able to convert two molecules of L-glutamine into the readily-detected blue...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Brown AS,Calcott MJ,Collins VM,Owen JG,Ackerley DF

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-viral vector, pCMV-Pth, with full-length human parathyroid hormone (prepro-hPTH) cDNA was constructed and delivered into the ovariectomized mouse quadriceps to explore the effects of electroporational gene transfer of PTH on the bone. The expression of hPTH in the transfected mice was detected by RT-PCR and radioi...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Liu B,Tang J,Ji J,Gu J

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To uncover key genes and pathways regulated by SCL3, a GRAS transcription factor, in the context of gibberellin (GA) in the roots of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. RESULTS:Gene expression profiles of ga1-3 mutant and ga1-3 and scl3 double mutant are considerably similar to each other, revealed by Pri...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Weng CY,Zhu MH,Liu ZQ,Zheng YG

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potato (Solanum tuberosum) hairy root cultures, established by infecting potato tuber discs with Agrobacterium rhizogenes, were used as a model system for the production of antimicrobial sesquiterpenes and lipoxygenase (LOX) metabolites. Of the four sesquiterpene phytoalexins (rishitin, lubimin, phytuberin and phytube...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Komaraiah P,Reddy GV,Reddy PS,Raghavendra AS,Ramakrishna SV,Reddanna P

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virus-induced gene silencing is based on the sequence-specific degradation of RNA. Here, a gene silencing vector derived from EuMV-YP, named pEuMV-YP:ΔAV1, was used to silence ChlI and NPR1 genes in Nicotiana benthamiana. The silencing of the ChlI transcripts was efficient in the stems, petioles and leaves as reflecte...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Villanueva-Alonzo HJ,Us-Camas RY,López-Ochoa LA,Robertson D,Guerra-Peraza O,Minero-García Y,Moreno-Valenzuela OA

更新日期：2013-05-01 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

abstract：:Passiflora garckei cell cultures were used as a model to describe a reproducible sample preparation method. Solid phase extraction (SPE) was employed to isolate the plant metabolites for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) analysis and to subsequently detect the differences between yeast extract elicited and control cell...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Fraccaroli M,Nicoletti S,Maltese F,Choi YH,Guzzo F,Levi M,Verpoorte R

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene-specific, metagenomic PCR method has led to the discovery of a novel esterase subfamily consisting of five homologous members. Sequence analysis of this esterase subfamily, named the ArmEst subfamily, revealed a unique conserved pattern with a significant variable interior sequence flanked by two symmetric and ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zhang A,Zhao R,Jin P,Ma L,Xiong X,Xie T,Pei X,Yu L,Yin X,Wang Q

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Centaurea calcitrapa suspension cultures were grown either in Erlenmeyer flasks or in a mechanically stirred bioreactor. Its rheological behaviour, when fitted to the Oswald-de Waele model (power law), showed pseudoplastic characteristics in both cases. The flow behaviour index (n) decreased over the course of a growt...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Raposo S,Lima-Costa ME

更新日期：2006-03-01 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：:Acetic acid is by-product from fermentation processes for producing succinic acid using Mannheimia succiniciproducens . To obtain pure succinic acid from the final fermentation broth, acetic acid was selectively removed based on the different extractability of succinic acid and acetic acid with pH using tri-n-octylami...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Huh YS,Hong YK,Hong WH,Chang HN

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene encoding a gamma-butyrolactone autoregulator receptor was cloned in to E. coli from Streptomyces ambofaciens producing spiramycin, a macrolide antibiotic used in both veterinary medicine and human medicine. A 714-bp intact receptor gene (saaR) was obtained by PCR and genomic Southern hybridization with the 100-...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Choi SU,Kim MK,Ha HS,Hwang YI

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malic enzyme (ME) catalyses the oxidative decarboxylation of L-malate to pyruvate and provides NADPH for intracellular metabolism, such as fatty acid synthesis. Here, the mitochondrial ME (mME) gene from Mortierella alpina was homologously over-expressed. Compared with controls, fungal arachidonic acid (ARA; 20:4 n-6)...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Hao G,Chen H,Du K,Huang X,Song Y,Gu Z,Wang L,Zhang H,Chen W,Chen YQ

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00