Comparison of Lentiviral Packaging Mixes and Producer Cell Lines for RNAi Applications.

abstract：:Coptotermes curvignathus is a termite that, owing to its ability to digest living trees, serves as a gold mine for robust industrial enzymes. This unique characteristic reflects the presence of very efficient hydrolytic enzyme systems including cellulases. Transcriptomic analyses of the gut of C. curvignathus revealed...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Woon JS,King PJH,Mackeen MM,Mahadi NM,Wan Seman WMK,Broughton WJ,Abdul Murad AM,Abu Bakar FD

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriophage lambda has been in use as a cloning vector for over 25 years, and has been used extensively as an expression vector. The efficiency of packaging and infection, and the simplicity of plaque screening are advantages of lambda as a cloning vector. A number of ingenious modifications help overcome the disadv...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Christensen AC

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor is a promising technology for its various advantages including the real-time measurement of biomolecular interactions without labeling. A method of hybridizing RNAs on the surface of the streptavidin-coated (SA) sensor chip to study RNA-protein interactions was described in th...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Yang Y,Wang Q,Guo D

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recombinant acidstable α-amylase (Ba-amy) of acidophilic bacterium Bacillus acidicola TSAS1 has been produced extracellularly using a combination of cloning (E. coli and P. pastoris) and physico-chemical treatment strategies. A total of 150,000 U/L of Ba-amy were attained under constitutive promoter in P. pastoris...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Parashar D,Satyanarayana T

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:D-Glucosamine is a commonly used dietary supplement that promotes cartilage health in humans. Metabolic flux analysis showed that D-glucosamine production could be increased by blocking three pathways involved in the consumption of glucosamine-6-phosphate and acetylglucosamine-6-phosphate. By homologous single-exchang...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Li P,Li X,Wen Z,Dong R,Li K,Fan H,Wang R,Wang J,Lv M

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrilases have attracted tremendous attention for the preparation of optically pure carboxylic acids. This article aims to address the production and utilization of a highly enantioselective nitrilase from Pseudomonas putida MTCC 5110 for the hydrolysis of racemic mandelonitrile to (R)-mandelic acid. The nitrilase ge...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Banerjee A,Dubey S,Kaul P,Barse B,Piotrowski M,Banerjee UC

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a growing pharmaceutical market for protein-based drugs for use in therapy and diagnosis. The rapid developments in molecular and cell biology have resulted in production of expression systems for manufacturing of recombinant proteins and monoclonal antibodies. These proteins are glycosylated when expressed i...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Nilsson B

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzymes isolated from extremophiles often exhibit superior performance and potential industrial applications. There are several advantages performing biocatalysis at elevated temperatures, including enhanced reaction rates, increased substrate solubility and decreased risks of contamination. Furthermore, thermophilic ...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Mandelli F,Gonçalves TA,Gandin CA,Oliveira AC,Oliveira Neto M,Squina FM

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimization of gene coding-sequence, including preferred codon usage and removal of cryptic splice sites and mRNA-destabilizing motifs, has been shown to improve recombinant protein production of different proteins. Here, we present data to show that gene optimization can also be used to improve the production of a c...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Kalwy S,Rance J,Young R

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Association studies using genome scans to identify quantitative trait loci for multifactorial disorders, with anything approaching reasonable power, have been compromised by the need for a very dense array of genetic markers and large numbers of affected individuals. These requirements impose enormous burdens on the g...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Curran S,Hill L,O'Grady G,Turic D,Asherson P,Taylor E,Sham P,Craig I,Vaughan P

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electroporation of cells in the presence of DNA is widely used for the introduction of transgenes either stably or transiently into bacterial, fungal, animal, and plant cells. A review of the literature shows that electroporation parameters are often reported in an incomplete or incorrect manner, forcing researchers t...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Lurquin PF

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (T-RFLP) or Fluorescent Polymerase Chain Reaction/Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (FluRFLP) have made a significant impact on the way in which PCR products amplified from mixed community DNA extracts have been assessed. Technically, these approaches are essent...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Bruce KD,Hughes MR

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electron microscopic study of DNA-protein complexes can yield valuable information that is often not easily available by other methods. In this article we give a number of examples that were chosen to illustrate the utility of electron microscopy. Along with the strategy used are protocols that allow such experime...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Schnos M,Inman RB

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-Succinyl-amino acid racemase (NSAAR), long referred to as N-acyl- or N-acetyl-amino acid racemase, is an enolase superfamily member whose biotechnological potential was discovered decades ago, due to its use in the industrial dynamic kinetic resolution methodology first known as "Acylase Process". In previous works,...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Soriano-Maldonado P,Andújar-Sánchez M,Clemente-Jiménez JM,Rodríguez-Vico F,Las Heras-Vázquez FJ,Martínez-Rodríguez S

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A functional assay for proteolytic processing of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) was set up in yeast. This consisted of a membrane-bound chimeric protein containing the beta-secretase cleaved C-terminal fragment of APP fused to the Ga14 transcription factor. Using this chimera in a GAL-reporter yeast strain, an ex...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Gunyuzlu PL,White WH,Davis GL,Hollis GF,Toyn JH

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is a central cytokine in the pathogenesis of septic shock and other inflammatory states. Assay by immunoassay is convenient, but, because of circulating soluble receptors, does not accurately reflect biological activity of the cytokine. This article describes how to perform a bioassay for T...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Evans TJ

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews some of the issues involved in evaluating vaccines in humans. Vaccine trials are required for licensure and are essential for demonstrating a vaccine's safety and protective efficacy. The formal framework of phase I, II, and III trials is described, with particular emphasis on the choice of hypoth...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Farrington CP,Miller E

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the causal agent of cervical cancer, one of the most common causes of death in women worldwide, and its E7 antigen is the major candidate for a therapeutic vaccine. The large scale production of E7 by molecular farming that would lead to the development of a safe and inexpensive vaccine i...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Morgenfeld M,Lentz E,Segretin ME,Alfano EF,Bravo-Almonacid F

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immobilized-metal-ion affinity chromatography (IMAC) is used extensively for phosphopeptide enrichment in phosphoproteomics. However, the effect of nucleic acids in protein samples on phosphopeptide enrichment by IMAC has not yet been well clarified. In this study, we demonstrate that IMAC beads possess a strong adsor...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Li Y,Luo Y,Wu S,Gao Y,Liu Y,Zheng D

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants synthesize amino acids by collateral metabolic pathways using primary elements carbon and oxygen from air, hydrogen from water in soil and nitrogen from soil. Following synthesis, amino acids are immediately used for metabolism, transient storage or transported to the phloem. Different families of transporters ...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Chakraborty N,Besra A,Basak J

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A short (43-bp) A/T-rich stretch of DNA located in the intergenic region between the baiA2 and baiF genes from Eubacterium sp. strain VPI 12708 was amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and inserted in front of the Shine-Dalgarno (SD) sequences of three inefficiently-expressed Eubacterium sp. strain VPI 12708 g...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Mallonee DH,Hylemon PB

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since it was first introduced in late 1990s Wave bioreactor has been used for protein production by mammalian and insect cell lines. However, using Wave bioreactor to produce human monoclonal antibody by stable Drosophila Schneider 2 (S2) cell transfectants has not been reported before. In this study, S2 cells were co...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Wang L,Hu H,Yang J,Wang F,Kaisermayer C,Zhou P

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epoxide hydrolases (EHs; 3.3.2.x) catalyze the enantioselective ring opening of racemic epoxides to the corresponding enantiopure vicinal diols and remaining equivalent unreacted epoxides. These epoxides and diols are used for the synthesis of chiral drug intermediates. With an upsurge in the methods for identificatio...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Saini P,Sareen D

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) cloning systems enable the cloning of DNA stretches of 50 to well over 2000 kb. This makes it possible to study large intact regions of DNA in detail, by restriction mapping the YAC to produce a physical map and by examining the YAC for coding sequences or genes. YACs are important fo...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Ramsay M

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular biological methods that use antibodies and nucleic acids to detect specific foodborne bacterial pathogens were scarcely known a decade and a half ago. Few scientists could have predicted that these tools of basic research would come to dominate the field of food diagnostics. Today, a large number of cleverly...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Feng P

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considering the fact that Prays oleae is one of the most pathogenic insects to the olive tree in the Mediterranean basin, particularly in Tunisia, the mode of action of Cry insecticidal toxins of Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki in Prays oleae midgut was investigated. The proteolysis of Bacillus thuringiensis delta-end...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Rouis S,Chakroun M,Saadaoui I,Jaoua S

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polyamines spermine, spermidine, and putrescine are small organic molecules one or more of which are present in all living organisms. Many natural products contain polyamine residues. Polyamines are synthesized by a highly regulated pathway from arginine or ornithine and also can be transported in and out of cells...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Morgan DM

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diversity and complexity of bioinformatics tools currently available for protein sequence analysis can make it difficult to know where to begin when presented with a new sequence. In this article, we present a protocol outlining one approach to sequence analysis that should give as comprehensive a picture as possi...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Russell RB

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amplification of DNA or RNA sequences using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) requires primers of an appropriate length to be designed. Two hexamer restriction primers, denoted as E101 and H301, which correspond to sequences of EcoRI and HindIII recognition sites, respectively, ...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Ryu KH,Choi SH,Lee JS

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gram-negative anaerobic oral bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis initiates periodontal disease through fimbrial attachment to saliva-coated oral surfaces. To study the effects of immunomodulation on enhancement of subunit vaccination, the expression in E. coli and immunogenicity of P. gingivalis fimbrial protein (F...

journal_title：Molecular biotechnology

authors： Kim TG,Huy NX,Kim MY,Jeong DK,Jang YS,Yang MS,Langridge WH,Lee JY

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00