Enhanced in vitro osteogenic differentiation of human fetal MSCs attached to 3D microcarriers versus harvested from 2D monolayers.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Establishing highly productive clonal cell lines with constant productivity over 2-3 months of continuous culture remains a tedious task requiring the screening of tens of thousands of clonal colonies. In addition, long-term cultivation of many candidate lines derived in the absence of drug selection pressur...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Orlova NA,Kovnir SV,Hodak JA,Vorobiev II,Gabibov AG,Skryabin KG

更新日期：2014-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Xylanase can replace chemical additives to improve the volume and sensory properties of bread in the baking. Suitable baking xylanase with improved yield will promote the application of xylanase in baking industry. The xylanase XYNZG from the Plectosphaerella cucumerina has been previously characterized by h...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Zhan FX,Wang QH,Jiang SJ,Zhou YL,Zhang GM,Ma YH

更新日期：2014-12-16 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: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:The routine generation of transgenic plants involves analysis of transgene integration into the host genome by means of Southern blotting. However, this technique cannot distinguish between uniformly transformed tissues and the presence of a mixture of transgenic and non-transgenic cells in the same tissue. ...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Faize M,Faize L,Burgos L

更新日期：2010-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asian rust (Phakopsora pachyrhizi) is a common disease in Brazilian soybean fields and it is difficult to control. To identify a biochemical candidate with potential to combat this disease, a new chitinase-like xylanase inhibitor protein (XIP) from coffee (Coffea arabica) (CaclXIP) leaves was cloned into the...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Vasconcelos EA,Santana CG,Godoy CV,Seixas CD,Silva MS,Moreira LR,Oliveira-Neto OB,Price D,Fitches E,Filho EX,Mehta A,Gatehouse JA,Grossi-De-Sa MF

更新日期：2011-02-07 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:The recent H1N1 influenza pandemic illustrated the shortcomings of the vaccine manufacturing process. The A/California/07/2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza vaccine or A(H1N1)pdm09 was available late and in short supply as a result of delays in production caused by low yields and poor antigen stability. Recombinan...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Feshchenko E,Rhodes DG,Felberbaum R,McPherson C,Rininger JA,Post P,Cox MM

更新日期：2012-10-30 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:Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) causes major economic losses in the pig industry worldwide. In vivo, the virus infects a subpopulation of tissue macrophages. In vitro, PRRSV only replicates in primary pig macrophages and African green monkey kidney derived cells, such as Marc-145....

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Delrue I,Van Gorp H,Van Doorsselaere J,Delputte PL,Nauwynck HJ

更新日期：2010-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Natural rubber produced by plants, known as polyisoprene, is the most widely used isoprenoid polymer. Plant polyisoprenes can be classified into two types; cis-polyisoprene and trans-polyisoprene, depending on the type of polymerization of the isoprene unit. More than 2000 species of higher plants produce la...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Chen R,Harada Y,Bamba T,Nakazawa Y,Gyokusen K

更新日期：2012-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Protein glycosylation is of fundamental importance in many biological systems. The discovery of N-glycosylation in bacteria and the functional expression of the N-oligosaccharyltransferase PglB of Campylobacter jejuni in Escherichia coli enabled the production of engineered glycoproteins and the study of the...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Ihssen J,Kowarik M,Wiesli L,Reiss R,Wacker M,Thöny-Meyer L

更新日期：2012-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In view of compliance with increasingly stringent environmental legislation, an eco-friendly treatment technology of industrial dyes and effluents is a major environmental challenge in the color industry. In present study, a promising and eco-friendly entrapment approach was adopted to immobilize purified ma...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Bilal M,Asgher M

更新日期：2015-12-10 00:00:00

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:The therapeutic use of α-amidated peptides (e.g. calcitonin, glucagon-like peptide) has increased dramatically, but there are major impediments to wider use of such peptides. Larger peptides are expensive to synthesize, and short plasma half-lives frequently limit the clinical circumstances in which the pept...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Carlson KR,Pomerantz SC,Li J,Vafa O,Naso M,Strohl W,Mains RE,Eipper BA

更新日期：2015-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the last three decades, the Baculovirus expression vector system (BEV) has evolved to one of the most widely used eukaryotic systems for heterologous protein expression including approved vaccines and therapies. Despite the significant improvements introduced during the past years, the BEV system still ha...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Scholz J,Suppmann S

更新日期：2017-11-16 00:00:00

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journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Devilder MC,Moyon M,Gautreau-Rolland L,Navet B,Perroteau J,Delbos F,Gesnel MC,Breathnach R,Saulquin X

更新日期：2019-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:L-ornithine is effective in the treatment of liver diseases and helps strengthen the heart. The commercial applications mean that efficient biotechnological production of L-ornithine has become increasingly necessary. Adaptive evolution strategies have been proven a feasible and efficient technique to achiev...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Jiang LY,Chen SG,Zhang YY,Liu JZ

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many growth factors, such as bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-2, have been shown to interact with polymers of sulfated disacharrides known as heparan sulfate (HS) glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), which are found on matrix and cell-surface proteoglycans throughout the body. HS GAGs, and some more highly sulfated fo...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Decarlo AA,Belousova M,Ellis AL,Petersen D,Grenett H,Hardigan P,O'Grady R,Lord M,Whitelock JM

更新日期：2012-09-11 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: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:Cytotoxic drugs are non-selective between normal and pathological tissue, and this poses a challenge regarding the strategy for treatment of tumors. To achieve sufficient antitumor activity for colorectal carcinoma, optimization of the therapeutic regimen is of great importance. We investigated the ability o...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Yang C,Liu HZ,Fu ZX,Lu WD

更新日期：2011-03-15 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:Serine hydroxymethyltransferase (SHMT) is the key enzyme in L-serine enzymatic production, suggesting the importance of obtaining a SHMT with high activity. RESULTS:Here, a novel SHMT gene, glyA, was obtained through degenerate oligonucleotide-primed PCR and encoded a novel SHMT with 54.3% similarity to the...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Jiang W,Chen L,Hu N,Yuan S,Li B,Liu Z

更新日期：2014-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In spite of a great number of monomeric fluorescent proteins developed in the recent years, the reported fluorescent protein-based FRET pairs are still characterized by a number of disadvantageous features, complicating their use as reporters in cell biology and for high-throughput cell-based screenings. RE...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Shcherbo D,Souslova EA,Goedhart J,Chepurnykh TV,Gaintzeva A,Shemiakina II,Gadella TW,Lukyanov S,Chudakov DM

更新日期：2009-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polysialic acid (polySia) is a carbohydrate modification of the neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM), which is implicated in neural differentiation and plays an important role in tumor development and metastasis. Polysialylation of NCAM is mediated by two Golgi-resident polysialyltransferases (polyST) ST8Sia...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Somplatzki S,Mühlenhoff M,Kröger A,Gerardy-Schahn R,Böldicke T

更新日期：2017-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genetically encoded sensors developed on the basis of green fluorescent protein (GFP)-like proteins are becoming more and more popular instruments for monitoring cellular analytes and enzyme activities in living cells and transgenic organisms. In particular, a number of Ca2+ sensors have been developed, eith...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Souslova EA,Belousov VV,Lock JG,Strömblad S,Kasparov S,Bolshakov AP,Pinelis VG,Labas YA,Lukyanov S,Mayr LM,Chudakov DM

更新日期：2007-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Each year, influenza is responsible for hundreds of thousand cases of illness and deaths worldwide. Due to the virus' fast mutation rate, the World Health Organization (WHO) is constantly on alert to rapidly respond to emerging pandemic strains. Although anti-viral therapies exist, the most proficient way to...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Thompson CM,Petiot E,Mullick A,Aucoin MG,Henry O,Kamen AA

更新日期：2015-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells have become the host of choice for the production of recombinant proteins, due to their capacity for correct protein folding, assembly, and posttranslational modifications. The most widely used system for recombinant proteins is the gene amplification procedure that uses the...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Jamnikar U,Nikolic P,Belic A,Blas M,Gaser D,Francky A,Laux H,Blejec A,Baebler S,Gruden K

更新日期：2015-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Methylated CpG dinucleotides in promoters are associated with the loss of gene expression in recombinant Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells during large-scale commercial manufacturing. We evaluated a promoter devoid of CpG dinucleotides, CpGfree, in parallel with a similar CpG containing promoter, CpGrich, fo...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Ho SC,Koh EY,Soo BP,Mariati,Chao SH,Yang Y

更新日期：2016-10-18 00:00:00