Growth and antioxidant production of Spirulina in different NaCl concentrations.

abstract：:The aim of this study was to characterize the growth of the fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus LEU18496, isolated from the fungus garden of the nest of leaf cutter ants Atta mexicana. The fungus garden was cultivated in an artificial laboratory nest and the fungus further grown in submerged (SmC) and solid state (SSC)...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Maya-Yescas ME,Revah S,Le Borgne S,Valenzuela J,Palacios-González E,Terrés-Rojas E,Vigueras-Ramírez G

更新日期：2021-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucosylceramide and galactosylceramide were detected in three Aspergillus species: Aspergillus oryzae, Aspergillus sojae and Aspergillus. awamori, using borate-coated TLC. The cerebrosides from A. oryzae were further purified by ion exchange and iatrobeads column chromatographies with or without borate, and determine...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Tani Y,Amaishi Y,Funatsu T,Ito M,Itonori S,Hata Y,Ashida H,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Establish a method to indirectly measure evaporation in microwell-based cell culture systems and show that the proposed method allows compensating for liquid losses in fed-batch processes. RESULTS:A correlation between evaporation and the concentration of Na+ was found (R2 = 0.95) when using the 24-well-bas...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wiegmann V,Martinez CB,Baganz F

更新日期：2018-07-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the effects of operational process conditions on expression of MHC class II protein from a stable Drosophila S2 cell line. RESULTS:When the Drosophila S2 cells were grown in vented orbitally shaken TubeSpin bioreactor 600 containers, cell growth was improved three-fold and the yield of recomb...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Shen X,Dojcinovic D,Baldi L,Hacker DL,Luescher IF,Wurm FM

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

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：:Staphylokinase (SAK) is a promising thrombolytic agent for treating blood-clotting disorders. Recombinant SAK (rSAK) was produced after integration of the gene into Pichia pastoris genome. The recombinant Pichia carrying multiple insertions of the SAK gene yielded high-level (approximately 1 g/l) of extracellular glyc...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Apte-Deshpnade A,Mandal G,Soorapaneni S,Prasad B,Kumar J,Padmanabhan S

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two home, blood-glucose monitoring meters, OneTouch Ultra and Ascensia Contour, were used to determine the glucose concentration during fermentations of Trichoderma reesei in both flasks and bioreactors. The results, when compared to those given by the 3,5-dinitrosalicylic acid reducing sugar assay, HPLC and YSI 2700 ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Choy V,Patel N,Thibault J

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-based therapeutics are promising routes for the regeneration of damaged cells and organs. The recovery of cells cultured in vitro for such applications requires the use of proteolytic enzymes which deteriorate its property by disruption of cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions. Intact cell sheets can be retrieve...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Mukundan LM,Nirmal R,Thomas LV,Sajeev US,Nair PD

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphotactin-XCL1 is a chemokine produced mainly by activated CD8+ T-cells and directs migration of CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes and natural killer (NK) cells. We expressed human lymphotactin (LTN) by the lactic-acid bacterium Lactococcus lactis. Biological activity of LTN was confirmed by chemo-attraction of human T-cel...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zavala-Flores LM,Villatoro-Hernandez J,Gamez-Escobedo A,Franco-Molina M,Rangel-Colmenero BR,Villanueva-Olivo A,Gutierrez-Puente Y,de Oca-Luna RM,Valdés-Flores J,Saucedo-Cardenas O

更新日期：2009-02-01 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：:Keratinase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa KS-1 was expressed constitutively as an extracellular protein in Escherichia coli with high specific activity of 3.7 kU/mg. It was purified fourfold as a 33 kDa monomeric protein by Q-Sepharose ion exchange chromatography with a recovery of 95%. It is a serine protease with optim...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Sharma R,Gupta R

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biotin-binding capacity in the wells of a streptavidin-coated PCR plate were quantified by means of a fluorescence intensity assay utilising biotin-labelled fluorescein and a colorimetric assay using biotin-labelled alkaline phosphatase. The biotin binding capacities were determined to be 59 and 58 pmol respective...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： van der Valk AM,Howbrook DN,O'Shaughnessy MC,Sarker DK,Baker SC,Louwrier A,Lloyd AW

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of biodiesel by transesterification employing acid or base catalyst has been industrially accepted for its high conversion and reaction rates. Downstream processing costs and environmental problems associated with biodiesel production and byproducts recovery have led to the search for alternative produc...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Bisen PS,Sanodiya BS,Thakur GS,Baghel RK,Prasad GB

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：:Electro-acupuncture (EA) at Fenglong acupoint (ST40) can lower the levels of serum cholesterol and triacylglycerols. To study the hepatic genes responsible for the cholesterol-lowering effect of EA, suppression subtractive hybridization combined with the switch mechanism at the 5'-end of RNA template cDNA synthesis an...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Li L,Tan GH,Zhang YZ

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A bio-based process is appealing for purification of L-lactic acid, the major enantiomer of polylactic acid syrup, generated by thermochemical processes at the end of life of PLA-based plastics, from its chiral impurity, D-lactic acid, before reuse. RESULTS:Polylactic acid (PLA), a renewable alternative to p...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Chauliac D,Pullammanappallil PC,Ingram LO,Shanmugam KT

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solubilization of lignin and carbohydrates from the lignin-holocellulose structure of cotton seed-coat fragments was investigated by UV/VIS spectrometry. Xylanase (Pulpzyme HC) pre-treatment partially destroyed the lignocellulosic structure of the seed-coat fragments, producing reducing sugars and soluble lignin in th...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Csiszár E,Losonczi A,Koczka B,Szakács G,Pomlényi A

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetically-coded, fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) biosensors are widely used to study molecular events from single cells to whole organisms. They are unique among biosensors because of their spontaneous fluorescence and targeting specificity to both organelles and tissues. In this review, we discuss the...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Li IT,Pham E,Truong K

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenin, a potent angiogenic factor, was cloned and expressed by Escherichia coli and then purified with gel filtration chromatography. Approximately 90% pure angiogenin was obtained to generate a monoclonal antibody. Using western immunoblotting and ELISA, we confirmed that monoclonal antibody C46 secreted from hy...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wu J,Zhang HB,Wang J,Yang TC,Xian J,Yang CH,Lai HW

更新日期：2008-06-01 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：:As more and more cell and gene therapies are being developed and with the increasing number of regulatory approvals being obtained, there is an emerging and pressing need for industrial translation. Process efficiency, associated cost drivers and regulatory requirements are issues that need to be addressed before indu...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Moutsatsou P,Ochs J,Schmitt RH,Hewitt CJ,Hanga MP

更新日期：2019-11-01 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 new technique for the direct production of recombinant baculovirus in the silkworm larvae is described. To assess the utility of this method, a combination of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedroviral genome, transfer vector and Lipofectin was co-injected directly into newly ecdysed fifth instar, silkworm larvae. The recombi...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Lee KS,Kim BY,Je YH,Woo SD,Sohn HD,Jin BR

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many enzymes used as digestive aids exhibit, at best, moderate stability when incubated under gastrointestinal conditions. A supplemental β-galactosidase administered orally to treat lactose intolerance was conjugated to 40 kDa, branched polyethylene glycol (PEG). PEGylation increased the enzyme's relative activity at...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Turner KM,Pasut G,Veronese FM,Boyce A,Walsh G

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new ribonuclease (RNase) with tobacco mosaic virus inhibition was isolated and purified from Bacillus cereus ZH14 through ammonium sulfate precipitation, ultrafiltration, ion-exchange chromatography of DEAE-Sephadex A-50 column, and gel chromatography of Sephacryl S-200HR column. The enzyme was purified approximatel...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zhou WW,Niu TG

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To use molecular docking and dynamic simulation to investigate the inhibitory action of chlorogenic acid (CHA) and its analogues against sortase A of Staphylococcus aureus. RESULTS:Five novel, natural inhibitors with different activities were discovered for sortase A (SrtA). The inhibition mechanism of the ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Bi C,Wang L,Niu X,Cai H,Zhong X,Deng X,Wang T,Wang D

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combined analysis of peptide mass fingerprinting and 2-DE/MS using the induced and selected protein spots following growth of Pseudomonas sp. DU102 on benzoate or p-hydroxybenzoate revealed not only alpha- and beta-subunits of protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase but also catechol 1,2-dioxygenase responsible for ortho-...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Kim SI,Park SH,Kim JW,Leem SH,Shin DJ,Kim SH,Lee DH,Kahng HY

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An optimal pooling system, called Accurate and Fast Target Screening, has been developed for high-throughput identifying the rare marker-free transformants. This system can identify targets between 10- and 100-fold more efficiently than analysis of individual samples. By calculating the efficiency for different propor...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zhang J,Xiao Q,Li K,Chen M,Chang J,Luo L,Li Y,Liu Y,Shewry PR,He G

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strain of Pseudomonas stutzeri ZWLR2-1 was isolated from soil contaminated with chloronitrobenzenes and identified by 16S rDNA sequencing. This bacterium released chloride and nitrite into the medium when grown on 0.5 mM 2-chloronitrobenzene. PCR amplification and DNA sequencing revealed a DNA fragment encoding a po...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Liu H,Wang SJ,Zhou NY

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00