Genetic transformation of einkorn (Triticum monococcum L. ssp. monococcum L.), a diploid cultivated wheat species.

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: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: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: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:A method for inhibiting the expression of particular genes using external guide sequences (EGSs) has been developed in bacteria, mammalian cells and maize cells. RESULTS:To examine whether EGS technology can be used to down-regulate gene expression in Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans), we generated EGS-Ng...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Yan Q,Zhao R,Zheng W,Yin C,Zhang B,Ma W

更新日期：2009-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ubiquitin protein is present in all eukaryotic cells and promoters from ubiquitin genes are good candidates to regulate the constitutive expression of transgenes in plants. Therefore, two switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) ubiquitin genes (PvUbi1 and PvUbi2) were cloned and characterized. Reporter constru...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Mann DG,King ZR,Liu W,Joyce BL,Percifield RJ,Hawkins JS,LaFayette PR,Artelt BJ,Burris JN,Mazarei M,Bennetzen JL,Parrott WA,Stewart CN Jr

更新日期：2011-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Analogues of vitamin D3 are extensively used in the treatment of various illnesses, such as osteoporosis, inflammatory skin diseases, and cancer. Functional testing of new vitamin D3 analogues and formulations for improved systemic and topical administration is supported by sensitive screening methods that a...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Staunstrup NH,Sharma N,Bak RO,Svensson L,Petersen TK,Aarenstrup L,Kristiansen K,Bolund L,Mikkelsen JG

更新日期：2011-04-07 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: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:Splicing of DNA molecules is an important task in molecular biology that facilitates cloning, mutagenesis and creation of chimeric genes. Mutagenesis and DNA splicing techniques exist, some requiring restriction enzymes, and others utilize staggered reannealing approaches. RESULTS:A method for DNA splicing ...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Ailenberg M,Goldenberg NM,Silverman M

更新日期：2005-09-01 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: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:To deal with the increasingly severe energy crisis and environmental consequences, biofuels and biochemicals generated from renewable resources could serve as a promising alternative for replacing petroleum as a source of fuel and chemicals, among which isoprene (2-methyl-1,3-butadiene) in particular is of g...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Yang J,Nie Q,Liu H,Xian M,Liu H

更新日期：2016-01-20 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:Arachidonic acid (ARA, C20:4, n-6), which belongs to the omega-6 series of polyunsaturated fatty acids and has a variety of biological activities, is commercially produced in Mortierella alpina. Dissolved oxygen or oxygen utilization efficiency is a critical factor for Mortierella alpina growth and arachidon...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Zhang H,Feng Y,Cui Q,Song X

更新日期：2017-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acetyl-xylan esterase (AXE, EC 3.1.1.72) hydrolyses acetate group from the linear chain of xylopyranose residues bound by β-1,4-linkage. The enzyme finds commercial applications in bio-bleaching of wood pulp, treating animal feed to increase digestibility, processing food to increase clarification and conver...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Atta S,Ali S,Akhtar MN,Haq I

更新日期：2011-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During a global influenza pandemic, the vaccine requirements of developing countries can surpass their supply capabilities, if these exist at all, compelling them to rely on developed countries for stocks that may not be available in time. There is thus a need for developing countries in general to produce t...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Mortimer E,Maclean JM,Mbewana S,Buys A,Williamson AL,Hitzeroth II,Rybicki EP

更新日期：2012-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are of great interest in bone regenerative medicine due to their osteogenic potential and trophic effects. However, challenges to large-scale production of MSCs can hinder the translation of MSC therapies. 3D Microcarrier (MC)-based MSC culture presents a scalable and cost-effec...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Shekaran A,Sim E,Tan KY,Chan JK,Choolani M,Reuveny S,Oh S

更新日期：2015-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Carboxyl-terminal protease (CtpA) plays essential functions in posttranslational protein processing in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. To date, only a few bacterial ctpA genes have been characterized. Here we cloned and characterized a novel CtpA. The encoding gene, ctpAp (ctpA of Paenibacillus lautus), wa...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Li Y,Pan Y,She Q,Chen L

更新日期：2013-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is an imperative necessity for alternative sources of energy able to reduce the world dependence of fossil oil. One of the most successful options is ethanol obtained mainly from sugarcane and corn fermentation. The foremost residue from sugarcane industry is the bagasse, a rich lignocellulosic raw mat...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Robl D,Delabona Pda S,Mergel CM,Rojas JD,Costa Pdos S,Pimentel IC,Vicente VA,da Cruz Pradella JG,Padilla G

更新日期：2013-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As with many plant species, current genome editing strategies in soybean are initiated by stably transforming a gene that encodes an engineered nuclease into the genome. Expression of the transgene results in a double-stranded break and repair at the targeted locus, oftentimes resulting in mutation(s) at the...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Michno JM,Virdi K,Stec AO,Liu J,Wang X,Xiong Y,Stupar RM

更新日期：2020-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insect resistance in crops represents a main challenge for agriculture. Transgenic approaches based on proteins displaying insect resistance properties are widely used as efficient breeding strategies. To extend the spectrum of targeted pathogens and overtake the development of resistance, molecular evolutio...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Prado GS,Bamogo PKA,de Abreu JAC,Gillet FX,Dos Santos VO,Silva MCM,Brizard JP,Bemquerer MP,Bangratz M,Brugidou C,Sérémé D,Grossi-de-Sa MF,Lacombe S

更新日期：2019-03-08 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: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: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: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:Plants are increasingly being examined as alternative recombinant protein expression systems. Recombinant protein expression levels in plants from Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV)-based vectors are much higher than those possible from plant promoters. However the common TMV expression vectors are costly, and at ti...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Lindbo JA

更新日期：2007-08-27 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:Plasminogen activator inhibitor type-2 (PAI-2, SERPINB2) is an irreversible, specific inhibitor of the urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA). Since overexpression of uPA at the surface of cancer cells is linked to malignancy, targeting of uPA by exogenous recombinant PAI-2 has been proposed as the basis of p...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Cochran BJ,Gunawardhana LP,Vine KL,Lee JA,Lobov S,Ranson M

更新日期：2009-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Smoking and tobacco use continue to be the largest preventable causes of death globally. A novel therapeutic approach has recently been proposed: administration of an enzyme that degrades nicotine, the main addictive component of tobacco, minimizing brain exposure and reducing its reinforcing effects. Pre-cl...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Thisted T,Biesova Z,Walmacq C,Stone E,Rodnick-Smith M,Ahmed SS,Horrigan SK,Van Engelen B,Reed C,Kalnik MW

更新日期：2019-08-02 00:00:00