Improved CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing by fluorescence activated cell sorting of green fluorescence protein tagged protoplasts.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ability of cytosine deaminase (CD) to convert the antifungal agent 5-fluorocytosine (5-FC) into one of the most potent and largely used anticancer compound such as 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) raised considerable interest in this enzyme to model gene or antibody - directed enzyme-prodrug therapy (GDEPT/ADEPT) a...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Mallano A,Zamboni S,Carpinelli G,Santoro F,Flego M,Ascione A,Gellini M,Tombesi M,Podo F,Cianfriglia M

更新日期：2008-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transformed cells of Escherichia coli DH5-alpha with pGFPuv, induced by IPTG (isopropyl-beta-d-thiogalactopyranoside), express the green fluorescent protein (gfpuv) during growth phases. E. coli subjected to the combination of selective permeation by freezing/thawing/sonication cycles followed by the three-p...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Vessoni Penna TC,Ishii M

更新日期：2002-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ultrasound and microbubbles (USMB) have been shown to enhance the intracellular uptake of molecules, generally thought to occur as a result of sonoporation. The underlying mechanism associated with USMB-enhanced intracellular uptake such as membrane disruption and endocytosis may also be associated with USMB...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Hussein F,Antonescu C,Karshafian R

更新日期：2017-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:At first glance, there appears to be a high degree of similarity between the metabolism of yeast (the Crabtree effect) and human cancer cells (the Warburg effect). At the root of both effects is accelerated metabolic flow through glycolysis which leads to overflows of ethanol and lactic acid, respectively. I...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Andrejc D,Možir A,Legiša M

更新日期：2017-05-08 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:Interest in using plants for production of recombinant proteins such as monoclonal antibodies is growing, but proteolytic degradation, leading to a loss of functionality and complications in downstream purification, is still a serious problem. RESULTS:In this study, we investigated the dynamics of the assem...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Hehle VK,Paul MJ,Drake PM,Ma JK,van Dolleweerd CJ

更新日期：2011-12-30 00:00:00

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:Expressed Sequence Tag (EST) sequences are widely used in applications such as genome annotation, gene discovery and gene expression studies. However, some of GenBank dbEST sequences have proven to be "unclean". Identification of cDNA termini/ends and their structures in raw ESTs not only facilitates data qu...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Zhou S,Ji G,Liu X,Li P,Moler J,Karro JE,Liang C

更新日期：2012-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years, cold-active esterases have received increased attention due to their attractive properties for some industrial applications such as high catalytic activity at low temperatures. RESULTS:An esterase-encoding gene (estS, 909 bp) from Serratia sp. was identified, cloned and expressed in Escheri...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Jiang H,Zhang S,Gao H,Hu N

更新日期：2016-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the increasing number of GMOs on the global market the maintenance of European GMO regulations is becoming more complex. For the analysis of a single food or feed sample it is necessary to assess the sample for the presence of many GMO-targets simultaneously at a sensitive level. Several methods have be...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Ujhelyi G,Dijk JP,Prins TW,Voorhuijzen MM,Hoef AM,Beenen HG,Morisset D,Gruden K,Kok EJ

更新日期：2012-01-19 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: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:The presence of coliform bacteria is routinely assessed to establish the microbiological safety of water supplies and raw or processed foods. Coliforms are a group of lactose-fermenting Enterobacteriaceae, which most likely acquired the lacZ gene by horizontal transfer and therefore constitute a polyphyletic...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Molina F,López-Acedo E,Tabla R,Roa I,Gómez A,Rebollo JE

更新日期：2015-06-04 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: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:One of the most commonly used vectors for gene therapy is the adenoviral vector; its ability to tightly regulate transgene expression is critical for optimizing therapeutic outcomes. The tetracycline-regulated system (especially the Tet-On system) for gene expression is one of the most valuable tools for con...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Chen H,Wang D,Xia R,Mao Q,Xia H

更新日期：2015-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are an attractive source of adult stem cells for therapeutic application in clinical study. Genetic modification of MSCs with beneficial genes makes them more effective for therapeutic use. However, it is difficult to transduce genes into MSCs by common transfection methods, esp...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Lim JY,Park SH,Jeong CH,Oh JH,Kim SM,Ryu CH,Park SA,Ahn JG,Oh W,Jeun SS,Chang JW

更新日期：2010-05-13 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: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: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:Urease B is an important virulence factor that is required for Helicobacter pylori to colonise the gastric mucosa. Mouse monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that inhibit urease B enzymatic activity will be useful as vaccines for the prevention and treatment of H. pylori infection. Here, we produced murine mAbs agai...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Li Y,Ning Y,Wang Y,Peng D,Jiang Y,Zhang L,Long M,Luo J,Li M

更新日期：2010-11-30 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plants may represent excellent alternatives to classical heterologous protein expression systems, especially for the production of biopharmaceuticals and vaccine components. Modern vaccines are becoming increasingly complex, with the incorporation of multiple antigens. Approaches towards developing an HIV va...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Marusic C,Nuttall J,Buriani G,Lico C,Lombardi R,Baschieri S,Benvenuto E,Frigerio L

更新日期：2007-02-26 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:There is an increasing need to understand cell-cell interactions for cell and tissue engineering purposes, such as optimizing cell sheet constructs, as well as for examining adhesion defect diseases. For cell-sheet engineering, one major obstacle to sheet function is that cell sheets in suspension are fragil...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Wei Q,Reidler D,Shen MY,Huang H

更新日期：2013-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is one of the most important developments in modern biotechnology. However, PCR is known to introduce biases, especially during multiplex reactions. Recent studies have implicated the DNA polymerase as the primary source of bias, particularly initiation of polymerization on th...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Pan W,Byrne-Steele M,Wang C,Lu S,Clemmons S,Zahorchak RJ,Han J

更新日期：2014-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a key angiogenic factors. It plays an important role in both physiologic and pathologic angiogenesis and increases permeability across the vessels. Using antibody phage display technology, we obtained a novel anti-VEGFA IgG, named as FD006. In this study, the phar...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Wang Q,Yang J,Tang K,Luo L,Wang L,Tian L,Jiang Y,Feng J,Li Y,Shen B,Lv M,Huang Y

更新日期：2014-02-27 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:Increasing cell membrane permeability to water and cryoprotectants is critical for the successful cryopreservation of cells with large volumes. Artificial expression of water-selective aquaporins or aquaglyceroporins (GLPs), such as mammalian aquaporin-3 (AQP3), enhances cell permeability to water and cryopr...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Chauvigné F,Lubzens E,Cerdà J

更新日期：2011-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cymbidium faberi is one of the oldest cultivars of oriental orchids, with an elegant flower fragrance. In order to investigate the molecular mechanism and the functions of related proteins in the methyl jasmonate (MeJA) signaling pathway, one of the main components of flower fragrance in C. faberi, yeast one...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Xu Y,Zhou J,Liu Q,Li K,Zhou Y

更新日期：2020-01-16 00:00:00