Increasing the flux in metabolic pathways: A metabolic control analysis perspective

abstract：:The spatial cell-material interaction remains vital issue in forming biodegradable scaffolds in Tissue Engineering. In this study, to understand the influence of spatial architecture on cellular behavior, 2D and 3D chitosan scaffolds of 50-190 kD and >310 kD MW were synthesized through air drying and controlled rate f...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Huang Y,Siewe M,Madihally SV

更新日期：2006-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The anaerobic digestion of a cellulose-enriched fraction of domestic refuse by means of rumen microorganisms in an "artificial rumen" digester was studied. Various combinations of solid and liquid retention times and loading rates were applied to establish optimum conditions for the acidogenic phase digestion of the r...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Gijzen HJ,Zwart KB,Teunissen MJ,Vogels GD

更新日期：1988-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A systematic, kinetic study and comparison of the leaching of mixed metal sulfides by galvanic conversion and in the presence of bacteria has been carried out for the first time using both powder (-100 to -400 mesh) and larger (bulk) specimen systems. The rates of dissolution of copper from chalcopyrite and zinc from ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Mehta AP,Murr LE

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-invasive methods for online monitoring of biotechnological processes without compromising the integrity of the reactor system are very important to generate continuous data. Even though calorimetry has been used in conventional biochemical analysis for decades, it has not yet been specifically applied for online d...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Regestein L,Maskow T,Tack A,Knabben I,Wunderlich M,Lerchner J,Büchs J

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study is to demonstrate the use of controlled bioreactors for toxicological studies. As a model system the effect of linoleic acid on hybridoma cells is studied in two well-controlled continuously operated bioreactors placed in series. In the first reactor the effect on rapid proliferating cells...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kisztelinski D,Alink GM,Rietjens IM,Bielecki S,Tramper J,Martens DE

更新日期：2006-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the resolution of racemic glycidol through esterification with butyric acid catalyzed by porcine pancreatic lipase in organic media. A screening of seven solvents (log P values between 0.49 and 3.0, P being the n-octanol-water partition coefficient of the solvent) showed that neither log P nor the logarithm...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Martins JF,Da Ponte MN,Barreiros S

更新日期：1993-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown previously that a sequence-specific DNA-binding protein based on the Lac repressor protein can isolate pre-purified DNA efficiently from simple buffer solution but our attempts to purify plasmids directly from crude starting materials were disappointing with impractically low DNA yields. We have optimize...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Darby RA,Forde GM,Slater NK,Hine AV

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes a methodology that implements a Markov decision process (MDP) optimization technique in a real time fed-batch experiment. Biological systems can be better modeled under the stochastic framework and MDP is shown to be a suitable technique for their optimization. A nonlinear input/output model is ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Saucedo VM,Karim MN

更新日期：1997-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The methanotrophic bacterium Methylococcus capsulatus is capable of assimilating methane and oxygen into protein-rich biomass, however, the diverse metabolism of the microorganism also allows for several undesired cometabolic side-reactions to occur. In this study, the ammonia cometabolism in Methylococcus capsulatus ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Petersen LAH,Lieven C,Nandy SK,Villadsen J,Jørgensen SB,Christensen I,Gernaey KV

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian cell cultures typically exhibit an energy inefficient phenotype characterized by the consumption of large quantities of glucose and the concomitant production of large quantities of lactate. Under certain conditions, mammalian cells can switch to a more energy efficient state during which lactate is consumed...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Martínez VS,Dietmair S,Quek LE,Hodson MP,Gray P,Nielsen LK

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A facile methodology has been developed for covalently derivatizing the surfaces of common materials with a designed antibacterial polycation, poly(vinyl-N-pyridinium bromide), wherein the first, key step involves surface coating with a nanolayer of silica. Various commercial synthetic polymers derivatized in this man...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Tiller JC,Lee SB,Lewis K,Klibanov AM

更新日期：2002-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The coenzyme NAD plays a major role in metabolism as a key redox carrier and signaling molecule but current measurement techniques cannot distinguish between different compartment pools, between free and protein-bound forms and/or between NAD(H) and NADP(H). Local free NAD/NADH ratios can be determined from product/su...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Canelas AB,van Gulik WM,Heijnen JJ

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus licheniformis ATCC 9945A was grown on Medium E in batch fermentations in which the pH was maintained at 5.5., 6.5, 7.4, and 8.25. The effects of pH on cell growth, carbon source utilization, and gamma-polyglutamic acid (gamma-PGA) production, molecular weight, and polymer stereochemistry were determined. The ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Cromwick AM,Birrer GA,Gross RA

更新日期：1996-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological molecule responsible for the suppression of pyritic sulfur in fine coal simulated froth flotation treated with bacteria was identified. Protein was found to be the most effective agent in pyrite suppression of the three cell components (protein, lipid, and carbohydrate) assayed. Coal recovery and ash re...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Stainthorpe AC

更新日期：1989-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of the factors acetic acid, furfural, and p-hydroxybenzoic acid on the ethanol yield (YEtOH) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, bakers' yeast, S. cerevisiae ATCC 96581, and Candida shehatae NJ 23 was investigated using a 2(3)-full factorial design with 3 centrepoints. The results indicated that acetic acid inh...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Palmqvist E,Grage H,Meinander NQ,Hahn-Hägerdal B

更新日期：1999-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Analytical expressions describing convective flow in a continuous arteriovenous hollow fiber hemofilter were developed. In the lumen of the hollow fiber membrane, existing analytical expressions were applied to describe velocity profiles and pressure. For flow in the shell (the extracapillary space separating the fibe...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Moussy Y

更新日期：2000-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The microbial degradation of quinoline by Comamonas acidovorans was studied in a laboratory scale stirred tank reactor. In continuous culture experiments using quinoline as a sole source of carbon and nitrogen, it was shown by means of mass balances that quinoline was converted completely to biomass, carbon dioxide, a...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Miethling R,Hecht V,Deckwer WD

更新日期：1993-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The study was done to evaluate the efficacy of using reuterin produced by Lactobacillus reuteri to sanitize biological tissues. The microorganism tested in the study was Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a common cause of nosocomial biomaterial-related infections. The inhibitory effect of reuterin on P. aeruginosa for an inocul...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Liang HF,Chen CN,Chang Y,Sung HW

更新日期：2003-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Past technoeconomic modeling work has identified the relatively large contribution that enzymatic hydrolysis adds to the total cost of producing ethanol from lignocellulosic substrates. This cost was primarily due to the high concentration of enzyme and long incubation time that was required to obtain complete hydroly...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Gregg DJ,Saddler JN

更新日期：1996-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The damaging and degenerative effects in autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and Crohn's disease often manifests as the formation of lesions that feature a high local concentration of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF). GM-CSF along with other pro-inflammatory fa...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Mosabbir AA,Qudrat A,Truong K

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen and nutrient limitation was investigated in order to identify the origin of a lower specific ajmalicine production in Catharanthus roseus cultures at high cell densities in an induction medium. The effect of oxygen limitation was explored by comparing two identically aerated and agitated high cell density biore...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Schlatmann JE,Moreno PR,Vinke JL,Ten Hoopen HJ,Verpoorte R,Heijnen JJ

更新日期：1994-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastatic disease remains one of the primary reasons for cancer-related deaths, yet the majority of in vitro cancer models focus on the primary tumor sites. Here, we describe a metastasis-on-a-chip device that houses multiple bioengineered three-dimensional (3D) organoids, established by a 3D photopatterning techniqu...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Aleman J,Skardal A

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorophyllide a was coupled with alpha-(3-aminopropyl)-omega-methoxypoly(oxyethylene) (PEG-NH2) to form a PEG-chlorophyllide conjugate through an acid-amide bond. The conjugate catalyzed the reduction of methylviologen in the presence of 2-mercaptoethanol. It also catalyzed the photoreduction of NADP+ or NAD+ in the ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Asada H,Itoh T,Kodera Y,Matsushima A,Hiroto M,Nishimura H,Inada Y

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrated process concepts for enzymatic cephalexin synthesis were investigated by our group, and this article focuses on the integration of reactions and product removal during the reactions. The last step in cephalexin production is the enzymatic kinetic coupling of activated phenylglycine (phenylglycine amide or p...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Schroën CG,Nierstrasz VA,Bosma R,Kroon PJ,Tjeerdsma PS,DeVroom E,VanderLaan JM,Moody HM,Beeftink HH,Janssen AE,Tramper J

更新日期：2002-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The S-System formalism provides a popular, versatile and mathematically tractable representation of metabolic pathways. At steady-state, after a logarithmic transformation, the S-System representation reduces into a system of linear equations. Thus, the maximization of a particular metabolite concentration or a flux s...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Petkov SB,Maranas CD

更新日期：1997-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal cell culture is widely used in biotechnology for the production of many biological products. In situ microscopes acquire images directly from cell suspensions and analyze the images in matters of cell concentration, cell size distribution and cell morphology. Their applicability was already proven for yeast and...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Rudolph G,Lindner P,Gierse A,Bluma A,Martinez G,Hitzmann B,Scheper T

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In biotechnology and biomedicine reliable models of cell proliferation kinetics need to capture the relevant phenomena taking place during the mitotic cycle. To this aim, a novel mathematical model helpful to investigate the intrinsic kinetics of in vitro culture of adherent cells up to confluence is proposed in this ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Fadda S,Cincotti A,Cao G

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The specific monoclonal antibody productivity (q(Mab)) of a murine hybridoma (CC9C10) increased with incubation temperature in the range 33 degrees C to 39 degrees C. q(Mab) was constant at each temperature and was independent of the phase of culture. The q(Mab) increased 97% at 39 degrees C and decreased by 21% at 33...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Barnabé N,Butler M

更新日期：1994-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics and mechanism of Fe(III) reduction to Fe(II) were studied in pure batch cultures of Pseudomonas sp. 200. The rate of iron reduction has been mechanistically related to aqueous phase iron speciation. In the absence of microbial activity the iron reduction rate was negligible. Initial rates of microbial iro...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Arnold RG,Olson TM,Hoffmann MR

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic carbon labelling experiments enable a large amount of extracellular fluxes and intracellular carbon isotope enrichments to be measured. Since the relation between the measured quantities and the unknown intracellular metabolic fluxes is given by bilinear balance equations, flux determination from this data s...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Wiechert W,Siefke C,de Graaf AA,Marx A

更新日期：1997-07-05 00:00:00