Polymer surfaces derivatized with poly(vinyl-N-hexylpyridinium) kill airborne and waterborne bacteria.

abstract：:Calculation of kinetic constants of an enzymatic reaction in organic solvents requires knowledge of the functional active-site concentration in organic solvents, and this can be significantly different than that in water. An experimental method for active-site titration of serine proteases in organic media has been de...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Wangikar PP,Carmichael D,Clark DS,Dordick JS

更新日期：1996-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A general theory is presented in this article for determining the intrinsic rate constants for the main reaction and deactivation reaction, the effective diffusivity of the substrate, and the active enzyme distribution within porous solid supports from deactivation study of a continuous stirred-basket reactor (CSBR). ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Hossain MM,Do DD

更新日期：1989-03-01 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：:Although one of the major factors limiting the application of Bacillus subtilis as an expression host has been its production of at least eight extracellular proteases, researchers have also noticed that some proteases benefited the secretion of foreign proteins at times. Therefore, to maximize the yield of a foreign ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Zhao L,Ye B,Zhang Q,Cheng D,Zhou C,Cheng S,Yan X

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a simple and robust transient expression system utilizing the 25 kDa branched cationic polymer polyethylenimine (PEI) as a vehicle to deliver plasmid DNA into suspension-adapted Chinese hamster ovary cells synchronized in G2/M phase of the cell cycle by anti-mitotic microtubule disrupting agents. The...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Tait AS,Brown CJ,Galbraith DJ,Hines MJ,Hoare M,Birch JR,James DC

更新日期：2004-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A stoichiometric equation has been derived which describes the interrelations among the various products and biomass in fermentations of butyric acid bacteria. The derivation of the equation is based on an assumed ATP yield, two biological regularities, and the biochemistry of product formation of the fermentations. T...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Papoutsakis ET

更新日期：2000-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A flow cytometric kinetic study of hybridoma growth and monoclonal antibody production is presented, along with the influence of glutamine on intracellular responses such as (relative) cell size, and cell RNA and total protein content. Specific findings are: (1) RNA content remained constant throughout the growth phas...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Dalili M,Ollis DF

更新日期：1990-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Temperature shifting was investigated as a means of improving cloned-gene product yields form a recombinant Escherichia coli containing the temperature-sensitive plasmid, pOU 140. In a series of shaker flask fermentations recombinant cells were thermally induced for different time periods. The growth, stability, and p...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Dipasquantonio VM,Betenbaugh MJ,Dhurjati P

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cartilage implants for potential in vivo use for joint repair or reconstructive surgery can be created in vitro by growing chondrocytes on biodegradable polymer scaffolds. Implants 1 cm in diameter by 0.176 cm thick were made using isolated calf chondrocytes and polyglucolic acid (PGA). By 6 weeks, the total amount of...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Freed LE,Marquis JC,Langer R,Vunjak-Novakovic G,Emmanual J

更新日期：1994-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of pyruvate kinase (PK), pyruvate: formate-lyase (PFL), pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH), and citrate synthase (CS) involved in the anaerobic glycerol conversion by Klebsiella pneumoniae were studied in continuous culture under conditions of steady states and sustained oscillations. Both the in vitro and in...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Menzel K,Ahrens K,Zeng A,Deckwer W

更新日期：1998-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:One unique to detect cytotoxicity is to utilize reporter gene assays for promoters that respond to stress-induced effects. In the present study, we discovered that the DNA sequence from nt -287 to +110 of the heat shock protein 70B' (HSP70B') gene could be used as a functional promoter to detect cytotoxicity of cadmiu...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Wada K,Taniguchi A,Xu L,Okano T

更新日期：2005-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A biosensor model was developed for a commercial NADH fluorescence probe to describe the single-frequency excitation and emission fluorescence behavior of an aqueous mixture of fluorophores. This model is essential in correlating the measured signals to the concentrations of fluorescent compounds in a bioreactor. In a...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Wang NS,Simmons MB

更新日期：1991-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs are small non-coding RNAs that play a critical role in post-transcriptional control of gene expression. Recent publications of genomic sequencing data from the Chinese Hamster (CGR) and Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells provide new tools for the discovery of novel miRNAs in this important production system. ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Diendorfer AB,Hackl M,Klanert G,Jadhav V,Reithofer M,Stiefel F,Hesse F,Grillari J,Borth N

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modified mixing plane approach for steady state simulation of flow field in fully baffled biological reactor is presented and discussed. Without requiring any experimental input, this approach of dividing the vessel into suitable number of connected and disconnected zones; solving steady state equation separately in...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Dubey H,Das SK,Panda T

更新日期：2006-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Several researchers have demonstrated that the presence of a heterologous protein in recombinant Escherichia coli elicits a response similar to the heat-shock response, which includes enhanced protease expression. The present work detects, quantifies, and characterizes intracellular protease activity in E. coli that a...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Harcum SW,Bentley WE

更新日期：1993-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In eukaryotes, secretory proteins are folded and assembled in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Many heterologous proteins are retained in the ER due to suboptimal folding conditions. We previously reported that heterologous secretion of Pyrococcus furiosus beta-glucosidase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae resulted in the ac...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Smith JD,Tang BC,Robinson AS

更新日期：2004-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A semiequilibrium model of chromatography has been developed to account for the elution profile of high concentration bands. The use of this model requires the prior determination of the equilibrium isotherms of the studied compounds in the chromatographic phase system. The model is applied here to a study of the isoc...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Katti A,Huang JX,Guiochon G

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose oxidase, invertase, and amyloglucosidase were entrapped in calcium alginate gels as concanavalin A complexes in order to prevent the leaching out of the enzymes from the porous matrix. The free as well as the gel-entrapped concanavalin A-glycoenzyme complexes exhibited a relatively high effectiveness factor, e...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Husain Q,Iqbal J,Saleemuddin M

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A whole cell-based optical sensing system for copper was developed based on Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells harboring plasmid pYEX-GFPuv. The basis of this system was the ability of the transcriptional activator protein Ace1 present in S. cerevisiae to control the expression of the reporter protein, GFPuv. When copper ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Shetty RS,Deo SK,Liu Y,Daunert S

更新日期：2004-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:This article demonstrates the feasibility of a novel process concept for the remediation of PCB contaminated soil. The proposed process consists of PCB extraction from soil using solid polymer beads, followed by biodegradation of the extracted PCBs in a solid-liquid two-phase partitioning bioreactor (TPPB), where PCBs...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Rehmann L,Daugulis AJ

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of heterologous proteins by secretion from cellular hosts is an important determinant for the cost of biotherapeutics. A single-cell analytical method called microengraving was used to examine the heterogeneity in secretion by the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris. We show that constitutive secretion...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Love KR,Panagiotou V,Jiang B,Stadheim TA,Love JC

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) kill microbes by non-specific membrane permeabilization, making them ideal templates for designing novel peptide-based antibiotics that can combat multi-drug resistant pathogens. For maximum efficacy in vivo and in vitro, AMPs must be biocompatible, salt-tolerant and possess broad-spectru...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Saravanan R,Li X,Lim K,Mohanram H,Peng L,Mishra B,Basu A,Lee JM,Bhattacharjya S,Leong SS

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This research investigates the effect of solids retention time (SRT) on the acid-phase anaerobic digestion of primary sludge. A series of experiments were conducted using two continuous-flow 3-L units with the following configuration: a completely mixed reactor (CMR) with clarifier and solids recycle and an upflow ana...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Elefsiniotis P,Oldham WK

更新日期：1994-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Hexanal is a key organoleptic element of green-note that is found in both fragrances and flavors. We report a novel process for the production of hexanal using immobilized enzyme templates extracted from different plant sources in combination with hollow-fiber ultrafiltration for in situ separation. Enzyme templates, ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Schade F,Thompson JE,Legge RL

更新日期：2003-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial degradation of trichloroethylene (TCE) has been demonstrated under aerobic conditions with propane. The primary objective of this research was to evaluate the feasibility of introducing a vapor phase form of TCE in the presence of propane to batch bioreactors containing a liquid phase suspension of Mycobacte...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Wilcox DW,Autenrieth RL,Bonner JS

更新日期：1995-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein-protein interactions were measured for ovalbumin and for lysozyme in aqueous salt solutions. Protein-protein interactions are correlated with a proposed potential of mean force equal to the free energy to desolvate the protein surface that is made inaccessible to the solvent due to the protein-protein interact...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Curtis RA,Ulrich J,Montaser A,Prausnitz JM,Blanch HW

更新日期：2002-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell culture longevity in fed-batch culture of hybridomas is often limited by elevated medium osmolality caused by repeated nutrient feeding. Shotwise feeding of 10x Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM) concentrates elevated the osmolality of medium up to 540 mOsm/kg at the end of fed-batch culture of S3H5/gamma2...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Ryu JS,Lee GM

更新日期：1999-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A mechanistic model-based soft sensor is developed and validated for 550L filamentous fungus fermentations operated at Novozymes A/S. The soft sensor is comprised of a parameter estimation block based on a stoichiometric balance, coupled to a dynamic process model. The on-line parameter estimation block models the cha...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Mears L,Stocks SM,Albaek MO,Sin G,Gernaey KV

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Centrifugal adsorption technology (CAT) is a new compact, countercurrent technology for efficient adsorption from large liquid streams by using adsorbent particles in the micrometer range. CAT seems particularly suited for the recovery of macromolecules at low concentrations, because the small particle dimensions lead...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Peet DJ,Bisschops MA,van Hateren SH,van der Wielen LA

更新日期：2002-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Mass transfer is known to play a critical role in bioprocess performance and henceforth monitoring dissolved O2 (DO) and dissolved CO2 (dCO2 ) is of paramount importance. At bioreactor level these parameters can be monitored online and can be controlled by sparging air/oxygen or stirrer speed. However, traditional sma...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Chopda VR,Holzberg T,Ge X,Folio B,Wong L,Tolosa M,Kostov Y,Tolosa L,Rao G

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00