Expression and characterization of human-elastin-repeat-based temperature-responsive protein polymers for biotechnological purposes.

abstract：:The structural gene of elastase strain K (elastase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain K), namely HindIII1500PstI, was successfully sequenced to contain 1497 bp. The amino acid sequence, deduced from the nucleotide sequence, revealed that the mature elastase consists of 301 amino acids, with a molecular mass of 33.1 kD...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Wong CF,Salleh AB,Basri M,Abd Rahman RN

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single base mismatched oligonucleotides related to the rpoB gene of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the mutations of which cause drug resistance of the infectious agent, were detected and discriminated using a surface plasmon resonance biosensor system. Thiol-modified oligonucleotides of the selected sequence (the probe) ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Rachkov A,Patskovsky S,Soldatkin A,Meunier M

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of anion-exchange polymeric matrices on endotoxin removal from albumin and gamma-globulin solutions are evaluated. The positively charged cellulose acrylic media carrying DEAE or QAE functional groups remove significant amounts of endotoxin from tap water, but are less effective in protein solutions. With ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Hou KC,Zaniewski R

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) still represents a major problem to the swine industry worldwide, causing high mortality rates in infected animals. Virus-like particles (VLPs) have gained attention for vaccine development, serving both as scaffolds for epitope expression and immune response enhancers. The commercial ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Aguilera BE,Chávez-Calvillo G,Elizondo-Quiroga D,Jimenez-García MN,Carrillo-Tripp M,Silva-Rosales L,Hernández-Gutiérrez R,Gutiérrez-Ortega A

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of the VP2 gene of autonomous parvoviruses in insect cells with the use of the baculovirus system has led to the production of virus-like particles (VLPs) formed by the self-assembly of VP2. These VLPs are expressed at high levels and can easily be purified by salt fractionation. They are highly immunogenic...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Casal JI

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene doping can be easily concealed since its product is similar to endogenous protein, making its effective detection very challenging. In this study, we selected insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) exogenous gene for gene doping detection. First, the synthetic IGF-I gene was subcloned to recombinant adeno-associate...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Zhang JJ,Xu JF,Shen YW,Ma SJ,Zhang TT,Meng QL,Lan WJ,Zhang C,Liu XM

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of the recombinant BoNT/A-Hc (carboxylic domain of the Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin heavy chain) has been proposed as a vaccine candidate for botulism. This fragment contains the principle protective antigenic determinant. In the present study, in order to maximize recombinant protein expression, after ver...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Yari K,Fatemi SS,Tavallaei M

更新日期：2010-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutants with overexpression of α-acetolactate synthase (ALS), α-acetolactate decarboxylase, and acetoin reductase (AR), either individually or in combination, were constructed to improve 2,3-butanediol (2,3-BD) production in Klebsiella pneumoniae. The recombinant strains were characterized in terms of the enzyme activ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Guo XW,Zhang YH,Cao CH,Shen T,Wu MY,Chen YF,Zhang CY,Xiao DG

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a novel surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor that uses the full-length Det7 phage tail protein (Det7T) to rapidly and selectively detect Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium). Det7T, which was obtained using recombinant protein expression and purification in Escherichia coli, demonstr...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Hyeon SH,Lim WK,Shin HJ

更新日期：2020-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Entrapped cells and entrapped cells grown inside of a calcium alginate matrix as well as free cells have been investigated using Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant strains with regard to their pattern of growth and invertase activity. The repression of invertase by glucose and glucose-consumption ability were considered ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Rossi-Alva JC,Rocha-Leão MH

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amylin has been implicated in type II diabetes because of its inherent property to misfold into toxic aggregates. Although it has been shown that amylin interacts with cell membranes, no study to date has monitored the association process using a direct approach. The present study uses confocal microscopy to identify ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Pillay K,Govender P

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have explored the adaptation of the cytochromes P450 (P450) of deep-sea bacteria to high hydrostatic pressures. Strict conservation of the protein fold and functional importance of protein-bound water make P450 a unique subject for the studies of high-pressure adaptation. Earlier, we expressed and purified a fatty-...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Davydov DR,Sineva EV,Davydova NY,Bartlett DH,Halpert JR

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) and alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) have been encapsulated in sheep and human red blood cells (RBCs) by a hypotonic dialysis/isotonic resealing procedure. At a fixed enzyme level in the dialysis bag (100 units/ml of RBCs), a significant encapsulation yield was observed for ADH, both in human ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Sanz S,Pinilla M,Garín M,Tipton KF,Luque J

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysosma pleiantha (Hance) Woodson is one of the endangered traditional Chinese medicinal herbs, highly valued for its medicinal properties by Taiwan's mountain tribes. The present study aims to develop an efficient protocol for callus biomass by optimizing suitable culture medium, carbon source culture condition, and ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Karuppaiya P,Tsay HS

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lys and Leu were generally considered as the key amino acids for brewer's yeast during beer brewing. In the present study, peptide Lys-Leu and a free amino acid (FAA) mixture of Lys and Leu (Lys + Leu) were supplemented in 24 °P wort to examine their effects on physiological activity and fermentation performance of br...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Yang H,Zong X,Cui C,Mu L,Zhao H

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human urokinase was immobilized on an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer surface. Soluble urokinase showed its maximum activity at pH 8.5, while the immobilized enzyme was most active at pH 9.0. Apparently, the shift in optimal pH was due to the polyanionic nature of the carrier surface on which the enzyme was immobiliz...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Yabushita Y

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the erythrocyte membrane, the mobility of band 3 protein, the receptor for concanavalin A (Con A), is drastically reduced by the membrane skeleton. Yet, the vesicles free of membrane skeletal proteins, isolated from the highly agglutinable proteinase-treated cells, are found to be devoid of Con A agglutinability. T...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Pestonjamasp KN,Gokhale SM,Mehta NG

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human erythrocytes from ten patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were loaded with increasing amounts of dexamethasone 21-phosphate and were re-infused into the original donors. Drug-loaded erythrocytes acted as circulating bioreactors, converting the non-diffusible dexamethasone 21-phosphate into...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Rossi L,Serafini S,Cenerini L,Picardi F,Bigi L,Panzani I,Magnani M

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetuin is a plasma glycoprotein widely distributed in mammals. It has been used as a model protein for structural analyses and investigations into the biological properties of glycoproteins. A convenient one-step procedure for biospecific isolation of fetuin from fetal bovine serum was developed on the basis of wheatg...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Cartellieri S,Hamer O,Helmholz H,Niemeyer B

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to determine both the minimal and the optimal conditions under which heat treatment is effective for enhancing 3D (three-dimensional)-like cell proliferation. C3H10T1/2 mouse fibroblasts were cultured with hydroxyapatite granules for 10 weeks after heat treatment at 40, 41.5, 43, 44 or...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Hiragami F,Akiyama J,Koike Y,Kano Y

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considering the widespread contaminations of food products with mycotoxins, it is important to develop, robust, time- and cost-effective detection methods. We developed and optimized an immunoassay using a continuous flow system for the detection of zearalenone (ZEN). The assay was performed in a flow mode using an au...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Jantra J,Zór K,Sanders M,De Saeger S,Hedström M,Mattiasson B

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human lung carcinoma is a highly metastatic tumour that leads to a high death rate and in which lymphatic metastasis is an important early event. HYA (hyaluronan) is involved in the invasion of a variety of tumour cells. Layilin, a specific and novel HYA receptor, was detected in the human lung cell line A549 in our p...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Chen Z,Zhuo W,Wang Y,Ao X,An J

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper is concerned with the optimization of submerged culture conditions for mycelial growth and exo-biopolymer production by Auricularia polytricha by one-factor-at-a-time and uniform design (UD) methods. First, the one-factor-at-a-time method was adopted to investigate the effects of environmental factors (i.e....

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Xu CP,Yun JW

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catalytic properties of Escherichia coli polyphosphate kinase (EC 2.7.4.1), a promising enzyme for use in ATP regeneration (Hoffman, et al., 1988, Biotechnol. Appl. Biochem. 10, 107-117), are reported here. E. coli polyphosphate kinase (PPK) is broadly active in the pH range 5.5 to 8.5, having an optimal Vmax at pH 7....

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Haeusler PA,Dieter L,Rittle KJ,Shepler LS,Paszkowski AL,Moe OA

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ganoderma neo-japonicum is a well-known medicinal mushroom in Asian countries. However, scientific validations on its curative activities are confined to cirrhosis and diabetes. In this study, the anticancer properties of G. neo-japonicum were evaluated using cellular and computational models. The ethanolic extract (E...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Lau MF,Chua KH,Sabaratnam V,Kuppusamy UR

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Among women worldwide, cervical cancer is the second-most common cancer, and cervical smears and DNA detection have low sensitivity or are too expensive. The concentrations of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in the serum were detected using a sandwich immunoassay. The CEA and SCC in th...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Mao Q,Liu X,Chen C,Ye J,Liang H,Li B,Sun X,Sun L,Sun Y,Mu X,Li L

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mustard tuber wastewater is characterized by high salinity and high organic content that is potentially detrimental to the biological treatment system and affects the treatment efficiency accordingly. The experiment used the integrated bioreactor to reduce much of the organics in mustard tuber wastewater, and found th...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Kang W,Chai H,Yang S,Du G,Zhou J,He Q

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extremely thermostable UDP-GlcNAc pyrophosphorylase has been purified from Thermus caldophilus GK24 by chromatographic methods including ion-exchange, hydrophobic interaction, and affinity chromatographies. The specific activity of the enzyme was enriched 41.8-fold, with a recovery of 2%. The molecular mass of the ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Kim JS,Koh S,Shin HJ,Lee DS,Lee SY

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fermentation of herb Polygonum hydropiper L. (PHL) and cassava pulp (CP) for feed additive production with simultaneous flavonoid dissolution was investigated, and a two-stage response surface methodology (RSM) based on Plackett-Burman factorial design (PB design) was used to optimize the flavonoid dissolution and pro...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Song ZT,Zhu MJ

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), the largest family of cell-surface molecules involved in a number of biological and pathological processes, have recently emerged as key players in carcinogenesis and cancer progression. Orphan G protein-coupled receptors (oGPCRs) are a group of proteins lacking endogenous ligands....

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Cui X,Liu Y,Wang B,Xian G,Liu X,Tian X,Qin C

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00