General theory of determining intraparticle active immobilized enzyme distribution and rate parameters.

abstract：:Production of conidia of the biocontrol fungus Coniothyrium minitans by solid-state cultivation in a packed-bed reactor on an industrial scale is feasible. Spore yield and oxygen consumption rate of C. minitans during cultivation on oats and three inert solids (hemp, perlite, and bagasse) saturated with a liquid mediu...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Weber FJ,Tramper J,Rinzema A

更新日期：1999-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are invaluable research tools for studying gene functions in mammalian cells. siRNAs are mainly produced by chemical synthesis or by enzymatic digestion of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) produced in vitro. Recently, bacterial cells, engineered with ectopic plant viral siRNA binding protein...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kaur G,Cheung HC,Xu W,Wong JV,Chan FF,Li Y,McReynolds L,Huang L

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha) plays an important role in a number of chronic inflammatory disorders. Monoclonal camelidae variable heavy chain domain-only antibodies (V(H)H) have been developed to antagonize the action of human TNFalpha (anti-TNF-V(H)H). Here we describe a strategy to obtain functional di...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Giersberg M,Floss DM,Kipriyanov S,Conrad U,Scheller J

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antibiotic, difficidin, and its hydroxylated derivative oxydifficidin, were synthesized by cultures of Bacillus subtilis grown on a complex medium. Maximum titers of about 200 and 130 mg/L, respectively, were obtained. In fermentations where the dissolved oxygen tension (DOT) was controlled, the maximum specific g...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Suphantharika M,Ison AP,Lilly MD,Buckland BC

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myristic acid esterification has been performed by an immobilized lipase from Mucor Miehei both in n-hexane and in supercritical carbon dioxide (SCCO(2)). The enzyme is stable in SCCO(2) at 15 MPa and 323 K. The reaction rate is influenced by the concentration of water and by the reaction medium composition. A reactio...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Dumont T,Barth D,Corbier C,Branlant G,Perrut M

更新日期：1992-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study it is reported the operation of a horizontal-flow anaerobic immobilized biomass (HAIB) reactor under sulfate-reducing condition which was also exposed to different amounts of ethanol and toluene. The system was inoculated with sludge taken from up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactors treating re...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Cattony EB,Chinalia FA,Ribeiro R,Zaiat M,Foresti E,Varesche MB

更新日期：2005-07-20 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：:A uniquely simple model is developed to describe the NO(3) (-) and NO(2) (-) concentration profiles within a dentrification fluidized bed biological reactor. This simple model is compared to experimental data, and to a more complex model similar to those previously proposed in the literature. The simple model fits the...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Brosilow BJ,Schnitzer M,Tarre S,Green M

更新日期：1997-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Gluconic acid and sorbitol were simultaneously produced from glucose and Jerusalem artichoke using a glucose-fructose oxidoreductase of Zymomonas mobilis and inulinase. Inulinase was immobilized on chitin by cross-linking with glutaraldehyde. Cells of Z. mobilis permeabilized with toluene were coimmobilized with chiti...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kim DM,Kim HS

更新日期：1992-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:An immobilized enzyme reactor has been developed to remove heparin, the anticoagulant that is required in all extracorporeal devices for patients undergoing open-heart surgery or kidney dialysis. The device uses the enzyme heparinase (EC 4.2.2.7), which is covalently linked to agarose with cyanogen bromide. A critical...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Bernstein H,Yang VC,Langer R

更新日期：1987-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of influenza vaccines are manufactured using embryonated hens' eggs. The potential occurrence of a pandemic outbreak of avian influenza might reduce or even eliminate the supply of eggs, leaving the human population at risk. Also, the egg-based production technology is intrinsically cumbersome and not eas...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： George M,Farooq M,Dang T,Cortes B,Liu J,Maranga L

更新日期：2010-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Many microorganisms are capable of sequestering and concentrating heavy metals from their aqueous environment. While much research has beep carried out on the uptake of single species of metal ions, little attention seems to have been given to the study of multimetal ion systems. A mathematical model has previously be...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Ting YP,Prince IG,Lawson F

更新日期：1991-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Empirical estimations of H2O2 concentration in a system containing bovine liver catalase and continually supplied with H2O2 were done to evaluate the efficiency of the enzyme to cleave H2O2. It was found that the continuous addition of H2O2 leads to the formation of steady-state concentrations of H2O2 in the medium. A...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Ibrahim M,Schlegel HG

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently in America the biofuel ethanol is primarily being produced by the dry grind technique to obtain the starch contained in the corn grains and subsequently subjected to fermentation. This so-called 1st generation technology has two setbacks; first the lingering debate whether its life cycle contributes to a red...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Brehmer B,Bals B,Sanders J,Dale B

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the most fundamental level, saccharification occurs when cell wall degrading enzymes (CWDEs) diffuse, bind to and react on readily accessible cellulose fibrils. Thus, the study of the diffusive behavior of solutes into and out of cellulosic substrates is important for understanding how biomass pore size distributio...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Yang D,Moran-Mirabal JM,Parlange JY,Walker LP

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While many pretreatments attempt to improve the enzymatic digestibility of biomass by removing lignin, this study shows that improving the surface area accessible to cellulase is a more important factor for achieving a high sugar yield. Here we compared the pretreatment of switchgrass by two methods, cellulose solvent...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Rollin JA,Zhu Z,Sathitsuksanoh N,Zhang YH

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fim inversion system of Escherichia coli (E. coli) can behave as a unidirectional switch in an efficient manner. We have developed a new expression system for E. coli, comprising the arabinose-inducible fimE gene and the fim invertible DNA segment containing a constitutively active promoter. In this system, the ta...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Ham TS,Lee SK,Keasling JD,Arkin AP

更新日期：2006-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell line producing interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) exhibits a 2-fold increase in specific productivity when grown at 32 degrees C compared to 37 degrees C. Low temperature also causes growth arrest, meaning that the cell density is significantly lower at 32 degrees C, nutrients are consum...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Fox SR,Patel UA,Yap MG,Wang DI

更新日期：2004-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic mixtures of predominant lignocellulosic hexose sugars were supplemented with separate aliquots of three inhibitory compounds (furfural, hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), and acetic acid) in a series of concentrations and fermented by the spent sulfite liquor (SSL)-adapted yeast strain Tembec T1 and the natural is...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Keating JD,Panganiban C,Mansfield SD

更新日期：2006-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of an initial study of enzymatic catalysis in metastable supersaturated solutions of carbohydrates are presented. It has been shown that such solutions, formed in the presence of small amounts of water and alcohol as plasticizers, are sufficiently stable under ambient conditions to enable enzymatic transfo...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Millqvist-Fureby A,Gill IS,Vulfson EN

更新日期：1998-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Pre-filtration using ion exchange membrane adsorbers can improve parvovirus filter throughput of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). The membranes work by binding trace foulants, and although some antibody product also binds, yields > or =99% are easily achieved by overloading. Results show that foulant adsorption is depend...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Brown A,Bechtel C,Bill J,Liu H,Liu J,McDonald D,Pai S,Radhamohan A,Renslow R,Thayer B,Yohe S,Dowd C

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hairy roots grow quickly, reach high densities, and can produce significant amounts of secondary metabolites, yet their scale-up to bioreactors remains challenging. Artemisia annua produces a rich array of terpenoids, including the sesquiterpene, artemisinin, and transformed roots of this species provide a good model ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Souret FF,Kim Y,Wyslouzil BE,Wobbe KK,Weathers PJ

更新日期：2003-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A generic "system on a plate" modular multicompartmental bioreactor array which enables microwell protocols to be transferred directly to the bioreactor modules, without redesign of cell culture experiments or protocols is described. The modular bioreactors are simple to assemble and use and can be easily compared wit...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Mazzei D,Guzzardi MA,Giusti S,Ahluwalia A

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The patterning of cardiac myocytes on a micron scale ( approximately 5 microm) was achieved by microcontact printing of fibronectin onto a hydrophobically pretreated glass substrate. The patterned cardiac myocytes conjugated with each other by forming a gap junction, as judged from the synchronized Ca(2+) transition o...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kaji H,Takoh K,Nishizawa M,Matsue T

更新日期：2003-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Modification of cellular functions by overexpression of genes is being increasingly practiced for tissue engineering. In the present study, we investigated whether transfection efficiency could be enhanced by magnetofection that involves the use of plasmid DNA (pDNA)/magnetite cationic liposomes (MCLs) complexes (pDNA...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Ino K,Kawasumi T,Ito A,Honda H

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The specific uptake rate of phenol by washed cells of Pseudomonas putida grown on phenol in steady-state continuous culture at various dilution rates was studied. The Monod-Haldane-type equation was applied to fit the data and the best kinetic parameters were determined by nonlinear least-squares techniques. The value...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Sokol W

更新日期：1987-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein switches have a variety of potential applications in biotechnology and medicine that motivate efforts to accelerate their development. Switches can be built by the proper fusion of two proteins with the prerequisite input and output functions. However, the exact fusion geometry for switch creation, which typic...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Tullman J,Nicholes N,Dumont MR,Ribeiro LF,Ostermeier M

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major objectives for preparative protein chromatography are maximal loading and increased flow rate while maintaining defined resolution. Conventionally a series of chromatographic experiments are performed and the optimal conditions are selected according to the separation criteria. Computer-aided process design ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Jungbauer A,Kaltenbrunner O

更新日期：1996-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomass autoflocculation in outdoor algal cultures was found to be associated with increases of culture pH levels, due to CO(2) consumption by the algal photosynthetic activity. Under these alkaline conditions, some medium chemical ions precipitated together with the algal biomass. The chemical substances involved wit...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Sukenik A,Shelef G

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental observations indicate that the rates of cometabolic transformation are linked to the consumption of growth substrate during growth and to the consumption of cell mass and/or energy substrate in the absence of growth substrate. Three previously proposed models (models 1 through 3) describing the kinetics o...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Criddle CS

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00