Self-assembling bilayer lipid membranes on solid support.

abstract：:Restoration of insulin secretion by transplantation of isolated islets is a treatment for type Ι diabetes mellitus. One of the major issues with clinical treatment of islet transplantation is how to maintain islet viability during transportation from the donor to the patient. We developed a method that uses alginate e...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Li N,Zhang Y,Xiu Z,Wang Y,Chen L,Wang S,Li S,Guo X,Ma X

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of the sulfhydryl protease ficin as biocatalyst is proposed as a novel method for enzyme-catalyzed synthesis of dipeptides. The negligible peptidase but considerable esterase activity at alkaline pH facilitated the kinetically controlled formation of peptide bonds by coupling the ester substrates Z-Ala...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Monter B,Herzog B,Stehle P,Fürst P

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a vascular disease found to have progressive growth in the area of aorta. Rupturing of aorta causes excessive bleeding that leads to health-related issues, which can be fatal sometimes. Therefore, it becomes important to make early diagnosis of AAA and its condition and start immedia...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Qiu C,Wang X,Zhang X,Li Z,Zhou Y,Kang J

更新日期：2020-08-15 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：:Diadenosine 5',5'''-P1,P4-tetraphosphate (Ap4A) phosphorylase has been isolated previously using classical protein isolation techniques [A. Guranowski and S. Blanquet (1985) J. Biol. Chem. 260, 3542-3547]. A protein A-Sepharose immunoaffinity column was prepared to simplify the purification procedure. The immunoaffini...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Avila DM,Kaushal V,Barnes LD

更新日期：1990-06-01 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：:Empty fruit bunch (EFB) of oil palm trees was converted to fermentable sugars by the combined use of dilute acids and whole fungal cell culture-catalyzed hydrolyses. EFB (5%, w/v) was hydrolyzed in the presence of 0.5% H2 SO4 and 0.2% H3 PO4 at 160 °C for 10 Min. The solid fraction was separated from the acid hydrolys...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Li Q,Ng WT,Puah SM,Bhaskar RV,Soh LS,MacBeath C,Parakattil P,Green P,Wu JC

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new α-neoagarobiose hydrolase (NABH) called AgaWH117 was cloned from Agarivorans gilvus WH0801. The gene encoding this hydrolase consists of 1,086 bp and encodes a protein containing 361 amino acids. This new NABH showed 74% amino acid sequence identity with other known NABHs. The molecular mass of the recombinant A...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Liu N,Yang M,Mao X,Mu B,Wei D

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to investigate the protective effects of Acanthus ilicifolius alkaloid A [4-hydroxy-2-benzoxazolone (HBOA)] and its acetylated derivatives including 4-acetoxy-2-benzoxazolone (TC-2) and 3-acetyl-4-acetoxy-2-benzoxazolone (TC-3) on carbon tetrachloride (CCl4 )-induced liver fibrosis in rats. Spr...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Wai KK,Liang Y,Zhou L,Cai L,Liang C,Liu L,Lin X,Wu H,Lin J

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chitin-degrading Bacillus strain, designated as NCTU2, was screened from soil and identified. An extracellular chitinase was purified to >90% homogeneity from the culture filtrate. The purification involved hydrophobic-interaction and gel-filtration chromatographic separations with a yield of 58%. The purified enzym...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Wen CM,Tseng CS,Cheng CY,Li YK

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha-Cyclodextrin (CD) was converted by Bacillus macerans cyclodextrin glucanotransferase into highly insoluble high-amylose starch with a low average degree of polymerization (56-73), in yields as high as 78% over a wide range of temperatures (25-70 degreesC). Ability to undergo this conversion was highly concentrat...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Rendleman JA Jr,Knutson CA Jr

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotine is a potent parasympathomimetic stimulant and an important natural alkaloid mainly found in the Nicotiana genus of plants. It can directly threaten ecological security and human health in tobacco waste, wastewater, and other forms of tobacco production. Therefore, it is the basis of nicotine pollution prevent...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Ruan A,Gao Y,Fang C,Xu Y

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-17F (IL-17F) is an important member of IL-17 cytokine family, which plays important roles in host defense against microbial infections. Streptococcus pneumoniae is a common pathogen associated with several invasive and noninvasive pneumococcal diseases, and mucosal immune response plays crucial roles in de...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Chen L,Guo S,Wu L,Hao C,Xu W,Zhang J

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hydrolysis kinetics of native and denatured haemoglobin, using pepsin immobilized on aluminium oxide, was studied in order to produce hydrolysates containing bioactive peptides. Pepsin was immobilized on acidic alumina and on 2-ethanolamine- O -phosphate (2-EAOP)-modified acidic alumina. Surface charge of the two ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Ticu EL,Vercaigne-Marko D,Huma A,Artenie V,Toma O,Guillochon D

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Feeding a basal diet free of vitamins E and C to weanling male rats for 8 months resulted in biochemical changes characteristic of vitamin E deficiency. These included increased liver thiobarbituric acid values; decreased blood GSH levels, plasma vitamin E levels, and glutathione peroxidase activities; and increased a...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Chen LH,Thacker RR

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine biomass, especially the algal biomass, is currently considered to be one of the most potential candidates for biofuels conversion during the development of biomass utilization. In this study, a diluted sulfuric acid pretreatment method was established for biobutanol from red algal biomass Gelidium amansii using...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Hong Y,Chen C,Wu YR

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recombinant plasmid pNCO937 (8.1 kbp) containing a Streptomyces sp. cholesterol oxidase gene was introduced into Streptococcus thermophilus by electrotransformation. Transformation frequency was 7.2 x 10(5) colony forming units/micrograms of DNA. The presence of the cholesterol oxidase gene in S. thermophilus was ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Somkuti GA,Solaiman DK,Johnson TL,Steinberg DH

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Higher thermostability or acid resistance for fungal α-amylase will help to improve the sugar-making process and cut down the production costs. Here, the thermostability or acid resistance of Rhizopus oryzae α-amylase (ROAmy) was significantly enhanced by site-directed evolution based on multiple sequence alignment (M...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Li S,Yang Q,Tang B

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The α-amylase from soya bean seeds was purified by affinity precipitation, resulting in approx. 20-fold purification with approx. 84% recovery. The purified α-amylase had an optimum pH of 5.5, optimum temperature of 75 °C, Arrhenius energy of activation of 6.03 kcal/mol (1 kcal≈4.184 kJ) and a Km of 2.427 mg/ml (starc...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Prakash O,Jaiswal N

更新日期：2010-12-01 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：:Solubilization of 2',3',4',5'-tetrabenzoyl-5-acetyl-1,5-dihydroriboflavin (benzaflavin) by conjugates of BSA with poly(alkylene oxide)s [poly(ethylene glycol) and block co-polymers of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide (pluronics)] was investigated. Conjugates of BSA with pluronics were shown to have more solubilizing...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Topchieva IN,Kurganov BI,Teplova MV,Gorskaya IA,Rudakova IP

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colloidal carriers based on silica (Si) matrices are an innovative approach within the context of therapeutic drug delivery systems. These carriers are emerging as a great promise for diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of injuries, particularly in cancer and infectious diseases. In addition, bioencapsulation for ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Andreani T,Silva AM,Souto EB

更新日期：2015-11-01 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：:A new microbial transglutaminase (EC 2.3.2.13) from a Bacillus circulans strain isolated from the aquatic Amazonian environment was purified and characterized. Enzyme purification started with (NH(4))(2)SO(4) 'salting out' and proceeded with liquid chromatography on Q-Sepharose FF and octyl-Sepharose 4 FF. The purific...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： de Barros Soares LH,Assmann F,Záchia Ayub MA

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the heat-shock proteins (HSPs) induced in response to heat-shock (HS) in all organisms, the low-molecular-mass (LMM) HSPs are the most abundant and unique in plants. The HSP genes at the transcriptional and the translational levels have been well-characterized; however, relatively little is known about the physi...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Yeh KW,Jinn TL,Yeh CH,Chen YM,Lin CY

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic membranes containing 10% acrylamide units were subjected to activation with formaldehyde at pH 7.5 and 45 degrees C. Trypsin, invertase, and urease were bound to this activated membrane and the kinetic properties of immobilized enzymes were studied. The permeability of the membrane for distilled water manife...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Krysteva MA,Shopova BI,Yotova LY,Karasavova MI

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloglucosidase from Rhizopus mould and beta-glucosidase from sweet almond were employed for the preparation of phenolic and vitamin glycosides of vanillin, N-vanillylnonanamide, DL-dopa, dopamine, curcumin, alpha-tocopherol (vitamin E), pyridoxine (vitamin B(6)), ergocalciferol (vitamin D(2)), thiamin (vitamin B(1))...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Charles RE,Ponrasu T,Sivakumar R,Divakar S

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medulloblastoma is the most common malignant pediatric brain tumor in children. GPR137 is a ubiquitously expressed gene in the central nervous system. It has been reported that GPR137 modulates malignant proliferation of glioma cells. However, the relationship between GPR137 and medulloblastoma is still unknown. In th...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Wang C,Liang Q,Chen G,Jing J,Wang S

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have created a mouse/human chimaeric antibody by taking antigen-binding fragment (Fab) genes of a mouse antibody-producing hybridoma with specificity for bacterial endotoxin and joining them to human Ig crystallizing-fragment (Fc) genes using recombinant DNA techniques. This chimaeric antibody has been expressed in...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Tan W,Lam PH

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Green fluorescent protein (GFP) is a globular protein used as biosensor and biomarker in medical and industrial fields. However, due to the expensive production costs of expressing proteins using high-cost inducers like isopropyl-β-d-1-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG), the number of GFP applications are still scarce. This...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Lopes C,Dos Santos NV,Dupont J,Pedrolli DB,Valentini SR,de Carvalho Santos-Ebinuma V,Pereira JFB

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00