Production of herbicide-resistant medicinal plant Salvia miltiorrhiza transformed with the bar gene.

abstract：:Heavy-ion beams, possessing a wide mutation spectrum and increased mutation frequency, have been used effectively as a breeding method. In this study, the heavy-ion beams generated by the Heavy-Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou were used to mutagenize Aspergillus terreus CA99 for screening high-yield lovastatin strains...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Li SW,Li M,Song HP,Feng JL,Tai XS

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new lipase from seeds of Pachira aquatica was purified to homogeneity by SDS-PAGE obtaining an enzyme with a molecular weight of approximately 55 kDa. The purified lipase exhibited maximum activity at 40 degrees C and pH 8.0, for an incubation time of 90 min. Concerning temperature stability, at the range from 4 to ...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Polizelli PP,Facchini FD,Cabral H,Bonilla-Rodriguez GO

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HbA1c test has been widely used to evaluate glycemic control in patients with diabetes. However, there are controversial results regarding the value of HbA1c in the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus (DM). The present study investigates the diagnostic effectiveness of HbA1c in a large patient group. The oral glucose toler...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Serdar MA,Serteser M,Ucal Y,Karpuzoglu HF,Aksungar FB,Coskun A,Kilercik M,Ünsal İ,Özpınar A

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a part of a natural biological N-cycle, nitrification is one of the steps included in the conception of artificial ecosystems designed for extraterrestrial life support systems (LSS) such as Micro-Ecological Life Support System Alternative (MELiSSA) project, which is the LSS project of the European Space Agency. Ni...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Farges B,Poughon L,Roriz D,Creuly C,Dussap CG,Lasseur C

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different initial cell concentrations of a recombinant flocculent Saccharomyces cerevisiae MA-R4 were evaluated for their effects on xylose fermentation and glucose-xylose cofermentation. A high initial cell concentration greatly increased both the substrate utilization and ethanol production rates. During xylose ferm...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Matsushika A,Sawayama S

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A combined process, de-algination followed by enzymatic saccharification, was designed to produce alginate and glucose from Saccharina japonica consecutively. The process conditions of de-algination were optimized separately for each stage of acidification and alkaline extraction. Collectively, the de-algination yield...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Ryu HJ,Oh KK

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The native amino acid ergothioneine, a thiourea derivative of histidine, inhibits mushroom tyrosinase activity in a dose-dependent manner, with an IC(50) value of 1.025 mg/ml (4.47 mM). By contrast, histidine exhibited no inhibitory effect on mushroom tyrosinase activity. We characterized ergothioneine as a noncompeti...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Liao WC,Wu WH,Tsai PC,Wang HF,Liu YH,Chan CF

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fuel ethanol can be produced from softwood through hydrolysis in an enzymatic process. Prior to enzymatic hydrolysis of the softwood, pretreatment is necessary. In this study, two-step steam pretreatment employing dilute H2SO4 impregnation in the first step and SO2 impregnation in the second step, to improve the overa...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Söderström J,Pilcher L,Galbe M,Zacchi G

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The autoimmune repertoire is well known from previous studies to be capable of producing catalytic antibodies directed to self-antigens. In the present study, we explored the ability of 26 monoclonal light chains (L chains) from multiple myeloma patients to cleave radiolabeled gp120, a foreign protein. One L chain wit...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Paul S,Kalaga RS,Gololobov G,Brenneman D

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endophytes from medicinal plants represent a potential source of bioactive compounds. During the present investigation, fungal endophytes were isolated from turmeric (Curcuma longa), an important medicinal plant. A total of 207 endophytic fungal isolates were obtained from the rhizome of C. longa L. They were grouped ...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Gupta S,Kaul S,Singh B,Vishwakarma RA,Dhar MK

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetic parameters of the oxidant action of the combination of enzyme horseradish peroxidase (HRP) with hydrogen peroxide in the degradation of methylene blue dye were investigated. Twenty-one percent of color removal was obtained at pH 5.0 and temperature of 30 °C. Under these conditions, the kinetic parameters K...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Pereira AR,da Costa RS,Yokoyama L,Alhadeff EM,Teixeira LA

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To select a thermotolerant fungal strain for decolorization of wastewaters, ligninolytic enzyme production (lignin peroxidase, manganese peroxidase [MnP], and laccase), decolorization, and removal of total phenol and chemical oxygen demand (COD) were detected. Thirty-eight fungal strains were studied for enzyme produc...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Chairattanamanokorn P,Imai T,Kondo R,Ukita M,Prasertsan P

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were carried out in a packed-bed column fermentor using coffee husk as substrate in order to verify a relationship between caffeine degradation and the respiration of Aspergillus sp. LPBx. Fermentation conditions were optimized by using factorial design experiments. The kinetic study showed that the caffeine d...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Brand D,Pandey A,Rodriguez-Leon JA,Roussos S,Brand I,Soccol CR

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The common view of amyloids and prion proteins is that they are associated with many currently incurable diseases and present a great danger to an organism. This danger comes from the fact that not only prion proteins, but also the infectious form(s) of amyloids, as it has been shown recently, are able to transmit the...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Pulawski W,Ghoshdastider U,Andrisano V,Filipek S

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of immunoaffinity techniques to subcellular fractionation is reviewed and the basic principles underlying the various methods that have been successfully employed, identified. The requirement for organelle-specific antigens and high-avidity antibodies is discussed, as is the widespread use of indirect ...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Richardson PJ,Luzio JP

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of exogenous DNA in vitro is significantly affected by the particular transfection method utilized. In this study, we evaluated the efficiency of two transfection methods, chemically mediated polyethyleneimine (PEI) treatment and physically mediated electroporation, on a rat heart myoblast cell line, H9c2(2...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Liu YC,Lin WY,Jhang YR,Huang SH,Wu CP,Wu HT

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moth bean (Vigna aconitifolia (Jacq.) Marechal), an important grain-legume crop grown in hot desert regions of Thar, under scorching sun rays, was investigated for heat tolerance at molecular level. In the present study, we constructed a forward suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) cDNA library of heat tolerant...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Gurjar K,Rampuria S,Joshi U,Palit P,Bhatt KV,Mohapatra T,Sharma R

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:γ-Aminobutyric acid (γ-GABA) is a non-proteinogenic amino acid, which acts as a major regulator in the central nervous system. Glutamate decarboxylase (namely GAD, EC 4.1.1.15) is known to be an ideal enzyme for γ-GABA production using L-glutamic acid as substrate. In this study, we cloned and expressed GAD gene from ...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Xiong Q,Xu Z,Xu L,Yao Z,Li S,Xu H

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conjunctive administration of the tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) and the urokinase-fibrinogen covalent conjugate (UK-Fbg) was studied by the example of venous thrombosis in dogs. Comparing the effect of separate use of the two components, we observed the potentiation of thrombolytic effect induced by an i.v....

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Maksimenko AV,Tischenko EG,Petrov AD,Petrova ML,Golubykh VL

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 18 psychrophilic strains isolated near the Antarctic Station, the psychrophilic strain Rhodotorula aurantiaca A19 was selected for its ability of growth and gamma-decalactone production at low temperatures. The effects of temperature, initial pH, and castor oil concentration on the growth and gamma-decalactone p...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Alchihab M,Destain J,Aguedo M,Majad L,Ghalfi H,Wathelet JP,Thonart P

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer remains a highly prevalent disease and a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Currently, exploring antitumor drugs derived from herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine is increasingly becoming an attractive area of research. Paclitaxel (PTX), a highly effective chemotherapeutic drug, is wid...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Tan KT,Li S,Li YR,Cheng SL,Lin SH,Tung YT

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitory effect of L-malic acid (MA) on alpha-glucosidase (EC 3.2.1.20) was investigated by combination study between inhibition kinetics and computational simulations. The results from the serial kinetics demonstrated that MA could directly inactivate the enzyme activity in a dose-dependent manner and a typical...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Gou L,Zhan Y,Lee J,Li X,Lü ZR,Zhou HM,Lu H,Wang XY,Park YD,Yang JM

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new medical application of an immobilized microbial enzyme is described. Extracorporeal devices require systemic heparin administration to prevent thrombus formation; however, the use of heparin often leads to serious hemorrhagic complications. Heparinase isolated from Flavobacterium has been immobilized and used in...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Linhardt RJ,Cooney CL,Tapper D,Zannetos CA,Larsen AK,Langer R

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Commercial conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to fermentable sugars requires inexpensive bulk production of biologically active cellulase enzymes, which might be achieved through direct production of these enzymes within the biomass crops. Transgenic corn plants containing the catalytic domain of Acidothermus cellu...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Ransom C,Balan V,Biswas G,Dale B,Crockett E,Sticklen M

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrobacter succinogenes is a cellulolytic bacterium that degrades plant cell wall biomass in ruminant animals and is among the most rapidly fibrolytic of all mesophilic bacteria. The complete genome sequence of Fisuc was completed by the DOE Joint Genome Institute in late 2009. Using new expression tools developed at...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Brumm P,Mead D,Boyum J,Drinkwater C,Deneke J,Gowda K,Stevenson D,Weimer P

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recovery of alpha-amylase from the crude enzyme preparation by the reversed micellar liquid-liquid extraction was investigated. The reversed micellar solution was formed by dissolving a cationic surfactant Aliquat 336 in six different alkanes (cyclohexane, n-hexane, isooctane, n-octane, n-decane, and n-dodecane) r...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Chang QL,Chen JY

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dilute-acid pretreatment liquor (PL) produced at NREL through a continuous screw-driven reactor was analyzed for sugars and other potential inhibitory components. Their inhibitory effects on enzymatic hydrolysis of Solka Floc were investigated. When the PL was mixed into the enzymatic hydrolysis reactor at 1:1 volume ...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Kothari UD,Lee YY

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucoamylase from the thermophilic mold Thermomucor indicae-seudaticae was purified by anion exchange and gel filtration chromatographic techniques using a fast protein liquid chromatographic system. The structure and thermal stability of this unique 'thermostable and neutral glucoamylase' were analyzed by circular di...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Kumar P,Islam A,Ahmad F,Satyanarayana T

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tannase production by newly isolated Penicillium purpurogenum PAF6 was investigated by 'one variable at a time' (OVAT) approach followed by response surface methodology (RSM). Tannin-rich plant residues were used as supporting solid substrate and sole carbon source and, among them, tamarind seed was found to be the mo...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Jana A,Maity C,Halder SK,Mondal KC,Pati BR,Mohapatra PK

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The wet oxidation pretreatment (water, oxygen, elevated temperature, and pressure) of softwood (Picea abies) was investigated for enhancing enzymatic hydrolysis. The pretreatment was preliminarily optimized. Six different combinations of reaction time, temperature, and pH were applied, and the compositions of solid an...

journal_title：Applied biochemistry and biotechnology

authors： Palonen H,Thomsen AB,Tenkanen M,Schmidt AS,Viikari L

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00