The effect of direct and counter-current flow-through delignification on enzymatic hydrolysis of wheat straw, and flow limits due to compressibility.

abstract：:The downstream processing of virus particles for vaccination or gene therapy is becoming a critical bottleneck as upstream titers keep improving. Moreover, the growing pressure to develop cost-efficient processes has brought forward new downstream trains. This review aims at analyzing the state-of-the-art in viral dow...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Nestola P,Peixoto C,Silva RR,Alves PM,Mota JP,Carrondo MJ

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Propionic acid (PA) and its salts are widely used in the food, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries. Microbial production of PA by propionibacteria is a typical product-inhibited process, and acid resistance is crucial in the improvement of PA titers and productivity. We previously identified two key acid resistanc...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Guan N,Li J,Shin HD,Du G,Chen J,Liu L

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gp41 polypeptide of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) contains an immunosuppressive domain, an epitope which elicits specific cytolytic T cell responses to HIV, and a complement Clq interactive domain. In addition, a synthetic peptide called CS3, derived from gp41 (amino acids 576-593 of gp160) and contiguous wit...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kestler DP,Henderson LA,Noti JD

更新日期：1993-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The placement of the reference electrode (RE) in various bioelectrochemical systems is often varied to accommodate different reactor configurations. While the effect of the RE placement is well understood from a strictly electrochemistry perspective, there are impacts on exoelectrogenic biofilms in engineered systems ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Zhang F,Liu J,Ivanov I,Hatzell MC,Yang W,Ahn Y,Logan BE

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-dimensional (3D) tumor models have been established in various microfluidic systems for drug delivery and resistance studies in vitro. However, one of the main drawbacks of these models is non-uniform distribution of cells, leaving regions with very low cell density within the 3D structures. As a result, molecul...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Elliott NT,Yuan F

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last few years, an increasing number of biotechnological techniques have been applied to the restoration and conservation of works of art, paintings, old maps, and papers or books. Enzymes can solve problems that give restorers difficulties, although for many applications it is not possible to use soluble enzym...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Moeschel K,Nouaimi M,Steinbrenner C,Bisswanger H

更新日期：2003-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Expanded bed adsorption is a new downstream processing technique forcapture of proteins directly from unclarified feedstocks. Expanded bed adsorption reduces the number of operations in purification processes by combining clarification, concentration, and capture into one operation. It is based on stable fluidization ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Barnfield Frej AK,Hjorth R,Hammarström A

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The desired product of bioprocesses is often produced in particulate form, either as an inclusion body (IB) or as a crystal. Particle harvesting is then a crucial and attractive form of product recovery. Because the liquid phase often contains other bioparticles, such as cell debris, whole cells, particulate biocataly...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： van Hee P,Hoeben MA,van der Lans RG,van der Wielen LA

更新日期：2006-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Axial and radial oxygen depletion are believed to be critical scale-limiting factors in the design of cell culture hollow fiber bioreactors. A mathematical analysis of oxygen depletion has been performed in order to develop effectiveness factor plots to aid in the scaling of hollow fiber bioreactors with cells immobil...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Piret JM,Cooney CL

更新日期：1991-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of the biochemical reaction catalyzed by enzyme powder suspended in a water-insoluble organic solvent, an equation was derived to estimate the amount of water bound to the enzyme powder. With this equation, an apparent adsorption isotherm between free water (water freely dissolved in benzene) and bound water (...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Yamane T,Kojima Y,Ichiryu T,Nagata M,Shimizu S

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly branched mutants of two strains of Aspergillus oryzae (IFO4177, which produces alpha-amylase, and a transformant of IFO4177 [AMG#13], which produces heterologous glucoamylase in addition to alpha-amylase) were generated by UV or nitrous acid mutagenesis. Four mutants of the parental strain (IFO4177), which were...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Bocking SP,Wiebe MG,Robson GD,Hansen K,Christiansen LH,Trinci AP

更新日期：1999-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Immobilized enzyme hollow fibers may be useful in the purification or treatment of whole blood under clinical conditions. In this study, catalytically pure heparinase was immobilized to cellulose to analyze the feasibility for the removal of heparin's anticoagulant activity from whole blood. The kinetics of catalytica...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Comfort AR,Albert E,Langer R

更新日期：1989-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Utilization of renewable feedstocks for the production of bio-based chemicals such as d-lactic acid by engineering metabolic pathways in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has recently become an attractive option. In this study, to realize efficient d-lactic acid production by S. cerevisiae, the expression of 12 glyco...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Yamada R,Wakita K,Mitsui R,Ogino H

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of trehalose (0.5 M) on the thermal stability of cutinase in the alkaline pH range was studied. The thermal unfolding induced by increasing temperature was analyzed in the absence and in the presence of trehalose according to a two-state model (which assumes that only the folded and unfolded states of cutin...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Baptista RP,Cabral JM,Melo EP

更新日期：2000-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Flocculation of yeast cells occurs during the fermentation of beer. Partway through the fermentation the cells become flocculent and start to form flocs. If the environmental conditions, such as medium composition and fluid velocities in the tank, are optimal, the flocs will grow in size large enough to settle. After ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： van Hamersveld EH,van der Lans RG,Caulet PJ,Luyben KC

更新日期：1998-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular delivery of functional proteins is of great interest for basic biological research as well as for clinical applications. Transfection is the most commonly used method, however, it is not applicable to large-scale manipulation and inefficient in important cell types implicated in biomedical applications, ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Li Z,Cai Z,Fu W,Liu Y,Tian C,Wang H,Fu T,Wu Z,Wu D,Jin Y,Cheng Z,Terada N,Liu L,Wu W,Jin S,Bai F

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioartificial livers (BALs) are a potentially effective countermeasure against liver failure, particularly in cases of acute or fulminant liver failure. It is hoped these devices can sustain a patient's liver function until recovery or transplant. However, no large-scale clinical trial has yet proven that BALs are par...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Davidson AJ,Ellis MJ,Chaudhuri JB

更新日期：2010-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the effects of the electric charges and fields on the viability of airborne microorganisms were investigated. The electric charges of different magnitude and polarity were imparted on airborne microbial cells by a means of induction charging. The airborne microorganisms carrying different electric charg...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Mainelis G,Górny RL,Reponen T,Trunov M,Grinshpun SA,Baron P,Yadav J,Willeke K

更新日期：2002-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) technique was used to directly detect an intact form of insect pathogen: the baculovirus, Autographa californica multiple nuclear polyhedrosis virus (AcMNPV). An SPR sensor chip with three bio-functional layers was used to detect the intact AcMNPV: amine-reactive crosslinker with a disu...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Baac H,Hajós JP,Lee J,Kim D,Kim SJ,Shuler ML

更新日期：2006-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Uranium competitive uptake experiments by Rhizopus arrhizus were carried out at three different solution pH levels and in the presence of different concentrations of competing aluminum ions in order to examine the competing ion effect. The coion effect became more pronounced as the coion concentration in solution and ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Tsezos M,Georgousis Z,Remoudaki E

更新日期：1997-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Engineering protein expression in vitro or in vivo is usually straightforward for single genes, but remains challenging for multiple genes because of the requirement of coordinated control. RNA and protein overexpression strategies often exploit T7 RNA polymerase and its natural TPhi Class I terminator. However, this ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Du L,Gao R,Forster AC

更新日期：2009-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well established that salt enhances the interaction between solutes (e.g., proteins, displacers) and the weak hydrophobic ligands in hydrophobic interaction chromatography (HIC) and that various salts (e.g., kosmotropes, chaotropes, and neutral) have different effects on protein retention. In this article, the s...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Xia F,Nagrath D,Garde S,Cramer SM

更新日期：2004-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of dilution rates on the performance of a two-stage fermentation system for a recombinant Escherichia coli culture were studied. Dilution rate determines the apparent or averaged specific growth rate of a heterogeneous population of cells in the recombinant culture. The specific growth rate affects the gen...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Hortacsu A,Ryu DD

更新日期：1991-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactor systems based on tapered fluidized beds are being developed for aqueous bioprocesses in which adhering microorganisms or immobilized active biological fractions are used. The use of a fluidized bed prevents biomass buildup, accommodates particulates in the feed stream, is compatible with gas sparging, and allo...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Scott CD,Hancher CW

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A quick technique for determination of kinetic parameters of fermentation processes is proposed and applied to the transformation of D-xylose into ethanol by Pichia stipitis. The commonly used method to evaluate these parameters is based on achieving several steady states. In the proposed procedure, micro(m) and K(s) ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Domínguez H,Núñez MN,Chamy R,Lema JM

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3-Dehydroshikimic acid (DHS), in addition to being a potent antioxidant, is the key hydroaromatic intermediate in the biocatalytic conversion of glucose into aromatic bioproducts and a variety of industrial chemicals. Microbial synthesis of DHS, like other intermediates in the common pathway of aromatic amino acid bio...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Li K,Mikola MR,Draths KM,Worden RM,Frost JW

更新日期：1999-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Buffered aqueous two-phase systems are effective extraction systems for separating amphoteric hydrocarbons like, for example, polypeptides from aqueous phases. The design and basic engineering of such processes requires the knowledge of the liquid-liquid equilibrium. The study presented here aims to contribute to the ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Grossmann C,Tintinger R,Zhu J,Maurer G

更新日期：1998-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaerobic digestion of biological organic particulates to methane has been described by a structured mathematical model based on multiple-reaction stoichiometry, conventional material balances, and liquid phase equilibrium chemistry. A general stoichiometric treatment for any set of multiple biological reactions is de...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Bryers JD

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene transcription is regulated by transcription factors that can bind to specific regions on DNA. Antigene oligonucleotides (oligos) can bind to specific regions on DNA and form a triplex with the double-stranded DNA. The triplex can competitively inhibit the binding of transcription factors and, as a result, transcr...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Cheng B,Fournier RL,Relue PA

更新日期：2000-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A two-parameter deactivation model is proposed to describe the kinetics of activity stabilization for some enzymes. The single-step unimolecular mechanism exhibits non-first-order deactivation kinetics since the final enzyme state, E(1) is not completely inactivated. The usefulness of the model is demonstrated by appl...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Sadana A,Henley JP

更新日期：1987-10-20 00:00:00