A comparative investigation of Bombyx mori silk fibroin hydrogels generated by chemical and enzymatic cross-linking.

abstract：:The effect of silica nanoparticles and conventional silica sources on the changes in microbial biomass and silica availability to pure soil and maize rhizosphere was studied. Nanosilica (20-40 nm) was synthesized from rice husk and comprehensively characterized. The efficiency of nanosilica was evaluated in terms of i...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Rangaraj S,Gopalu K,Rathinam Y,Periasamy P,Venkatachalam R,Narayanasamy K

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The L-arginine uptake of resting platelets from type-2 diabetic patients and control subjects was measured and the kinetic parameters defined. The effect of platelet stimulation with agonists was also investigated. Kinetic studies showed that the K(m) value for L-arginine transport was not different in patients compar...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Signorello MG,Giovine M,Pascale R,Cataldi L,Bordone C,Benatti U,Leoncini G

更新日期：2001-08-01 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：:The interaction of four lectins from crops of the legume family with Saccharomyces cerevisiae alpha-mannan, and also with two glycoenzymes containing mainly alpha-mannan moieties, has been studied. The interaction was characterized by a quantitative precipitation assay. The results of precipitation differ with respect...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Mislovicová D,Gemeiner P,Sandula J,Masárová J,Vikartovská A,Docolomanský P

更新日期：2000-04-01 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：: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：:A sensitive sandwich enzyme immunoassay (e.i.a.) for serrapeptase (TSP), an orally available anti-inflammatory proteinase, was established using affinity-purified anti-TSP rabbit IgG and its Fab' fragment conjugated with horseradish peroxidase as the first and the second antibodies respectively. TSP in the plasma was ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Moriya N,Nakata M,Nakamura M,Takaoka M,Iwasa S,Kato K,Kakinuma A

更新日期：1994-08-01 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：:In the present study, the growth and key metabolic features of a gene-transfected Drosophila melanogaster (fruitfly) S2 (Schneider 2) cell population (S2AcRVGP cells), cultured in Sf900-II medium, have been evaluated to provide substantial support for the development of a bioprocess to produce RVGP (rabies-virus glyco...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Swiech K,da Silva CS,Arantes MK,dos Santos AS,Astray RM,Pereira CA,Suazo CA

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:An inducible esterase has been isolated from a liquid culture of Aspergillus niger grown on sugar-beet pulp. The enzyme was active on methyl esters of cinnamic acids, caffeic > p-coumaric > ferulic, and is therefore termed a cinnamoyl esterase. The enzyme was not active on methyl sinapinate, a good substrate for ferul...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Kroon PA,Faulds CB,Williamson G

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Second-generation bioethanol production process was developed using pretreated empty fruit bunches (EFB). Consecutive acid/alkali EFB pretreatment was performed, first with HCl and then with NaOH with final washing steps for phenolic compounds elimination. Scanning electron microscopy images showed that EFB chemical t...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Campioni TS,Soccol CR,Libardi Junior N,Rodrigues C,Woiciechowski AL,Letti LAJ,Vandenberghe LPS

更新日期：2020-09-01 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：:Mirabilis himalaica is an endangered medicinal plant species in the Tibetan Plateau. The two genes respectively encoding chalcone synthase (MhCHS) and chalcone isomerase (MhCHI) were isolated and characterized from M. himalaica. The sequence analysis revealed that the two genes were similar with their corresponding ho...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Lan X,Quan H,Xia X,Yin W,Zheng W

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Staphylococcus aureus protein A (SpA) can be obtained through the culture of wild-type S. aureus and also as a recombinant protein in safe bacterial hosts. Several methods have been used to purify SpA among which ion-exchange chromatography, affinity chromatography, gel filtration, and per aqueous liquid chromatog...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Rigi G,Ghaedmohammadi S,Ahmadian G

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutaraldehyde crosslinked, immunoprecipitated gulonolactone oxidase, injected intraperitoneally, has significant catalytic activity and is capable of providing long-term therapeutic benefit for the enzyme deficiency disease scurvy. The enzyme is tolerated even in repetitive doses. In the present study, however, we ha...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Sato P,Lindemann D

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeast cells immobilized by entrapment in an insolubilized gelatin gel have been investigated with regard to their pattern of growth and respiratory activity. Mass-transfer resistance offered by the matrix and growth of the entrapped cells determine a gradient of nutrients throughout the gel which is responsible for bo...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Parascandola P,de Alteriis E

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Madagascar periwinkle [Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don] is a plant species known for its production of TIAs (terpenoid indole alkaloids), many of which are pharmaceutically important. Ajmalicine and serpentine are prescribed for the treatment of hypertension, whereas the bisindoles vinblastine, vincristine and 3',...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Zhou ML,Shao JR,Tang YX

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flat panels are the most spread type of photobioreactors for studying light effects on a microalgae culture. Their low thickness, usually between 1 and 3 cm, aims at ensuring light homogeneity across the culture. Yet because optical density has to remain very low, studies are still limited to low cell density cultures...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Jiang W,Levasseur W,Casalinho J,Martin T,Puel F,Perré P,Pozzobon V

更新日期：2020-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:To reduce the degradation pathway of rhIFN-gamma (recombinant human interferon-gamma), the susceptibility against oxidative stress during fermentation in Escherichia coli cells and in purification process were investigated. Fermentations of recombinant E. coli were performed at 5, 30 and 60% DO (dissolved oxygen) conc...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Mohammadian-Mosaabadi J,Naderi-Manesh H,Maghsoudi N,Khalilzadeh R,Shojaosadati SA,Ebrahimi M

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioreactor process changes can have a profound effect on the yield and quality of biotechnology products. Mannose-6-phosphate (M6P) glycan content and the enzymatic catalytic kinetic parameters are critical quality attributes (CQAs) of many therapeutic enzymes used to treat lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs). Here, we ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Madhavarao CN,Agarabi CD,Wong L,Müller-Loennies S,Braulke T,Khan M,Anderson H,Johnson GR

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans to oxidize ferrous iron has been extensively studied in bioleaching to recover metal resources. Although immobilization of A. ferrooxidans is of great importance to achieve high bioleaching performance in practical application, the reported approaches of immobilization of ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Zhu N,Shi C,Shang R,Yang C,Xu Z,Wu P

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：:A simple, specific, sensitive and reproducible ELISA has been developed to quantify the level of CPS (capsular polysaccharide) production in supernatants of Streptococcus pneumoniae cell cultures. CPSs from Strep. pneumoniae have been widely used as vaccine antigens. The quantification method is based on two type-23F ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Cruz-Leal Y,Menéndez T,Coizeau E,Espinosa RR,Canaan L,Blanco F,Carmenate T,Chang J,Quiñones D,Tamargo I,Cremata J,Verez-Bencomo V,Guillén G

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sensitive label-free electrochemical aptasensor was successfully fabricated for thrombin detection with platinum nanoparticles (Pt) and blocking reagent horseradish peroxidase (HRP) as enhancers. A Nafion®-graphene-coated electrode was first modified with an electrochemical probe of methylene blue (MB) through elect...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Sun T,Wang L,Li N,Gan X

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An amylase-producing psychrotroph bacterium was isolated from soil and identified as belonging to the genus Exiguobacterium. A novel cold-adapted α-amylase, Amy SH3, was purified from culture medium of this bacterium using acetone precipitation and DEAE-Sepharose anion-exchange chromatography. The molecular mass of th...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Mojallali L,Shahbani Zahiri H,Rajaei S,Akbari Noghabi K,Haghbeen K

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acid phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.2) from Vigna aconitifolia seeds was purified to apparent homogeneity by using ammonium sulfate fractionation and cation-exchange chromatography [carboxymethyl (CM) cellulose]. The enzyme was 228-fold purified with 14.6% recovery. Analytical gel filtration chromatography on Sephadex G-200 co...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Anand A,Srivastava PK

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some metabolic inhibitors, mevastatin (MVS), chlorocholine chloride (CCC), sodium pyrophosphate (NaPP) and D,L-glyceraldehyde (DLG), were respectively added into the suspension cultures of the yew Taxus chinensis var. mairei at the late phase of cell growth to study isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) biosynthesis. The co...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Wang YD,Yuan YJ,Lu M,Wu JC,Jiang JL

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pathway for the synthesis of the repeating tetrasaccharide units in gellan gum from Pseudomonas elodea is proposed. The enzymes presumed to be involved in the synthesis of the activated precursors UDP-glucose, TDP-rhamnose, and UDP-glucuronic acid were detected and assayed in crude cell extracts of the gellan-produc...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Martins LO,Sá-Correia I

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microbial fuel cell is a sustainable and environmental-friendly device that combines electricity generation and wastewater treatment through metabolic activities of microorganisms. However, low power output from inadequate electron transfer to the anode electrode hampers its practical implementation. Nanocomposites ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Sirajudeen AAO,Annuar MSM,Subramaniam R

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00