Extracellular hemoglobin combined with an O2 -generating material overcomes O2 limitation in the bioartificial pancreas.

abstract：:We report on a simple method to rapidly generate very large libraries of genes encoding mutant proteins without the use of DNA amplification, and the application of this methodology in the construction of synthetic immunoglobulin variable heavy (V(H)) and light (V(kappa)) libraries. Four high quality, chemically synth...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Ge X,Mazor Y,Hunicke-Smith SP,Ellington AD,Georgiou G

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A titration bioassay, designed to accurately determine the activity of acetoclastic methanogens, is described that also allows evaluation of inhibition due to potential toxicants on the active biomass. The instrument is made of a pH-stat connected to an anaerobic batch reactor. Acetate is blended and mixed with anaero...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Rozzi A,Castellazzi L,Speece RE

更新日期：2002-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Five microbial inocula were evaluated in batch tests for the ability to remediate mine drainage (MD). Dairy manure (DM), anaerobic digester sludge, substrate from the Luttrell (LUTR) and Peerless Jenny King (PJK) sulfate-reducing permeable reactive zones (SR-PRZs) and material from an MD-treatment column that had been...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Pereyra LP,Hiibel SR,Pruden A,Reardon KF

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of the aqueous phase methane concentration is critical to understanding and controlling process kinetics in methanotrophic bioreactors. Unfortunately since no dissolved methane probe is commercially available, this data must be obtained off-line by the time-consuming gas-liquid partition method. In this stud...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Yu Y,Ramsay JA,Ramsay BA

更新日期：2006-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A pure culture of Pseudomonas fluorescens was used as a model system to study the kinetics of denitrification. An exponentially growing culture was harvested and resuspended in an anoxic acetate solution buffered with K/Na phosphate at pH values of 6.6, 7.0, 7.4, and 7.8. The temperature was kept at 28 degrees C in al...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Almeida JS,Reis MA,Carrondo MJ

更新日期：1995-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:An experimental study was undertaken to quantify the effects of infection cell density, medium condition, and surface aeration on recombinant protein yields in insect cells. In the absence of surface aeration and fresh medium, insect cells generated higher product yields (on a per cell basis) when infected with recomb...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Lindsay DA,Betenbaugh MJ

更新日期：1992-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A laboratory-scale multiphase hollow fiber membrane reactor was employed to investigate the lipase-catalyzed enzymatic resolution of racemic glycidyl butyrate. A mathematical formulation was developed to simulate the performance of this system. Model parameters were determined independently (except the effective rate ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Wu DR,Cramer SM,Belfort G

更新日期：1993-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, a non-sterile (open) continuous fermentation (OCF) process with no-carbon loss was developed to improve lactic acid (LA) productivity and operational stability from the co-utilization of lignocellulose-derived sugars by thermophilic Enterococcus faecium QU 50. The effects of different sugar mixtures on ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Abdel-Rahman MA,Tan J,Tashiro Y,Zendo T,Sakai K,Sonomoto K

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study addresses the characterization of human islet-like structures generated from a newly discovered sparse population of precursor cells (Petropavlovskaia and Rosenberg, 2002) in the human pancreas. These cells may be progenitor cells capable of producing pancreatic cells suitable for the treatment of type 1 di...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Bodnar CA,Sen A,Kallos MS,Behie LA,Petropavlovskaia M,Rosenberg L

更新日期：2006-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid method is developed to analyze the kinetics of thermal inactivation of enzymes that exhibit a nonlinear biphasic log(activity)-time relationship. Thermal destruction experiments on alcohol dehydrogenase from baker's yeast demonstrate the applicability of the method. The method is based on physical consideratio...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Nath S

更新日期：1996-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of lignin peroxidase (LIP) in an organic solvent by reversed micelles was investigated. Bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate sodium salt (AOT) was used as a surfactant to form a reversed micelle. Lyophilized LIP from an optimized aqueous solution exhibited no enzymatic activity in any organic solvents examined i...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Kimura M,Michizoe J,Oakazaki SY,Furusaki S,Goto M,Tanaka H,Wariishi H

更新日期：2004-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to the role of maintaining the pH, buffers can also facilitate the transport of H(+) ions in acid-generating systems. The role of this facilitation in proton transport in porous pellets on acid-generating immobilized enzymic reactions is examined. The activity in these systems can be maximized by a proper ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Ruckenstein E,Rajora P

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The photosynthetic performance of a helical tubular photobioreactor ("Biocoil"), incorporating the filamentous cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis, was investigated. The photobioreactor was constructed in a cylindrical shape (0.9 m high) with a 0.25-m(2)basal area and a photostage comprising 60 m of transparent PVC tub...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Watanabe Y,de la Noüe J,Hall DO

更新日期：1995-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a mathematical model which includes TNF-alpha initiated survival and apoptotic cascades, as well as nuclear transcription of IkappaB. These pathways play a crucial role in deciding cell fate in response to inflammation and infection. Our model incorporates known specific protein-protein interactions as iden...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Rangamani P,Sirovich L

更新日期：2007-08-01 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：:Enzymatic bioreactors with both high flow characteristics and mechanical stability based on macroporous poly(2-vinyl-4, 4-dimethylazlactone-co-acrylamide-co-ethylene dimethacrylate) monoliths have been prepared. Covalent immobilization of trypsin on these support is achieved in a single reaction step using the azlacto...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Xie S,Svec F,Fréchet JM

更新日期：1999-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The behavior of 20 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in a two-phase system consisting of an emulsion of water with an immiscible organic solvent was investigated. The effect of several organic solvents on the stability, activity, and kinetic profile of the enzyme was considered. The most suitable system for carrying o...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Cremonesi P,Carrea G,Ferrara L,Antonini E

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biosynthesis of invertase by Saccharomyces carlsbergensis LAM 1068 was studied in relation to its glucose effect at both unsteady and steady states of growth. Experimental correlations between the dilution rate and invertase specific activity (E/X) in chemostat cultures led to an optimum for the enzyme synthesis a...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Toda K

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteolysis associated with recombinant protein expression in Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells has hindered the development of biologics including HIV vaccines. When expressed in CHO cells, the recombinant HIV envelope protein, gp120, undergoes proteolytic clipping by a serine protease at a key epitope recognized by ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Li SW,Yu B,Byrne G,Wright M,O'Rourke S,Mesa K,Berman PW

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The G-H loop of foot-and-mouth disease virus is a disordered protrusion of the VP1 protein exposed on the virion surface. This short stretch includes an arginine-glycine-aspartic acid tripeptide, a recognized integrin-binding motif, which is responsible for cell attachment and infection. Eight copies of a peptide repr...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Villaverde A,Feliu JX,Arís A,Harbottle RP,Benito A,Coutelle C

更新日期：1998-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant cell walls are composed primarily of cellulose, hemicelluloses, lignins, and pectins. Of these components, lignins exhibit unique chemistry and physiological functions. Although lignins can be used as a product feedstock or as a fuel, lignins are also generally seen as a barrier to efficient enzymatic breakdown ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Donohoe BS,Decker SR,Tucker MP,Himmel ME,Vinzant TB

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A facile methodology has been developed for covalently derivatizing the surfaces of common materials with a designed antibacterial polycation, poly(vinyl-N-pyridinium bromide), wherein the first, key step involves surface coating with a nanolayer of silica. Various commercial synthetic polymers derivatized in this man...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Tiller JC,Lee SB,Lewis K,Klibanov AM

更新日期：2002-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the effects of factors secreted by different cell lines on human monoclonal antibody (MAb) integrity, 600 mg of a human MAb, which specifically binds to human erythrocytes, were produced in a perfusion process. After purification by protein A affinity chromatography, the MAb was used for integrity testi...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Ackermann M,Jäger V,Marx U

更新日期：1995-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzymatic acrylation is a process of potentially strong interest to the chemical industry. Direct esterification involving acrylic acid is unfortunately rather slow, with inhibition phenomena appearing at high acid concentrations. In the present study the acrylation of 1-octanol catalyzed by immobilized Candida antarc...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Nordblad M,Adlercreutz P

更新日期：2008-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein, we report the development of a microbial bioprocess for high-level production of 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA), a valuable non-proteinogenic amino acid with multiple applications in medical, agricultural, and food industries, using Escherichia coli as a cell factory. We first implemented the Shemin (i.e., C4) ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Miscevic D,Mao JY,Kefale T,Abedi D,Moo-Young M,Perry Chou C

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our preceding article, we demonstrated a procedure based upon enzymic flow microcalorimetry using an enzyme thermistor (ET) to characterize the microkinetic properties of an immobilized enzyme (IME) and its further application in the screening of IMEs. To consider the ET method (single ET unit, ET system 1) as stan...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Gemeiner P,Docolomansky P,Nahálka J,Stefuca V,Danielsson B

更新日期：1996-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, we present the factors which influence the stability of the emulsion forming under the circumstances of the direct extraction of penicillin fermentation broth and the conditions of demulsification. A laboratory method has been developed for testing demulsifiers and a quantitative evaluation of the pro...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Szabó C

更新日期：1992-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Many biochemical processes consist of a sequence of operations for which optimal operating conditions (setpoints) have to be determined. If such optimization is performed for each operation separately with respect to objectives defined for each operation individually, overall process performance is likely to be subopt...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Groep ME,Gregory ME,Kershenbaum LS,Bogle ID

更新日期：2000-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of autoantibodies against factor VIII represents one of the major complications in the treatment of hemophilia A patients. We have employed a novel library system to obtain peptides that specifically neutralize the interaction between factor VIII and these inhibitors. The random peptides are presented ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Mersich C,Billes W,Pabinger I,Jungbauer A

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diffusivities of glucose and ethanol in cell-free and cell-occupied membranes of calcium alginate were measured in a diffusion cell. The lag time analysis was used. Diffusivities decreased with increasing alginate concentration and were comparable with those in water for a 2% alginate membrane. Glucose and ethanol...

journal_title：Biotechnology and bioengineering

authors： Hannoun BJ,Stephanopoulos G

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00