Enhanced production of podophyllotoxin, kaempferol, and quercetin from callus culture of Dysosma pleiantha (Hance) Woodson: An endangered medicinal plant.

abstract：:Human thymosin alpha1 is an effective immune system enhancer for the treatment of cancer and viral diseases. Therefore the development of new methods for its synthesis is an urgent problem. In the present work, we propose an efficient scalable scheme for the production of recombinant thymosin alpha1. We used an expres...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Esipov RS,Stepanenko VN,Beyrakhova KA,Muravjeva TI,Miroshnikov AI

更新日期：2010-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Human lung carcinoma is a highly metastatic tumour that leads to a high death rate and in which lymphatic metastasis is an important early event. HYA (hyaluronan) is involved in the invasion of a variety of tumour cells. Layilin, a specific and novel HYA receptor, was detected in the human lung cell line A549 in our p...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Chen Z,Zhuo W,Wang Y,Ao X,An J

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) gene plays a crucial role in signal transduction by negatively regulating the PI3K signaling pathway. It is the most frequent mutated gene in many human-related cancers. Considering its critical role, a functional analysis of missense mutations of PTEN gene was undertaken in t...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Khan I,Ansari IA,Singh P,Dass J FP

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：:We have analysed the status and transcriptional activity of the bovine papillomavirus-I (complete BPV-I genome)-based expression vector pCES in CI27i-cell-line-derived 3TI cells used for the industrial production of recombinant human erythropoietin (rhuEpo). Complete tandem head-to-tail integration of about 600 vector...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Fibi MR,Kunz J,Weimer T,Schulz R,Teifke P,Grzeschik KH,Johannsen R,Zettlmeissl G

更新日期：1996-02-01 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：:Cardiolipin, the primary lipid hapten in the antigen suspension used for the detection of antitreponemal antibodies in the sera of syphilitic patients, was successfully coupled to glucose oxidase, peroxidase, and some other enzymes using different crosslinking agents. These complexes were used to replace the pure unco...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Ngeh-Ngwainbi J,Kuan SS,Steinman F,Guilbault GG

更新日期：1986-12-01 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：:St. John's wort ( Hypericum perforatum L.) is a herbaceous perennial distributed throughout the World that has been widely used in traditional medicine. H. perforatum produces several types of biologically active compound, including the hypericins--a family of light-activated anthraquinones, localized within specializ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Kirakosyan A,Sirvent TM,Gibson DM,Kaufman PB

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformation of a protein refers to the three-dimensional arrangement of its constituent atoms. Since expression of the biological activity of a protein depends on its conformation, it is clear that full characterization of a protein involves an understanding of its three-dimensional structure. This review outline...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Price NC

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combination of IL-2 (interleukin-2) and GM-CSF (granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor) has been broadly studied in antitumour immune therapy, but its efficacy is uncertain. To better exert the activities of the two cytokines and study them in a mouse model, we have constructed a bifunctional protein, hI...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Wen Q,Ma L,Luo W,Zhou MQ,He D,Lin Y,Wu ZQ,He XW,Wang JF,Wang XN

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of garlic (Allium sativum L.) on the diabetic nephropathy and oxidative stress induced by STZ (streptozotocin) in rats. Diabetes was induced in Male Sprague-Dawley rats by administering a single intraperitoneal injection of STZ (60 mg/kg of body weight). ...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Mariee AD,Abd-Allah GM,El-Yamany MF

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation was performed with sugarcane bagasse (SCB) hydrolysate using Clostridium beijerinckii strains. A cost-effective SCB medium was developed with no enzymatic hydrolysis and no supplementation of extra carbon source or expensive nitrogen source. One of the C. beijerinckii strains...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Narayanasamy S,Chan KL,Cai H,Abdul Razak AHB,Tay BK,Miao H

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is the most common neurodegenerative movement disorder and is characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neurons and the formation of eosinophilic intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies known as Lewy bodies. Although alpha-synuclein is known to be a pivotal factor implicated in the pathogenesis of P...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Choi JY,Sung YM,Park HJ,Hur EH,Lee SJ,Hahn C,Min BR,Kim IK,Kang S,Rhim H

更新日期：2002-08-01 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：:The optimum fermentation conditions for the production of cellulose by a newly isolated Acetobacter sp. A9 were determined by shaken cultures. The strain was able to produce cellulose at 25-30 degrees C with a maximum at 30 degrees C. Cellulose production occurred at pH 4.5-7.5 with a maximum at pH 6.5. The improved m...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Son HJ,Heo MS,Kim YG,Lee SJ

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine serum albumin (BSA) microspheres with an average diameter of 12.5 micron were prepared by crosslinking of BSA molecules with glutaraldehyde in the presence of polymethylmethacrylate dissolved in chloroform-toluene. Trypsin and anti-human IgG antibody were immobilized onto their surfaces by the glutaraldehyde-ac...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Yan CH,Kitano H,Ise N

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two monoclonal antibodies against human myeloperoxidase, designated 3-2H3 and 4-2C11, were produced and characterized. Both bound to the native enzyme, but neither bound to the denatured enzyme or to its two denatured subunits. 4-2C11 bound to the three types of leukocyte myeloperoxidase, I, II, and III, as well as to...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Hur SJ,Yamada M

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A deletion htpR mutant of Escherichia coli has been constructed on the basis of site-directed mutagenesis. To this end, the chromosomal allele of htpR gene was substituted by a mutant allele introduced into the cell with a recombinant plasmid. The htpR mutant is characterized by a reduced level of proteolysis and ther...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Kiselev VI

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbamate kinase has been prepared from Lactobacillus buchneri NCDO110. An approximately 91-fold increase in the specific activity of the enzyme was achieved. The purified extract exhibited a single band following polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The apparent molecular weight as determined by gel electrophoresis wa...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Manca de Nadra MC,Nadra Chaud CA,Pesce de Ruiz Holgado A,Oliver G

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid, simple and sensitive fluorometric assay method for the determination of nitrilase activity is described. 3-Cyanopyridine was hydrolysed to nicotinic acid by Rhodococcus rhodochrous and the liberated NH(3) was allowed to react with buffered o -phthaldialdehyde-2-mercaptoethanol solution (pH 7.4) to form a fluo...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Banerjee A,Sharma R,Banerjee UC

更新日期：2003-06-01 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：:A three-layered simulation methodology is described that rapidly evaluates biomanufacturing process options. In each layer, inferior options are screened out, while more promising candidates are evaluated further in the subsequent, more refined layer, which uses more rigorous models that require more data from time-co...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Chhatre S,Francis R,O'Donovan K,Titchener-Hooker NJ,Newcombe AR,Keshavarz-Moore E

更新日期：2007-10-01 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：: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：: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：:Cholesterol esterase modified with polyethylene glycol was able to dissolve in some highly hydrophobic solvents such as benzene and toluene, and catalyze the synthesis of cholesterol linoleate with time dependency in the reverse of the usual reaction in aqueous solvents. Enzymatic cholesterol linoleate synthesis follo...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Mori S,Nakata Y,Endo H

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe is a particularly useful model for studying the function and regulation of genes from higher eukaryotes. The genome of Sc. pombe has been sequenced, and DNA microarray, proteome and transcriptome analyses have been carried out. Among the well-characterized yeast species, Sc....

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Takegawa K,Tohda H,Sasaki M,Idiris A,Ohashi T,Mukaiyama H,Giga-Hama Y,Kumagai H

更新日期：2009-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The interpretation of the circular dichroism (c.d.) spectra of proteins to date requires additional secondary structural information of the proteins to be analysed (e.g., X-ray or n.m.r. data). Therefore these methods are inappropriate for a c.d. database whose secondary structures are unknown, as in the case of the m...

journal_title：Biotechnology and applied biochemistry

authors： Fasman GD

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00