abstract：BACKGROUND:The cattle ticks, Boophilus spp., affect cattle production in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Tick vaccines constitute a cost-effective and environmentally friendly alternative to tick control. The recombinant B. microplus Bm86 protective antigen has been shown to protect cattle against tick i...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Canales M,Almazán C,Naranjo V,Jongejan F,de la Fuente J

更新日期：2009-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In spite of a great number of monomeric fluorescent proteins developed in the recent years, the reported fluorescent protein-based FRET pairs are still characterized by a number of disadvantageous features, complicating their use as reporters in cell biology and for high-throughput cell-based screenings. RE...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Shcherbo D,Souslova EA,Goedhart J,Chepurnykh TV,Gaintzeva A,Shemiakina II,Gadella TW,Lukyanov S,Chudakov DM

更新日期：2009-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ability of cytosine deaminase (CD) to convert the antifungal agent 5-fluorocytosine (5-FC) into one of the most potent and largely used anticancer compound such as 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) raised considerable interest in this enzyme to model gene or antibody - directed enzyme-prodrug therapy (GDEPT/ADEPT) a...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Mallano A,Zamboni S,Carpinelli G,Santoro F,Flego M,Ascione A,Gellini M,Tombesi M,Podo F,Cianfriglia M

更新日期：2008-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Circular forms of viral genomic DNA are generated during infection of cells with retroviruses like HIV-1. Such circles are unable to replicate and are eventually lost as a result of cell division, lending support to the prevalent notion that episomal retroviral DNA forms are dead-end products of reverse tran...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Moldt B,Staunstrup NH,Jakobsen M,Yáñez-Muñoz RJ,Mikkelsen JG

更新日期：2008-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In a previous study, anthocyanin levels in potato plants were increased by manipulating genes connected with the flavonoid biosynthesis pathway. However, starch content and tuber yield were dramatically reduced in the transgenic plants, which over-expressed dihydroflavonol reductase (DFR). RESULTS:Transgeni...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Aksamit-Stachurska A,Korobczak-Sosna A,Kulma A,Szopa J

更新日期：2008-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Shark heavy chain antibody, also called new antigen receptor (NAR), consists of one single Variable domain (VH), containing only two complementarity-determining regions (CDRs). The antigen binding affinity and specificity are mainly determined by these two CDRs. The good solubility, excellent thermal stabili...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Liu JL,Anderson GP,Goldman ER

更新日期：2007-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We have investigated the possibility and feasibility of producing the HPV-11 L1 major capsid protein in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana ecotype Columbia and Nicotiana tabacum cv. Xanthi as potential sources for an inexpensive subunit vaccine. RESULTS:Transformation of plants was only achieved with the HPV-1...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Kohl TO,Hitzeroth II,Christensen ND,Rybicki EP

更新日期：2007-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Wax esters are important ingredients in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, lubricants and other chemical industries due to their excellent wetting property. Since the naturally occurring wax esters are expensive and scarce, these esters can be produced by enzymatic alcoholysis of vegetable oils. In an enzymatic rea...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Basri M,Rahman RN,Ebrahimpour A,Salleh AB,Gunawan ER,Rahman MB

更新日期：2007-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plants are increasingly being examined as alternative recombinant protein expression systems. Recombinant protein expression levels in plants from Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV)-based vectors are much higher than those possible from plant promoters. However the common TMV expression vectors are costly, and at ti...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Lindbo JA

更新日期：2007-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genetically encoded sensors developed on the basis of green fluorescent protein (GFP)-like proteins are becoming more and more popular instruments for monitoring cellular analytes and enzyme activities in living cells and transgenic organisms. In particular, a number of Ca2+ sensors have been developed, eith...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Souslova EA,Belousov VV,Lock JG,Strömblad S,Kasparov S,Bolshakov AP,Pinelis VG,Labas YA,Lukyanov S,Mayr LM,Chudakov DM

更新日期：2007-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The detection of unknown mutations is important in research and medicine. For this purpose, a mismatch-specific endonuclease CEL I from celery has been established as a useful tool in high throughput projects. Previously, CEL I-like activities were described only in a variety of plants and could not be expre...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Pimkin M,Caretti E,Canutescu A,Yeung JB,Cohn H,Chen Y,Oleykowski C,Bellacosa A,Yeung AT

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plants may represent excellent alternatives to classical heterologous protein expression systems, especially for the production of biopharmaceuticals and vaccine components. Modern vaccines are becoming increasingly complex, with the incorporation of multiple antigens. Approaches towards developing an HIV va...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Marusic C,Nuttall J,Buriani G,Lico C,Lombardi R,Baschieri S,Benvenuto E,Frigerio L

更新日期：2007-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dengue is a public health problem of global significance for which there is neither an effective antiviral therapy nor a preventive vaccine. It is a mosquito-borne viral disease, caused by dengue (DEN) viruses, which are members of the Flaviviridae family. There are four closely related serotypes, DEN-1, DEN...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Khanam S,Rajendra P,Khanna N,Swaminathan S

更新日期：2007-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Taxol is an effective antineoplastic agent, originally extracted from the bark of Taxus brevifolia with a low yield. Many attempts have been made to produce Taxol by chemical synthesis, semi-synthesis and plant tissue cultures. However, to date, the availability of this compound is not sufficient to satisfy ...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Bestoso F,Ottaggio L,Armirotti A,Balbi A,Damonte G,Degan P,Mazzei M,Cavalli F,Ledda B,Miele M

更新日期：2006-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A modification of a standard method of fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) is described, by which a combination of several substrates and probes on single microscope slides enables more accurate comparisons of the distribution and abundance of chromosomal sequences and improves the relatively low throu...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Hasterok R,Dulawa J,Jenkins G,Leggett M,Langdon T

更新日期：2006-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of highly reproducible and spatiallyhomogeneous thin film matrices permits automated microscopy and quantitative determination of the response of hundreds of cells in a population. Using thin films of extracellular matrix proteins, we have quantified, on a cell-by-cell basis, phenotypic parameters of...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Langenbach KJ,Elliott JT,Tona A,McDaniel D,Plant AL

更新日期：2006-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), characterised by recurrent miscarriage and thrombosis, is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Domain I (DI) of human beta 2 glycoprotein I (beta2GPI) is thought to contain crucial antibody binding epitopes for antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL), which are criti...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Ioannou Y,Giles I,Lambrianides A,Richardson C,Pearl LH,Latchman DS,Isenberg DA,Rahman A

更新日期：2006-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Whole genome amplification (WGA) promises to eliminate practical molecular genetic analysis limitations associated with genomic DNA (gDNA) quantity. We evaluated the performance of multiple displacement amplification (MDA) WGA using gDNA extracted from lymphoblastoid cell lines (N = 27) with a range of start...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Bergen AW,Qi Y,Haque KA,Welch RA,Chanock SJ

更新日期：2005-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Splicing of DNA molecules is an important task in molecular biology that facilitates cloning, mutagenesis and creation of chimeric genes. Mutagenesis and DNA splicing techniques exist, some requiring restriction enzymes, and others utilize staggered reannealing approaches. RESULTS:A method for DNA splicing ...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Ailenberg M,Goldenberg NM,Silverman M

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:DsRed the red fluorescent protein (RFP) isolated from Discosoma sp. coral holds much promise as a genetically and spectrally distinct alternative to green fluorescent protein (GFP) for application in mice. Widespread use of DsRed has been hampered by several issues resulting in the inability to establish and...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Long JZ,Lackan CS,Hadjantonakis AK

更新日期：2005-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microarray technology has been used extensively over the past 10 years for assessing gene expression, and has facilitated precise genetic profiling of everything from tumors to small molecule drugs. By contrast, arraying cell membranes in a manner which preserves their ability to mediate biochemical processe...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Yamazaki V,Sirenko O,Schafer RJ,Nguyen L,Gutsmann T,Brade L,Groves JT

更新日期：2005-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of small interfering RNA (siRNA) molecules in animals to achieve double-stranded RNA-mediated interference (RNAi) has recently emerged as a powerful method of sequence-specific gene knockdown. As DNA-based expression of short hairpin RNA (shRNA) for RNAi may offer some advantages over chemical and in...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Lambeth LS,Moore RJ,Muralitharan M,Dalrymple BP,McWilliam S,Doran TJ

更新日期：2005-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Size exclusion chromatography is the method of choice for separating free from liposome-encapsulated molecules. However, if the column is not presaturated with lipids this type of chromatography causes a significant loss of lipid material. To date, the mechanism of lipid retention is poorly understood. It ha...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Ruysschaert T,Marque A,Duteyrat JL,Lesieur S,Winterhalter M,Fournier D

更新日期：2005-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The proteomics literature has seen a proliferation of publications that seek to apply the rapidly improving technology of 2D gels to study various biological systems. However, there is a dearth of systematic studies that have investigated appropriate statistical approaches to analyse the data from these expe...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Meleth S,Deshane J,Kim H

更新日期：2005-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Advances in optical imaging modalities and the continued evolution of genetically-encoded fluorescent proteins are coming together to facilitate the study of cell behavior at high resolution in living organisms. As a result, imaging using autofluorescent protein reporters is gaining popularity in mouse trans...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Hadjantonakis AK,Papaioannou VE

更新日期：2004-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the search for generic expression strategies for mammalian protein families several bacterial expression vectors were examined for their ability to promote high yields of soluble protein. Proteins studied included cell surface receptors (Ephrins and Eph receptors, CD44), kinases (EGFR-cytoplasmic domain, ...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Dyson MR,Shadbolt SP,Vincent KJ,Perera RL,McCafferty J

更新日期：2004-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The identification of known mutations in a cell population is important for clinical applications and basic cancer research. In this work an immobilized form of the polymerase chain reaction, referred to as polony technology, was used to detect mutations as well as gene deletions, resulting in loss of hetero...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Butz J,Wickstrom E,Edwards J

更新日期：2003-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transformed cells of Escherichia coli DH5-alpha with pGFPuv, induced by IPTG (isopropyl-beta-d-thiogalactopyranoside), express the green fluorescent protein (gfpuv) during growth phases. E. coli subjected to the combination of selective permeation by freezing/thawing/sonication cycles followed by the three-p...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Vessoni Penna TC,Ishii M

更新日期：2002-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hydrophobic polystyrene is the most common material for solid phase immunoassay. Proteins are immobilized on polystyrene by passive adsorption, which often causes considerable denaturation. Biological macromolecules were found to better retain their functional activity when immobilized on hydrophilic materia...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Shmanai VV,Nikolayeva TA,Vinokurova LG,Litoshka AA

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rapid, robust and reversible induction of transgene expression would significantly facilitate cancer gene therapy as well as allow the in vivo functional study of newly discovered genes in tumor formation and progression. The popularity of the ecdysone inducible gene switch system has led us to investigate w...

journal_title：BMC biotechnology

authors： Karns LR,Kisielewski A,Gulding KM,Seraj JM,Theodorescu D

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00