abstract：:Using the optimal concentrations of octanoic acid (0.75 mM) and ethyl mercaptan (2 mM), as the most effective sulfur donor, Pseudomonas reptilivora produced 74 microg lipoic acid per dry cell weight at pH 7.5 and 30 degrees C in a fermenter over 9 h. The dry cell weight was 13.9 g l(-1). ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Ji JH,Yu IS,Kim HJ,Oh DK

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most high-affinity phosphate transporter genes (OsPTs) in rice were highly induced in roots when phosphate was depleted. OsPT1, however, was highly expressed in primary roots and leaves regardless of external phosphate concentrations. This finding was confirmed histochemically using transgenic rice plants that express...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Seo HM,Jung Y,Song S,Kim Y,Kwon T,Kim DH,Jeung SJ,Yi YB,Yi G,Nam MH,Nam J

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human beta-amyloid (Abeta) is believed to be one of the main components of Alzheimer's disease, so reduction of Abeta is considered a key therapeutic target. Using Agrobacterium-mediated nuclear transformation, we generated transgenic tomatoes for Abeta with tandem repeats. Integration of the human Abeta gene into the...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Youm JW,Jeon JH,Kim H,Kim YH,Ko K,Joung H,Kim H

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Carica papaya lipase-catalyzed acylation of benzylcarbinols with vinyl hexanoate proceeded smoothly and enantiospecifically (E > 200), affording the R-esters and leaving the S-alcohols intact. Thus, this plant lipase proved to be a promising biocatalyst for the resolution of alcohols as well as for that of carboxy...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Miyazawa T,Houhashi M,Inoue Y,Murashima T,Yamada T

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of the gene OsITL1 coding for the inositol 1,3,4-trisphosphate 5/6-kinase protein was induced by 200 mM NaCl or dehydration. The expression of OsITL1 in response to NaCl and dehydration suggests the possible functions of OsITL1 in osmotic stress responses; however, physiological tests indicate that the ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Niu X,Chen Q,Wang X

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (hGM-CSF) is used clinically to treat leucopenia typically caused by cancer chemotherapy or radiotherapy. This study used multiple strategies to obtain very high expression levels of OsrhGM-CSF (14 microg/seed) in rice endosperm. Electron micrographs of immunogold...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Ning T,Xie T,Qiu Q,Yang W,Zhou S,Zhou L,Zheng C,Zhu Y,Yang D

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genes involved in the biosynthetic pathway of ectoine (2-methyl-1,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidine-4-carboxylic acid) from Bacillus halodurans were cloned as an operon and expressed in E. coli. Analysis of the deduced ectoine biosynthesis cluster amino acid sequence revealed that the ectoine operon contain 2,389 bp, enc...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Anbu Rajan L,Joseph TC,Thampuran N,James R,Ashok Kumar K,Viswanathan C,Bansal KC

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endophytic colonization in rice was induced using rhizobia. Dehusked seeds of rice hybrid, CORH2, were used as explants for induction of calli. MS medium was modified with 2,4-D (2.5 mg l(-1)) and kinetin (0.2 mg l(-1)) for callus induction. Well-developed calli were inoculated with Azorhizobium caulinodans strains OR...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Senthilkumar M,Madhaiyan M,Sundaram SP,Sangeetha H,Kannaiyan S

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel glucose-sensing molecule was created based on galactose/glucose-binding protein (GGBP). GGBP mutants at Asp14, a residue interacting with the 4th hydroxyl group of the sugar molecule, were constructed by mutagenesis to improve the ligand specificity of GGBP. The autofluorescence-based analysis of the binding a...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Sakaguchi-Mikami A,Taneoka A,Yamoto R,Ferri S,Sode K

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An efficient method for creating a DNA library is presented in which gene mutagenesis and recombination can be introduced by integrating error-prone PCR with a staggered extension process in one test tube. In this process, less than 15 cycles of error-prone PCR are used to introduce random mutations. After precipitate...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： An Y,Ji J,Wu W,Huang R,Wei Y,Xiu Z

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A morphological parameter of polygonal index was defined as the ratio of cell adhesion area versus the square of the major cell axis, and cells that had an adhesion area larger than 4000 mum(2) and a polygonal index larger than 0.3 were considered large polygonal cells. Cell morphology tended to change from fibroblast...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Takagi M,Kitabayashi T,Koizumi S,Hirose H,Kondo S,Fujiwara M,Ueno K,Hiroaki M,Hosokawa Y,Masuhara H,Wakitani S

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetics governing the morphological switch from round or ovoid cells to filamentous growth in Saccharomyces cerevisiae has received significant interest in relation to sensing and signaling pathways as well as the control of cell processes including budding, elongation and adhesion. Little is known about the envi...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Ceccato-Antonini SR

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fermentation kinetics of Penicillium aculeatum ATCC 10409 demonstrated that fungal growth and dextranase release are decoupled. Inoculation by conidia or mycelia resulted in identical kinetics. Two new isoenzymes of the dextranase were characterized regarding their kinetic constants, pI, MW, activation energy and stab...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Erhardt FA,Stammen S,Jördening HJ

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenin, a potent angiogenic factor, was cloned and expressed by Escherichia coli and then purified with gel filtration chromatography. Approximately 90% pure angiogenin was obtained to generate a monoclonal antibody. Using western immunoblotting and ELISA, we confirmed that monoclonal antibody C46 secreted from hy...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wu J,Zhang HB,Wang J,Yang TC,Xian J,Yang CH,Lai HW

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we constructed a genetically modified luciferase of Photinus pyralis that generates more than 10-fold higher luminescence intensity than the wild-type enzyme. In this study, we demonstrate that this modified luciferase enables us to detect ATP at 10(-18) mol, which is almost equal to the quantity contained...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Noda K,Matsuno T,Fujii H,Kogure T,Urata M,Asami Y,Kuroda A

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel two-step fermentation process was developed to enhance arachidonic acid (ARA) production by Mortierella alpina ME-1 in a 5 l fermentor. Agitation speed and aeration rate were adjusted from 180 to 40 rpm and from 0.6 to 1 vvm, respectively, after 5 days cultivation, to decrease physical damage to the mycelia an...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Jin MJ,Huang H,Xiao AH,Zhang K,Liu X,Li S,Peng C

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene encoding a gamma-butyrolactone autoregulator receptor was cloned in to E. coli from Streptomyces ambofaciens producing spiramycin, a macrolide antibiotic used in both veterinary medicine and human medicine. A 714-bp intact receptor gene (saaR) was obtained by PCR and genomic Southern hybridization with the 100-...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Choi SU,Kim MK,Ha HS,Hwang YI

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electroporation of Litopenaeus schmitti embryos was used to transfer the pE300tiGH15 plasmid that contains the tilapia growth hormone gene (tiGH) complexed with a nuclear localization signal peptide into the zygotes. The gene construct was detected in 35 (36%) of the 98 larvae screened by PCR and Southern blot analyse...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Arenal A,Pimentel R,Pimentel E,Martín L,Santiesteban D,Franco R,Aleström P

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene for beta-agarase of an Agarivorans sp. JA-1 was expressed in Bacillus subtilis strain DB104 for efficient and economical mass-production of the enzyme. We isolated 360 mg protein with a specific activity of 201 U/mg from the culture broth. The efficiency of production was approximately 130-fold higher than th...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Lee DG,Jang MK,Lee OH,Kim NY,Ju SA,Lee SH

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conventional method of transketolase (TKT) activity assay uses ribose 5-phosphate and xylulose 5-phosphate as substrates. However, a new method of TKT assay is currently required since xylulose 5-phosphate is no longer commercially available and is difficult to synthesize chemically. Although there are effective a...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Lee JY,Cheong DE,Kim GJ

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic regulation in Escherichia coli was studied in terms of the changes in the expression of the global regulatory genes rpoD, rpoS, soxRS, cra, fadR, iclR and arcA at three different growth phases, in batch culture. The expression of rpoS and several rpoS-dependent metabolic pathway genes, such as tktB, talA, fu...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Rahman M,Hasan MR,Shimizu K

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new irreversible esterification method for carboxylic acids catalyzed by a lipase from Candida antarctica (Novozyme 435) in organic solvents has been developed. The water produced during the process is chemically destroyed by a corresponding ester of acetoacetate, which acts as a sacrificial substrate in this reacti...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Jeromin GE,Zoor A

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-Galactosidase isolated from Aspergillus oryzae was immobilized in lens-shaped polyvinylalcohol capsules (with activity 25 U g(-1)) giving 32% of its original activity. Immobilization did not change the pH optimum (4.5) of lactose hydrolysis. The relative enzyme activity during product inhibition testing was, in a...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Grosová Z,Rosenberg M,Rebros M,Sipocz M,Sedlácková B

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Promoters belong to the most important regulatory domains in genomic sequences. A novel cloning method is described to produce various DNA fragments with the average size about 100 bp, which differ by 1 bp, for screening of the osmotic pressure-inducible promoters from the genome of Escherichia coli. An osmotic pressu...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wang Z,Jin L,Wegrzyn G,Wegrzyn A

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cotton fabric samples were treated with a formulation of a total crude Trichoderma reesei cellulase in a two-step procedure. In the first step, samples were treated at a low liquor ratio by padding through the enzyme formulation at 21 degrees C and 55 degrees C with a wet pickup of 100% and batched for 12 h. The sampl...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Schimper CB,Ibanescu C,Keckeis R,Bechtold T

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strain of Serratia sp. showed intracellular electron-transparent inclusion bodies when incubated in the presence of citrate and glycerol 2-phosphate without nitrogen source following pre-growth under carbon-limitation in continuous culture. About 1.3 mmol citrate were consumed per 450 mg biomass, giving a calculated...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Lugg H,Sammons RL,Marquis PM,Hewitt CJ,Yong P,Paterson-Beedle M,Redwood MD,Stamboulis A,Kashani M,Jenkins M,Macaskie LE

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth of Ruta graveolens shoots was induced when Bacillus sp. cell lysates were added to the culture medium. Elicitation of coumarin by this lysate was also very effective; the concentrations of isopimpinelin, xanthotoxin and bergapten increased to 610, 2120 and 1460 microg g(-1) dry wt, respectively. It also had a s...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Orlita A,Sidwa-Gorycka M,Malinski E,Czerwicka M,Kumirska J,Golebiowski M,Lojkowska E,Stepnowski P

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of a water-miscible ionic liquid, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([BMIM][BF(4)]), on both thermodynamics and kinetic mechanism of the horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-catalyzed oxidation of guaiacol (2-methoxyphenol) by H(2)O(2) were investigated. The ionic liquid stabilized the ground state of ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Hong ES,Kwon OY,Ryu K

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth of Streptococcus zooepidemicus in a 10 l bioreactor with 50 g sucrose/l and 10 g casein hydrolysate/l gave 5-6 g hyaluronic acid/l after 24-28 h. Purification of hyaluronic acid gave a recovery of 65% with the final material having an Mr of approximately 4 x 10(6) Da with less than 0.1% protein. ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Rangaswamy V,Jain D

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We proposed a novel combined gene therapy of human vascular endothelial growth factor 165 gene (hVEGF165) and human bone morphogenetic protein 2 gene (hBMP2) for bone regeneration by lentivirus-mediated co-transfection of both genes into rat bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs). Both genes were success...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Jiang J,Fan CY,Zeng BF

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lentiviral vectors have been used for gene transfer into the liver but their ability to efficiently transduce quiescent hepatocytes remains controversial. Lentivirus-mediated gene transfer is more efficient in cycling cells. We determine the effect of H-IL6 in the lentiviral transduction. The lentiviral vector was use...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Picanço-Castro V,Fontes AM,Heinz S,Tonn T,Covas DT

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of H(2), He and O(2) during batch fermentation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae BRAS291 increased the final intracellular glycogen contents of the cells from 2-fold to 10-fold compared with a gas-free condition, and this depended on the gas applied. Differently, the intracellular trehalose contents increased from 2...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Pham TH,Mauvais G,Vergoignan C,De Coninck J,Cachon R,Feron G

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of transglutaminase II (TGase II) in hyaluronic acid (HA)-promoted melanoma cell motility was investigated. HA induced the expression of TGase II via the nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kB) in melanoma cells. HA increased the Rac1 activity and phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase (FAK). Transfection by lipofect...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Kim Y,Park YW,Lee YS,Jeoung D

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transfer of the IncP-7 carbazole degradative plasmid pCAR1 from Pseudomonas putida SM1443 (derived from strain KT2440) into bacteria of river water samples was monitored using a reporter gene encoding red fluorescent protein (RFP). The number of transconjugants drastically increased in the presence of carbazole, a...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Shintani M,Fukushima N,Tezuka M,Yamane H,Nojiri H

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay system was employed for detecting Bacillus anthracis spores in pure cultures as well as in various simulated powder samples. The specificity of the designed LAMP primer sets was validated by assaying 13 B. anthracis strains and 33 non-B. anthracis species. The dete...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Qiao YM,Guo YC,Zhang XE,Zhou YF,Zhang ZP,Wei HP,Yang RF,Wang DB

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ochratoxin A is a mycotoxin produced by several Aspergillus and some Penicillium species which may be present in food and feed products. It can be enzymatically hydrolyzed into ochratoxin alpha and L: -beta-phenylalanine, thereby decreasing its toxicity. The ochratoxin A degradation capacity of Aspergillus niger is we...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Abrunhosa L,Venâncio A

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Feruloylated mono- and di-acylglycerols were synthesized in a two step reaction: ethyl ferulate was first transesterified with glycerol and then this was esterified with oleic acid. The yield of the combined feruloylated mono- and di-acylglycerols in the second reaction reached 96% when esterification of 0.3 g transes...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Sun S,Shan L,Liu Y,Jin Q,Wang X,Wang Z

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indole-3-butyric acid at 25 microM with methyl jasmonate (MJ) at 100 microM in Panax ginseng synergistically stimulated both root growth and ginsenoside accumulation compared with 100 microM MJ alone. Productivity of ginsenoside was 10 mg l(-1) d(-1) compared to 7.3 mg l(-1) d(-1) with MJ elicitation alone. ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Kim YS,Yeung EC,Hahn EJ,Paek KY

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a method for producing polyclonal antibody (PAb) against peptide antigen (the epitope region of cytochromes P450 1A2 and 3A4, HA tag, FLAG tag, and c-myc tag) using a polymer bead as a carrier. Carboxylated polystyrene beads (0.05, 0.5, 1, and 2 microm diam) were conjugated with the peptide, which is known...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Kim M,Yun CH,Park SK,Seo JH,Ahn T

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combined analysis of peptide mass fingerprinting and 2-DE/MS using the induced and selected protein spots following growth of Pseudomonas sp. DU102 on benzoate or p-hydroxybenzoate revealed not only alpha- and beta-subunits of protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase but also catechol 1,2-dioxygenase responsible for ortho-...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Kim SI,Park SH,Kim JW,Leem SH,Shin DJ,Kim SH,Lee DH,Kahng HY

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00