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Volume 8;  2008
Research Articles
Quantification of the CBD-FITC conjugates surface coating on cellulose fibres
Ricardo Pinto, António L Amaral, Eugénio C Ferreira, Manuel Mota, Manuel Vilanova, Katia Ruel, and Miguel Gama
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 1. Published online 2008 January 9. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-1.
PMCID: PMC2254392
Optimization of an E. coli L-rhamnose-inducible expression vector: test of various genetic module combinations
Angelika Wegerer, Tianqi Sun, and Josef Altenbuchner
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 2. Published online 2008 January 14. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-2.
PMCID: PMC2254391
Enhancement of hybridoma formation, clonability and cell proliferation in a nanoparticle-doped aqueous environment
Natalie Gavrilov-Yusim, Ekaterina Hahiashvili, Marina Tashker, Victoria Yavelsky, Ohad Karnieli, and Leslie Lobel
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 3. Published online 2008 January 14. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-3.
PMCID: PMC2254390
Efficient display of active lipase LipB52 with a Pichia pastoris cell surface display system and comparison with the LipB52 displayed on Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell surface
Zhengbing Jiang, Bei Gao, Ren Ren, Xingyi Tao, Yushu Ma, and Dongzhi Wei
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 4. Published online 2008 January 28. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-4.
PMCID: PMC2267459
Generation of functional scFv intrabody to abate the expression of CD147 surface molecule of 293A cells
Khajornsak Tragoolpua, Nutjeera Intasai, Watchara Kasinrerk, Sabine Mai, Yuan Yuan, and Chatchai Tayapiwatana
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 5. Published online 2008 January 29. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-5.
PMCID: PMC2258298
Laser surgery of zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos using femtosecond laser pulses: Optimal parameters for exogenous material delivery, and the laser's effect on short- and long-term development
Vikram Kohli and Abdulhakem Y Elezzabi
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 7. Published online 2008 January 29. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-7.
PMCID: PMC2270268
Spherezymes: A novel structured self-immobilisation enzyme technology
Dean Brady, Justin Jordaan, Clinton Simpson, Avashnee Chetty, Cherise Arumugam, and Francis S Moolman
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 8. Published online 2008 January 31. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-8.
PMCID: PMC2266724
Recombinant gas vesicles from Halobacterium sp. displaying SIV peptides demonstrate biotechnology potential as a pathogen peptide delivery vehicle
Marinko Sremac and Elizabeth S Stuart
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 9. Published online 2008 January 31. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-9.
PMCID: PMC2270826
Improved RNA quality and TaqMan® Pre-amplification method (PreAmp) to enhance expression analysis from formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) materials
Jinghuan Li, Paul Smyth, Susanne Cahill, Karen Denning, Richard Flavin, Sinead Aherne, Marco Pirotta, Simone M Guenther, John J O'Leary, and Orla Sheils
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 10. Published online 2008 February 6. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-10.
PMCID: PMC2259333
Efficient and reproducible generation of high-expressing, stable human cell lines without need for antibiotic selection
Gudrun Schiedner, Sabine Hertel, Corinna Bialek, Helmut Kewes, Gero Waschütza, and Christoph Volpers
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 13. Published online 2008 February 12. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-13.
PMCID: PMC2262890
Expression of recombinant Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, R. annulatus and R. decoloratus Bm86 orthologs as secreted proteins in Pichia pastoris
Mario Canales, José M Pérez de la Lastra, Victoria Naranjo, Ard M Nijhof, Michelle Hope, Frans Jongejan, and José de la Fuente
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 14. Published online 2008 February 14. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-14.
PMCID: PMC2262073
Solubility enhancement of aggregation-prone heterologous proteins by fusion expression using stress-responsive Escherichia coli protein, RpoS
Jin-Seung Park, Kyung-Yeon Han, Jong-Ho Lee, Jong-Am Song, Keum-Young Ahn, Hyuk-Seong Seo, Sang-Jun Jun Sim, Seung-Wook Kim, and Jeewon Lee
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 15. Published online 2008 February 19. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-15.
PMCID: PMC2278137
Simplified approaches for the development of an ELISA to detect circulating autoantibodies to p53 in cancer patients
Ratchada Cressey, Saranya Pimpa, Busyamas Chewaskulyong, Nirush Lertprasertsuke, Somchareon Saeteng, Chatchai Tayapiwatana, and Watchara Kasinrerk
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 16. Published online 2008 February 20. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-16.
PMCID: PMC2275332
Effect of ionic strength and presence of serum on lipoplexes structure monitorized by FRET
Catarina Madeira, Luís MS Loura, Manuel Prieto, Aleksander Fedorov, and M Raquel Aires-Barros
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 20. Published online 2008 February 26. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-20.
PMCID: PMC2275333
Systolic and diastolic ventricular function in zebrafish embryos: Influence of norepenephrine, MS-222 and temperature
Martin A Denvir, Carl S Tucker, and John J Mullins
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 21. Published online 2008 February 27. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-21.
PMCID: PMC2291041
Effects of size and topology of DNA molecules on intracellular delivery with non-viral gene carriers
Charlie Yu Ming Hsu and Hasan Uludağ
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 23. Published online 2008 February 29. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-23.
PMCID: PMC2275331
Intracellular delivery of peptides via association with ubiquitin or SUMO-1 coupled to protein transduction domains
Anne-Laure Vitte and Pierre Jalinot
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 24. Published online 2008 February 29. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-24.
PMCID: PMC2287181
Glycosyltransferase efficiently controls phenylpropanoid pathway
Anna Aksamit-Stachurska, Alina Korobczak-Sosna, Anna Kulma, and Jan Szopa
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 25. Published online 2008 March 5. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-25.
PMCID: PMC2294120
Design of a zinc finger protein binding a sequence upstream of the A20 gene
Yong Wei, Dajun Ying, Chunli Hou, Xiaoping Cui, and Chuhong Zhu
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 28. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-28.
PMCID: PMC2278136
Production of functionally active Penicillium chrysogenum isopenicillin N synthase in the yeast Hansenula polymorpha
Loknath Gidijala, Roel AL Bovenberg, Paul Klaassen, Ida J van der Klei, Marten Veenhuis, and Jan AKW Kiel
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 29. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-29.
PMCID: PMC2287180
Identification of a GTP-bound Rho specific scFv molecular sensor by phage display selection
Marine Goffinet, Patrick Chinestra, Isabelle Lajoie-Mazenc, Claire Medale-Giamarchi, Gilles Favre, and Jean-Charles Faye
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 34. Published online 2008 March 31. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-34.
PMCID: PMC2323369
Nanopolymers improve delivery of exon skipping oligonucleotides and concomitant dystrophin expression in skeletal muscle of mdx mice
Jason H Williams, Rebecca C Schray, Shashank R Sirsi, and Gordon J Lutz
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 35. Published online 2008 April 2. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-35.
PMCID: PMC2362111
Development of patatin knockdown potato tubers using RNA interference (RNAi) technology, for the production of human-therapeutic glycoproteins
Yoon-Sik Kim, Yong-Hwa Lee, Hyun-Soon Kim, Mi-Sun Kim, Kyu-Woong Hahn, Jeong-Heon Ko, Hyouk Joung, and Jae-Heung Jeon
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 36. Published online 2008 April 3. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-36.
PMCID: PMC2335101
Killing cancer cells by targeted drug-carrying phage nanomedicines
Hagit Bar, Iftach Yacoby, and Itai Benhar
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 37. Published online 2008 April 3. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-37.
PMCID: PMC2323368
Electrospun micro- and nanofiber tubes for functional nervous regeneration in sciatic nerve transections
Silvia Panseri, Carla Cunha, Joseph Lowery, Ubaldo Del Carro, Francesca Taraballi, Stefano Amadio, Angelo Vescovi, and Fabrizio Gelain
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 39. Published online 2008 April 11. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-39.
PMCID: PMC2358889
In vivo site-specific biotinylation of proteins within the secretory pathway using a single vector system
Andrea Predonzani, Francesca Arnoldi, Alejandro López-Requena, and Oscar R Burrone
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 41. Published online 2008 April 18. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-41.
PMCID: PMC2373293
Differential protein expression following low temperature culture of suspension CHO-K1 cells
Niraj Kumar, Patrick Gammell, Paula Meleady, Michael Henry, and Martin Clynes
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 42. Published online 2008 April 22. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-42.
PMCID: PMC2386802
Characterization of a novel non-specific nuclease from thermophilic bacteriophage GBSV1
Qing Song and Xiaobo Zhang
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 43. Published online 2008 April 28. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-43.
PMCID: PMC2390534
Hydroxycamptothecin-loaded nanoparticles enhance target drug delivery and anticancer effect
Anxun Wang and Su Li
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 46. Published online 2008 May 4. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-46.
PMCID: PMC2386803
Impact of point-mutations on the hybridization affinity of surface-bound DNA/DNA and RNA/DNA oligonucleotide-duplexes: Comparison of single base mismatches and base bulges
Thomas Naiser, Oliver Ehler, Jona Kayser, Timo Mai, Wolfgang Michel, and Albrecht Ott
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 48. Published online 2008 May 13. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-48.
PMCID: PMC2435543
Viral vectors based on bidirectional cell-specific mammalian promoters and transcriptional amplification strategy for use in vitro and in vivo
Beihui Liu, Julian F Paton, and Sergey Kasparov
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 49. Published online 2008 May 16. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-49.
PMCID: PMC2396617
Substantially improved pharmacokinetics of recombinant human butyrylcholinesterase by fusion to human serum albumin
Yue-Jin Huang, Paul M Lundy, Anthoula Lazaris, Yue Huang, Hernan Baldassarre, Bin Wang, Carl Turcotte, Mélanie Côté, Annie Bellemare, Annie S Bilodeau, Sandra Brouillard, Madjid Touati, Peter Herskovits, Isabelle Bégin, Nathalie Neveu, Eric Brochu, Janice Pierson, Duncan K Hockley, Douglas M Cerasoli, David E Lenz, Harvey Wilgus, Costas N Karatzas, and Solomon Langermann
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 50. Published online 2008 May 16. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-50.
PMCID: PMC2415180
Expression of HIV-1 antigens in plants as potential subunit vaccines
Ann Meyers, Ereck Chakauya, Enid Shephard, Fiona L Tanzer, James Maclean, Alisson Lynch, Anna-Lise Williamson, and Edward P Rybicki
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 53. Published online 2008 June 23. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-53.
PMCID: PMC2443125
Three-dimensional culture of human meniscal cells: Extracellular matrix and proteoglycan production
Helen E Gruber, David Mauerhan, Yin Chow, Jane A Ingram, H James Norton, Edward N Hanley, Jr, and Yubo Sun
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 54. Published online 2008 June 26. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-54.
PMCID: PMC2443126
Successful elimination of non-neural cells and unachievable elimination of glial cells by means of commonly used cell culture manipulations during differentiation of GFAP and SOX2 positive neural progenitors (NHA) to neuronal cells
Monika Witusik, Sylwester Piaskowski, Krystyna Hulas-Bigoszewska, Magdalena Zakrzewska, Sylwia M Gresner, S Ausim Azizi, Barbara Krynska, Pawel P Liberski, and Piotr Rieske
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 56. Published online 2008 July 19. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-56.
PMCID: PMC2488339
Critical evaluation of HPV16 gene copy number quantification by SYBR green PCR
Ian Roberts, Grace Ng, Nicola Foster, Margaret Stanley, Michael T Herdman, Mark R Pett, Andrew Teschendorff, and Nicholas Coleman
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 57. Published online 2008 July 24. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-57.
PMCID: PMC2529285
A comparative study of protein synthesis in in vitro systems: from the prokaryotic reconstituted to the eukaryotic extract-based
Jason R Hillebrecht and Shaorong Chong
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 58. Published online 2008 July 29. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-58.
PMCID: PMC2507708
Genomic insertion of lentiviral DNA circles directed by the yeast Flp recombinase
Brian Moldt, Nicklas H Staunstrup, Maria Jakobsen, Rafael J Yáñez-Muñoz, and Jacob G Mikkelsen
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 60. Published online 2008 August 9. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-60.
PMCID: PMC2538528
Plasmid selection in Escherichia coli using an endogenous essential gene marker
Shan Goh and Liam Good
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 61. Published online 2008 August 11. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-61.
PMCID: PMC2527308
Stable high volumetric production of glycosylated human recombinant IFNalpha2b in HEK293 cells
Martin Loignon, Sylvie Perret, John Kelly, Denise Boulais, Brian Cass, Louis Bisson, Fatemeh Afkhamizarreh, and Yves Durocher
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 65. Published online 2008 August 27. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-65.
PMCID: PMC2538527
Development of human antibody fragments using antibody phage display for the detection and diagnosis of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV)
Martina Inga Kirsch, Birgit Hülseweh, Christoph Nacke, Torsten Rülker, Thomas Schirrmann, Hans-Jürgen Marschall, Michael Hust, and Stefan Dübel
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 66. Published online 2008 September 2. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-66.
PMCID: PMC2543005
Phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate synthetase activity affects growth and riboflavin production in Ashbya gossypii
Alberto Jiménez, María A Santos, and José L Revuelta
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 67. Published online 2008 September 9. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-67.
PMCID: PMC2551608
Generation and characterization of a human single-chain fragment variable (scFv) antibody against cytosine deaminase from Yeast
Alessandra Mallano, Silvia Zamboni, Giulia Carpinelli, Filippo Santoro, Michela Flego, Alessandro Ascione, Mara Gellini, Marina Tombesi, Franca Podo, and Maurizio Cianfriglia
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 68. Published online 2008 September 10. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-68.
PMCID: PMC2547108
Measuring microRNAs: Comparisons of microarray and quantitative PCR measurements, and of different total RNA prep methods
Robert A Ach, Hui Wang, and Bo Curry
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 69. Published online 2008 September 11. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-69.
PMCID: PMC2547107
Allogeneic and autogenous transplantations of MSCs in treatment of the physeal bone bridge in rabbits
Ladislav Planka, Petr Gal, Helga Kecova, Jiri Klima, Jana Hlucilova, Eva Filova, Evzen Amler, Petr Krupa, Leos Kren, Robert Srnec, Lucie Urbanova, Jana Lorenzova, and Alois Necas
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 70. Published online 2008 September 12. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-70.
PMCID: PMC2556323
The stabilizing effects of immobilization in D-amino acid oxidase from Trigonopsis variabilis
Iskandar Dib and Bernd Nidetzky
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 72. Published online 2008 September 17. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-72.
PMCID: PMC2557008
Shewanella oneidensis: a new and efficient System for Expression and Maturation of heterologous [Fe-Fe] Hydrogenase from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Kateryna Sybirna, Tatiana Antoine, Pia Lindberg, Vincent Fourmond, Marc Rousset, Vincent Méjean, and Hervé Bottin
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 73. Published online 2008 September 18. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-73.
PMCID: PMC2553784
Pharmaceutical induction of ApoE secretion by multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs)
Suzanne Zeitouni, Brian S Ford, Sean M Harris, Mandolin J Whitney, Carl A Gregory, and Darwin J Prockop
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 75. Published online 2008 September 29. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-75.
PMCID: PMC2596794
Development of a strategy to functionalize a dextrin-based hydrogel for animal cell cultures using a starch-binding module fused to RGD sequence
Susana M Moreira, Fábia K Andrade, Lucíla Domingues, and Miguel Gama
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 78. Published online 2008 October 14. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-78.
PMCID: PMC2577101
Pseudomonas fluorescens biofilms subjected to phage phiIBB-PF7A
Sanna Sillankorva, Peter Neubauer, and Joana Azeredo
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 79. Published online 2008 October 27. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-79.
PMCID: PMC2584026
Isolation and characterization of a T7-like lytic phage for Pseudomonas fluorescens
Sanna Sillankorva, Peter Neubauer, and Joana Azeredo
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 80. Published online 2008 October 27. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-80.
PMCID: PMC2582237
Induction of multiple pleiotropic drug resistance genes in yeast engineered to produce an increased level of anti-malarial drug precursor, artemisinic acid
Dae-Kyun Ro, Mario Ouellet, Eric M Paradise, Helcio Burd, Diana Eng, Chris J Paddon, Jack D Newman, and Jay D Keasling
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 83. Published online 2008 November 4. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-83.
PMCID: PMC2588579
Differential solubility of curcuminoids in serum and albumin solutions: implications for analytical and therapeutic applications
Wolfgang W Quitschke
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 84. Published online 2008 November 6. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-84.
PMCID: PMC2612664
A novel expression platform for the production of diabetes-associated autoantigen human glutamic acid decarboxylase (hGAD65)
Xiaofeng Wang, Martin Brandsma, Reynald Tremblay, Denis Maxwell, Anthony M Jevnikar, Norm Huner, and Shengwu Ma
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 87. Published online 2008 November 17. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-87.
PMCID: PMC2621204
Preparation of alginate coated chitosan microparticles for vaccine delivery
XingYi Li, XiangYe Kong, Shuai Shi, XiuLing Zheng, Gang Guo, YuQuan Wei, and ZhiYong Qian
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 89. Published online 2008 November 19. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-89.
PMCID: PMC2603011
Large-scale preparation of active caspase-3 in E. coli by designing its thrombin-activatable precursors
Hyo Jin Kang, Young-mi Lee, Yu-Jin Jeong, Kyoungsook Park, Mi Jang, Sung Goo Park, Kwang-Hee Bae, Moonil Kim, and Sang J Chung
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 92. Published online 2008 December 11. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-92.
PMCID: PMC2621203
Methodology Articles
Negative selection of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia cells using a bifunctional rosette-based antibody cocktail
Salim Essakali, Dennis Carney, David Westerman, Peter Gambell, John F Seymour, and Alexander Dobrovic
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 6. Published online 2008 January 29. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-6.
PMCID: PMC2254389
Quantification of PRL/Stat5 signaling with a novel pGL4-CISH reporter
Feng Fang, Giovanni Antico, Jiamao Zheng, and Charles V Clevenger
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 11. Published online 2008 February 6. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-11.
PMCID: PMC2268924
High-throughput avian molecular sexing by SYBR green-based real-time PCR combined with melting curve analysis
Hsueh-Wei Chang, Chun-An Cheng, De-Leung Gu, Chia-Che Chang, San-Hua Su, Cheng-Hao Wen, Yii-Cheng Chou, Ta-Ching Chou, Cheng-Te Yao, Chi-Li Tsai, and Chien-Chung Cheng
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 12. Published online 2008 February 12. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-12.
PMCID: PMC2259332
Amplification of multiple genomic loci from single cells isolated by laser micro-dissection of tissues
Dan Frumkin, Adam Wasserstrom, Shalev Itzkovitz, Alon Harmelin, Gideon Rechavi, and Ehud Shapiro
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 17. Published online 2008 February 20. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-17.
PMCID: PMC2266725
Quantification of Cre-mediated recombination by a novel strategy reveals a stable extra-chromosomal deletion-circle in mice
Wouter N Leonhard, Jeroen H Roelfsema, Irma S Lantinga-van Leeuwen, Martijn H Breuning, and Dorien JM Peters
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 18. Published online 2008 February 25. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-18.
PMCID: PMC2277394
Enhanced gene expression from retroviral vectors
Magnus Blø, David R Micklem, and James B Lorens
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 19. Published online 2008 February 25. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-19.
PMCID: PMC2266726
Protein kinase substrate identification on functional protein arrays
Lihao Meng, Gregory A Michaud, Janie S Merkel, Fang Zhou, Jing Huang, Dawn R Mattoon, and Barry Schweitzer
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 22. Published online 2008 February 28. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-22.
PMCID: PMC2270825
Comparison of different real-time PCR chemistries and their suitability for detection and quantification of genetically modified organisms
Meti Buh Gašparič, Katarina Cankar, Jana Žel, and Kristina Gruden
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 26. Published online 2008 March 6. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-26.
PMCID: PMC2322970
Isolation of soybean protein P34 from oil bodies using hydrophobic interaction chromatography
Eva Sewekow, Lars Christian Keßler, Andreas Seidel-Morgenstern, and Hermann-Josef Rothkötter
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 27. Published online 2008 March 11. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-27.
PMCID: PMC2292165
RNAi-mediated gene silencing in tick synganglia: A proof of concept study
Shahid Karim, Bronwyn Kenny, Emily Troiano, and Thomas N Mather
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 30. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-30.
PMCID: PMC2386130
Gene targeting in adult rhesus macaque fibroblasts
Daniel T Meehan, Mary Ann Zink, Melissa Mahlen, Marilu Nelson, Warren G Sanger, Shoukhrat M Mitalipov, Don P Wolf, Michel M Ouellette, and Robert B Norgren, Jr
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 31. Published online 2008 March 26. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-31.
PMCID: PMC2292692
A set of ligation-independent in vitro translation vectors for eukaryotic protein production
Viola Bardóczy, Viktória Géczi, Tatsuya Sawasaki, Yaeta Endo, and Tamás Mészáros
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 32. Published online 2008 March 27. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-32.
PMCID: PMC2311287
Improved production of human type II procollagen in the yeast Pichia pastoris in shake flasks by a wireless-controlled fed-batch system
Maria Ruottinen, Monika Bollok, Martin Kögler, Antje Neubauer, Mirja Krause, Eija-Riitta Hämäläinen, Johanna Myllyharju, Antti Vasala, and Peter Neubauer
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 33. Published online 2008 March 27. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-33.
PMCID: PMC2315644
Comparison of the developmental potential of 2-week-old preantral follicles derived from vitrified ovarian tissue slices, vitrified whole ovaries and vitrified/transplanted newborn mouse ovaries using the metal surface method
Ta-Chin Lin, Jui-Mei Yen, Tsung-Cheng Kuo, Kun-Bing Gong, Kung-Hao Hsu, and Teng-Tsao Hsu
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 38. Published online 2008 April 4. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-38.
PMCID: PMC2364622
Simultaneous monitoring of independent gene expression patterns in two types of cocultured fibroblasts with different color-emitting luciferases
Takako Noguchi, Masaaki Ikeda, Yoshihiro Ohmiya, and Yoshihiro Nakajima
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 40. Published online 2008 April 17. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-40.
PMCID: PMC2375886
PCR-based gene synthesis to produce recombinant proteins for crystallization
Damien Marsic, Ronny C Hughes, Miranda L Byrne-Steele, and Joseph D Ng
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 44. Published online 2008 April 29. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-44.
PMCID: PMC2408586
Flow cytometric monitoring of influenza A virus infection in MDCK cells during vaccine production
Josef Schulze-Horsel, Yvonne Genzel, and Udo Reichl
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 45. Published online 2008 April 30. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-45.
PMCID: PMC2408585
A kinetic-based sigmoidal model for the polymerase chain reaction and its application to high-capacity absolute quantitative real-time PCR
Robert G Rutledge and Don Stewart
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 47. Published online 2008 May 8. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-47.
PMCID: PMC2397388
Construction of a series of vectors for high throughput cloning and expression screening of membrane proteins from Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Huajun Qin, Jian Hu, Yuanzhi Hua, Shridhar V Challa, Timothy A Cross, and Fei P Gao
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 51. Published online 2008 May 16. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-51.
PMCID: PMC2396618
Human IL-12 p40 as a reporter gene for high-throughput screening of engineered mouse embryonic stem cells
Leonardo D'Aiuto, Clinton S Robison, Margherita Gigante, Edward Nwanegbo, Benjamin Shaffer, Meena Sukhwani, Carlos A Castro, and J Richard Chaillet
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 52. Published online 2008 June 3. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-52.
PMCID: PMC2442052
Analysis of transient phosphorylation-dependent protein-protein interactions in living mammalian cells using split-TEV
Michael C Wehr, Lisa Reinecke, Anna Botvinnik, and Moritz J Rossner
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 55. Published online 2008 July 13. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-55.
PMCID: PMC2483975
Detection of N-acyl homoserine lactones using a traI-luxCDABE-based biosensor as a high-throughput screening tool
Steve P Bernier, Anne L Beeston, and Pamela A Sokol
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 59. Published online 2008 July 30. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-59.
PMCID: PMC2518144
Comparison of the mismatch-specific endonuclease method and denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography for the identification of HBB gene mutations
Chia-Cheng Hung, Yi-Ning Su, Chia-Yun Lin, Yin-Fei Chang, Chien-Hui Chang, Wen-Fang Cheng, Chi-An Chen, Chien-Nan Lee, and Win-Li Lin
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 62. Published online 2008 August 12. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-62.
PMCID: PMC2525636
Dual-In/Out strategy for genes integration into bacterial chromosome: a novel approach to step-by-step construction of plasmid-less marker-less recombinant E. coli strains with predesigned genome structure
Natalia I Minaeva, Evgeny R Gak, Danila V Zimenkov, Aleksandra Yu Skorokhodova, Irina V Biryukova, and Sergey V Mashko
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 63. Published online 2008 August 12. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-63.
PMCID: PMC2532685
Display of a Maize cDNA library on baculovirus infected insect cells
Helene Y Meller Harel, Veronique Fontaine, Hongying Chen, Ian M Jones, and Paul A Millner
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 64. Published online 2008 August 12. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-64.
PMCID: PMC2527309
Molecular analysis of chondrocytes cultured in agarose in response to dynamic compression
Carole Bougault, Anne Paumier, Elisabeth Aubert-Foucher, and Frédéric Mallein-Gerin
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 71. Published online 2008 September 15. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-71.
PMCID: PMC2556324
Inhibition of cell growth and invasion by epidermal growth factor-targeted phagemid particles carrying siRNA against focal adhesion kinase in the presence of hydroxycamptothecin
Xiu-Mei Cai, Hai-Long Xie, Ming-Zhu Liu, and Xi-Liang Zha
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 74. Published online 2008 September 18. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-74.
PMCID: PMC2562374
One-step refolding and purification of disulfide-containing proteins with a C-terminal MESNA thioester
Maartje MC Bastings, Ingrid van Baal, EW Meijer, and Maarten Merkx
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 76. Published online 2008 October 1. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-76.
PMCID: PMC2570673
A construct with fluorescent indicators for conditional expression of miRNA
Linghua Qiu, Hongyan Wang, Xugang Xia, Hongxia Zhou, and Zuoshang Xu
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 77. Published online 2008 October 7. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-77.
PMCID: PMC2569932
Application of the dual-luciferase reporter assay to the analysis of promoter activity in Zebrafish embryos
Francisca Alcaraz-Pérez, Victoriano Mulero, and María L Cayuela
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 81. Published online 2008 October 27. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-81.
PMCID: PMC2596795
Recombinant amyloid beta-peptide production by coexpression with an affibody ligand
Bertil Macao, Wolfgang Hoyer, Anders Sandberg, Ann-Christin Brorsson, Christopher M Dobson, and Torleif Härd
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 82. Published online 2008 October 30. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-82.
PMCID: PMC2606684
Development of a novel ozone- and photo-stable HyPer5 red fluorescent dye for array CGH and microarray gene expression analysis with consistent performance irrespective of environmental conditions
Mubasher Dar, Theresa Giesler, Rob Richardson, Christine Cai, Mike Cooper, Shahin Lavasani, Peter Kille, Thierry Voet, and Joris Vermeesch
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 86. Published online 2008 November 12. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-86.
PMCID: PMC2613886
Homologous recombination-mediated cloning and manipulation of genomic DNA regions using Gateway and recombineering systems
Kevin Rozwadowski, Wen Yang, and Sateesh Kagale
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 88. Published online 2008 November 17. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-88.
PMCID: PMC2601046
Reliable microRNA profiling in routinely processed formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded breast cancer specimens using fluorescence labelled bead technology
Britta Hasemeier, Matthias Christgen, Hans Kreipe, and Ulrich Lehmann
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 90. Published online 2008 November 27. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-90.
PMCID: PMC2605753
Simultaneous tracking of fly movement and gene expression using GFP
Dhruv Grover, Junsheng Yang, Simon Tavaré, and John Tower
BMC Biotechnol. 2008; 8: 93. Published online 2008 December 16. doi: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-93.
PMCID: PMC2625341
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