| | Other Issues: previous | next | latest | archiveCommentary Minimal information: an urgent need to assess the functional reliability of recombinant proteins used in biological experiments Ario de Marco Microb Cell Fact. 2008; 7: 20. Published online 2008 July 23. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-20.PMCID: PMC2499994 Reviews Conversion of β-carotene into astaxanthin: Two separate enzymes or a bifunctional hydroxylase-ketolase protein? Juan F Martín, Eduardo Gudiña, and José L Barredo Microb Cell Fact. 2008; 7: 3. Published online 2008 February 20. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-3.PMCID: PMC2288588 A review on slurry bioreactors for bioremediation of soils and sediments Ireri V Robles-González, Fabio Fava, and Héctor M Poggi-Varaldo Microb Cell Fact. 2008; 7: 5. Published online 2008 February 29. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-5.PMCID: PMC2292675 Towards the development of Bacillus subtilis as a cell factory for membrane proteins and protein complexes Jessica C Zweers, Imrich Barák, Dörte Becher, Arnold JM Driessen, Michael Hecker, Vesa P Kontinen, Manfred J Saller, L'udmila Vavrová, and Jan Maarten van Dijl Microb Cell Fact. 2008; 7: 10. Published online 2008 April 4. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-10.PMCID: PMC2323362 Protein folding and conformational stress in microbial cells producing recombinant proteins: a host comparative overview Brigitte Gasser, Markku Saloheimo, Ursula Rinas, Martin Dragosits, Escarlata Rodríguez-Carmona, Kristin Baumann, Maria Giuliani, Ermenegilda Parrilli, Paola Branduardi, Christine Lang, Danilo Porro, Pau Ferrer, Maria Luisa Tutino, Diethard Mattanovich, and Antonio Villaverde Microb Cell Fact. 2008; 7: 11. Published online 2008 April 4. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-11.PMCID: PMC2322954 Folding and assembly of large macromolecular complexes monitored by hydrogen-deuterium exchange and mass spectrometry Bohumila Suchanova and Roman Tuma Microb Cell Fact. 2008; 7: 12. Published online 2008 April 4. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-12.PMCID: PMC2365927 Marine metagenomics: strategies for the discovery of novel enzymes with biotechnological applications from marine environments Jonathan Kennedy, Julian R Marchesi, and Alan DW Dobson Microb Cell Fact. 2008; 7: 27. Published online 2008 August 21. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-27.PMCID: PMC2538500 Engineering and Applications of fungal laccases for organic synthesis Adinarayana Kunamneni, Susana Camarero, Carlos García-Burgos, Francisco J Plou, Antonio Ballesteros, and Miguel Alcalde Microb Cell Fact. 2008; 7: 32. Published online 2008 November 20. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-32.PMCID: PMC2613868 Technical Note Simple generation of site-directed point mutations in the Escherichia coli chromosome using Red®/ET® Recombination Ralf Heermann, Tim Zeppenfeld, and Kirsten Jung Microb Cell Fact. 2008; 7: 14. Published online 2008 April 24. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-14.PMCID: PMC2373285 Research Coutilization of glucose and glycerol enhances the production of aromatic compounds in an Escherichia coli strain lacking the phosphoenolpyruvate: carbohydrate phosphotransferase system Karla Martínez, Ramón de Anda, Georgina Hernández, Adelfo Escalante, Guillermo Gosset, Octavio T Ramírez, and Francisco G Bolívar Microb Cell Fact. 2008; 7: 1. Published online 2008 January 22. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-1.PMCID: PMC2249568 Development of an improved Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125 strain for recombinant protein secretion at low temperature Ermenegilda Parrilli, Daniela De Vizio, Claudia Cirulli, and Maria Luisa Tutino Microb Cell Fact. 2008; 7: 2. Published online 2008 February 7. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-2.PMCID: PMC2275215 Switching the mode of sucrose utilization by Saccharomyces cerevisiae Fernanda Badotti, Marcelo G Dário, Sergio L Alves, Jr, Maria Luiza A Cordioli, Luiz C Miletti, Pedro S de Araujo, and Boris U Stambuk Microb Cell Fact. 2008; 7: 4. Published online 2008 February 27. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-4.PMCID: PMC2268662 Improved determination of plasmid copy number using quantitative real-time PCR for monitoring fermentation processes Mihaela Škulj, Veronika Okršlar, Špela Jalen, Simona Jevševar, Petra Slanc, Borut Štrukelj, and Viktor Menart Microb Cell Fact. 2008; 7: 6. Published online 2008 March 7. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-6.PMCID: PMC2311272 Expression in Escherichia coli, purification, refolding and antifungal activity of an osmotin from Solanum nigrum Magnólia de A Campos, Marilia S Silva, Cláudio P Magalhães, Simone G Ribeiro, Rafael PD Sarto, Eduardo A Vieira, and Maria F Grossi de Sá Microb Cell Fact. 2008; 7: 7. Published online 2008 March 11. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-7.PMCID: PMC2362109 Metabolic responses to pyruvate kinase deletion in lysine producing Corynebacterium glutamicum Judith Becker, Corinna Klopprogge, and Christoph Wittmann Microb Cell Fact. 2008; 7: 8. Published online 2008 March 13. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-8.PMCID: PMC2322953 Altering the coenzyme preference of xylose reductase to favor utilization of NADH enhances ethanol yield from xylose in a metabolically engineered strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Barbara Petschacher and Bernd Nidetzky Microb Cell Fact. 2008; 7: 9. Published online 2008 March 17. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-9.PMCID: PMC2315639 Human granulocyte colony stimulating factor (hG-CSF): cloning, overexpression, purification and characterization Ana LS Vanz, Gaby Renard, Mario S Palma, Jocelei M Chies, Sérgio L Dalmora, Luiz A Basso, and Diógenes S Santos Microb Cell Fact. 2008; 7: 13. Published online 2008 April 4. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-13.PMCID: PMC2346455 Biological treatment of tannery wastewater by using salt-tolerant bacterial strains Senthilkumar Sivaprakasam, Surianarayanan Mahadevan, Sudharshan Sekar, and Susheela Rajakumar Microb Cell Fact. 2008; 7: 15. Published online 2008 April 29. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-15.PMCID: PMC2397378 A genomic search approach to identify esterases in Propionibacterium freudenreichii involved in the formation of flavour in Emmental cheese Julien Dherbécourt, Hélène Falentin, Stéphane Canaan, and Anne Thierry Microb Cell Fact. 2008; 7: 16. Published online 2008 May 22. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-16.PMCID: PMC2442053 Expression of Brugmansia candida Hyoscyamine 6beta-Hydroxylase gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and its potential use as biocatalyst Alejandra B Cardillo, Julián Rodríguez Talou, and Ana M Giulietti Microb Cell Fact. 2008; 7: 17. Published online 2008 May 27. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-17.PMCID: PMC2430943 Regulation of xylose metabolism in recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae Laura Salusjärvi, Matti Kankainen, Rabah Soliymani, Juha-Pekka Pitkänen, Merja Penttilä, and Laura Ruohonen Microb Cell Fact. 2008; 7: 18. Published online 2008 June 4. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-18.PMCID: PMC2435516 Maintenance metabolism and carbon fluxes in Bacillus species Simon Tännler, Seraina Decasper, and Uwe Sauer Microb Cell Fact. 2008; 7: 19. Published online 2008 June 18. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-19.PMCID: PMC2442585 Engineering of xylose reductase and overexpression of xylitol dehydrogenase and xylulokinase improves xylose alcoholic fermentation in the thermotolerant yeast Hansenula polymorpha Olena V Dmytruk, Kostyantyn V Dmytruk, Charles A Abbas, Andriy Y Voronovsky, and Andriy A Sibirny Microb Cell Fact. 2008; 7: 21. Published online 2008 July 23. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-21.PMCID: PMC2515283 Secretion of biologically active interferon-gamma inducible protein-10 (IP-10) by Lactococcus lactis Julio Villatoro-Hernandez, Maria J Loera-Arias, Anali Gamez-Escobedo, Moises Franco-Molina, Jorge G Gomez-Gutierrez, Humberto Rodriguez-Rocha, Yolanda Gutierrez-Puente, Odila Saucedo-Cardenas, Jesus Valdes-Flores, and Roberto Montes-de-Oca-Luna Microb Cell Fact. 2008; 7: 22. Published online 2008 July 28. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-22.PMCID: PMC2503953 Overexpression of the riboflavin biosynthetic pathway in Pichia pastoris Hans Marx, Diethard Mattanovich, and Michael Sauer Microb Cell Fact. 2008; 7: 23. Published online 2008 July 29. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-23.PMCID: PMC2517057 Nisin inducible production of listeriolysin O in Lactococcus lactis NZ9000 Mohammed Bahey-El-Din, Brendan T Griffin, and Cormac GM Gahan Microb Cell Fact. 2008; 7: 24. Published online 2008 July 29. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-24.PMCID: PMC2515284 High cell density media for Escherichia coli are generally designed for aerobic cultivations – consequences for large-scale bioprocesses and shake flask cultures Jaakko Soini, Kaisa Ukkonen, and Peter Neubauer Microb Cell Fact. 2008; 7: 26. Published online 2008 August 7. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-26.PMCID: PMC2526063 Large-scale functional expression of WT and truncated human adenosine A2A receptor in Pichia pastoris bioreactor cultures Shweta Singh, Adrien Gras, Cédric Fiez-Vandal, Jonathan Ruprecht, Rohini Rana, Magdalena Martinez, Philip G Strange, Renaud Wagner, and Bernadette Byrne Microb Cell Fact. 2008; 7: 28. Published online 2008 October 10. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-28.PMCID: PMC2570359 Sample processing for DNA chip array-based analysis of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) Pascal Basselet, Grzegorz Wegrzyn, Sven-Olof Enfors, and Magdalena Gabig-Ciminska Microb Cell Fact. 2008; 7: 29. Published online 2008 October 13. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-29.PMCID: PMC2572036 Norvaline is accumulated after a down-shift of oxygen in Escherichia coli W3110 Jaakko Soini, Christina Falschlehner, Christina Liedert, Jörg Bernhardt, Jussi Vuoristo, and Peter Neubauer Microb Cell Fact. 2008; 7: 30. Published online 2008 October 21. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-30.PMCID: PMC2579280 Enzyme controlled glucose auto-delivery for high cell density cultivations in microplates and shake flasks Johanna Panula-Perälä, Juozas Šiurkus, Antti Vasala, Robert Wilmanowski, Marco G Casteleijn, and Peter Neubauer Microb Cell Fact. 2008; 7: 31. Published online 2008 November 18. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-31.PMCID: PMC2588551 Metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for the production of n-butanol Eric J Steen, Rossana Chan, Nilu Prasad, Samuel Myers, Christopher J Petzold, Alyssa Redding, Mario Ouellet, and Jay D Keasling Microb Cell Fact. 2008; 7: 36. Published online 2008 December 3. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-7-36.PMCID: PMC2621116 |