11 articles in this issue
Bo Kang, Dongmei Jiang, Hui He, Rong Ma, Zhixin Yi, Ziyu Chen
Background: Ornithine decarboxylase antizyme 1 (OAZ1) is an important regulator of polyamine synthesis and uptake. Our previous studies indicated that high OAZ1 expression in the ovaries of laying geese is responsible for poor egg production. In the prese... see more
Monawar Munjid Mustafa, Parveen Jamal, Ma’an Alkhatib, Safa Senan Mahmod, Dzun Noraini Jimat, Nurul Najhah Ilyas
Background: Textile and dye industries pose a serious threat to the environment. Conventional methods used for dye treatment are generally not always effective and environmentally friendly. This drove attention of scores of researchers to investigate alte... see more
Mauro A. Perinia, Ignacio N. Sin, Gustavo Adolfo Martinez, Pedro M. Civello
Background: Expansins play an important role in cell wall metabolism and fruit softening. Determination of expansin activity is a challenging problem since it depends on measuring cell wall properties by using ad hoc extensometers, a fact that has strongl... see more
Xiaolin Song, Hao Wu, Xuanchun Piao, Zhenhao Yin, Chengri Yin
Background: Ginsenoside is the most important secondary metabolite in ginseng. Natural sources of wild ginseng have been overexploited. Although root culture can reduce the length of the growth cycle of ginseng, the number of species of ginsenosides is re... see more
Chiu-Shyan Soo, Wai-Sum Yap, Wei-Min Hon, Norhayati Ramli, Umi Kalsom Md Shah, Lai-Yee Phang
Background: An effective single culture with high glycerol consumption and hydrogen and ethanol coproduction yield is still in demand. A locally isolated glycerol-consuming Escherichia coli SS1 was found to produce lower hydrogen levels under optimized et... see more
Zhan Shen, Kaiquan Zhang, Luyi Ma, Jie Duan, Yan Ao
Background: Assessments of genetic diversity are essential for germplasm characterization and exploitation. Molecular markers are valuable tools for exploring genetic variation and identifying germplasm. They play key roles in a Xanthoceras sorbifolia bre... see more
Chunming Liu, Bowen Yang, Yuetong Ming, Jianfeng Liu, Yunqing Cheng
Background: Ethylene plays an important role in the regulation of floral organ development in soybean, and 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase (ACS) is a rate-limiting enzyme for ethylene biosynthesis. However, whether ACS also regulates floral org... see more
Dandan Niu, Jian Qiao, Pujun Li, Kangming Tian, Xiaoguang Liu, Suren Singh, Fuping Lu
Background: Current commercial production of isomalto-oligosaccharides (IMOs) commonly involves a lengthy multistage process with low yields. Results: To improve the process efficiency for production of IMOs, we developed a simple and efficient method by ... see more
Feng Tang, Daiwen Chen, Bing Yu, Yuheng Luo, Ping Zheng, Xiangbing Mao, Jie Yu, Jun He
Background: Xylanases are considered one of the most important enzymes in many industries. However, their low thermostability hampers their applications in feed pelleting, pulp bleaching, and so on. The main aim of this work was to improve the thermostabi... see more
Zhiyong Guan, Dan Wu, Aiping Song, Fadi Chen, Sumei Chen, Weimin Fang
Background: Chrysanthemum plants are subject to serious viral diseases. The viruses cause severe losses of the quantity and quality of chrysanthemum. The most problematic pathogen of chrysanthemum is typically considered Chrysanthemum virus B (CVB). Thus,... see more
Niphaphat Phukoetphim, Apilak Salakkam, Pattana Laopaiboon, Lakkana Laopaiboon
Background: Fermentation process development has been very important for efficient ethanol production. Improvement of ethanol production efficiency from sweet sorghum juice (SSJ) under normal gravity (NG, 160 g/L of sugar), high gravity (HG, 200 and 240 g... see more