Endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene (T786C and G894T) polymorphisms in Egyptian patients with type 2 diabetes
ConclusioneNOS G894T variant may increase risk of type 2 diabetes with lack of association between eNOS T786C, eNOS G894T and DN in Egyptians. (Source: Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology)
Source: Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology - July 11, 2018 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research

Induction of shoot regeneration in cotyledon explants of the oilseed crop Sesamum indicum L.
We present here a protocol describing plant regeneration through adventitious shoot formation from cotyledons dissected from sesame seeds soaked for four hours in water. Subculturing of the cotyledons after two weeks of culture on to a fresh Murashige and Skoog medium leads to differentiation of adventitious shoots from the proximal cut end of the explant. Culture of cotyledons on a medium containing 9% sucrose for a couple of weeks prior to transfer to MS medium supplemented with 3% sucrose induced a higher frequency of shoot regeneration. The highest frequency of 25% adventitious shoot regeneration was observed for S. in...
Source: Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology - July 11, 2018 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research

Computational study of putative functional variants in human kisspeptin
In this study, for the first time, KISS1 amino acid changes were discovered by tBlastn for EST database. A list of nsSNPs in human KISS1 gene from dbSNP, dbEST and UniProt databases were prepared. Computational analysis was performed using SIFT (Sorting Intolerant From Tolerant) and PolyPhen (Polymorphism Phenotyping) programs. Of the total 92 nsSNPs, 20 were found to be damaged by both servers. Six nsSNPs (P97L, G122R, W114C, R92C, R120H and N115K) are predicted with the highest damaging scores (SIFT = 0, PolyPhen = 1). These intolerant changes may suggest their functional significance in critical...
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Association of manganese superoxide dismutase Ala16Val polymorphism in the incidence of acute myocardial infarction in the Egyptians
Conclusions: Our study suggests that MnSOD A16V polymorphism is associated with increased risk of developing AMI in the Egyptians. Moreover, the VV genotype is associated with higher HEL levels. (Source: Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology)
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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ polymorphism (rs1801282) is associated with obesity in Egyptian patients with coronary artery disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus
ConclusionsPPAR-γ Pro12Ala polymorphism might represent a novel risk factor for CAD in T2DM. (Source: Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology)
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Significance of growth differentiation factor 15 in chronic HCV patients
Conclusion: This study demonstrated that GDF15 and AFP detection can help in the diagnosis and prediction of complications associated with CHC including liver cirrhosis and HCC. Also GDF15 can be used as a satisfactory serum marker of HCC and LC. (Source: Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology)
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Statistical optimisation of xylanase production by estuarine Streptomyces sp. and its application in clarification of fruit juice
Publication date: December 2017Source: Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Volume 15, Issue 2Author(s): Emilda Rosmine, Neethu Changanedassery Sainjan, Reshma Silvester, Aneesa Alikkunju, Saramma Aikkarakunnath VargheseAbstractRecently, xylanase has become an essential option for environmental friendly industrial biotechnological applications and the rising demand for its large scale production urge to take the advantage of statistical approach of optimization to investigate the interactive effects of prominent process factors involved to enhance xylanase production. In the present study, xylanase production ...
Source: Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology - July 11, 2018 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research

Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of phosphate solubilizing bacteria and their efficiency on the growth of maize
This study clearly indicates that A4, C1 and H6 isolates may use as a biofertilizers in ecological agricultural systems instead of synthetic chemicals and may help to sustain environmental health and soil productivity. (Source: Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology)
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Purification and characterization of lipase by Bacillus methylotrophicus PS3 under submerged fermentation and its application in detergent industry
Publication date: December 2017Source: Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Volume 15, Issue 2Author(s): Pushpinder Sharma, Nivedita Sharma, Shruti Pathania, Shweta HandaAbstractLipase production bacterial isolate was isolated from soil of service station and identified as Bacillus methylotrophicus PS3 by 16SrRNA with accession number |LN999829.1|. Lipase enzyme was purified by sequential methods of ammonium sulfate precipitation and Sephadex G-100 gel column chromatography. The molecular weight of purified enzyme was 31.40 kDa on SDS-PAGE. This purification procedure resulted in 2.90-fold purification of...
Source: Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology - July 11, 2018 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research

Strep-tag II fusion technology for the modification and immobilization of lipase B from Candida antarctica (CALB)
Publication date: December 2017Source: Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Volume 15, Issue 2Author(s): Sumreet Singh Johar, Joey N. TalbertAbstractFusion tags – amino acid sequences that are genetically coded to be expressed as attached moieties to a protein – have the potential to enhance the activity of native enzyme, enable specific purification of the enzyme, and promote simple and efficient immobilization of enzymes onto material supports. In this work, we demonstrate the effect of a Strep-tag II fusion tag on the properties of free and immobilized lipase B from Candida antarctica (CALB). The gene e...
Source: Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology - July 11, 2018 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research

Strain improvement and statistical optimization as a combined strategy for improving fructosyltransferase production by Aureobasidium pullulans NAC8
Publication date: December 2017Source: Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Volume 15, Issue 2Author(s): Adedeji Nelson Ademakinwa, Zainab Adenike Ayinla, Femi Kayode AgboolaAbstractStrain improvement of a low fructosyltransferase-producing Aureobasidium pullulans NAC8 (Accession No. KX023301) was carried out using chemical mutagens such as ethidium bromide and ethyl methane sulfonate. The wild-type and mutant strain were distinguished using Random amplified polymorphic DNA PCR and DNA fingerprinting analysis. Plackett-Burman and Box Behnken design were statistical tools used to determine important media param...
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Isolation, characterization, optimization, immobilization and batch fermentation of bioflocculant produced by Bacillus aryabhattai strain PSK1
Publication date: December 2017Source: Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Volume 15, Issue 2Author(s): Ayat E. Abd El-Salam, Desouky Abd-El-Haleem, Amany S. Youssef, Sahar Zaki, Gadallah Abu-Elreesh, Samy A. El-AssarAbstractAmong others, isolate PSK1 was selected and identified by 16 S rDNA sequencing as Bacillus aryabhattai. Growth optimization of PSK1 and physicochemical parameters affected bioflocculant production was carried out by Plackett-Burman design and resulted in increasing in the activity by 4.5%. Bioflocculant production by entrapped and adsorbed immobilized microbial cells was performed us...
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RAPD markers for screening shoot gall maker (Betousa stylophora Swinhoe) tolerant genotypes of amla (Phyllanthus emblica L.)
Publication date: December 2017Source: Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Volume 15, Issue 2Author(s): Sethuraman Thilaga, Raveendran Rahul Nair, Murugesan Rajesh Kannan, Doss GaneshAbstractPhyllanthus emblica Linn. is the most important medicinally useful tree crop in Asian Subcontinent and is severely infested by Betousa stylophora Swinhoe, known as shoot gall maker (SGM). This pest tunnels the shoots of seedlings and actively growing branches of trees and develops gall, leading to stunted growth, unusual branching and death of actively growing shoots. Our study revealed that trees possessing smooth bark w...
Source: Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology - July 11, 2018 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research

A review on advanced methods in plant gene targeting
Publication date: December 2017Source: Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Volume 15, Issue 2Author(s): Raghavendrarao Sanagala, Anil Kumar Moola, Ranjitha Kumari Bollipo DianaAbstractPlant genetic engineering is one of the most significant tools implemented in the modern molecular crop breeding techniques. The conventional approaches of plant genetic transformation include Agrobacterium tumefaciens, particle bombardment, DNA uptake into protoplast. The transgenic events derived by these methods carry the transgenes that are integrated at random sites in the plant genome. Novel techniques that mediate integra...
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Micropropagation of carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) in liquid medium by temporary immersion bioreactor in comparison with solid culture
We report a comparison between the results of experiments aimed at improving carnation micropropagation using new bioreactor according to Temporary Immersion Bioreactor (TIB) and solid culture. By applying different levels of BAP, at the concentration of 3 mg L−1, we observed 14.3 new shoots in TIB, but the number of new shoots on solid medium reached to 5.7 at the same treatment. Our results also showed that with 3 mg L−1 BAP in TIB, the initial fresh weight of plant material increased from 10 g to 450 g after 15 days. It is concluded that TIB showed more than 10 times shoot producti...
Source: Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology - July 11, 2018 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research