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A chicken bioreactor for efficient production of functional cytokines

A recent article published in BMC Biotechnology explores the potential of transgenic chicken as a bioreactor for cost-effective production of pure, high quality, biologically active protein for therapeutics. See the social media coverage here.

Call for papers to two new Sections

BMC Biotechnology has launched two new sections: Biomaterials section led by Prof. Hyung Joon Cha, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea; Systems and synthetic biology section led by Prof. Ting Lu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.

Both sections are now open for submissions.

Call for papers: Genome editing technology and applications in animals and plants

BMC Biotechnology is currently accepting submissions to a thematic series entitled "Genome editing technology and applications in animals and plants".

Deadline Extended to 30th June 2019

Content type: Research article
| 15 October 2019

Soybean plants expressing the Bacillus thuringiensis cry8-like gene show resistance to Holotrichia parallela

Authors: Di Qin, Xiao-Yi Liu, Cristina Miceli, Qi Zhang and Pi-wu Wang
Content type: Research article
| 11 September 2019

Rejuvenation of chicory and lettuce plants following phase change in tissue culture

Authors: Anthony J. Conner, Helen Searle and Jeanne M. E. Jacobs
Content type: Research article
| 5 September 2019

Intracellular human antibody fragments recognizing the VP35 protein of Zaire Ebola filovirus inhibit the protein activity

Authors: Michela Flego, Aldo Frau, Luisa Accardi, Alessandra Mallano, Alessandro Ascione, Mara Gellini, Elisa Fanunza, Stefano Vella, Paola Di Bonito and Enzo Tramontano
Content type: Research article
| 27 August 2019

Identification and characterization of an Endo-glucanase secreted from cellulolytic Escherichia coli ZH-4

Authors: Jian Pang, Junshu Wang, Zhanying Liu, Qiancheng Zhang and Qingsheng Qi
Content type: Methodology article
| 23 August 2019

A new primer construction technique that effectively increases amplification of rare mutant templates in samples

Authors: Jr-Kai Huang, Ling Fan, Tao-Yeuan Wang and Pao-Shu Wu

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Content type: Methodology article
| 4 December 2008

An efficient one-step site-directed deletion, insertion, single and multiple-site plasmid mutagenesis protocol

Authors: Huanting Liu and James H Naismith
Content type: Methodology article
| 12 October 2011

FastCloning: a highly simplified, purification-free, sequence- and ligation-independent PCR cloning method

Authors: Chaokun Li, Aiyun Wen, Benchang Shen, Jia Lu, Yao Huang and Yongchang Chang
Content type: Research article
| 26 June 2013

High level transient production of recombinant antibodies and antibody fusion proteins in HEK293 cells

Authors: Volker Jäger, Konrad Büssow, Andreas Wagner, Susanne Weber, Michael Hust, André Frenzel and Thomas Schirrmann
Content type: Methodology article
| 12 November 2013

Simplified production and concentration of lentiviral vectors to achieve high transduction in primary human T cells

Authors: Adam P Cribbs, Alan Kennedy, Bernard Gregory and Fionula M Brennan
Content type: Methodology article
| 30 June 2009

Simple and efficient site-directed mutagenesis using two single-primer reactions in parallel to generate mutants for protein structure-function studies

Authors: Oded Edelheit, Aaron Hanukoglu and Israel Hanukoglu

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BMC Biotechnology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on the manipulation of biological macromolecules or organisms for use in experimental procedures, cellular and tissue engineering or in the pharmaceutical, agricultural biotechnology and allied industries.

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Akila Sridhar, BioMed Central, UK

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Anna Melidoni, BioMed Central, UK

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Lauren McMillan, BioMed Central, UK

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Ayelet Fishman, Technion
Joaquim M Cabral, Instituto Superior Tecnico
Dennis Claessen, Leiden University
Peter J Punt, TNO Microbiology & Systems Biology/Leiden University
Marko Radic, University of Tennessee
John J Rossi, Beckman Research Institute City of Hope
Igor Stagljar, University of Toronto
Teodoro Cardi, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA)
Hyung Joon Cha, Pohang University of Science and Technology
Ting Lu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Peter J. Punt, PhD is Chief Technology Officer of Dutch DNA Biotech BV, a fungal biotechnology technology provider and contract research company situated in the Netherlands. In 2008 he was appointed at Leiden University in the chair of Industrial Biotechnology He joined BMC Biotechnology as a Section Editor in 2012.

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Soybean plants expressing the Bacillus thuringiensis cry8-like gene show resistance to Holotrichia parallela

Rejuvenation of chicory and lettuce plants following phase change in tissue culture

Intracellular human antibody fragments recognizing the VP35 protein of Zaire Ebola filovirus inhibit the protein activity

Identification and characterization of an Endo-glucanase secreted from cellulolytic Escherichia coli ZH-4

A new primer construction technique that effectively increases amplification of rare mutant templates in samples

An efficient one-step site-directed deletion, insertion, single and multiple-site plasmid mutagenesis protocol

FastCloning: a highly simplified, purification-free, sequence- and ligation-independent PCR cloning method

High level transient production of recombinant antibodies and antibody fusion proteins in HEK293 cells

Simplified production and concentration of lentiviral vectors to achieve high transduction in primary human T cells

Simple and efficient site-directed mutagenesis using two single-primer reactions in parallel to generate mutants for protein structure-function studies

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