Volume 13, Issue 2 (2017) | American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology

The Progress of BMP4 on the Role of Ocular Development and Eye Diseases

Liang Jiaming — 2017-04-05

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 5 April 2017; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2017.58.62

Bone morphogenetic protein belongs to the transforming growth factor beta superfamily, is a unique ectopic cartilage and bone inducing activity of acidic protein. As one of the members of BMPs family,...

Biosynthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles and Assay of Antibacterial Activity

Emad J. Ibrahem — 2017-04-03

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 3 April 2017; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2017.63.69

In this study Out of 280 urinary tract infections samples, 212(75.7%) bacterial isolates were recovered. Based on, morphological, cultural and biochemical testes, further, confirmed the results by VIT...

Optimization of Process Conditions for the Production of Holocellulase by a Bacillus Species Isolated from Nahoon Beach Sediments

Evelyn N. Fatokun — 2017-04-08

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 8 April 2017; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2017.70.80

Production of holocellulase by a newly isolated marine Bacillus species via submerged fermentation technique at varying cultivation conditions was investigated. Enzyme production was optimized by alte...

Sex Identification and the Sex-Related Genes of Nipponia Nippon

Feilong Sun — 2017-05-30

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 30 May 2017; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2017.81.84

Sex identification in birds is necessary for studying their ecology, behavior and population dynamics and structure. This study was carried out to determine the sex of Nipponia nippon by a Polymerase ...

The -863 TNF-α Polymorphism and Primary Open Angle Glaucoma in Egyptians

Walaa Bayoumie Abdulwahhab El Gazzar — 2017-06-01

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 1 June 2017; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2017.85.89

Growing evidence indicates that TNF-alpha is involved in the pathogenesis of POAG in several ways, primarly by induction of retinal ganglion cells apoptosis and therefore optic nerve degeneration. TNF...

Multi-Phase Support Vector Regression Soft Sensor for Online Product Quality Prediction in Glutamate Fermentation Process

Rongjian Zheng — 2017-06-06

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 6 June 2017; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2017.90.98

Glutamate fermentation is inherently nonlinear, multi-phase and an aerobic fermentation process. As long measurement delays and expensive apparatus cost, on-line measurement of the product concentrati...

Optimization of Key Technology for Instant Sea Cucumber Processing through Fuzzy Evaluation and Response Surface Methodology

Jianfeng Sun — 2017-06-23

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 23 June 2017; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2017.99.110

The original flavor of instant sea cucumber products can be retained and these products consequently show good market potential. In this study, the key processing technique for instant sea cucumber wa...