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Plant Metabolomics: Potential for Practical Operation.
Eiichiro Fukusaki and Akio Kobayashi

Production of Conjugated Fatty Acids by Lactic Acid Bacteria.
Jun Ogawa, Shigenobu Kishino, Akinori Ando, Satoshi Sugimoto, Kousuke Mihara, and Sakayu Shimizu

Cytochrome c and Bioenergetic Hypothetical Model for Alkaliphilic Bacillus spp.
Toshitaka Goto, Toshihide Matsuno, Megumi Hishinuma-Narisawa, Koji Yamazaki, Hidetoshi Matsuyama, Norio Inoue, and Isao Yumoto

Identification and Functional Analysis of Genes Required for Desulfurization of Alkyl Dibenzothiophenes of Mycobacterium sp. G3.
Nobuhiko Nomura, Masaki Takada, Hideki Okada, Yuko Shinohara, Toshiaki Nakajima-Kambe, Tadaatsu Nakahara, and Hiroo Uchiyama

Cloning of Alanine Racemase Genes from Pseudomonas fluorescens Strains and Oligomerization States of Gene Products Expressed in Escherichia coli.
Jiansong Ju, Kumio Yokoigawa, Haruo Misono, and Kouhei Ohnishi

Cloning and Expression of NAD⁺-Dependent L-Arabinitol 4-Dehydrogenase Gene (ladA) of Aspergillus oryzae.
Tohru Suzuki, Lien Ha Tran, Masanori Yogo, Osamu Idota, Noriyuki Kitamoto, Keiichi Kawai, and Kazuhiro Takamizawa

ENZYMOLOGY, PROTEIN ENGINEERING, AND ENZYME TECHNOLOGY

Two Novel Cyclodextrin-Degrading Enzymes Isolated from Thermophilic Bacteria Have Similar Domain Structures but Differ in Oligomeric State and Activity Profile.
Pernilla Turner, Antje Labes, Olafur H. Fridjonsson, Gudmundur O. Hreggvidson, Peter Schonheit, Jakob K. Kristjansson, Olle Holst, and Eva Nordberg Karlsson

Oxidation of Cholesterol Catalyzed by Amyloid β-Peptide (Aβ)-Cu Complex on Lipid Membrane.
Noriko Yoshimoto, Makoto Tasaki, Toshinori Shimanouchi, Hiroshi Umakoshi, and Ryoichi Kuboi

MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Lipase-Catalyzed Preparation of S-Propranolol in Presence of Hydroxypropyl β-Cyclodextrins.
Rizette Avila-Gonzalez, Manuela Perez-Gilabert, and Francisco Garcia-Carmona 　

BREWING AND FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Isolation of Copper-Tolerant Mutants of Sake Yeast with Defective Peptide Uptake.
Tasuku Yamada, Keiji Furukawa, Shodo Hara, and Haruhiko Mizoguchi

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Effect of the Synthesized Mycolic Acid on the Biodegradation of Diesel Oil by Gordonia nitida Strain LE31.
Myungjin Lee, Myung Kyum Kim, Mi-Jung Kwon, Byeong Deog Park, Moo Hoon Kim, Michael Goodfellow, and Sung-Taik Lee

Biological Treatment of Wastewater Discharged from Biodiesel Fuel Production Plant with Alkali-Catalyzed Transesterification.
Ken-ichiro Suehara, Yoshihiro Kawamoto, Eiko Fujii, Jiro Kohda, Yasuhisa Nakano, and Takuo Yano

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Selection of Microalgal Growth Model for Describing Specific Growth Rate-Light Response Using Extended Information Criterion.
Norihide Kurano and Shigetoh Miyachi

Separation of Cultured Strawberry Cells Producing Anthocyanins in Aqueous Two-Phase System.
Jun-ichi Edahiro, Masumi Yamada, Shinya Seike, Yasuhiro Kakigi, Kazuhiko Miyanaga, Masayuki Nakamura, Toshiyuki Kanamori, and Minoru Seki

Enhanced Undecylprodigiosin Production from Serratia marcescens SS-1 by Medium Formulation and Amino-Acid Supplementation.
Yu-Hong Wei, Wan-Ju Yu, and Wei-Chuan Chen

Enhancement of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Production by Adenosine 5'-Monophosphate in Culture of Recombinant Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells.
Weiwen Luo, Xiangming Sun, Xiaoping Yi, and Yuanxing Zhang

Reaction Properties of Catalytic Antibodies Encapsulated in Organo Substituted SiO₂ Sol-Gel Materials.
Katsuya Kato, Takao Saito, Sindhu Seelan, Masahiro Tomita, and Yoshiyuki Yokogawa

PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY

Development of Simple and Efficient in Planta Transformation Method for Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Using Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
Putu Supartana, Tsutomu Shimizu, Hidenari Shioiri, Masahiro Nogawa, Masayuki Nozue, and Mineo Kojima

Biosynthesis of Poly-γ-Glutamic Acid in Plants: Transient Expression of Poly-γ-Glutamate Synthetase Complex in Tobacco Leaves.
Yutaka Tarui, Hanako Iida, Eiichiro Ono, Wataru Miki, Eiji Hirasawa, Ken-ichi Fujita, Toshio Tanaka, and Makoto Taniguchi

CELL AND TISSUE ENGINEERING

Mesenchymal Stem Cells Differentiate into Tenocytes by Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP) 12 Gene Transfer.
Qi-Wei Wang, Zhao-Lie Chen, and Ying-Jie Piao