■　REVIEW

Metabolic Engineering of Cell Cultures versus Whole Plant Complexity in Production of Bioactive Monoterpene Indole Alkaloids: Recent Progress Related to Old Dilemma.
Giancarlo Pasquali, Diogo Denardi Porto, and Arthur Germano Fett-Neto

DNA Taken into Bacillus subtilis Competent Cells by Lysed-Protoplast Transformation Is Not ssDNA but dsDNA.
Yukiko Saito, Hisataka Taguchi, and Takashi Akamatsu

ENZYMOLOGY, PROTEIN ENGINEERING, AND ENZYME TECHNOLOGY

Lipase Localization in Rhizopus oryzae Cells Immobilized within Biomass Support Particles for Use as Whole-Cell Biocatalysts in Biodiesel-Fuel Production.
Shinji Hama, Sriappareddy Tamalampudi, Takahiro Fukumizu, Kazunori Miura, Hideki Yamaji, Akihiko Kondo, and Hideki Fukuda

Efficient Biosynthesis of D-Allose from D-Psicose by Cross-linked Recombinant L-Rhamnose Isomerase: Separation of Product by Ethanol Crystallization.
Buetusiwa Thomas Menavuvu, Wayoon Poonperm, Khim Leang, Naoki Noguchi, Hiromi Okada, Kenji Morimoto, Tom Birger Granstrom, Goro Takada, and Ken Izumori

Construction of an Additional Metal-Binding Site in Human Metallothionein-2.
Mitsutoshi Toyama, Mariko Sasaki, Noriaki Hirayama, Yoshikatsu Murooka, and Mitsuo Yamashita

Function Expression of Streptococcal Galactosyltransferase in Baculovirus/Insect Cell Expression System.
Yohei Kataoka, Shingo Ozeki, Katsuhide Miyake, and Shinji Iijima

MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Identification of Enzyme Responsible for Erythritol Utilization and Reaction Product in Yeast Lipomyces starkeyi.
Katsushi Nishimura, Teiko Harada, Yasukazu Arita, Hisayuki Watanabe, Hidehiko Iwabuki, Asako Terada, Takafumi Naganuma, and Yasuyuki Uzuka

Characterization of Monofunctional Catalase KatA from Radiresistant Bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans.
Issei Kobayashi, Takashi Tamura, Haitham Sghaier, Issay Narumi, Shotaro Yamaguchi, Koichi Umeda, and Kenji Inagaki

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Community Dynamics of Methanotrophic Bacteria during Composting of Organic Matter.
Dirk Halet, Nico Boon, and Willy Verstraete

Removal of Hydrogen Sulfide by Sulfate-Resistant Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans AZ11.
Eun Young Lee, Nae Yoon Lee, Kyung-Suk Cho, and Hee Wook Ryu

Biodesulfurization of Alkylated Forms of Dibenzothiophene and Benzothiophene by Sphingomonas subarctica T7b.
Ida Bagus Wayan Gunam, Yosuke Yaku, Makoto Hirano, Kenta Yamamura, Fusao Tomita, Teruo Sone, and Kozo Asano

Accelerated Aromatic Compounds Degradation in Aquatic Environment by Use of Interaction between Spirodela polyrrhiza and Bacteria in Its Rhizosphere.
Tadashi Toyama, Ning Yu, Hirohide Kumeda, Kazunari Sei, Michihiko Ike, and Masanori Fujita

MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Characterization of Transient Expression System for Retroviral Vector Production.
Akitsu Hotta, Yoshikazu Saito, Kenji Kyogoku, Yoshinori Kawabe, Ken-ichi Nishijima, Masamichi Kamihira, and Shinji Iijima

Improved Microcirculatory Effect of D-Allose on Hepatic Ischemia Reperfusion Following Partial Hepatectomy in Cirrhotic Rat Liver.
Mohammad Akram Hossain, Hisao Wakabayashi, Kunihiko Izuishi, Keiichi Okano, Shinichi Yachida, Masaaki Tokuda, Ken Izumori, and Hajime Maeta