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Applications of Lipopolysaccharide Derived from Pantoea agglomerans (IP-PA1) for Health Care Based on Macrophage Network Theory.
Chie Kohchi, Hiroyuki Inagawa, Takashi Nishizawa, Takatoshi Yamaguchi, Shiro Nagai, and Gen-Ichiro Soma

Molecular Cloning, Identification and Characterization of 2-Methyl-3-Hydroxypyridine-5-Carboxylic-Acid-Dioxygenase-Coding Gene from the Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiotic Bacterium Mesorhizobium loti.
Baiqiang Yuan, Nana Yokochi, Yu Yoshikane, Kouhei Ohnishi, and Toshiharu Yagi

Design of Carrier tRNAs and Selection of Four-Base Codons for Efficient Incorporation of Various Nonnatural Amino Acids into Proteins in Spodoptera frugiperda 21 (Sf21) Insect Cell-Free Translation System.
Masumi Taki, Yasunori Tokuda, Takashi Ohtsuki, and Masahiko Sisido

Supplementation Effect of Ectoine on Thermostability of Phytase.
Linghua Zhang, Yue Wang, Chunyu Zhang, Yunji Wang, Daochen Zhu, Chenxiang Wang, and Shinichi Nagata

Expression of Aspergillus oryzae Phytase Gene in Aspergillus oryzae RIB40 niaD^-.
Hiroyuki Uchida, Shinya Arakida, Tatsuji Sakamoto, and Haruhiko Kawasaki

MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Fermentative Production of (R)-(-)-3-Hydroxybutyrate Using 3-Hydroxybutyrate Dehydrogenase Null Mutant of Ralstonia eutropha and Recombinant Escherichia coli.
Mari Shiraki, Takakazu Endo, and Terumi Saito

Purification, Characterization, and Gene Cloning of Glycerol Dehydrogenase from Hansenula ofunaensis, and Its Expression for Production of Optically Active Diol.
Keiko Yamada-Onodera, Akira Nakajima, and Yoshiki Tani　

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Novel Partial Nitritation Treatment for Anaerobic Digestion Liquor of Swine Wastewater Using Swim-Bed Technology.
Taichi Yamamoto, Keita Takaki, Toichiro Koyama, and Kenji Furukawa

Microbial Diversity of Mesophilic Methanogenic Consortium That Can Degrade Long-Chain Fatty Acids in Chemostat Cultivation.
Toru Shigematsu, Yueqin Tang, Yuko Mizuno, Hiromi Kawaguchi, Shigeru Morimura, and Kenji Kida

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Transport of Human Immunoglobulin G and Fc-Fusion Proteins to Chicken Egg Yolk.
Yoshinori Kawabe, Tsutomu Naka, Naoko Ando-Noumi, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Ken-ichiro Ono, Ken-ichi Nishijima, Masamichi Kamihira, and Shinji Iijima

Extension of Einstein's Viscosity Equation to That for Concentrated Dispersions of Solutes and Particles.
Kiyoshi Toda and Hisamoto Furuse

PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY

Streptomyces-Derived Induction System for Gene Expression in Cultured Plant Cells.
Takuya Shindo, Tamio Takahashi, Takuya Nihira, Yasuhiro Yamada, Ko Kato, and Atsuhiko Shinmyo

BIOINFORMATICS

Comparison of Transcriptional Responses to Osmotic Stresses Induced by NaCl and Sorbitol Additions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Using DNA Microarray.
Takashi Hirasawa, Kengo Ashitani, Katsunori Yoshikawa, Keisuke Nagahisa, Chikara Furusawa, Yoshio Katakura, Hiroshi Shimizu, and Suteaki Shioya

METHODS

High-Throughput Genotyping of Filamentous Fungus Aspergillus oryzae Based on Colony Direct Polymerase Chain Reaction.
Satoshi Suzuki, Hiroko Taketani, Ken-Ichi Kusumoto, and Yutaka Kashiwagi

Single Cell-Based Analysis of Torenia Petal Pigments by a Combination of ArF Excimer Laser Micro Sampling and Nano-High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)-Mass Spectrometry.
Shin'ichiro Kajiyama, Kazuo Harada, Eiichiro Fukusaki, and Akio Kobayashi

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