REVIEW

Some Distinguishable Properties between Acid-Stable and Neutral Types of α-Amylases from Acid-Producing Koji
Toshihiko Suganuma, Kiyotaka Fujita, and Kanefumi Kitahara

RESEARCH PAPERS

GENETICS, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, AND GENE ENGINEERING

Autonomously Replicating Plasmid Transforms Sorangium cellulosum So ce90 and Induces Expression of Green Fluorescent Protein
Yun Tu, Guo-Ping Chen, and Yuan-Liang Wang

ENZYMOLOGY, PROTEIN ENGINEERING, AND ENZYME TECHNOLOGY

Cloning, Sequence Analysis, and Expression in Escherichia coli of Gene Encoding N-Benzyl-3-Pyrrolidinol Dehydrogenase from Geotrichum capitatum
Keiko Yamada-Onodera, Kazutaka Kojima, Yuhki Takase, and Yoshiki Tani

Purification and Characterization of a Dehydrogenase Catalyzing Conversion of N^α-Benzyloxycarbonyl-L-Aminoadipic-δ-Semialdehyde to N^α-Benzyloxycarbonyl-L-Aminoadipic Acid from Rhodococcus sp. AIU Z-35-1
Kimiyasu Isobe, Nahoko Fukuda, and Shouko Nagasawa

Functional Analysis of Genes Encoding Putative Oxidoreductases in Aspergillus oryzae, Which Are Similar to Fungal Fructosyl-Amino Acid Oxidase
Nobuyuki Yoshida, Shin-ichi Akazawa, Tetsuya Karino, Hiroki Ishida, Yoji Hata, Tohoru Katsuragi, Yoshiki Tani, and Hiroshi Takagi

MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Comparisons of Growth and Biochemical Composition between Mixed Culture of Alga and Yeast and Monocultures
ShiQing Cai, ChaoQun Hu, and ShaoBo Du

Purification and Characterization of 2-Aminoacetophenone Reductase of Newly Isolated Burkholderia sp. YT
Keiko Yamada-Onodera, Yuhki Takase, and Yoshiki Tani

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Composting Cattle Dung Wastes by Using a Hyperthermophilic Pre-treatment Process: Characterization by Physicochemical and Molecular Biological Analysis
Takeshi Yamada, Keisuke Miyauchi, Hideyo Ueda, Yasuichi Ueda, Hiroyuki Sugawara, Yukihiro Nakai, and Ginro Endo

Effect of Adding Cellulolytic Bacterium on Stable Cellulose-Degrading Microbial Community
Naoki Narisawa, Shin Haruta, Zong Jun Cui, Masaharu Ishii, and Yasuo Igarashi

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Production of Single-Chain Variable Fragment Antibody (scFv) in Fed-Batch and Continuous Culture of Pichia pastoris by Two Different Methanol Feeding Methods
Shinya Yamawaki, Takehiro Matsumoto, Yuka Ohnishi, Yoichi Kumada, Naofumi Shiomi, Tomohisa Katsuda, Eun Kyu Lee, and Shigeo Katoh

CELL AND TISSUE ENGINEERING

Construction of Heterotypic Cell Sheets by Magnetic Force-Based 3-D Coculture of HepG2 and NIH3T3 Cells
Akira Ito, Hideaki Jitsunobu, Yoshinori Kawabe, and Masamichi Kamihira

Application of Ultra-Water-Repellent Surface to Cell Culture
Kosuke Ino, Akira Ito, Yunying Wu, Nagahiro Saito, Eri Hibino, Osamu Takai, and Hiroyuki Honda

Synergistic Effect of D-Glucose and Epidermal Growth Factor Display on Dynamic Behaviors of Human Epithelial Cells
Mee-Hae Kim, Masahiro Kino-oka, Masaya Kawase, Kiyohito Yagi, and Masahito Taya

Novel Technique for Fabricating Double-Layered Tubular Constructs Consisting of Two Vascular Cell Types in Collagen Gels Used as Templates for Three-Dimensional Tissues
Takayuki Takei, Shinsuke Yamaguchi, Shinji Sakai, Hiroyuki Ijima, and Koei Kawakami

MISCELLANEOUS

Effect of Variation of Root Post in Different Layers of Tooth: Linear vs Nonlinear Finite Element Stress Analysis
Rashmi V. Uddanwadiker, Pramod M. Padole, and Harshwardhan Arya