RESEARCH PAPERS

GENETICS, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, AND GENE ENGINEERING

Bletilla striata Polysaccharide Stimulates Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase and Proinflammatory Cytokine Expression in Macrophages
Huajia Diao, Xin Li, Jiangning Chen, Yi Luo, Xi Chen, Lei Dong, Chunming Wang, Chenyu Zhang, and Junfeng Zhang 　

ENZYMOLOGY, PROTEIN ENGINEERING, AND ENZYME TECHNOLOGY

Properties of Rhodotorula gracilis D-Amino Acid Oxidase Immobilized on Magnetic Beads through His-Tag
Iching Kuan, Renjie Liao, Haochieh Hsieh, Kuanchun Chen, and Chiyang Yu

Analysis of Selective Production of N^α-Benzyloxycarbonyl-L-Aminoadipate-δ-Semialdehyde and N^α-Benzyloxycarbonyl-L-Aminoadipic Acid by Rhodococcus sp. AIU Z-35-1
Kimiyasu Isobe, Nahoko Fukuda, and Shouko Nagasawa　

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Two-Dimensional DNA Gel Electrophoresis Mapping: a Novel Approach to Diversity Analysis of Bacterial Communities in Environmental Soil
Guohua Liu, Takashi Amemiya, and Kiminori Itoh

Cloning and Expression of Soluble Cytochrome c and Its Role in Polyvinyl Alcohol Degradation by Polyvinyl Alcohol-Utilizing Sphingopyxis sp. Strain 113P3
Rie Mamoto, Xiaoping Hu, Hiroko Chiue, Yoshio Fujioka, and Fusako Kawai

Efficient Microbial Degradation of Bisphenol A in the Presence of Activated Carbon
Hayato Yamanaka, Kunihiko Moriyoshi, Takashi Ohmoto, Tatsuhiko Ohe, and Kiyofumi Sakai

Optimization of Growth Conditions of Lentinus edodes Mycelium on Corn Processing Waste Using Response Surface Analysis
Seungyong Lee, Hyokwan Bae, Nakyung Kim, and Seokhwan Hwang 　

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Strategies for Reducing Supplemental Medium Cost in Bioethanol Production from Waste House Wood Hydrolysate by Ethanologenic Escherichia coli: Inoculum Size Increase and Coculture with Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Naoyuki Okuda, Kazuaki Ninomiya, Yoshio Katakura, and Suteaki Shioya

Xylitol Production from Rice Straw Hemicellulose Hydrolyzate by Polyacrylic Hydrogel Thin Films with Immobilized Candida subtropicalis WF79
Wen-Chang Liaw, Chee-Shan Chen, Wen-Shion Chang, and Kuan-Pin Chen

Bidirectional Cell-Surface Anchoring Function of C-Terminal Repeat Region of Peptidoglycan Hydrolase of Lactococcus lactis IL1403
Shirin Tarahomjoo, Yoshio Katakura, Eiichi Satoh, and Suteaki Shioya

Expression of C-terminal Repeat Region of Peptidoglycan Hydrolase of Lactococcus lactis IL1403 in Methylotrophic Yeast Pichia pastoris
Shirin Tarahomjoo, Yoshio Katakura, and Suteaki Shioya　

PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY

Exogenous Hormones Affecting Morphology and Biosynthetic Potential of Hairy Root Line (LYR2i) of Linum album
Sunita Farkya and Virendra Swarup Bisaria

CELL AND TISSUE ENGINEERING

Inducing Chondrogenic Differentiation in Injectable Hydrogels Embedded with Rabbit Chondrocytes and Growth Factor for Neocartilage Formation
Kyusik Yun and Hyun Tae Moon

MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Augmentation of Polysialic Acid by Valproic Acid in Early Postnatal Mouse Hippocampus and Primary Cultured Hippocampal Neurons
Takamitsu Natori, Fumiaki Kodaira, Takae Hirasawa, Yong Ying Gao, and Kaoru Nagai

METHODS

Monitoring Calcium Concentration in Neurons with Cameleon
Xiuli Liu, Hui Gong, Xiangning Li, and Wei Zhou

ERRATUM

Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay for Nonylphenol Using Antibody-Bound Microfluid Filters in Vertical Fluidic Operation
Katsuhiro Matsui, Isao Kawaji, Yuichi Utsumi, Yoshiaki Ukita, Toshifumi Asano, Masahiro Takeo, Dai-ichiro Kato, and Seiji Negoro