RESEARCH PAPERS

GENETICS, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, AND GENE ENGINEERING

Dissection of Centromeric DNA from Yeast Yarrowia lipolytica and Identification of Protein-Binding Site Required for Plasmid Transmission
Takayoshi Yamane, Hiroaki Sakai, Kazuhiro Nagahama, Takahira Ogawa, and Masayoshi Matsuoka

Translational Enhancement of Recombinant Protein Synthesis in Transgenic Silkworms by a 5'-Untranslated Region of Polyhedrin Gene of Bombyx mori Nucleopolyhedrovirus
Masashi Iizuka, Masahiro Tomita, Katsuhiko Shimizu, Yutaka Kikuchi, and Katsutoshi Yoshizato

Isolation of Dibenzofuran-Degrading Bacterium, Nocardioides sp. DF412, and Characterization of Its Dibenzofuran Degradation Genes
Keisuke Miyauchi, Parichat Sukda, Tetsuya Nishida, Emi Ito, Yoshikatsu Matsumoto, Eiji Masai, and Masao Fukuda

Increase in Pladienolide D Production Rate Using a Streptomyces Strain Overexpressing a Cytochrome P450 Gene
Kazuhiro Machida, Yasuhide Aritoku, Takashi Nakashima, Akira Arisawa, and Toshio Tsuchida

Derivation of Consensus Sequence for Protein Binding Site in Yarrowia lipolytica Centromere
Takayoshi Yamane, Takahira Ogawa, and Masayoshi Matsuoka

ENZYMOLOGY, PROTEIN ENGINEERING, AND ENZYME TECHNOLOGY

Characterization of Heme-Coordinating Histidyl Residues of an Engineered Six-Coordinated Myoglobin Mutant Based on the Reactivity with Diethyl-pyrocarbonate, Mass Spectrometry, and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Nobuyuki Nakanishi, Fusako Takeuchi, Sam-Yong Park, Hiroshi Hori, Kohei Kiyota, Tadayuki Uno, and Motonari Tsubaki

Superoxide Dismutases Exhibit Oxidase Activity on Aldehyde Alcohols Similar to Alcohol Oxidase from Paenibacillus sp. AIU 311
Kimiyasu Isobe, Ayako Kato, Yasutaka Sasaki, Michihiko Kataoka, Jun Ogawa, Akira Iwasaki, Junzo Hasegawa, and Sakayu Shimizu

MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Direct Ethanol Production from Barley β-Glucan by Sake Yeast Displaying Aspergillus oryzae β-Glucosidase and Endoglucanase
Atsushi Kotaka, Hiroki Bando, Masahiko Kaya, Michiko Kato-Murai, Kouichi Kuroda, Hiroshi Sahara, Yoji Hata, Akihiko Kondo, and Mitsuyoshi Ueda

Promotion of Metal Accumulation in Nodule of Astragalus sinicus by the Expression of the Iron-regulated Transporter Gene in Mesorhizobium huakuii subsp. rengei B3
Akiko Ike, Rutchadapom Sriprang, Hisayo Ono, Yoshikatsu Murooka, and Mitsuo Yamashita

In Vitro and in vivo Characterization of Alginate-Chitosan-Alginate Artificial Microcapsules for Therapeutic Oral Delivery of Live Bacterial Cells
Junzhang Lin, Weiting Yu, Xiudong Liu, Hongguo Xie, Wei Wang, and Xiaojun Ma

BREWING AND FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Metabolic Profiling of Angelica acutiloba Roots Utilizing Gas Chromatography-Time-of-Flight-Mass Spectrometry for Quality Assessment Based on Cultivation Area and Cultivar via Multivariate Pattern Recognition
Sukanda Tianniam, Lucksanaporn Tarachiwin, Takeshi Bamba, Akio Kobayashi, and Eiichiro Fukusaki

Inhibition of Mitochondrial Fragmentation during Sake Brewing Causes High Malate Production in Sake Yeast
Hiroshi Kitagaki, Taku Kato, Atsuko Isogai, Shigeaki Mikami, and Hitoshi Shimoi

Suppressive Effect of Poly-γ-Glutamate on SOS Response of Salmonella typhimurium Induced by Chemical Mutagens
Machiko Sato, Kyoko Kanie, Kenji Soda, and Kumio Yokoigawa

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Degradation of 1,1,1-Trichloro-2,2-Bis (4-Chlorophenyl) Ethane (DDT) by Brown-Rot Fungi
Adi Setyo Purnomo, Ichiro Kamei, and Ryuichiro Kondo

Stable Repeated-Batch Production of Recombinant Dye-Decolorizing Peroxidase (rDyP) from Aspergillus oryzae
Mozaffar Shakeri, Yasushi Sugano, and Makoto Shoda

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Characterization of Magnetic Ion-Exchange Composites for Protein Separation from Biosuspensions
Tobias E. Kappler, Birgit Hickstein, Urs A. Peuker, and Clemens Posten

Transesterification by Lipase Entrapped in Electrospun Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Fibers and Its Application to a Flow-Through Reactor
Shinji Sakai, Koichi Antoku, Tetsu Yamaguchi, and Koei Kawakami

PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY

Enrichment of Carotenoids in Flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum) by Metabolic Engineering with Introduction of Bacterial Phytoene Synthase Gene crtB
Masaki Fujisawa, Mio Watanabe, Song-Kang Choi, Maki Teramoto, Kanji Ohyama, and Norihiko Misawa

CELL AND TISSUE ENGINEERING

Effect of Ascorbic Acid on Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Proliferation and Differentiation
Kyung-Min Choi, Young-Kwon Seo, Hee-Hoon Yoon, Kye-Yong Song, Soon-Yong Kwon, Hwa-Sung Lee, and Jung-Keug Park

Enhancement of Cell Function through Heterotypic Cell-Cell Interactions Using E-Cadherin-Expressing NIH3T3 Cells
Akira Ito, Takehiko Kiyohara, Yoshinori Kawabe, Hiroyuki Ijima, and Masamichi Kamihira

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