Beer Volatile Compounds and Their Application to Low-Malt Beer Fermentation
Michiko Kobayashi, Hiroshi Shimizu, and Suteaki Shioya

Molecular Chaperones in Lactic Acid Bacteria: Physiological Consequences and Biochemical Properties
Shinya Sugimoto, Abdullah-Al-Mahin, and Kenji Sonomoto

RESEARCH PAPERS

GENETICS, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, AND GENE ENGINEERING

Molecular Cloning, Characterization,and Expression of an ω-3 Fatty Acid Desaturase Gene from Sapium sebiferum
Bei Niu, Liang Guo, Mingming Zhao,Tong Luo, Rong Zhang, Fuli Zhang, Pei Hou, Ying Zhang, Ying Xu, Shenghua Wang, and Fang Chen

ENZYMOLOGY, PROTEIN ENGINEERING, AND ENZYME TECHNOLOGY

Purification and Properties of an Extracellular β-Xylosidase from Aspergillus japonicus and Sequence Analysis of the Encoding Gene
Motoki Wakiyama, Koji Yoshihara, Sachio Hayashi, and Kazuyoshi Ohta

MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Isolation of an Operon Involved in Xylitol Metabolism from a Xylitol-Utilizing Pantoea ananatis Mutant
Yoshikiyo Sakakibara and Badal C. Saha

A Comparison of Various Methods to Predict Bacterial Predilection for Organic Solvents Used as Reaction Media
Takahiro Hamada,Yuka Sameshima, Kohsuke Honda, Takeshi Omasa, Junichi Kato, and Hisao Ohtake

Identification and Characterization of Enzyme Catalyzing Conversion of N^a-Benzyloxycarbonyl-L-Aminoadipic-δ-Semialdehyde to N^a-Benzyloxycarbonyl-L-Aminoadipic Acid in Aspergillus niger AKU 3302
Kimiyasu Isobe, Kazuna Ishikura, and Sakayu Shimizu

BREWING AND FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Chemical Characteristics and Volatile Profile of Genetically Modified Peanut Cultivars
Ee Chin Ng, Nurhan T. Dunford, and Kelly Chenault

Utilization of Sugarcane Industrial Residues as Animal Food and Probiotic Medium
Ana Lidia Apas, Mario Eduardo Arena, Diana Draksler, and Silvia Nelina Gonzalez

Biofilm Formation by Lactic Acid Bacteria and Resistance to Environmental Stress
Hiromi Kubota, Shouko Senda, Nobuhiko Nomura, Hajime Tokuda,and Hiroo Uchiyama

Utilization of Fermented Barley Extract obtained from a By-product of Barley Shochu for Nisin Production
Yoshifumi Furuta, Naruyuki Maruoka,Akihiro Nakamura, Toshiro Omori, and Kenji Sonomoto

Changes in Gene Expression of Commercial Baker's Yeast during an Air-Drying Process that Simulates Dried Yeast Production
Toshihide Nakamura,Satomi Mizukami-Murata, Akira Ando, Yoshinori Murata, Hiroshi Takagi, and Jun Shima

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Refolding of Fully Reduced Bovine Pancreatic Trypsin
Yuji Ohshima,Yusuke Suzuki, Akihiro Nakatani, and Daisuke Nohara

CELL AND TISSUE ENGINEERING

Blood Compatibility Evaluation of Elastie Gelatin Gel from Salmon Collagen
Nobuhiro Nagai, Ryosuke Kubota, Ryohei Okahashi,and Masanobu Munekata

MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Large-Scale Production of Major House Dust Mite Allergen Der f 2 Mutant (C8/119S) in Escherichia coli
Satoshi Koyanagi,Toshihiro Maeda, Toshio Murakami, Kenjirou Kawatsu, Keishin Sugawara, Yoshinobu Miyatsu, and Hiroshi Mizokami

BIOINFORMATICS

Prediction of Key Factor Controlling G1/S Phase in the Mammalian Cell Cycle Using System Analysis
Yoshihiko Tashima, Hiroyuki Hamada, Masahiro Okamoto, and Taizo Hanai

ERRATA

New Strategy for Enhancement of Microbial Viability in Simulated Gastric Conditions Based on Display of Starch-Binding Domain on Cell Surface
Shirin Tarahomjoo, Yoshio Katakura, and Suteaki Shioya

Decrease in Antithrombin III Fucosylation by Expressing GDP-fucose Transporter siRNA in Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells
Takeshi Omasa, Ryo Tanaka,Tomohiro Doi, Masayuki Ando, Yuka Kitamoto, Kohsuke Honda, Michimasa Kishimoto, and Hisao Ohtake