RESEARCH PAPERS

GENETICS, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, AND GENE ENGINEERING

Construction of a Citrinin Gene Cluster Expression System in Heterologous Aspergillus oryzae
Kanae Sakai, Hiroshi Kinoshita, Takeo Shimizu，and Takuya Nihira

Expression of the Bacterial Hemoglobin Gene from Vitreoscilla stercoraria　Increases Rifamycin B Production in Amycolatopsis mediterranei
Guerra Priscila, Francisco J. Fernandez, Angel E. Absalon, Ma. del Rocio Suarez, Mara Sainoz, Javier Barrios-Gonzalez, and Armando Mejia

ENZYMOLOGY, PROTEIN ENGINEERING, AND ENZYME TECHNOLOGY

Synthesis of 4-Pyridoxolactone from Pyridoxine Using a Combination of Transformed Escherichia coli Cells
Asuka Tamura, Yu Yoshikane, Nana Yokochi，and Toshiharu Yagi

A Novel Enzymatic Method for Measuring Mizoribine 5'-Monophosphate Levels in Serum
Hiroko Ota, Yuko Yasuda, Shin-ichi Sakasegawa, Shigeyuki Imamura, and Tomohiro Tamura

MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Characterization of Gene Encoding Amylopullulanase from Plant-Originated Lactic Acid Bacterium，Lactobacillus plantarum L137
Jong-Hyun Kim，Michihiro Sunako，Hisayo Ono，Yoshikatsu Murooka， Eiichiro Fukusaki， and Mitsuo Yamashita

Direct Production of L-Tagatose from L-Psicose by Enterobacter aerogenes 230S
Devendar Rao， Pushpakiran Gullapalli, Akihide Yoshihara， Sarah F. Jenkinson， Kenji Morimoto, Goro Takata, Kazuya Akimitsu, Shigeyuki Tajima, George W. J. Fleet, and Ken Izumori

Efficient Dye Decolorization and Production of Dye Decolorizing Enzymes by the Basidiomycete Thanatephorus cucumeris Dec 1 in a Liquid and Solid Hybrid Culture
Takuya Shimokawa， Mitsuyo Hirai， Makoto Shoda， and Yasushi Sugano

Isolation of Industrial Strains of Aspergillus oryzae Lacking Ferrichrysin by Disruption of the dffA Gene
Hisayuki Watanabe， Makoto Hatakeyama，Hiroshi Sakurai, Hirofumi Uchimiya, and Toshitsugu Sato

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Effect of Aeration on Stabilization of Organic Solid Waste and Microbial Population Dynamics in Lab-Scale Landfill Bioreactors
Nguyen Nhu Sang，Satoshi Soda, Kazunari Sei, and Michihiko Ike

Partial Nitritation of Raw Anaerobic Sludge Digester Liquor by Swim-Bed and Swim-Bed Activated Sludge Processes and Comparison of Their Sludge Characteristics
Sen Qiao， Yuki Kawakubo， Toichiro Koyama， and Kenji Furukawa

Aerobic Denitrification of Pseudomonas putida AD-21 at Different C/N Ratios
Mia Kim, Seong-Yun Jeong, Su Jeong Yoon, Sun Ja Cho, Young Hun Kim, Min Ju Kim, Eun Yoen Ryu, and Sang-Joon Lee

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Renaturation of Lysozyme with a Protein Disulfide Isomerase Chaperone Results in Enzyme Super Activity
Aya Takezawa，Yuji Ohshima， Tomoya Sudo, Osamu Asami, and Daisuke Nohara

BIOINFORMATICS

Cancer DNA Microarray Analysis Considering Multi-subclass with Graph-based Clustering Method
Takashi Kawamura， Hironori Mutoh， Yasuyuki Tomita, Ryuji Kato, and Hiroyuki Honda

Genome-Wide Analysis of the Effects of Location and Number of Stress Response Elements on Gene Expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Katsunori Yoshikawa, Chikara Furusawa, Takashi Hirasawa, and Hiroshi Shimizu

MISCELLANEOUS

Potential of Psidium guajava Supplemented Fish Diets in Controlling Aeromonas hydrophila Infection in Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus
Adithepchaikarn　Pachanawan， Parichat　Phumkhachorn， and　Pongsak Rattanachaikunsopon