Monitoring Tissue Engineering Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Huihui Xu, Shadi F. Othman, and Richard L. Magin

Recent Developments in Microbial Fuel Cell Technologies for Sustainable Bioenergy
Kazuya Watanabe

RESEARCH PAPERS

GENETICS, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, AND GENE ENGINEERING

Construction and Characterization of Single-Gene Chromosomes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Kazuo Yamagishi， Minetaka Sugiyama, Yoshinobu Kaneko，Masafumi Nishizawa, and Satoshi Harashima

Breeding of Industrial Diploid Yeast Strain with Chromosomal Integration of　Multiple β-Glucosidase Genes
Satoshi Saitoh, Tsutomu Tanaka, and Akihiko　Kondo

ENZYMOLOGY, PROTEIN ENGINEERING, AND ENZYME TECHNOLOGY

Stepwise Esterification of Phytosterols with Conjugated Linoleic Acid Catalyzed by Candida rugosa Lipase in Solvent-free Medium
Carlos F. Torres，Guzman Torrelo, Luis Vazquez, F. Javier Senorans, and Guillermo Reglero

MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Comparative Characterization of L-Lactic Acid-Producing Thermotolerant Rhizopus Fungi
Vichien Kitpreechavanich, Thanapoom Maneeboon, Youichi Kayano, and Kenji Sakai

Enhanced Release of Chitosanase from Streptomyces griseus through Direct　Interaction of Liposome with Cell Membrane under Heat Stress
Kien Xuan Ngo， Hiroshi Umakoshi， Toshinori Shimanouchi，Huong Thi Bui，and Ryoichi Kuboi

BREWING AND FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Medium Composition Suitable for L-Lysine Production by Methylophilus methylotrophus in Fed-Batch Cultivation
Kohei Ishikawa， Yuriko Toda-Murakoshi, Fumito Ohnishi, Kazuya Kondo, Tsuyoshi Osumi, and Kozo Asano

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

High Catalase Production by Rhizobium radiobacter Strain 2-1
Mami Nakayama， Toshiaki Nakajima-Kambe，Hideki Katayama， Kazuhiko Higuchi，Yoshio Kawasaki, and Ryujiro Fuji

Effect of Acetate on Nitrite Oxidation in Mixed-Population Biofilms
Hu Jie, Li Daping, Tao Yong, He Xiaohong, Wang Xiaomei， and Li Xudong

CELL AND TISSUE ENGINEERING

Effect of Transforming Growth Factor-β1 on Morphological Characteristics Relating to Migration and Differentiation of Rabbit Chondrocytes Cultured in Collagen Gels
Ali Baradar Khoshfetrat， Masahiro Kino-oka， Yasunori Takezawa, Yasuaki Sato, Takeyuki Yamamoto, Katsura Sugawara, and Masahito Taya

Overexpression of GADD34 Enhances Production of Recombinant Human　Antithrombin III in Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells
Takeshi Omasa， Takashi Takami， Tomoshi Ohya， Eriko Kiyama， Tetsuji Hayashi， Hiroko Nishii， Hideo Miki, Kaoru Kobayashi, Kohsuke Honda, and Hisao Ohtake

Retroviral Gene Transduction into Chicken Embryo Gonads through Blood　Circulation
Yoshinori Kawabe, Tsutomu Naka, Hiroyuki Komatsu, Ken-ichi Nishijima, Shinji Iijima, and Masamichi Kamihira

Vitrification of Corneal Endothelial Cells in a Monolayer
Wen-Xia Fan，Xue-Hu Ma, Tian-Qing Liu, and Zhan-Feng Cui

BIOINFORMATICS

Knowledge-based Fuzzy Adaptive Resonance Theory and Its Application to　the Analysis of Gene Expression in Plants
Hiro Takahashi， Hidekazu　Iwakawa， Sachiko Nakao， Takahiro Ojio， Ryo Morishita， Satomi Morikawa，　Yasunori Machida, Chiyoko Machida, and Takeshi Kobayashi

METHODS

A High-Throughput and Solvent-free Method for Measurement of Natural Polyisoprene Content in Leaves by Fourier Transform Near Infrared Spectroscopy
Shinya Takeno， Takeshi Bamba， Yoshihisa Nakazawa， Eiichiro Fukusaki, Atsushi Okazawa, and Akio Kobayashi

Three Dimensional Finite Element Analyses of Oral Structures by Computerized　Tomography
Isis A.V.P. Poiate， Adalberto B. Vasconcellos， Alejandro Andueza, Ives R. V. Pola, and Edgard Jr. Poiate

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