ENZYMOLOGY, PROTEIN ENGINEERING, AND ENZYME TECHNOLOGY

Enhancement of microwave-assisted covalent immobilization of penicillin acylase using macromolecular crowding and glycine quenching
Anming Wang, Cheng Zhou, Zhiqiang Du, Mingqing Liu, Shemin Zhu, Shubao Shen, and Pingkai Ouyang

Characterization of endogenous pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-dependent alanine racemase from Bacillus pseudofirmus OF4
Jiansong Ju, Shujing Xu, Jianxin Wen, Gang Li, Kouhei Ohnishi, Yanfen Xue, and Yanhe Ma

Selection of a biotin protein ligase by phage display using a combination of in vitro selection and in vivo enzymatic activity
Masahiro Iwamoto, Takashi Taki, and Satoshi Fujita

Effect of mutagenesis at the region upstream from the G(Q/E) motif of three types of geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase on product chain-length
Motoyoshi Noike, Takashi Katagiri, Toru Nakayama, Tokuzo Nishino, and Hisashi Hemmi

MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Inexpensive fed-batch cultivation for high poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) production by a new isolate of Bacillus megaterium
Songsri Kulpreecha, Atipol Boonruangthavorn, Boonyarit Meksiriporn, and Nuttha Thongchul

Functional biosynthesis of an allophycocyan beta subunit in Escherichia coli
Baosheng Ge, Haixiang Sun, Yang Feng, Jinying Yang, and Song Qin

Drastic change in cell surface hydrophobicity of a new bacterial strain, Pseudomonas sp. TIS1-127, induced by growth temperature and its effects on the toluene-conversion rate
Katsutoshi Hori, Naoto Hiramatsu, Mari Nannbu, Kei Kanie, Mina Okochi, Hiroyuki Honda, and Hisami Watanabe

Strain improvement of Acremonium cellulolyticus for cellulase production by mutation
Xu Fang, Shinichi Yano, Hiroyuki Inoue, and Shigeki Sawayama

Industrial production of difructose anhydride III (DFA III) from crude inulin extracted from chicory roots using Arthrobacter sp. H65-7 fructosyltransferase
Hiroto Kikuchi, Masanao Inoue, Hidetoshi Saito, Hiroaki Sakurai, Tsutomu Aritsuka, Fusao Tomita, and Atsushi Yokota

BREWING AND FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Anti-aging effect of rice wine in cultured human fibroblasts and keratinocytes
Miy-Young Seo, So-Young Chung, Wang-Keun Choi, Young-Kwon Seo, Su-Hyun Jung, Jung-Min Park, Min-Jae Seo, Jung-Keug Park, Jin-Wook Kim, and Chang-Seo Park

Rheological characteristics of an exopolysaccharide produced by a strain of Klebsiella oxytoca
Abednego M. Dlamini, Paul S. Peiris, John H. Bavor, and Kasipathy Kailasapathy

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Improvement of autohydrogenotrophic nitrite reduction rate through optimization of pH and sodium bicarbonate dose in batch experiments
Shahin Ghafari, Masitah Hasan, and Mohamed Kheireddine Aroua

Microbial diversity of anammox bacteria enriched from different types of seed sludge in an anaerobic continuous-feeding cultivation reactor
Yasuhiro Date, Kazuichi Isaka, Hajime Ikuta, Tatsuo Sumino, Naoya Kaneko, Sachiko Yoshie, Satoshi Tsuneda, and Yuhei Inamori

Dechlorination of trichloroethylene by immobilized autotrophic hydrogen-bacteria and zero-valent iron
Shang-Ming Wang and Szu-kung Tseng

Dry mesophilic fermentation of chicken manure for production of methane by repeated batch culture
Fatma Abouelenien, Yutaka Nakashimada, and Naomichi Nishio

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Structure-activity relationships of anthraquinones on the suppression of DNA-binding activity of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor induced by 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
Itsuko Fukuda, Atsushi Kaneko, Shin Nishiumi, Masaya Kawase, Rika Nishikiori, Nobuhide Fujitake, and Hitoshi Ashida

PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY

Evidence of genotype dependency within Agrobacterium tumefaciens in relation to the integration of vector backbone sequence in transgenic Phytophthora infestans-tolerant potato
Carloalberto Petti, Toni Wendt, Conor Meade, and Ewen Mullins

CELL AND TISSUE ENGINEERING

Stimulating effects of fibroblast growth factors on hepatic function of fetal liver cells synergistically with oncostatin M in three-dimensional culture
Kazunori Minagawa, Toshie Koyama, and Hirotoshi Miyoshi

Synergistic effects of basic fibroblast growth factor and insulin on Chinese hamster ovary cells under serum-free conditions
Chi-Hsien Liu and Kuo-Wei Wu

MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Bone regeneration using collagen type I vitrigel with bone morphogenetic protein-2
Jiyuan Zhao, Masashige Shinkai, Toshiaki Takezawa, Shinsuke Ohba, Ung-il Chung, and Teruyuki Nagamune

Development of peptide arrays for detection of IgE-binding epitopes in cow's milk allergens
Naoki Matsumoto, Mina Okochi, Miyoko Matsushima, Akiko Ogawa, Tomokazu Takase, Yasuko Yoshida, Mitsuo Kawase, Ken-ichi Isobe, Tsutomu Kawabe, and Hiroyuki Honda

METHODS

Effect of different extraction protocols on anticancer and antioxidant activities of Berberis koreana bark extracts
Syed Abdul Qadir, Min Chul Kwon, Jae Gun Han, Ji He Ha, Hyang Suk Chung, Juhee Ahn, and Hyeon Yong Lee

MISCELLANEOUS

Dynamics of genetically modified Lactococcus lactis in simulated natural environments and impacts on microbial communities
Tatsuro Hagi, Akemi Minagawa, and Jun Shima