Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Gene Engineering

Overexpressed α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor inhibited proinflammatory cytokine release in NIH3T3 cells
Dong-Jie Li, Qiu Tang, Fu-Ming Shen, Ding-Feng Su, Jun-Li Duan, Tao Xi

Enhancement of doxorubicin production by expression of structural sugar biosynthesis and glycosyltransferase genes in Streptomyces peucetius
Sailesh Malla, Narayan Prasad Niraula, Kwangkyoung Liou, Jae Kyung Sohng

Nitrogen addition influences formation of aroma compounds, volatile acidity and ethanol in nitrogen deficient media fermented by Saccharomyces cerevisiae wine strains
Catarina Barbosa, Virgilio Falco, Arlete Mendes-Faia, Ana Mendes-Ferreira

High lovastatin production by Aspergillus terreus in solid-state fermentation on polyurethane foam: An artificial inert support
Jesu's G. Ban~os, Araceli Tomasini, George Szaka'cs, Javier Barrios-Gonza'lez

Release of antihypertensive peptides in miso paste during its fermentation, by the addition of casein
Kaori Inoue, Takanobu Gotou, Hirokuni Kitajima, Seiichi Mizuno, Takeshi Nakazawa, Naoyuki Yamamoto

Effect of cell-surface hydrophobicity on bacterial conversion of water-immiscible chemicals in two-liquid-phase culture systems
Takahiro Hamada, Yusuke Maeda, Hiroyuki Matsuda, Yuka Sameshima, Kohsuke Honda, Takeshi Omasa, Junichi Kato, Hisao Ohtake

Cloning of Aspergillus oryzae Aovps5 gene, homologous to vacuolar protein sorting associated gene VPS5 and construction of the disruptant
Chikara Tokunaga, Chiaki Saitoh, Katsuhiko Kitamoto

Rapid detection and identification of beer-spoilage lactic acid bacteria by microcolony method
Shizuka Asano, Kazumaru Iijima, Koji Suzuki, Yasuo Motoyama, Tomoo Ogata, Yasushi Kitagawa

Effect of adding carbon fiber textiles to methanogenic bioreactors used to treat an artificial garbage slurry
Kengo Sasaki, Masahiko Morita, Shin-ichi Hirano, Naoya Ohmura, Yasuo Igarashi

Removal of xylene by a mixed culture of Pseudomonas sp. NBM21 and Rhodococcus sp. BTO62 in biofilter
Euisoon Jeong, Mitsuyo Hirai, Makoto Shoda

Novel characteristics of sophorolipids, yeast glycolipid biosurfactants, as biodegradable low-foaming surfactants
Yoshihiko Hirata, Mizuyuki Ryu, Yuka Oda, Keisuke Igarashi, Asami Nagatsuka, Taro Furuta, Masaki Sugiura

Biodegradation of bisphenol A and bisphenol F in the rhizosphere sediment of Phragmites australis
Tadashi Toyama, Yusuke Sato, Daisuke Inoue, Kazunari Sei, Young-Cheol Chang, Shintaro Kikuchi, Michihiko Ike

Comprehensive metabolite profiling of phyA phyB phyC triple mutants to reveal their associated metabolic phenotype in rice leaves
Kanokwan Jumtee, Atsushi Okazawa, Kazuo Harada, Eiichiro Fukusaki, Makoto Takano, Akio Kobayashi

Na-butyrate sustains energetic states of metabolism and t-PA productivity of CHO cells
Virginie McMurray-Beaulieu, Steve Hisiger, Caroline Durand, Michel Perrier, Mario Jolicoeur

Synthetic matrix containing glucocorticoid and growth factor for chondrogenic differentiation of stem cells
Keun-Hong Park, Wooram Park, Kun Na

Synergic stimulation of laminin and epidermal growth factor facilitates the myoblast growth through promoting migration
Shiplu RoyChowdhury, Yuichi Muneyuki, Yasunori Takezawa, Masahiro Kino-oka, Atsuhiro Saito, Yoshiki Sawa, Masahito Taya