Identification of a heat shock-responsive cis-acting DNA sequence and its transcriptional regulator: Their roles in the expression of the Spirulina-desD gene in response to heat stress
Pavinee Kurdrid, Phuttawadee Phuengcharoen, Supapon Cheevadhanarak, Morakot Tanticharoen, Apiradee Hongsthong

Thermostable Kunitz trypsin inhibitor with cytokine inducing, antitumor and HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitory activities from Korean large black soybeans
Evandro Fei Fang, Jack Ho Wong, Tzi Bun Ng

Gene cloning and characterization of dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase from Microbacterium luteolum: A useful enzymatic regeneration system of NAD+ from NADH
Junji Kurokawa, Manabu Asano, Shunsuke Nomoto, Yoshihide Makino, Nobuya Itoh

Production of Xylanase with a transformant of Aspergillus oryzae RIB40 in a Liquid-Surface Immobilization (LSI) System
Kenji Ozeki, Yoshihiro Takagi, Shinobu Oda, Shinichi Ohashi

An extracellular endo-1,4-β-xylanase from Aspergillus japonicus: Purification, properties, and characterization of the encoding gene
Motoki Wakiyama, Koji Yoshihara, Sachio Hayashi, Kazuyoshi Ohta

Reducing the variability of antibiotic production in Streptomyces by cultivation in 24-square deepwell plates
Stefanie Siebenberg, Prashant M. Bapat, Anna Eliasson Lantz, Bertolt Gust, Lutz Heide

Heterotrophic growth and nutritional aspects of the diatom Cyclotella cryptica (Bacillariophyceae): Effect of some environmental factors
Stephen L. Pahl, David M. Lewis, Feng Chen, Keith D. King

One-pot conversion of levan prepared from Serratia levanicum NN to difructose anhydride IV by Arthrobacter nicotinovorans levan fructotransferase
Hiroto Kikuchi, Hiroaki Sakurai, Taizo Nagura, Tsutomu Aritsuka, Fusao Tomita, Atsushi Yokota

Analysis of iron- and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria in a treatment plant of acid rock drainage from a Japanese pyrite mine by use of ribulose-1, 5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large-subunit gene
Kazuo Kamimura, Ai Okabayashi, Mei Kikumoto, Mohammed Abul Manchur, Satoshi Wakai, Tadayoshi Kanao

Removal of polychlorinated dioxins by semi-aerobic fed-batch composting with biostimulation of “Dehalococcoides”
Takashi Narihiro, Shinichi Kaiya, Hiroyuki Futamata, Akira Hiraishi

Effects of acetic acid and its assimilation in fed-batch cultures of recombinant Escherichia coli containing human-like collagen cDNA
Wenjiao Xue, Daidi Fan, Longan Shang, Chenhui Zhu, Xiaoxuan Ma, Xiaoli Zhu, Yuanyuan Yu

Differential importance of trehalose accumulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae in response to various environmental stresses
Siraje Arif Mahmud, Takashi Hirasawa, Hiroshi Shimizu

Cultivation characteristics and gene expression profiles of Aspergillus oryzae by membrane-surface liquid culture, shaking-flask culture, and agar-plate culture
Hiroyuki Imanaka, Soukichi Tanaka, Bin Feng, Koreyoshi Imamura, Kazuhiro Nakanishi

Evaluation of Chinese hamster ovary cell stability during repeated batch culture for large-scale antibody production
Yoshihiro Kaneko, Ryuji Sato, Hideki Aoyagi

Changes in the quality of antibodies produced by Chinese hamster ovary cells during the death phase of cell culture
Yoshihiro Kaneko, Ryuji Sato, Hideki Aoyagi

Bioconversion of the antihistaminc drug loratadine by tobacco cell suspension cultures expressing human cytochrome P450 3A4
Heribert Warzecha, Daniela Ferme, Markus Peer, Andreas Frank, Matthias Unger

Labisia pumila extract protects skin cells from photoaging caused by UVB irradiation
Hyun-kyung Choi, Dong-hyun Kim, Jin Wook Kim, Sulaiman Ngadiran, Mohamad Roji Sarmidi, Chang Seo Park

Compressive force inhibits adipogenesis through COX-2-mediated down-regulation of PPARγ2 and C/EBPα
Md. Golam Hossain, Takeo Iwata, Noriko Mizusawa, Shahidan Wan Nazatul Shima, Toru Okutsu, Kyoko Ishimoto, Katsuhiko Yoshimoto

Heat treatment of electrospun silicate fiber substrates enhances cellular adhesion and proliferation
Tetsu Yamaguchi, Shinji Sakai, Rie Watanabe, Takashi Tarao, Koei Kawakami

Fetal calf serum-free suspension culture of Chinese hamster ovary cells employing fish serum
Masashi Fujiwara, Yu Aizu, Itaru Shioya, Mutsumi Takagi

Growth and differentiation potentials in confluent state of culture of human skeletal muscle myoblasts
Shiplu Roy Chowdhury, Yuichi Muneyuki, Yasunori Takezawa, Masahiro Kino-oka, Atsuhiro Saito, Yoshiki Sawa, Masahito Taya