High-throughput screening of DNA binding sites for transcription factor AmyR from Aspergillus nidulans using DNA beads display system
Takaaki Kojima, Yoko Hashimoto, Masashi Kato, Tetsuo Kobayashi, Hideo Nakano

Atrial natriuretic peptide enhances recovery from ischemia/reperfusion-induced renal injury in rats
Kousuke Chujo, Masaki Ueno, Takehiko Asaga, Haruhiko Sakamoto, Gotaro Shirakami, Masaaki Ueki

Engineering of a truncated α-amylase of Bacillus sp. strain TS-23 for the simultaneous improvement of thermal and oxidative stabilities
Meng-Chun Chi, Yan-Hung Chen, Tai-Jung Wu, Huei-Fen Lo, Long-Liu Lin

Biocatalytic resolution of glycidyl phenyl ether using a novel epoxide hydrolase from a marine bacterium, Rhodobacterales bacterium HTCC2654
Jung-Hee Woo, Ji-Hyun Kang, Young-Ok Hwang, Jang-Cheon Cho, Sang-Jin Kim, Sung Gyun Kang

Effects of probiotic administration in swine
Gloria Romina Ross, Carlos Gusils, Rubén Oliszewski, Silvia Colombo de Holgado, Silvia Nelina González

Bioconversion of 1-adamantanol to 1,3-adamantanediol using Streptomyces sp. SA8 oxidation system
Koichi Mitsukura, Hiromu Sakamoto, Haruka Kubo, Toyokazu Yoshida, Toru Nagasawa

Enzymatic preparation of arbutin derivatives: Lipase-catalyzed direct acylation without the need of vinyl ester as an acyl donor
Kohji Ishihara, Yasuko Katsube, Nozomi Kumazawa, Mari Kuratani, Noriyoshi Masuoka, Nobuyoshi Nakajima

Bioactivities and sensory evaluation of Pu-erh teas made from three tea leaves in an improved pile fermentation process
Yuh-Shuen Chen, Bing-Lan Liu, Yaw-Nan Chang

PAD1 and FDC1 are essential for the decarboxylation of phenylacrylic acids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Nobuhiko Mukai, Kazuo Masaki, Tsutomu Fujii, Makoto Kawamukai, Haruyuki Iefuji

Growth-inhibition of hiochi bacteria in namazake (raw sake) by bacteriocins from lactic acid bacteria
Masayuki Taniguchi, Yohei Ishiyama, Takeomi Takata, Toshihiro Nakanishi, Mitsuoki Kaneoke, Ken-ichi Watanabe, Fujitoshi Yanagida, Yi-sheng Chen, Tomoaki Kouya, Takaaki Tanaka

Degradation of natural estrogen and identification of the metabolites produced by soil isolates of Rhodococcus sp. and Sphingomonas sp.
Futoshi Kurisu, Maki Ogura, Satoshi Saitoh, Atsushi Yamazoe, Osami Yagi

Characterization of polystyrene-binding peptides (PS-tags) for site-specific immobilization of proteins
Yoichi Kumada, Daisuke Kuroki, Hidefumi Yasui, Takuhito Ohse, Michimasa Kishimoto

Computational fluid dynamics modeling of gas dispersion in multi impeller bioreactor
Syed Ubaid Ahmed, Panneerselvam Ranganathan, Ashok Pandey, Savithri Sivaraman

Characteristic features of InfA-15 monoclonal antibody recognizing H1, H3, and H5 subtypes of hemagglutinin of influenza virus A type
Emi Hifumi, Naoko Fujimoto, Kazuya Ishida, Hirokazu Kawawaki, Taizo Uda

Improving fatty acid methyl ester production yield in a lipase-catalyzed process using waste frying oils as feedstock
Laura Azócar, Gustavo Ciudad, Hermann J. Heipieper, Robinson Muñoz, Rodrigo Navia

Enhancing activity and stability of Burkholderia cepacia lipase by immobilization on surface-functionalized mesoporous silicates
Katsuya Kato, Sindhu Seelan

Preparation of cell-enclosing microcapsules through photopolymerization of methacrylated alginate solution triggered by irradiation with visible light
Changjun Mu, Shinji Sakai, Hiroyuki Ijima, Koei Kawakami

Comparison of efficiency of terminal differentiation of oligodendrocytes from induced pluripotent stem cells versus embryonic stem cells in vitro
Yasuhito Tokumoto, Shinichiro Ogawa, Teruyuki Nagamune, Jun Miyake

Catechol derivatives inhibit the fibril formation of amyloid-β peptides
Vu Thi Huong, Toshinori Shimanouchi, Naoya Shimauchi, Hisashi Yagi, Hiroshi Umakoshi, Yuji Goto, Ryoichi Kuboi

Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 1 (eIF1), the inspector of good AUG context for translation initiation, has an extremely bad AUG context
Hitoshi Miyasaka, Sumiyo Endo, Hiroyuki Shimizu

Spectrophotometric detection of labile zinc(II) released from metallothionein: A simple method to evaluate heavy metal toxicity
Takaharu Asano, Pi-Chao Wang, Akio Iwasaki

Flow cytometry-based method for isolating live bacteria with meta-cleavage activity on dihydroxy compounds of biphenyl
Sou Iijima, Yumi Shimomura, Yousuke Haba, Fusako Kawai, Akio Tani, Kazuhide Kimbara