Application of computational fluid dynamics in tissue engineering
Anirudh R. Patrachari, Jagdeep T. Podichetty, Sundararajan V. Madihally

Repressive processing of antihypertensive peptides, Val-Pro-Pro and Ile-Pro-Pro, in Lactobacillus helveticus fermented milk by added peptides
Taketo Wakai, Naoya Yamaguchi, Misaki Hatanaka, Yasunori Nakamura, Naoyuki Yamamoto

Plasmid transformation of competent Bacillus subtilis by lysed protoplast DNA
Takashi Akamatsu, Hisataka Taguchi

Characterization and gene expression profiles of thermotolerant Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolates from Thai fruits
Choowong Auesukaree, Preeyaporn Koedrith, Pornpon Saenpayavai, Thipa Asvarak, Suthee Benjaphokee, Minetaka Sugiyama, Yoshinobu Kaneko, Satoshi Harashima, Chuenchit Boonchird

Characterization and crystal structure of the thermophilic ROK hexokinase from Thermus thermophilus
Tsutomu Nakamura, Yasuhiro Kashima, Shouhei Mine, Takashi Oku, Koichi Uegaki

A novel lactic acid bacterium for the production of high purity l-lactic acid, Lactobacillus paracasei subsp. paracasei CHB2121
Se-Kwon Moon, Young-Jung Wee, Gi-Wook Choi

Highlights
> A novel l(+)-lactic acid (LA) producing bacterium was isolated. > Typical concentration of LA produced fermentatively is less than 15% (w/v). > The development of a novel strain is needed for the commercial production of LA. > The strain CHB2121 produces 192 g/L LA.

Production of N-acetyl cis-4-hydroxy-l-proline by the yeast N-acetyltransferase Mpr1
Bach Thi Mai Hoa, Takao Hibi, Ryo Nasuno, Goh Matsuo, Yu Sasano, Hiroshi Takagi

Production of lactic acid from xylose and wheat straw by Rhizopus oryzae
Katsuichi Saito, Yasuhiro Hasa, Hideyuki Abe

Metabolite profiling of soy sauce using gas chromatography with time-of-flight mass spectrometry and analysis of correlation with quantitative descriptive analysis
Shinya Yamamoto, Takeshi Bamba, Atsushi Sano, Yukako Kodama, Miho Imamura, Akio Obata, Eiichiro Fukusaki

Determination of co-metabolism for 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl) ethane (DDT) degradation with enzymes from Trametes versicolor U97
Ajeng Arum Sari, Sanro Tachibana, Kazutaka Itoh

Characterization of Pseudomonas mendocina LR capable of removing nitrogen from various nitrogen-contaminated water samples when cultivated with Cyperus alternifolius L.
Zhihang Feng, Xinghui Li, Chenchen Lu, Zhenguo Shen, Fuliu Xu, Yahua Chen

Ethanol production from non-pretreated napiergrass through a simultaneous saccharification and fermentation process followed by a pentose fermentation with Escherichia coli KO11
Masahide Yasuda, Akiteru Miura, Tsutomu Shiragami, Jin Matsumoto, Ichiro Kamei, Yasuyuki Ishii, Kazuyoshi Ohta

In vitro and in vivo anti-Staphylococcus aureus activities of a new disinfection system utilizing photolysis of hydrogen peroxide
Eisei Hayashi, Takayuki Mokudai, Yasutomo Yamada, Keisuke Nakamura, Taro Kanno, Keiichi Sasaki, Yoshimi Niwano

Producing bioethanol from cellulosic hydrolyzate via co-immobilized cultivation strategy
Yu-Kuo Liu, Chih-An Yang, Wei-Chuan Chen, Yu-Hong Wei

Enhanced productivity of electrospun polyvinyl alcohol nanofibrous mats using aqueous N,N-dimethylformamide solution and their application to lipase-immobilizing membrane-shaped catalysts
Koichi Sawada, Shinji Sakai, Masahito Taya

Sugar consumption and ethanol fermentation by transporter-overexpressed xylose-metabolizing Saccharomyces cerevisiae harboring a xyloseisomerase pathway
Takanori Tanino, Tomonori Ito, Chiaki Ogino, Naoto Ohmura, Takayuki Ohshima, Akihiko Kondo

rhAPC reduces the endothelial cell permeability via a decrease of contractile tensions induced by endothelial cells
Eylem Kurulgan Demirci, Taylan Demirci, Peter Linder, Juergen Trzewik, Jessica Ricarda Gierkowski, Matthias Gossmann, Peter Kayser, Dariusz Porst, Ilya Digel, Gerhard Michael Artmann, Aysegul Temiz Artmann

Effects of epidermal growth factor on the proliferation and cell cycle regulation of cultured human amnion epithelial cells
Simat Siti Fatimah, Geok Chin Tan, Kien Hui Chua, Ay Eeng Tan, Abdul Rahman Hayati

De novo sequencing and analysis of the termite mushroom (Termitomyces albuminosus) transcriptome to discover putative genes involved in bioactive component biosynthesis
Fang Yang, Bo Xu, Sanjun Zhao, Junjun Li, Yunjuan Yang, Xianghua Tang, Feng Wang, Mozhen Peng, Zunxi Huang

Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry based metabolic profiling for the identification of discrimination markers of Angelicae Radix and its application to gas chromatography-flame ionization detector system
Shizu Kobayashi, Sastia Prama Putri, Yutaka Yamamoto, Kang Donghyo, Takeshi Bamba, Eiichiro Fukusaki

Functional and heterologous expression of human protein O-linked mannose β-1,2-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase 1 in zebrafish
Eriko Avsar-Ban, Hisayoshi Ishikawa, Shin'ichi Akiyama, Hiroshi Manya, Tamao Endo, Yutaka Tamaru

Electrically modulated attachment and detachment of animal cells cultured on an optically transparent patterning electrode
Sumihiro Koyama