Screening of accurate clones for gene synthesis in yeast
Tohru Yarimizu, Mikiko Nakamura, Hisashi Hoshida, Rinji Akada

Retinoic acid regulates Lhx8 expression via FGF-8b to the upper jaw development of chick embryo
Tadahiro Shimomura, Masayoshi Kawakami, Hiroaki Okuda, Kouko Tatsumi, Shoko Morita, Katsunori Nochioka, Tadaaki Kirita, Akio Wanaka

Cold-active and NaCl-tolerant exo-inulinase from a cold-adapted Arthrobacter sp. MN8 and its potential for use in the production of fructose at low temperatures
Junpei Zhou, Qian Lu, Mozhen Peng, Rui Zhang, Minghe Mo, Xianghua Tang, Junjun Li, Bo Xu, Junmei Ding, Zunxi Huang

Highlights

• The first report on a cold-active and/or NaCl-tolerant exo-inulinase.
• The first report on characterization of exo-inulinase from the genus Arthrobacter.
• The enzyme hydrolyzed Jerusalem artichoke tubers to release fructose at 10 and 0℃.
  

Inhibition effects of benzylideneacetone, benzylacetone, and 4-phenyl-2-butanol on the activity of mushroom tyrosinase
Xuan Liu, Yu-long Jia, Jing-wei Chen, Ge Liang, Hua-yun Guo, Yong-hua Hu, Yan Shi, Han-Tao Zhou, Qing-Xi Chen

Highlights

• The benzylideneacetone, benzylacetone, and 4-phenyl-2-butanol was firstly used as antityrosinase agents.
• The benzylideneacetone, benzylacetone, and 4-phenyl-2-butanol has already been used as food and cosmetic additives. So they have low toxicity.
• Benzylideneacetone, benzylacetone, and 4-phenyl-2-butanol of different concentrations were firstly assayed for their effects on the oxidation of L-DOPA catalyzed by mushroom tyrosinase.
• These three aromatic compounds' monophenolase inhibition mechanism and inhibition type were firstly justified and their inhibition constants were determined.
  

Lipase catalyzed transesterification of castor oil by straight chain higher alcohols
Deepika Malhotra, Joyeeta Mukherjee, Munishwar N. Gupta

Construction and application of recombinant strain for the production of an alkaline protease from Bacillus licheniformis
Songyi Lin, Meishuo Zhang, Jingbo Liu, Gregory S. Jones

Improved production of phleichrome from the phytopathogenic fungus Cladosporium phlei using synthetic inducers and photodynamic ROS production by phleichrome
Kum-Kang So, Ik-Su Jo, Min-Seon Chae, Jung-Mi Kim, Hea-Jong Chung, Moon-Sik Yang, Beom-Tae Kim, Jin-Kug Kim, Jong-Kyung Choi, Dae-Hyuk Kim

Improved ethanol production from xylose in the presence of acetic acid by the overexpression of the HAA1 gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Yuri Sakihama, Tomohisa Hasunuma, Akihiko Kondo

Exploration of three heterotrophic nitrifying strains from a tilapia pond for their characteristics of inorganic nitrogen use and application in aquaculture water
Limin Fan, Jiazhang Chen, Qi Liu, Wei Wu, Shunlong Meng, Chao Song, Jianhong Qu, Pao Xu

Involvement of the yciW gene in l-cysteine and l-methionine metabolism in Escherichia coli
Yusuke Kawano, Iwao Ohtsu, Ai Tamakoshi, Maeka Shiroyama, Ai Tsuruoka, Kyohei Saiki, Kazuhiro Takumi, Gen Nonaka, Tsuyoshi Nakanishi, Takako Hishiki, Makoto Suematsu, Hiroshi Takagi

Construction of transformation system in Penicillium purpurogenum
Ryo Kojima, Teppei Arai, Takafumi Kasumi, Jun Ogihara

Efficient production of sophorolipids by Starmerella bombicola using a corncob hydrolysate medium
Masaaki Konishi, Yuka Yoshida, Jun-ichi Horiuchi

Halophilic and halotolerant actinomycetes from a marine saltern of Goa, India producing anti-bacterial metabolites
Shuvankar Ballav, Savita Kerkar, Sabu Thomas, Nimmy Augustine

Reducing hydraulic conductivity of porous media using CaCO₃ precipitation induced by Sporosarcina pasteurii
Kagan Eryürük, Suyin Yang, Daisuke Suzuki, Iwao Sakaguchi, Tetsuji Akatsuka, Takayuki Tsuchiya, Arata Katayama

Reorganization of the bacterial and archaeal populations associated with organic loading conditions in a thermophilic anaerobic digester
Tomoyuki Hori, Shin Haruta, Daisuke Sasaki, Dai Hanajima, Yoshiyuki Ueno, Atsushi Ogata, Masaharu Ishii, Yasuo Igarashi

Effects of temperature on the astaxanthin productivity and light harvesting characteristics of the green alga Haematococcus pluvialis
Luca Giannelli, Hiroyuki Yamada, Tomohisa Katsuda, Hideki Yamaji

Cordyceptin induces apoptosis through repressing hTERT expression and inducing extranuclear export of hTERT
Kyung-Jun Jang, Gi-Sun Kwon, Jin-Woo Jeong, Cheol-Hong Kim, Hyun-Min Yoon, Gi-Young Kim, Jung-Hyun Shim, Sung-Kwon Moon, Wun-Jae Kim, Yung Hyun Choi

Synergistic interaction between wavelength of light and concentration of H₂O₂ in bactericidal activity of photolysis of H₂O₂
Toshihide Toki, Keisuke Nakamura, Michiko Kurauchi, Taro Kanno, Yusuke Katsuda, Hiroyo Ikai, Eisei Hayashi, Hiroshi Egusa, Keiichi Sasaki, Yoshimi Niwano

Optimising the production of succinate and lactate in Escherichia coli using a hybrid of artificial bee colony algorithm and minimisation of metabolic adjustment
Phooi Wah Tang, Yee Wen Choon, Mohd Saberi Mohamad, Safaai Deris, Suhaimi Napis

New enzymatic methods for selective assay of l-lysine using an l-lysine specific decarboxylase/oxidase from Burkholderia sp. AIU 395
Asami Sugawara, Daisuke Matsui, Miwa Yamada, Yasuhisa Asano, Kimiyasu Isobe