Genetic Manipulation System in Propionibacteria.
Pornpimon Kiatpapan and Yoshikatsu Murooka
 

■　GENETICS, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, AND GENE ENGINEERING

Genetically Engineered Active Qβ Replicase in Rabbit Reticulocyte Cell-Free System: a Fusion Protein of EF-Tu and EF-Ts Is Functional as the Subunit of Qβ Replicase.
Hajime Fukano, Tamotsu Zako, Eiji Suzuki, Kimitsuna Watanabe, and Teruyuki Nagamune

Putative Regulatory Gene for Polysaccharide Synthesis of Streptococcus agalactiae Type Ia.
Katsuhide Miyake, Masaki Watanabe, Yoichi Koike, Shin Yamamoto, Yohei Kataoka, and Shinji Iijima
 

■　ENZYMOLOGY, PROTEIN ENGINEERING, AND ENZYME TECHNOLOGY

Conversion of a Typical Catalase from Bacillus sp. TE124 to a Catalase Peroxidase by Directed Evolution.
Jinfeng Ni, Yoshito Sasaki, Shinji Tokuyama, Atsushi Sogabe, and Yasutaka Tahara
 

■　MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY, AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Simultaneous Display of Bacterial and Fungal Lipases on the Cell Surface of Bacillus subtilis.
Gota Kobayashi, Kaori Fujii, Masakuni Serizawa, Hiroki Yamamoto, and Junichi Sekiguchi

Lipids of Haloferax alexandrinus Strain TM^T: an Extremely Halophilic Canthaxanthin-Producing Archaeon.
Dalal Asker, Tarek Awad, and Yoshiyuki Ohta

Kinetic Resolution of an Indan Derivative Using Bacillus sp. SUI-12: Synthesis of a Key Intermediate of the Melatonin Receptor Agonist TAK-375.
Naoki Tarui, Yoichi Nagano, Takeshi Sakane, Kiyoharu Matsumoto, Mitsuru Kawada, Osamu Uchikawa, Shigenori Ohkawa, and Kazuo Nakahama
 
Effect of Ammonium Nitrate on the Production of PP-V and Monascorubrin Homologues by Penicillium sp. AZ.
Jun Ogihara and Kunio Oishi

Endophytes as Producers of Xylanase.
Manabu Suto, Miho Takebayashi, Katsuichi Saito, Michiko Tanaka, Atsushi Yokota                                                                                                                                                , and Fusao Tomita
 

■　BREWING AND FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Production of Cellulose- and Xylan-Degrading Enzymes by a Koji Mold, Aspergillus oryzae, and Their Contribution to the Maceration of Rice Endosperm Cell Wall.
Yu-ichi Yamane, Jin Fujita, Ryu-ichi Shimizu, Akira Hiyoshi, Hisashi Fukuda, Yasuzo Kizaki, and Saburo Wakabayashi

Debittering of Enzymatic Hydrolysates Using an Aminopeptidase from the Edible Basidiomycete Grifola frondosa.
Toshikazu Nishiwaki, Satoshi Yoshimizu, Michio Furuta, and Kiyoshi Hayashi

Degradation of Cell Wall Materials from Sweetpotato, Cassava, and Potato by a Bacterial Protopectinase and Terminal Sugar Analysis of the Resulting Solubilized Products.
Lorena D. Salvador, Toshihiko Suganuma, Kanefumi Kitahara, Yoshihito Fukushige, and Hayao Tanoue

Characterization of Factors That Transform Linoleic Acid into Di- and Trihydroxyoctadecenoic Acids in Mash.
Hisao Kuroda, Naoyuki Kobayashi, Hirotaka Kaneda, Junji Watari, and Masachika Takashio

Production of γ-Aminobutyric Acid from Alcohol Distillery Lees by Lacto bacillus brevis IFO-12005.
Sadaji Yokoyama, Jun-ichi Hiramatsu, and Kiyoshi Hayakawa
 

■　BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Effect of Seed Culture on Solid-State Bioconversion of Wheat Straw by Phanerochaete chrysosporium for Animal Feed Production.
Shubhayu Basu, Rajneesh Gaur, James Gomes, T.R. Sreekrishnan, and Virendra S. Bisaria

Quantitative Analysis of Intracellular Metabolic Fluxes Using GC-MS and Two-Dimensional NMR Spectroscopy.
Chen Yang, Qiang Hua, and Kazuyuki Shimizu

Enantioselective Esterification of Racemic Ibuprofen in Isooctane by Immobilized Lipase on Cellulose Acetate-Titanium Iso-Propoxide Gel Fiber.
Yuko Ikeda and Youichi Kurokawa
 

■　PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY

Manipulation of Ginsenoside Heterogeneity in Cell Cultures of Panax notoginseng by Addition of Jasmonates.
Wei Wang and Jian-Jiang Zhong
 

■　METHODS

Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis Polymorphism for Rapid 16S rDNA Clone Screening and Microbial Diversity Study.
Wen-Tso Liu, Chun-Lin Huang, Jiang Yong Hu, Liangfa Song, Say Leong Ong, and Wun Jun Ng