Structure and Function of Enzymes Involved in the Methanogenic Pathway Utilizing Carbon Dioxide and Molecular Hydrogen.
Seigo Shima, Eberhard Warkentin, Rudolf K. Thauer, and Ulrich Ermler

Specific Expression and Temperature-Dependent Expression of the Acid Protease-Encoding Gene (pepA) in Aspergillus oryzae in Solid-State Culture (Rice-Koji).
Hideyuki Kitano, Kouhei Kataoka, Keiji Furukawa, and Shodo Hara

Cloning of the pepX Gene of Lactobacillus helveticus IFO3809 Encoding Salt-Tolerant X-Prolyl Dipeptidyl Aminopeptidase and Characterization of the Enzyme.
Keitarou Kimura, Atsushi Nagasawa, Mikio Fujii, and Yoshifumi Itoh

Identification of Sialyltransferases of Streptococcus agalactiae.
Masaki Watanabe, Katsuhide Miyake, Shin Yamamoto, Yohei Kataoka, Satoshi Koizumi, Tetsuo Endo, Akio Ozaki, and Shinji Iijima

Rapid Homogeneous Immunoassay of Peptides Based on Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer from Firefly Luciferase.
Yukari Yamakawa, Hiroshi Ueda, Atsushi Kitayama, and Teruyuki Nagamune

Purification, Characterization, and Steady-State Kinetics of a meta-Cleavage Compound Hydrolase from Pseudomonas fluorenscens IP01.
Takashi Saku, Shinya Fushinobu, So-Young Jun, Naohiro Ikeda, Hideaki Nojiri, Hisakazu Yamane, Toshio Omori, and Takayoshi Wakagi

Deletion and Insertion of a 192-Residue Peptide in the Active-Site Domain of Glycosyl Hydrolase Family-2 β-Galactosidases.
Misa Inohara-Ochiai, Satoshi Hasegawa, Sota Iguchi, Toshihiko Ashikari, Yuji Shibano, Hisashi Hemmi, Toru Nakayama, and Tokuzo Nishino

Ammonia Assimilation in Klebsiella pneumoniae F-5-2 That Can Utilize Ammonium and Nitrate Ions Simultaneously: Purification and Characterization of Glutamate Dehydrogenase and Glutamine Synthetase.
Young-JuKim, Makoto Yoshizawa, Shinji Takenaka, Shuichiro Murakami, and Kenji Aoki

Transfer of High-Mannose-Type Oligosaccharides to Disaccharides by Endo-β-N-Acetylglucosaminidase from Arthrobacter protophormiae.
Kiyotaka Fujita, Tsuyoshi Miyamura, Mutsumi Sano, Ikunoshin Kato, and Kaoru Takegawa

Production of Lepidimoide by an Endophytic Fungus from Polysaccharide Extracted from Abelmoschus sp.: Identification of the Product and the Organism Producing It.
Michiko Tanaka, Makoto Yoshimura, Manabu Suto, Atsushi Yokota, Kozo Asano, Endang Sukara, and Fusao Tomita

Amplification of the NADPH-Related Genes zwf and gnd for the Oddball Biosynthesis of PHB in an E. coli Transformant Harboring a Cloned phbCAB Operon.
Sang-Jun Lim, Young-Mi Jung, Hyun-Dong Shin, and Yong-Hyun Lee

Utilization of Shrimp Shellfish Waste as a Substrate for Solid-State Cultivation of Aspergillus sp. S1-13: Evaluation of a Culture Based on Chitinase Formation Which Is Necessary for Chitin-Assimilation.
Nopakarn Rattanakit, Abhinya Plikomol, Shigekazu Yano, Mamoru Wakayama, and Takashi Tachiki

Microbial Resolution of Baclofen by a New Isolate of Streptomyces halstedii.
Wayne Levadoux, Michael Trani, Robert Lortie, David Kerr, and Denis Groleau

Characterization of a New Keratin-Degrading Bacterium Isolated from Deer Fur.
Shohei Yamamura, Yasutaka Morita, Quamrul Hasan, Sathuluri Ramachandra Rao, Yuji Murakami, Kenji Yokoyama, and Eiichi Tamiya

Microbial Analyses by Fluorescence in situ Hybridization of Well-Settled Granular Sludge in Brewery Wastewater Treatment Plants.
Yuko Saiki, Chikako Iwabuchi, Akiko Katami, and Yasushi Kitagawa

Analysis of Effluent after Anaerobic Digestion of Liquid Phase Separated from Liquidized Garbage.
Seiichi Inoue, Kenichiro Tsukahara, and Shigeki Sawayama

Method for Identification of Mutant Glutathione S-Transferases Conferring Enhanced Resistance to the Anti-Cancer Drug Chlorambucil.
Kiyonori Hirota and Yoshiro Hanyu

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