Isolation of a Recombinant Desulfurizing 4, 6-Dipropyl Dibenzothiophene in n-Tetradecane.
Ken-ichi Noda, Kimiko Watanabe, and Kenji Maruhashi

Production of Fruiting-Body Lectins of Pleurotus cornucopiae in Methylotrophic Yeast Pichia pastoris.
Naoto Iijima, Koh Amano, Akikazu Ando, and Yoshiho Nagata

Purification and Characterization of an Extracellular β-Agarase from Bacillus sp. MK03.
Hisashi Suzuki, Yoshinori Sawai, Tohru Suzuki, and Keiichi Kawai

Enzyme-Catalyzed Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) Synthesis from Acetate with CoA Recycling and NADPH Regeneration in Vitro.
Yasuharu Satoh, Kenji Tajima, Hatsumi Tannai, and Masanobu Munekata

Direct Production of D-Arabinose from D-Xylose by a Coupling Reaction Using D-Xylose Isomerase, D-Tagatose 3-Epimerase and D-Arabinose Isomerase.
Ishrat Sultana, Rahman Md. Mizanur, Kei Takeshita, Goro Takada, and Ken Izumori

Optimization of the Enzyme-Catalyzed Synthesis of Amino Acid-Based Surfactants from Palm Oil Fractions.
Ee Lin Soo, Abu Bakar Salleh, Mahiran Basri, Raja Noor Zaliha Raja Abdul Rahman, and Kamarulzaman Kamaruddin

Cloning, Structural Analysis and Expression of the Gene Encoding Aspartate Aminotransferase from the Thermophilic Cyanobacterium Phormidium lapideum.
Hyeung Kim, Masaki Nakaoka, Mayumi Yagi, Hiroyuki Ashida, Kensaku Hamada, Hitoshi Shibata, and Yoshihiro Sawa

Control of Water Content by Reverse Micellar Solutions for Peroxidase Catalysis in a Water-Immiscible Organic Solvent.
Junji Michizoe, Yoichi Uchimura, Tatsuo Maruyama, Noriho Kamiya, and Masahiro Goto

Saccharification of Chitin Using Solid-State Culture of Aspergillus sp. S1-13 with Shellfish Waste as a Substrate.
Nopakarn Rattanakit, Shigekazu Yano, Mamoru Wakayama, Abhinya Plikomol, and Takashi Tachiki

Stimulation of Porphyrin Production by Application of an External Magnetic Field to a Photosynthetic Bacterium, Rhodobacter sphaeroides.
Takehiro Utsunomiya, Yu-ichi Yamane, Masanori Watanabe, and Ken Sasaki

A Simple Screening Procedure for Heterotrophic Nitrifying Bacteria with Oxygen-Tolerant Denitrification Activity.
Emiko Matsuzaka, Nobuhiko Nomura, Toshiaki Nakajima-Kambe, Norihisa Okada, and Tadaatsu Nakahara

Production and Properties of Phytase and Acid Phosphatase from a Sake Koji Mold, Aspergillus oryzae.
Jin Fujita, Yu-ichi Yamane, Hisashi Fukuda, Yasuzo Kizaki, Saburo Wakabayashi, Seiko Shigeta, Osamu Suzuki, and Kazuhisa Ono

Isolation and Characterization of Predominant Microorganisms during Decomposition of Waste Materials in a Field-Scale Composter.
Mannix S. Pedro, Shin Haruta, Kohei Nakamura, Masaru Hazaka, Masaharu Ishii, and Yasuo Igarashi

Biosorption of Cadmium Ions Using a Photosynthetic Bacterium, Rhodobacter sphaeroides S and a Marine Photosynthetic Bacterium, Rhodovulum sp. and Their Biosorption Kinetics.
Masanori Watanabe, Koujiro Kawahara, Ken Sasaki, and Napavarn Noparatnaraporn

Analysis of Cellular Metabolism of Hybridoma Cells at Distinct Physiological States.
Anshu Gambhir, Rashmi Korke, Jongchan Lee, Peng-Cheng Fu, Anna Europa, and Wei-Shou Hu

Analysis of Organic Solvent Tolerance in Escherichia coli Using Gene Expression Profiles from DNA Microarrays.
Shuhei Hayashi, Rikizo Aono, Taizo Hanai, Hirotada Mori, Takeshi Kobayashi, and Hiroyuki Honda

Effective Cell Harvesting of the Halotolerant Microalga Dunaliella tertiolecta with pH Control.
Jun-ichi Horiuchi, Ichigaku Ohba, Kiyoshi Tada, Masayoshi Kobayashi, Tohru Kanno, and Michimasa Kishimoto

Dynamic Dissolved Oxygen Concentration Control for Enhancing the Formation Rate of Torpedo-Stage Embryos in Carrot Somatic Embryo Culture.
Teruaki Shimazu and Kenji Kurata

Stable Expression of a Thermostable Xylanase of Clostridium thermocellum in Cultured Tobacco Cells.
Tetsuya Kimura, Tomomi Mizutani, Kazuo Sakka, and Kunio Ohmiya

Effects of D-Methionine or L-Methionine on Root Hair of Brassica rapa.
Nobuharu Hasegawa, Yohei Yamaji, Masashi Minoda, and Motoki Kubo

Effect of Composition on the Stability of Liposomal Irinotecan Prepared by a pH Gradient Method.
Tzung-Han Chou, Shih-Chang Chen, and I-Ming Chu

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