Cloning and Characterization of the Constitutively Expressed Chitinase C Gene from a Marine Bacterium, Salinivibrio costicola Strain 5SM-1
RATCHANEEWAN AUNPAD and WATANALAI PANBANGRED

■　ENZYMOLOGY, PROTEIN ENGINEERING, AND ENZYME TECHNOLOGY

Structural Effects of Amphiphiles on Candida rugosa Lipase Activation by Freeze-Drying of Aqueous Solution of Enzyme and Amphiphile
YURIE MINE, KIMITOSHI FUKUNAGA, KEN-ICHI SAMEJIMA, MAKOTO YOSHIMOTO, KATSUMI NAKAO and YOSHIAKI SUGIMURA

Electrical Communication between NAD-Dependent Enzyme and Metal Electrode Using Ferrocene-Labeled NAD Derivatives
TATSURO KIJIMA, TATSUNORI SUZUKI and TAEKO IZUMI

■　MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Continuous Production of Pectinase by Immobilized Yeast Cells on Spent Grains
CATARINA ALMEIDA, TOMAS BRANYIK, PEDRO MORADAS-FERREIRA and JOSE TEIXEIRA

Differential Responses of Three Acyl-Lipid Desaturases to Immediate Temperature Reduction Occurring in Two Lipid Membranes of Spirulina platensis Strain C1
APIRADEE HONGSTHONG, PATCHARAPORN DESHNIUM, KALYANEE PAITHOONRANGSARID, SUPAPON CHEEVADHANARAK and MORAKOT TANTICHAROEN

Quinoprotein Alcohol Dehydrogenase Is Involved in Catabolic Acetate Production, while NAD-Dependent Alcohol Dehydrogenase in Ethanol Assimilation in Acetobacter pasteurianus SKU1108
PIYAWAN CHINNAWIROTPISAN, GUNJANA THEERAGOOL, SAVITREE LIMTONG, HIROHIDE TOYAMA, OSAO ADACHI and KAZUNOBU MATSUSHITA

Selection of a Suitable Strain from Recombinant Escherichia coli Strains with the Same Genetic Structure Expressing Periplasmic hGM-CSF
SEYED SAFA-ALI FATEMI, BAGHER YAKHCHALI, JAFAR TOWFIGHI DARIAN, SEYED ABBAS SHOJAOSADATI, ALI REZA ZOMORODIPOUR, ALI ASGHAR KARKHANE and FERDOWS RASTGAR JAZII

■　BREWING AND FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Influence of Assimilable Nitrogen on Volatile Acidity Production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae during High Sugar Fermentation
MARINA BELY, ALESSANDRA RINALDI and DENIS DUBOURDIEU

■　ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Treatment of Nonylphenol with Laccase in a Rotating Reactor
TAKAAKI TANAKA, MASATAKA NOSE, AYUKO ENDO, TOMOYUKI FUJII and MASAYUKI TANIGUCHI

Effect of Dilution Rate on Structure of a Mesophilic Acetate-Degrading Methanogenic Community during Continuous Cultivation
TORU SHIGEMATSU, YUEQIN TANG, HIROMI KAWAGUCHI, KANA NINOMIYA, JUNJI KIJIMA, TSUTOMU KOBAYASHI, SHIGERU MORIMURA and KENJI KIDA

Continuous Treatment of Gas-Phase Trichloroethylene by Burkholderia cepacia G4 in a Two-Stage Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor/Trickling Biofilter System
EUN YEOL LEE

Rapid Selection of Nonhotspot Mutants among hisD⁺ Revertants of Salmonella typhimurium TA98 in Ames Test by Peptide Nucleic Acid (PNA)-Mediated PCR Clamping
TOSHIYUKI TAKIYA, YOSHIAKI HORIE, SATOSHI FUTO, YUTAKA MATSUMOTO, KEIICHI KAWAI and TOHRU SUZUKI

■　PLANT BIOTHCHNOLOGY

Stereoselective Biotransformation of Limonene and Limonene Oxide by Cyanobacterium, Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942
HIROKI HAMADA, YOKO KONDO, KOHJI ISHIHARA, NOBUYOSHI NAKAJIMA, HATSUYUKI HAMADA, RYO KURIHARA and TOSHIFUMI HIRATA

■　MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Stabilization of Low Denaturation Temperature Collagen from Fish by Physical Cross-Linking Methods
SHUNJI YUNOKI, TAKESHI SUZUKI and MITSUO TAKAI

■　MISCELLANEOUS

Mechanism of Enhancement Effect of Dendrimer on Transdermal Drug Permeation through Polyhydroxyalkanoate Matrix
ZHIXIONG WANG, YOSHIAKI ITOH, YOSHIFUMI HOSAKA, ICHIRO KOBAYASHI, YOSHIHISA NAKANO, ISAMU MAEDA, FUSAKO UMEDA, JUNJI YAMAKAWA, MARI NISHIMINE, TOMOYOSHI SUENOBU, SHUNICHI FUKUZUMI, MASAYA KAWASE and KIYOHITO YAGI

Novel Function of Rare Catechin, Epigallocatechin-3-(3"-O-methyl)gallate, against Cold Injury in Primary Rat Hepatocytes
NORITAKA KAGAYA, YUKIHIKO HARA, RYOYASU SAIJO, AKIKO KAMIYOSHI, YOH-ICHI TAGAWA, MASAYA KAWASE and KIYOHITO YAGI