■　REVIEW

Super Catalytic Antibody and Antigenase.
Taizo Uda and Emi Hifumi

■　GENETICS, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, AND GENE ENGINEERING

The Aerotaxis Transducer Gene aer, but Not aer-2, Is Transcriptionally Regulated by the Anaerobic Regulator ANR in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Chang Soo Hong, Akio Kuroda, Tsukasa Ikeda, Noboru Takiguchi, Hisao Ohtake, and Junichi Kato

■　ENZYMOLOGY, PROTEIN ENGINEERING, AND ENZYME TECHNOLOGY

Properties of an Alcohol Dehygrodenase from the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Aeropyrum pernix K1.
Hidehiko Hirakawa, Noriho Kamiya, Yutaka Kawarabayashi, and Teruyuki Nagamune

■　MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Analysis of Genetic Relationship of Sarothamnus scoparius Microsymbionts and Bradyrhizobium sp. by Hybridization in Microdilution Wells.
Michal Kalita, Wanda Malek, and Adam Kaznowski

Production of Superoxide Anion and Hydrogen Peroxide by the Red Tide Dinoflagellate Karenia mikimotoi.
Yasuhiro Yamasaki, Dae-Il Kim, Yukihiko Matsuyama, Tatsuya Oda, and Tsuneo Honjo

■　ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Chrysotile Fibers Penetrate Escherichia coli Cell Membrane and Cause Cell Bursting by Sliding Friction Force on Agar Plates.
Naoto Yoshida and Yuichi Saeki

Anaerobic Degradation of cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene and Vinyl Chloride by Clostridium sp. Strain DC1 Isolated from Landfill Leachate Sediment.
Junko Hata, Naoyuki Miyata, Eun-Sook Kim, Kazuhiro Takamizawa, and Keisuke Iwahori

Analysis of Estrogen-Like Compounds in the Environment by High Performance Liquid Chromatography Bioassay.
Seiji Iwasaki, Susumu Kato, Masaaki Takahashi, Tetsuya Kimura, Kazuo Sakka, Kunio Ohmiya, Tomonari Matsuda, and Saburo Matsui

■　BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Production of L-Lactic Acid from Corncob.
Shigenobu Miura, Tomohiro Arimura, Noriaki Itoda, Lies Dwiarti, Jin Beng Feng, Cui Hong Bin, and Mitsuyasu Okabe

Analysis of Gene Expression in Yeast Protoplasts Using DNA Microarrays and Their Application for Efficient Production of Invertase and α-Glucosidase.
Nobuaki Mera, Hideki Aoyagi, Satoshi Nakasono, Kazuhiro Iwasaki, Hiroshi Saiki, and Hideo Tanaka

■　TISSUE ENGINEERING

A Novel Transfection Method for Mammalian Cells Using Calcium Alginate Microbeads.
Tsunehito Higashi, Eiji Nagamori, Takefumi Sone, Sachihiro Matsunaga, and Kiichi Fukui

■　MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Immobilization of Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) Sequence in Sugar Containing Co-polymer for Culturing of Pheochromocytoma (PC12) Cells.
Keun-Hong Park, Kun Na, and Kang Choon Lee