■　GENETICS, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, AND GENE ENGINEERING

Cloning and Sequencing of Kojibiose Phosphorylase Gene from Thermoanaerobacter brockii ATCC35047.
Takuo Yamamoto, kazuhiko Maruta, kazuhisa Mukai, Hiroshi Yamashita, Tomoyuki Nishimoto, Michio kubota, Shigeharu Fukuda, Masashi Kurimoto, and Yoshio Tsujisaka

■　ENZYMOLOGY, PROTEIN ENGINEERING, AND ENZYME TECHNOLOGY

A Novel Hydroxylase from Catharanthus roseus Participating in the Hydroxylation of 2-Hydroxybenzoic Acid.
Kei Shimoda, Naoji Kubota, Takayuki Sano, Hidetada Hirakawa, and Toshifumi Hirata

Constitutive Synthesis, Purification, and Characterization of Catechol 1,2-Di-oxygenase from the Aniline-Assimilating Bacterium Rhodococcus sp.AN-22.
Eitaro Matsumura, Susumu Ooi, Shuichiro Murakami, Shinji Takenaka, and Kenji Aoki

Purification and Characterization of NAD-Specific 6-Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase from Leuconostoc ｌactis SHO-54.
Hitomi Ohara, Roy A. Russell, Kazuyuki Uchida, and Hitoshi Kondo

■　MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Isolation and Characterization of a Novel Gene Encoding α-L-Arabinofuranosidase from Aspergillus oryzae.
Kengo Matsumura, Hiroshi Obata, Yoji Hata, Akitsugu Kawato, Yasuhisa Abe, and Osamu Akita

Noncompetitive Inhibition by L-Cysteine and Activation by L-Glutamate of the Iron-Oxidizing Activity of a Mixotrophic Iron-Oxidizing Bacterium Strain OKM-9.
Tsuyoshi Sugio, Takao Inoue, Yoshiki Kitano, Fumiaki Takeuchi, and Kazuo Kamimura

The Fermentation Performance of Nine Strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in Batch and Fed-Batch Cultures in Dilute-Acid Wood Hydrolysate.
Tomas Brandberg, Carl Johan Franzen, and Lena Gustafsson

■　BREWING AND FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Effects of Indigenous Starter Cultures on the Microbial and Physicochemical Characteristics of Urutan, a Balinese Fermented Sausage.
Nyoman Semadi Antara, I Nengah Sujaya, Atsushi Yokota, Kozo Asano, and Fusao Tomita

Effect of Cellular Inositol Content on Ethanol Tolerance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in Sake Brewing.
Keiji Furukawa, Hideyuki Kitano, Haruhiko Mizoguchi, and Shodo Hara

Enhanced Productivity of Human Lysozyme by pH-Controlled Batch Fermentation of Recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Sun-Uk Choi, Hyun-Dong Paik, Seung-Cheol Lee, Takuya Nihira, and Yong-Il Hwang

■　BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Evaluation of Mass-Transfer Characteristics in Alginate-Membrane Liquid-Core Capsules Prepared Using Polyethylene Glycol.
Keitaro Koyama and Minoru Seki

Characteristics of Microblotting Assay Using Immunoloposomes.
Yoichi　Kumada, Masumi Maehara, and Shigeo Katoh

■　PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY

In Planta Transformation of Kenaf Plants (Hibiscus cannabinus var. aokawa No.3) by Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
Mineo Kojima, Hidenari Shioiri, Masahiro Nogawa, Masayuki Nozue, Daisuke Matsumoto, Asami Wada, Yumi Saiki, and Kenji Kiguchi

Systematic Transient Assays of Promoter Activities for Leaf-Specific Genes Identified by Gene-Expression Profiling with cDNA Microarrays in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Seiyei Yamakawa, Kohei Ando, Aya Chisaka, Kazuya Yoshida, Atsuhiko Shinmyo, and Takayuki Kohchi