■　GENETICS, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, AND GENE ENGINEERING

Molecular Cloning and Expression of Uricase Gene from Arthrobacter globiformis in Escherichia coli and Characterization of the Gene Product.
Koji Suzuki, Shin-ichi Sakasegawa, Hideo Misaki, and Masanori Sugiyama

A hap1 Mutation in a Laboratory Strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Results in Decreased Expression of Ergosterol-Related Genes and Cellular Ergosterol Content Compared to Sake Yeast.
Ken-ichi Tamura, Yongqing Gu, Qian Wang, Tasuku Yamada, Kiyoshi Ito, and Hitoshi Shimoi

Characterization of a New Bacillus subtilis Peptidoglycan Hydrolase Gene, yvcE (Named cwlO), and the Enzymatic Properties of Its Encoded Protein.
Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, Kazumi Furuhata, Tatsuya Fukushima, Hiroki Yamamoto, and Junichi Sekiguchi

Role of tktA Gene in Pentose Phosphate Pathway on Odd-Ball Biosynthesis of Poly-β-hydroxybutyrate in Transformant Escherichia coli Harboring phbCAB Operon.
Young-Mi Jung, Jin-Nam Lee, Hyun-Dong Shin, and Yong-Hyun Lee

■　ENZYMOLOGY, PROTEIN ENGINEERING, AND ENZYME TECHNOLOGY

Purification and Characterization of a Protease from Pseudomonas aeruginosa Grown in Cutting Oil.
Ivanka Karadzic, Akihiko Masui, and Nobuaki Fujiwara

■　MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Production of Vitamin B₁₂ in Genetically Engineered Propionibacterium freudenreichii.
Yongzhe Piao, Mitsuo Yamashita, Nami Kawaraichi, Ryo Asegawa, Hisayo Ono, and Yoshikatsu Murooka

Characteristics of α-Glucosidase Production from Recombinant Aspergillus oryzae by Membrane-Surface Liquid Culture in Comparison with Various Cultivation Methods.
Masakazu Morita, Hiroko Shimamura, Natsuko Ishida, Koreyoshi Imamura, Takaharu Sakiyama, and Kazuhiro Nakanishi

Distribution of Ytterbium (Yb) in Cells of Streptomyces sp. YB-1 Which Can Accumulate Yb, and Reusability of Cells and Cell Membrane as Bioadsorbent for Yb.
Ambar Pertiwiningrum, Yoshinaka Ino, Tohru Suzuki, Tomonori Iwama, and Keiichi Kawai

Production of Two Types of Ice Crystal-Controlling Proteins in Antarctic Bacterium.
Hidehisa Kawahara, Yoko Nakano, Kazuhiro Omiya, Naomi Muryoi, Jiro Nishikawa, and Hitoshi Obata

■　BREWING AND FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Enhanced Glutamic Acid Production of Brevibacterium sp. with Temperature Shift-Up Cultivation.
Sun-Uk Choi, Takuya Nihira, and Toshiomi Yoshida

■　ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Two Kinds of Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria Isolated from Biologically Deodorizing Plants in Cold District.
Kazuo Satoh, Rieko Takizawa, Michiharu Sarai, Naoto Sato, Reiji Takahashi, and Tatsuaki Tokuyama

■　BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Microbial Xylitol Production from Corn Cobs Using Candida magnoliae.
Kiyoshi Tada, Jun-ichi Horiuchi, Tohru kanno, and Masayoshi Kobayashi

■　CELL AND TISSUE ENGINEERING

Improvement of Islet Culture with Sericin.
Akiko Ogawa, Satoshi Terada, Takanori Kanayama, Masao Miki, Mitsuhiro Morikawa, Toshihisa Kimura, Akio Yamaguchi, Masahiro Sasaki, and Hideyuki Yamada

■　MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Effects of Static Magnetic Field on Growth of Leptospire, Leptospira interrogans serovar canicola: Immunoreactivity and Cell Division.
Wannapong Triampo, Galayanee Doungchawee, Darapond Triampo, Jirasak Wong-Ekkabut, and I-Ming Tang

■　BIOINFORMATICS

Prognostic Predictor with Multiple Fuzzy Neural Models Using Expression Profiles from DNA Microarray for Metastases of Breast Cancer.
Hiro Takahashi, Kayoko Masuda, Tatsuya Ando, Takeshi Kobayashi, and Hiroyuki Honda

■　MISCELLANEOUS

Effects of the Fermentation Product of Herbs by Lactic Acid Bacteria against Phytopathogenic Filamentous Fungi and on the Growth of Host Plants.
Shinsnke Kuwaki, Iichiro Ohhira, Masumi Takahata, Atsuko Hirota, Yoshiyuki Murata, and Mikiro Tada