■　REVIEW

Super-channel in Bacteria: Structural and Functional Aspects of a Novel Biosystem for the Import and Depolymerization of Macromolecules.
Wataru Hashimoto, Masayuki Yamasaki, Takafumi Itoh, Keiko Momma, Bunzo Mikami, and Kousaku Murata

■　GENETICS, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, AND GENE ENGINEERING

Heterologous Expression and Functional Analysis of the Gene Cluster for the Biosynthesis of and Immunity to the Lantibiotic, Nukacin ISK-1.
Yuji Aso, Jun-ichi Nagao, Hanako Koga, Ken-ichi Okuda, Youhei Kanemasa, Toshihiro Sashihara, Jiro Nakayama, and Kenji Sonomoto

■　ENZYMOLOGY, PROTEIN ENGINEERING, AND ENZYME TECHNOLOGY

Molecular Cloning and Characterization of a Thermostable Carboxylesterase from an Archaeon, Sulfolobus shibatae DSM5389: Non-Linear Kinetic Behavior of a Hormone-Sensitive Lipase Family Enzyme.
Koki Ejima, Jian Liu, Yasuhiro Oshima, Kazutake Hirooka, Shoko Shimanuki, Yukako Yokota, Hisashi Hemmi, Toru Nakayama, and Tokuzo Nishino

■　MICROBIAL PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Oxidative Stress-Dependent Inhibition of Yeast Cell Growth by Farnesylamine and Its Possible Relation to Amine Oxidase in the Mitochondrial Fraction.
Toshio Tanaka, Haruka Hijioka, Ken-ichi Fujita, Yoshinosuke Usuki, Makoto Taniguchi, and Eiji Hirasawa

Potentiation of Fungicidal Activities of trans-Anethole against Saccharomyces cerevisiae under Hypoxic Conditions.
Ken-ichi Fujita and Isao Kubo

■　BREWING AND FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Constructing an Amylolytic Brewing Yeast Saccharomyces pastorianus Suitable for Accelerated Brewing.
Zengran Liu, Guangyi Zhang, and Shigui Liu

Production of Intracellular Phytochemicals in Chlorella under Heterotrophic Conditions.
Hiroshi Sansawa and Hiroshi Endo

■　ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Efficient Production of Fatty Acid Methyl Ester from Waste Activated Bleaching Earth Using Diesel Oil as Organic Solvent.
Seiji Kojima, Dongning Du, Masayasu Sato, and Enoch Y. Park

Monitoring the Microbial Population Dynamics at the Start-Up Stage of Wastewater Treatment Reactor by Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis Based on 16S rDNA and rRNA Gene Sequences.
Takeshi Terahara, Tatsuhiko Hoshino, Satoshi Tsuneda, Akira Hirata, and Yuhei Inamori

Isolation of Aryl-Phosphate Ester-Degrading Bacterium from Leachate of a Sea-Based Waste Disposal Site.
Yasunori Kawagoshi, Sachiko Nakamura, Takayuki Nishio, and Isao Fukunaga

■　BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Effects of Nutrient Supply Methods and Illumination with Blue Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) on Astaxanthin Production by Haematococcus pluvialis.
Abdolmajid Lababpour, Keishi Hada, Kazumichi Shimahara, Tomohisa Katsuda, and Shigeo Katoh

High Performance in Protease Refolding by Application of a Continuous System Using Immobilized Inhibitor.
Daisuke Nohara, Daisuke Kondo, Ei-ichiro Suzuki, and Shigeo Katoh

Theoretical Correlation between Viscosities at Dynamic and Steady Flow States in Aureobasidium pullulans Culture Fluids.
Hisamoto Furuse and Kiyoshi Toda

■　CELL AND TISSUE ENGINEERING

Effect of Poly DL-Lactic-Co-Glycolic Acid Mesh on a Three-Dimensional Culture of Chondrocytes.
Mutsumi Takagi, Yuki Fukui, Shigeyuki Wakitani, and Toshiomi Yoshida

Cell Cycle Analysis of Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells Stimulated by Phosphatidic Acid in Serum-Free Culture.
Hideki Yamaji, Kentaro Sakai, Tsukasa Joho, Eiji Izumoto, and Hideki Fukuda

A Method of Cell-Sheet Preparation Using Collagenase Digestion of Salmon Atelocollagen Fibrillar Gel.
Nobuhiro Nagai, Shunji Yunoki, Yasuharu Satoh, Kenji Tajima, and Masanobu Munekata

■　BIOINFORMATICS

A Preprocessing Method for Inferring Genetic Interaction from Gene Expression Data Using Boolean Algorithm.
Kazumi Hakamada, Taizo Hanai, Hiroyuki Honda, and Takeshi Kobayashi

■　METHODS

Microbial Community Analyses Using a Simple, Rapid Detection Method for DNA Fingerprints with a Fluorescence Scanner.
Seishi Ikeda, David M^Cl. Roberts, Kazuo N. Watanabe, and Nozomi Ytow

■　ABSTRACTS OF THE ARTICLES PRINTED IN SEIBUTSU-KOGAKU

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